tricksforfree

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by tricksforfree 3y ago
NYC feels like a free-for-all nowadays. Post-Covid I see the following every single time I step outside. - stop signs are optional - gas powered mopeds in the bicycle lanes - e-bike Citi bikers being riding recklessly - bicycles on the side
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
Traffic cameras are easily beaten by tinted license plates. I see them often in NYC.
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
Question for car owners with massive screens in the console who live in rural areas: Does the ambient interior light from the screen + dashboard overpower your ability to see the road at night?
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
Why did you use React for landing page?
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
One deck is made of wood. One deck is made made of steel. They will behave differently after years of weathering. Just because they are both both decks doesn't mean they are the same.
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
That's true. But we know exactly why it can't do it.
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
How often are calculators confidently wrong?
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by tricksforfree 3y ago
I've seen this time and time again when attempting to implement a centralized design system across a group of existing apps.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
I'm sorry but if someone is trying to get a job with the title, "Software Engineer" in it and they cannot do a nested for loop (the slow O^2 solution) I don't know what to tell you other than that person is not fit for
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
I just interviewed a developer for a senior level front end position and they couldn't print a 2d array to the console. They apparently worked on a large web application and wrote typescript everyday. What I've known for years, I&
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
A perfect cog.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
It must have been so cool to be a Soviet and have all your work and wealth go directly to the state and only be used for the good of your people. /s
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
* Quitting daily/consistent Marijuana smoking. It's a wonderful substance but consistent usage will absolutely affect your sleep and leave you groggy the next day. * Weight lifting 5 times a week. * Paul Stamets microdose stack (3
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
You added 5G. The point is that the ultra wealthy are going to corporatize farmland and the basic building blocks of food generation. Soon you won't even be able to go to a local farmer to get fresh produce or meat (because meat is mur
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
The text that appears in tabs: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_title.asp
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
They are scrambling as they are part of the fluff of this bubble.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
Because 80% of the company was cruft. As it is in most large orgs.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
Imagine if you and similar, "driven" folk stayed and made where you're from better. Imagine if you started small businesses and hired/trained the locals. Maybe everyone left behind wouldn't have to work at a big box
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
6 jobs in ten years? How can anything of substance be built if the default is to hop?
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
Richard Feynman - Names Don't Constitute Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIYKmos3-s
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
"Ownership beaten into our heads" is your own baggage. Some people are handy and enjoy taking care of their home. Some people don't like hearing their neighbors footsteps above them all the time. Some people play Drums and do
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
and we'd likely have a healthy housing market if more people were rational like this. But no, let's take a loan out against our RSU's so we can get a $1M bi-level because the schools in this district are amazing /s. Now
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
You can refinance in a few years, however you cannot change what the house price was when purchased. If the house prices is lower, every extra payment to the principal will drastically decrease the interest over the entire term, much more-s
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
Lower home price means 20% down is feasible.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
Good. Maybe the people who didn't bail on their communities during covid can finally afford a home.
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by tricksforfree 4y ago
My comment in no way denigrates the experience of those affected by the Holocaust. It's merely to point out that even, "the people you should listen too" can be very wrong, especially when there's social pressure or regu