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by versk 7mo ago
At the point now where basically any photo that isn't shared by someone I trust or a reputable news organisation is essentially unverifiable as being real or not The positive aspect of this advance is that I've basically stopped u
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by versk 4y ago
It wouldn't really make sense as a question on a Joel test seeing as its a design style. A Joel test is more about ways of working.
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by versk 4y ago
Maybe this inspired The Pogues' classic "streams of whiskey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpGp_J3z2A
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by versk 4y ago
The Joel score is 22 years old now and fairly significantly outdated. It predates unit-testing, ci/cd concepts, cloud computing, microservices etc etc. Scoring 12 was perfect in 2000 but its below baseline in 2022.
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by versk 4y ago
Secret unbeatable boss. Michael Chabon wrote an excellent essay about his efforts to read Finnegans wake in the NYbook review
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by versk 4y ago
Its funny because once you read enough of it to properly grok the working of the stream of consciousness style it becomes a joy to read, as easy to comprehend as your own internal monologue. Reading ulysses once you crack it is like trying
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by versk 4y ago
on one hand, free travel for millions of citizens, on the other, higher profitability for a handful private bus operators. Its surprising to me that someone would even consider bringing this up as a valid counter argument. Interesting to se
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by versk 7y ago
That has to be one of the most entertaining, bizarre and depressing accounts of local politics I have ever read. Thanks.
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by versk 7y ago
But your risk profile for death is extremely high.
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by versk 7y ago
maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEz5GfZUnBU went viral in ireland for the accent and the novelty of seeing a city centre addict being interviewed about football on tv. The point where he strats realizing he is m
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by versk 9y ago
I'm skeptical 800 million dollar projects would pass through local government at that level in 5 minutes, unless everyone who voted in favor had already been canvassed or taken part in intense debates at other meetings or were rubber s
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by versk 11y ago
Metal Machine Music
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by versk 11y ago
Two men stood at the verge of the cliff, watching: businessman, boatman. — She's making for Bullock harbour. The boatman nodded towards the north of the bay with some disdain. — There's five fathoms out there, he said. It'll
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by versk 12y ago
Seems likely to be shit, fuck or stupid
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by versk 13y ago
> That's basically fulfilling the prophecy that men are just in for the sex. How in god's name did you reach that conclusion?
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by versk 13y ago
"I wanted edgy. I wanted mobile. I wanted hip. I wanted cool." "Actually I continue to fight with myself not to expose two individuals in particular who have been completely toxic to the very infant ecosystem which needs the
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by versk 13y ago
Define "dynamic fast-paced IT industry" sounds like a meaningless platitude to me. From my experience most companies have huge difficulties finding good irish candidates because they are both just low in numbers and inclined to im
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by versk 13y ago
> China is, simply put, orders of magnitude bigger Ah China, Like religion, a topic about which people who have no idea about are comfortable making grand, utterly wrong statements. China's GDP is about 50% bigger than japans, its e
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by versk 13y ago
Agree, worrying to see what is basically a buzzfeed list on the frontpage of HN
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by versk 13y ago
I keep hearing this on HN and reddit, but I think this is a mainly an echo-chamber effect. I'd say its far more likely that the vast majority of people don't actually care or realise what was happening, or they do realise and stil
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by versk 13y ago
Still happening, except they wouldn't last 2 hours like OP's story. I took an american colleague to a rave (in dublin) about a year ago and he was freaking out at the fact that you had to meet someone somewhere then get passed of
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by versk 13y ago
completely uninformed here, but wouldn't having the servers wiped be better for the defense? no evidence for him, but none for the prosecutor either.
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by versk 13y ago
It seems like you have a lot of misconceptions about cities and there health and environmental impacts, which have been proven multiple times to be lower in per capita then suburban and rural communities, often by great amounts. I'd li
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by versk 13y ago
Not everything is a software problem, I think you are hugely underestimating how much more power is required for an elevator to self propel vertically upwards compared to a counterweight system. I'm not an expert but I'd have to g
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by versk 13y ago
Don't you need a group by clause in order to have a having clause?
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by versk 13y ago
I'm not an expert, But I'd imagine the opportunities for growth would override the desire to preserve revenue from roaming.
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by versk 13y ago
Comparing freemium game conversion to Triple AAA piracy is ludicrous, and the argument that a freemium game should convert more because its designed to convert people is the most textbook definition of a specious argument I've ever seen. Su
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by versk 13y ago
"when in reality there maybe 1% of pirates that would have otherwise bought the game" Your number is ridiculous, and no-one assumes every pirated game is a lost sale either. Do you have any evidence to support this number?
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by versk 14y ago
Surely "Awesome" must take the top-spot