CheesecakeFred

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   by CheesecakeFred 6y ago

   He was describing the ideal attorney. If you factor in human failure in your ideals from the start, what you get is the lowest common multiple, so you limit any aspiration and potential from the start. No, the ideal would be an attorney tha
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   You can measure the health of a society in how they treat the weak and helpless (helpless in this case in regards to prisoners who are at the whim of the prison). In this regard, America is profoundly sick and defective. It is of course tru
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   I think the problem here is pretty obvious.
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   I was going to comment on this article, but realized it is futile to go into detail and critizise it at this place. Simply put I would stay far away from articles and people thinking the way Venkatesh Rao exhibits here. Highly toxic and inh
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   Are you shilling against SpaceX, or was that worded slightly weird, or what? Bug-free is a ridiculous theoretical concept, where there are humans at work, there are bugs. As for 'perfect development culture', same thing. Ridiculou
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   Thanks. You made a guide homepage in the post I answerded to, which repeatedly mentions "if you have these symptoms". But the symptoms are not mentioned in the guide. I think for a proper guide you should absolutely list the sympt
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   There is no information on the often-called "symptoms". What are the symptoms one should be aware of, one should check for?
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   Ok. But who in their right mind still uses google search directly?
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   by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

   I think you missed the point, "will often express very blunt concerns about quality/risks in emails or PRs" means he straight up communicates any issue without sugar-coating. Which is what you want from a conscious employee.
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    by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

    The gear ratio would change. Also I can't imagine certification is only required for changes from a pilot's perspective, but from a functional perspective.
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    by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

    >The problems are less difficult to solve, but also much more frustrating. A lot more black boxes that you can't reverse engineer when you get stuck. Working with other people in a big company means things move far slower than my ab
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    by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

    Point 2. "Code is a Liability" ends with the sentence: "Always strive to do everything using as little code as humanly possible." On its own I consider this bad advice. I would change it to 'Always strive to make y
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    by CheesecakeFred 7y ago

    Somehow there seems to be a fundamental difference in cognition between me and these people getting scammed like that. I cannot even begin to imagine the mindset, filter bubble, delusions one must suffer to not see right through a scam lik