ChrisLTD

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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Right. Even deciding what to write about is a form of bias. I've found it's best to read news from outlets where you clearly understand the bias at play. Then you can calibrate your brain to what you're reading.
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It's amazing they weren't going to do this originally. What a fiasco.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
What does their near death experience of the 1990s have to do with today? Is anyone in leadership from that era even working there now?
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Gaming is one of the cheaper hobbies out there.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
There is a great YouTube video breaking down how Dune's special effects were created to look as real as possible, as opposed to what you get in the average Marvel movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIKupTibxKQ
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I think that's part of the author's point. These acquisitions happen early enough that it's not clear whether or not Instagram, Wordle, etc. would be competitive businesses. However, I don't want to work in a regulatory
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
> As a society, we want to properly incent smart people to build useful things. The author of the piece needs to help bridge us from his proposal to "re-examine the way we make rules around tech M&A", and how Mr. Wardle wou
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Yeah... I thought you used to be able to buy a particular class, but that option seems gone now.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I miss having some sort of limits on what I can consume. There were only so many things on TV at a certain time. You had to pick from what was available from Blockbuster to rent. You probably only had one or two newspapers to skim through.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I want auto updates for security patches, please.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Which Star Trek season was cancelled? I can't find any news on it.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Microsoft is trying by moving more and more functionality into apps you get from the store. I think that's the right move. There's lots of bits and bobs in MacOS and iOS that could probably benefit from the same approach.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Looks like you might be compromised by this rogue Coa package if you use Windows and you installed or updated npm packages on November 4.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I love my M1 Air, but ultimately it's a moderately faster version of what I had before. The real benefit, so far, is that I have a fanless machine with the same kind of power as the previous pro level machines. Otherwise, it hasn'
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
The point is, these people shouldn’t be broke. After all, they have full-time work.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Perhaps the title is using the colloquial definition of “unaffordable” rather than the literal? Colloquially, “unaffordable” often means it’s hard to pay for something, not that’s it’s impossible to pay for something.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
You can have large apartments in tall buildings. There just aren't enough high rise buildings in SF.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I'd agree if San Francisco was full, but it's possible to build up and increase density so people can live close to their jobs. People per square mile: San Francisco: 17,246.4 Brooklyn: 35,369.1 Manhattan: 69,467.5
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Many folks are attracted to new tools and techniques rather than outcomes. And since our tools and techniques are constantly in flux, few reach a level of stability and maturity where a GUI tool would work well.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Once you're making Google money, I would think the overriding concern would be where you actually would like to live. What environment do you find stimulating? Where are you likely to meet people that share your values? Do you want to
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Interesting. This news dovetails well with the speculation of how China sees American style "tech" in this HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28036847
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
It's been a few years, but I got a lot out of Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky. It helped me adopt a professional attitude toward how I built software and worked in teams. If you want to save some money, most of the book is taken from
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Lynx is great. I still occasionally use it to test sites for accessibility and SEO.
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
The job market really started to heat up for the first time since the 1990s under Trump, which I think explains that phenomenon. On the flip side, even my friends and family that support Trump were growing tired of the baseline level of anx
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Compared to 2020, this year has been amazing for Americans. But I wonder if the happiness will be short lived. Aside from Trump and Covid, the same issues we had in 2019 are lurking below the surface. And it’s entirely possible a Trumpy f
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
Will global warming change the viability of Central Valley agriculture beyond the increased occurrences of drought?
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
That's an interesting idea. I think we also need to consider the possibility that some of these areas experiencing drought might be unfit for agriculture. To put it another way, maybe we should be helping the farmers move rather than t
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I think the biggest danger for the developer crowd is that Apple locks down MacOS so much that our tools and workflows become more limited and difficult to use. I'm not saying that will happen, but it seems more possible today than it
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by ChrisLTD 5y ago
I'm not sure this change is reason enough to give up possibly decades of experience with Windows. Switching platforms can slow your work down for months if you have a unique and optimized workflow.
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The United States is a cruel place to live if you’re poor. Businesses think they are entitled to desperate labor at rock bottom prices, and a large part of the country’s leadership is happy to help.

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