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by DenisM 3y ago
It’s not forced or high priority - it just surfaces tech debt to management in the way they can easily quantify and prioritize.
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by DenisM 3y ago
Couple of simple ideas for the zombie flag problem: - When adding a flag immediately file a bug to remove the flag by a certain date. Enforce in code review. The bug count will surface the problem to the management. - When a flag is past d
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by DenisM 3y ago
> These are also the reasons I recommended it for Snowflake's metadata store Are you saying you were “in the room” when the decision was made? Can you elaborate? Edit: indeed you were… https://www.snowflake.com/wp-co
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by DenisM 3y ago
Snark is against the rules on HN
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by DenisM 3y ago
A better term in this case is monopsony.
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by DenisM 3y ago
If you get sea sick on a boat look at the horizon. It brings your vestibular system in sync with your visual input. If you look inside the boat your visual and vestibular systems are out of sync. The same could have happened to you on the c
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by DenisM 3y ago
4. Senators are trying to find out if LLMs are dangerous like nuclear weapons or not. Hence an inquiry and not a law or a lawsuit.
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by DenisM 3y ago
Astute observation. I imagine this effect will eventually consume any company. Or will it? Do we know of a way to stave it off?
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by DenisM 3y ago
For military or police use I can imagine superimposing models of hidden targets derived from aerial imagery. Granted the derivation part is presently missing. Interior design is another subject that comes to mind.
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by DenisM 3y ago
I know a guy who had that. Turned out these actually were panic attacks after all. Finger-prick blood sugar test told the story, and anxiety meds fixed it right up. Hypoglycemia actually causes a panic attack, so symptoms are the same.
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by DenisM 3y ago
That’s a nice looking site… Does anyone know a low-effort way of making something similar?
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by DenisM 3y ago
The author seems to have a lot on his plate. One way to improve the situation is to delegate more technical leadership work, such as code and design reviews, to principal engineers and rely on them keep you appraised.
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by DenisM 4y ago
It could send delayed emails to itself, creating a loop.
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by DenisM 4y ago
> It's hard to believe that you're not actively being disingenuous rather than incidentally illiterate in regards to the broader historical context. Please don’t. The rules specifically discourage this. Assume good faith. ht
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by DenisM 4y ago
I presume you meant a refcount, not a Boolean?
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by DenisM 4y ago
To clarify - you’re using an ARM MacBook to run MacOS, which runs Parallels, which runs ARM Windows, which executes x86 Windows applications?
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by DenisM 4y ago
Perhaps we should make a distinction between colonial imperialism and modern imperialism. The latter mostly concerns itself with trade treaties, however lopsided, whereas the former also involved a lot more meddling in the culture, the powe
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by DenisM 4y ago
Why would an offshore employee stick around any longer than a US one? They too would move as soon as they find a better offer.
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by DenisM 4y ago
FWIW the book summary is available on Blinkist
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by DenisM 4y ago
I think most people wouldn’t mind writing a thoughtful letter if they knew that the recruiter will put thought into reading it. However most applications are discarded before that, which means one has to apply a lot to get a chance at hitti
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by DenisM 4y ago
Booked? What do you mean?
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by DenisM 4y ago
This article contains some very dangerous advice. In particular it says that the difference between reset--hard and checkout is merely down to the working tree changes not being preserved. What it does not mention is that reset will obliter
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by DenisM 4y ago
> Variations of this concept are frequently used by drug addicts to justify continued behavior. Think about it as a policy maker. You have a choice whom to blame - an individual or their environment. If you blame the individual there is
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by DenisM 4y ago
Do you know of a GitHub equivalent for Mercurial? Bitbucket no longer supports hg. :/
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by DenisM 4y ago
You could also use VM snapshots to undo any damage during the learning process. Ironic, I know.
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by DenisM 4y ago
I recall Google has an API for at least part of the Gmail data (tasks) and that API is used on mobile devices. Look into it, you might be surprised.
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by DenisM 4y ago
Yeah, I entered exactly one contact before I realized this. There’s also the problem of entering unflattering details, and subsequently leaking them out. The search continues.
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by DenisM 4y ago
How do you position yourself when looking for a job? Divergent background of this sort could be a liability. And then you have to be explicit about what you want in your next role. Do you have two different resumes?
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by DenisM 4y ago
http://web.archive.org/web/20221225232639/https://ralphammer...
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by DenisM 4y ago
From the horse’s mouth: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe... TLDR: - gifts are not tax deductible. - gifts are taxable but only if above $17k per person . - gifts for medical expenses are ex

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