DougMellon

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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   Is it truly decentralized when it’s so reliant on exchanges and wallets that are abstracted away from the chains - often through third party layers akin to Infura?
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   I also highly recommend the Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   I don’t want to discredit the authors views but, as someone that has competed in sports at a high level and suffered injury, it seems as if they are going through the emotional roller coaster of recovery. The read is all over the place and
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   Oh wow, I did not know - thank you.
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   Documenting Architecture Decisions(cognitect.com)

   6 points by DougMellon 4y ago|0 comments
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   Tell HN: HN search is hitting a 502 Bad Gateway

   6 points by DougMellon 4y ago|2 comments
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   I’ve been using Obsidian daily for a couple of months now and couldn’t be happier.
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   I am. However, there are times where I feel a slight guilt not responding right away and I still catch myself reaching for my phone thinking there has to be some notifications to check.
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   by DougMellon 4y ago

   The Helsinki MOOC is great and was just upgraded to JS. https://fullstackopen.com/en/
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    > Good enough is good enough. I’ve only been in my first role for about two months and this one hit the hardest for me personally. I imagine it has a direct correlation with impostor syndrome, but I spend a lot of time writing things ove
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I have progressed to a point where I essentially have do not disturb on all day with my partner and mother allowed through as well as two apps for work and the rest receiving a DND response. I also have it set so repeated calls come though
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I grew up in New England and currently live in Denver, but have traveled to over 20 countries and lived in both Italy and Croatia. Europe is a very broad statement so maybe you are talking about some outliers, but roads are not rare nor are
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    Tidal has a long history of shady practices and failing to pay artists royalties. It reached a point where they were investigated by Norway for data fraud and faced class action lawsuits from labels and artists.
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    Read the Phoenix Project and loved it - did not know there was another one called the Unicorn Project so I'll start reading it! Looking at the Google SRE book now. Thank you for your time!
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    Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning system architecture at scale?

    2 points by DougMellon 4y ago|2 comments
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I was just introduced to VisiData at work and have fallen in love with it.
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I was onboard the USS Mount Whitney during a dry dock fire while in Croatia and even that was terrifying. I can’t imagine being at sea and having something like that happen.
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I’m seeing the following: > $10 a month after 7-day free trial
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I was an OS in the Navy and The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch is a fantastic reference.
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    A Message to Garcia [0] was often passed around while I was in the Navy. That in addition to Iron and the Soul by Henry Rollins [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_to_Garcia [1] https://www.ne
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    Does anyone know how accurate Windy is? https://www.windy.com/menu?dustsm,41.112,-47.637,3
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    > Firefox wasn’t the #2 browser - that’s Safari, mainly because of the captive audience of iPhone and iPad users. But it was the most popular browser that people chose to use. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I struggle to see how one can
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    StreetFighter, FIFA, RuneScape, SimCity, and a couple others.
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    Our use was less interesting — shaving. Sleep was limited while underway so you would try to milk every minute possible. You'd be rushing to change, shave, and get to watch or muster which meant no time to wait for a shaving cut to sto
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    We used them in the Navy!
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    > I don't know of any other major games using Java https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Java_platform_games
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    I believe you are looking at the one year average annual return [0] which is 27.51% [1]. The Nasdaq-100 is down 22.10% YTD [3]. [0] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aar.asp [1] https://www.nasdaq.co
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    Usenet Archives(yarchive.net)

    1 points by DougMellon 4y ago|1 comments
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    For reference, I graduate from a middle of the road state school in May with a degree in software engineering. Here were the required major courses: - Introduction to Software Engineering - Web Design and Development for Small Business - Gr
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    by DougMellon 4y ago

    These are the servers I am currently in: - https://theprogrammershangout.com/about - Discord Gophers: https://discord.gg/ecwK4WcM - The Coding Den: https://discord.gg/code - Programming Dis