Dr_tldr

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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Your experience with small to mid-sized firms does sound depressingly typical and I've experienced it too, but I think it's worth mentioning that Amazon specifically won't reject you for not saying a number.
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
The OP is being kind of cagey about what their role is. Nearly everyone at Amazon who does what we would generally be considered a primarily dev role is either an SDE (Software Development Engineer) or a WDE (Web Development Engineer). Are
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
It's no secret that the continuing economic dominance of the US is not due to a post-WW2 windfall or the unique capabilities of Americans, but more to the ability of the US to attract and retain the very best, and then subsequently giv
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I did some digging into Dr. Bredesen's work and the study you mentioned didn't have a control group. If you don't have a control group and you're changing dozens of variables simultaneously, you're not doing science
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
You're comparing a child to an adult as if they're the same. That's a pretty leaky abstraction and somewhat disturbing if you can't see the critical distinction. This is the kind of self-indulgent thinking that tries cer
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Saying your company is at fault for how you feel is the exact same reasoning as "You made me do it", ie, not assuming any agency at all. Same thing with "toxic culture of abuse." People who are being sexually trafficke
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Squarespace really sounds like a nightmare, and also very rough on people who work a support/call center role rather than a dev role. I say this having experience with both, as only the call center involved handling tickets as a primar
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
>"Why is "trend" relevant? Your clarified statement is that modern wage disparity is not due to discrimination. That means that even a handful of counter-examples would suffice to show that that statement is incorrect.&quo
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
The solution you're looking for is OAuth. It's in fact never been "all or nothing", its' always been a choice by each app and service. The reason most apps ask for everything is because 99% of users don't und
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I don't know how much the course goes into this, but it might help you get started to keep in mind that it's not HTML in JS, it's xml-like JSX syntax as syntactic sugar for regular JS function calls. It's no more "e
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Yeah, I genuinely don't understand what they're going for here. Anything that happens client-side can be modified by the client. Because, you know... it's on their side. Front-end validation and stuff is nice for UI/UX,
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
It really, really depends. If you've got a large team and a mature codebase, a rockstar programmer who's a douche is usually worse than useless. But if you've got a small team and are making major architecting decisions, the
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Pretty much all the usability testing that's ever been done would disagree with you. Do you have a good reason for feeling like your opinion is representative of broader demographics?
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
"And if there are indeed windfall profits to be made what is preventing smart-ass entrepreneurs from jumping in and making those profits?" Incredibly high barriers to entry and very large established players who have already corne
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Notice the comments on the article that are over a thousand days old? Please don't inaccurately title submissions "2016" when you're uncertain (and in this case, very wrong) about the date.
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
My portfolio is about 50% medical supply and machinery manufacturers, and they're incredibly steady investments which pay strong dividends even and especially when the stock price is down. Furthermore, they're often able to make b
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
It may have started as an ass-covering move, but I also think of it as a common courtesy for letting people know that you're offering non-specialist advice and to take it with a grain of salt. I kind of wish people did that for more th
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
That doesn't seem to correspond to the attitudes of salesmen vs engineers. I'm not sure what salesmen you're thinking of, but few of the people in sales I've talked to can have an in-depth discussion about how React.crea
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I have yet to meet a human being who has used Dart, or could identify its syntax.
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
And this is why Amazon or REI should remain the preferred option even if the price is higher or the selection isn't as specialized. It's really strange that people would think online shopping is now a universally safe and hassle-f
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Blizzard gave us six inoffensive emotes, and we still find a way to engage in asshole behavior with them. It's kind of inspiring, actually.
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
> Did you know that psychologists know how to cure insomnia in a single session? I've spent quite a bit of time and money working with psychologists, psychiatrists, done sleep studies and kept up with the latest research, and there&
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I hope it's "doesn't waste time on clickbait." Titles like this are against the HN Guidelines, last time I checked.
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I'd agree, but a common doom-mongering narrative is "things are worse than they used to be and they're getting ever worse!" Very few people say "the present has a number of trade-offs that's arguably not much b
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
I would like to see more granular numbers for how long people spend talking with chat bots, because that's a distinct possibility! I've seen numbers like "x thousand hours of conversation", but my impression is that it&#
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
More a novelty than an actual scientific undertaking, since most "breeding back" currently being undertaken is just selecting for a few of the most prominent physical features. It's an interesting idea, but I would guess we&#
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Isn't the biggest problem between a human and a bot is that they have nothing to talk about? The bot isn't from anywhere, it doesn't do anything, there's no reason for the conversation, and the bot isn't aware enoug
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
Did they solve their untenable business model of assuming that cleaners are interchangeable service workers AND assuming that cleaners aren't smart enough to cut out the middle-man who literally does nothing after the initial introduct
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
This really speaks to a lack of infrastructure for people who are interested in scientific topics beyond the generalist level provided for in US schools. If there had been a legitimate and clear pipeline for him as a teenager to be mentored
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by Dr_tldr 11y ago
You mean like ExxonMobil, Comcast, and Monsanto? Wait, what was your point?

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