GFischer

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by GFischer 9y ago
Counter-anecdata: My stepfather tried to introduce me to programming via C as a kid (with the very same Kernighan & Ritchie book), and it didn't help at all. An environment with a better REPL and which can do more "fun" p
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by GFischer 9y ago
I've sent and received money with Western Union... where does it take 40% commission or one week? It takes about 10% commission at most and it's same-day. Definitely can be improved upon but you're exaggerating. Plus, bitcoin
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by GFischer 9y ago
"The process of incorporating machine learning into an application often involves a team of experts tuning and tinkering for months with inconsistent setups. Businesses and developers want an end-to-end, development to production pipel
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by GFischer 9y ago
Did you bring it up with your management? The sibling comments about Kanban are spot on. Management probably is rightly worried about tracking and estimating, if you can offer an alternative that can get them that they'll be on board.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Well, one BIG difference with command line interfaces is that there's logic behind ("NLP") that guesses what the user wanted to do and matches it with the correct command (matching an input with an intent). Heck, that's
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by GFischer 9y ago
"Familiar symbols or designs" depending on the country, wording may vary. https://research.ncsu.edu/nctc/study-guide/infrastructure/re... (Standard disclaimer: I am not a lawyer)
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by GFischer 9y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1883/ And yes, I do hate working with timezones - and so does everyone else I guess, Outlook still fails to correctly send appointment invites across timezones when DST is involved.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Ouch, that's worse than salaries here in Uruguay, and I thought we had it bad (I knew Southeast Asia had bad salaries, but I didn't know that extended to Russia too)
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by GFischer 9y ago
It is, but at least I would have appreciated some kind of writeup, instead of "We focus on high value-added data projects at rapidly growing technology companies." and "Our engagement process is very thourough" (with a t
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by GFischer 9y ago
Good to know. I love Camtasia but my previous employers didn't want to budget for it (my current one is better in that regard but I don't need it right now).
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by GFischer 9y ago
While I agree that we would do well to take some lessons from these people, one big difference between Shiuar and Western families is that Western families have switched from r-selection to k-selection - fewer babies treated as precious, fr
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by GFischer 9y ago
I would do that for $100/hr :) . However, there's quite a lot of friction hiring unknown software developers (so I guess that's why I don't get those offers - I'm not actively hunting for them).
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by GFischer 9y ago
Is that before or after taxes? (huge difference). Monthly take home pay?
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by GFischer 9y ago
Not sure, but I have a sister that's a recruiter and I don't think she's mentioned any salaries under 100K. She has an event on December 11: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-hired-recruiter-panel-and-n...
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by GFischer 9y ago
That sounds really bad for the SF Bay Area (unless you have some equity or something).
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by GFischer 9y ago
If you ever revive it, I worked for an insurance company that loves giving those kind of services as add-ons to their homeowners insurance (they're usually little-used and serve as great promotional copy).
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by GFischer 9y ago
Well, having someone over video sounds like it would have value :) (even though eventually you get a house visit), I'd love that service. I have some exterior window blinds that need fixing, I'd love for someone to see it over a v
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by GFischer 9y ago
It's a modern NBA thing: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/4/16593220/nba-weight-...
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by GFischer 9y ago
Well, at least in my country, their websites suck, and you can't guarantee delivery other than "sometime in the afternoon", meaning if you're on a tight schedule you're stuck.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Where are you located?
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by GFischer 9y ago
Seconded, CBT is very good with this. There should be free or discounted CBT therapy (with graduate students) available in your area.
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by GFischer 9y ago
I thought videocalls and live video-shopping would be ubiquitous (and I put my money where my mouth was). I still think we're due more interactive shopping experiences.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Appear.in is great, but I don't think it's good enough for more than 5 people (which is what the poster is asking about) unless everybody's bandwidth is great.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Would this be the "Visual Studio Code" to the SQL Server Management Studio? No mention of CosmosDB (I want some kind of SSMS equivalent for CosmosDB).
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by GFischer 9y ago
Honestly I can't tell... I do see them being sold, maybe as a trap gift for grandparents. I've heard of people using it to watch YouTube or Netflix as a replacement for a big TV (most people have a phone but not everyone has a big
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by GFischer 9y ago
The Google Cardboard-style VR and chinese clones are outselling Oculus and Vives by an order of magnitude at least. Cardboard itself is 10 million viewers: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/28/google-has-shipped-
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by GFischer 9y ago
Very famous case: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...
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by GFischer 9y ago
That's actually what a lot of rich people do (and it makes the company I work for a boatload of money). Concierge/Valet services seem to be very valued by rich people (and I guess it would be a hard habit to wean off). There'
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by GFischer 9y ago
I had my Blizzard/Battle.net account broken into - there was nothing to steal at the moment (I had played some multiplayer something a decade ago with one of the free multiplayer-only installations). When I wanted to create a Hearthsto
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by GFischer 9y ago
That's one of my favourite ideas to submit whenever people ask for startup ideas :) I absolutely believe there's a need for curated content for online video. I'd love a tv-channel-like browsing experience, with seamless switc

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