J-dawg

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by J-dawg 10y ago
Also from the UK. Everyone I know who has spent a significant amount of time driving in the USA has commented on the generally poor driving. Not that UK drivers are perfect (very far from it). But I've heard the same comments enough ti
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I think if the whole system was redesigned from scratch a lot of things would be different. Why on earth do we use red and green for signalling stop/go when a statistically significant number of men (plus a few women) have difficulty s
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I get the sweating thing too. Powering through doesn't always work, it becomes so obvious that it's awkward not to mention it. It's had a major effect on my life and career.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
> When I had little experience, it was easy to feel confident and capable during interviews. Now that I've been repeatedly humbled, I struggle to sell myself. This, in my opinion, is the crux of the issue. It's so hard to talk
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Ask HN: Does your employer pay for online courses, books etc?
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How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply(theguardian.com)
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by J-dawg 10y ago
That's exactly what I thought too, I first heard the word in an Offspring song: That car looked so tempting, so easy to drive / Just like that apartment that you burglarized I thought the songwriter had invented the word to make
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by J-dawg 10y ago
> What's particularly annoying to me is that they talk about prison rape as if it's a natural part of the punishment. This seems to have become a standard idea in American TV shows. It's usually something along the lines o
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Could you explain what the real Dunning-Kruger effect is? I always thought it was pretty much "you're so dumb that you think you're smart". Wikipedia says: "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which low
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UK IT consultant subject to insane sex ban order mounts legal challenge(theregister.co.uk)
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UK's mass-surveillance draft law grants spies incredible powers(theregister.co.uk)
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Same here. If I clench my jaw or push it forward it gets much louder and more noticeable, especially on one side.
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Can mythbusters like Snopes.com keep up in a post-truth era?(theguardian.com)
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I've always found the American 'no-filtering' rule incredibly strange. Whenever I'm stuck in traffic in the UK (in a car), it's a completely normal sight to see bikers and cyclists filtering to the front of the line
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I did this in the UK and it felt like a huge deal. I wasn't yet a developer at the time, but I think my experience is still relevant. It seemed to really have an impact on interviews. The interviewer would end up asking a lot of questi
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Ask HN: How can I demonstrate value as an onshore developer?
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Thanks for the answer. I'm just a wannabe web developer who really ought to know this stuff. Sorry for spamming HN with my stupid question.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
It was more than that. People were looking at old wall posts (which were always public) and they couldn't believe that they'd ever had those conversations in public. Hence jumping to the conclusion that their private messages had
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What is the string on the BillForward job ad?
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Great post. > There is nothing to "get" other than to understand that as you become older the thing that's changing is you For proof of this, look no further than when Facebook introduced the timeline, making it easier t
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Troy Hunt's Pluralsight course seems to come highly recommended [0]. I haven't got around to doing it myself yet, but it's on my list! [0] https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/hack-yourself-first
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April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs(theguardian.com)
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by J-dawg 10y ago
What are the low-carbon alternatives for long-distance travel? For overland travel, I guess we already know the answer: High speed electric trains and electric cars / buses (which will eventually become self-driving), with the power be
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by J-dawg 10y ago
This is the problem with any suggestion that we voluntarily limit our carbon-emitting activities. If we take the argument to its logical conclusion, we should all stop reproducing altogether. It's the 'dead great-grandfather princ
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Do you have any practical tips for doing this on a daily basis? I read your comment and completely agreed with the sentiment, but then found myself thinking "what can I do differently?" I'm a lot older than the OP, and fear I
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Imagine if you could delete bad memories. Well, you can(theguardian.com)
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by J-dawg 10y ago
This is a nice way of looking at it. Thanks.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I sometimes think this when I watch the Isle of Man TT races (which, incidentally, happen later this month). At least one of the top riders is a family man, he brings his wife and kids to the island every year. There is an excellent documen
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by J-dawg 10y ago
> It's actually a failure of UK and not necessarily just success of London Exactly. It's a case of too many people needing to live in and around London, not necessarily wanting to.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Thanks for the correction. I think the point still stands.

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