Jemaclus

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by Jemaclus 4y ago
Totally. I've found that there are three approaches to that. The first is that almost any conversation will slow down for a good story. If you get good at commanding the attention of folks in the conversation, and your stories are enga
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Practice makes perfect! Tell a lot of stories! Also read and listen to stories. Watch good storytellers and see what they do. Find interesting angles to mundane ideas. I'll ask people "What did you do this weekend?" and they&
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You should sync up with this guy! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34487948
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You should sync up with this guy! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34490043
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No kids. I wake up at 7:30am, walk the dog, then exercise (choose one: 30 minute run, 60 minute walk, 60 minute lift weights). Quick shower, then breakfast/protein shake. First meeting between 9 and 9:30. Lunch at noon. I mix it up wit
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Yeah, I might say something to the effect of "I thought I ordered the salmon," and if they say "Oh no, I thought it was the burger," then I'll just shrug and be happy with the burger. But I'm not going to berat
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I agree. Context is everything. A "test" in a work environment is one thing, but at a restaurant? My priorities are totally different at a restaurant. I just want to eat and have a good time. I don't need to be in control. Th
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Thank you. I'm very passionate about this area, so it's fun to talk about. :)
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Sort of! Your approach of "searching filters" is certainly a shortcut into larger query understanding, and for your use-case, depending on the size and variety of your catalog, it may be totally sufficient. You're actually li
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This is actually where something like Elasticsearch would work significantly better than Postgres Full Text Search. PFTS is pretty good when you have a small data set and all of the relevant keywords are in the product data, but as OP disco
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I build MUDs whenever I learn a new language! Didn't know there was a BOOK for it! Wow. Very cool!
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I hesitate to respond, because I'm generally not interested in arguing on the internet. I'm also not entirely sure if you're just being pedantic or not, but IMO this is a pretty narrow view of "career progression."
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Director-level here. It's great that you gave it a shot, but management isn't for everyone! In fact, when most engineers come to me and say "I want to be a manager," the first thing I say is "No, you don't.&quo
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Ah, fair enough! I'm in California so that's not a problem. Dang. Hope you can find something good, then!
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You could consider getting a solar roof! I have no particular expertise here, but a guy down the street from me got one, and he loves it so far (~1.5 years into it). Here's an article about it with a few vendors, including Tesla, that
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by Jemaclus 4y ago
Also, if you liked CRADLE, I recommend MOTHER OF LEARNING by nobody103, Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor (first book is out, second book comes out in 2023), and Arcane Ascension series by Andrew Rowe. All three of those are fantastic and
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I enjoyed KKC when I first read them, but I haven't re-read them. I think Rothfuss is a talented writer, but given that the third book is MIA for going on 10 years, I'm not inclined to recommend it to anyone, unless you're OK
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I do! - Django Wexler's THE SHADOW CAMPAIGNS - flintlock fantasy with demons! First book is titled "The Thousand Names" - Robert Jackson Bennett's THE DIVINE CITIES trilogy, of which the first book is THE CITY OF STAIRS.
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AFAIK, most of them are actually warehouse employees at entry-level wages that ship his books/swag from his online store and other endeavors, and also handle the kickstarter fulfillment process, versus white-collar jobs like editors an
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Read more! ;) All seriousness aside, Mistborn (Era 1) is fantastic, especially as an introduction into Sanderson's world. Part of the reason it's great is because he was able to write all three books at once -- book 1 went to prin
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I always imagined it was a play on "surfing" the web and a Beach Boys reference to "Surfin' Safari".
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I've bought and read both, but the one I used for my interpreter was Interpreter Book by Thorsten Ball, because it's written in Go and Go is currently my favorite language. They both work well, though!
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I would recommend Crafting Interpreters ( https://craftinginterpreters.com ) or Interpreter Book ( https://interpreterbook.com/ ). Excellent ways to learn how to build an interpreter. You have a functioning interpre
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This is super high level, but the TL;DR is: - Site Reliability: exactly what it sounds like. These teams are responsible for ensuring that the site is reliable! Is it up? Is it healthy? How do we make sure it stays that way? This often invo
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First, I would imagine that this is probably the wrong community to ask. We're generally techies, not professional musicians! Your target audience is... not here. I'm sure there are a few pro musicians in the HN audience, but your
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Thank you
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Thank you
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I'm a dumb dumb. Can you define "implicit reference semantics" and "value semantics"? You use the phrases several times in your post, but I don't really understand what you mean. If it helps, I'm not a C++

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