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by MattyRad 7y ago
There are at least 6 giant and contentious subjects covered in this one, short article: - Code duplication (when it's appropriate) - Code cosmetics/legibility - Code scalability/flexibility - Code review (protocols, how to pe
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by MattyRad 7y ago
I just finished reading the whole thing. It was definitely an honest and transparent testament to his (and others') struggle. I wouldn't say I felt moved by it, but I take away a renewed perspective in life, an understanding of
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Cats: The jellicle drinking game challenge(film.mradford.com)
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by MattyRad 7y ago
Only tangentially related, sorry: all of the the companions in The Outer Worlds were uninteresting, I found it much more satisfying (and challenging) to beat the game solo. Effectively, each companion was an ordinary human, with some arbitr
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by MattyRad 7y ago
I agree making time to learn at work for a job you've had for a while is important, but we should probably make a distinction for newhires. Software has a low barrier to entry and I'm sure many of us have been victim to people who
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by MattyRad 7y ago
This is an excellent suggestion. I think an important question to ask before getting review is can other people understand and manipulate my code as easily as I can ? Engineers who submit PRs without critiquing their own work (usually the
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by MattyRad 7y ago
"I2P, TOR, and DAT" is an interesting callout in the article. Purposefully removing the search engine as a way of opting out of internet "homogenization" is an interesting counter-culture move. I would be very interested
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by MattyRad 7y ago
This is highly unrelated, sorry, but does anyone know the zsh theme used in that post ( https://feross.org/images/funding-screenshot.png )? I didn't see anything like it in the list of zsh themes ( https:/&#x2F
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by MattyRad 7y ago
As a reminder, DuckDuckGo (while being an alternative itself) supports bang operators ( https://duckduckgo.com/bang ), which helps to prevent Google assimilation.
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Oh man, I can relate to every song on the whole channel. Good job!
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by MattyRad 7y ago
Yes, and as a side note, Foursquare has a free tier (ratelimited) Places API. Now that Google Places API is ludicrously expensive, I tinkered with Foursquare and it was a very enjoyable experience.
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by MattyRad 7y ago
Agreed. It's very much a sunk cost/escalation of commitment fallacy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalation_of_commitment Also bad is that junior engineers see shoddy client side code and internalize it.
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by MattyRad 7y ago
This is definitely in the same vein as http://boringtechnology.club/ After several years of drinking the client-side kool-aid, I've come to realize that it almost never has a positive ROI. On top of the false premise t
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by MattyRad 7y ago
> 1. Rephrase your objection as a question Careful with this one. In my experience, you aren't fooling anyone when you ask someone a question to which you yourself know the answer. It can quickly come off as condescending. One helpf
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Show HN: Web pages stored entirely in DNS(serv.from.zone)
4 points by MattyRad 7y ago|1 comments
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by MattyRad 7y ago
Shameless self promotion, but if you're interested in this sort of thing and know a little about DNS, you can similarly host a website purely through DNS records; no hosting, no cost, etc. https://serv.from.zone
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by MattyRad 7y ago
I think frontend has such a low barrier to entry and such a high degree of fault tolerance that it makes sense that people misjudge their capability.
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by MattyRad 7y ago
You're right, it would be pretty difficult to make a test that actually gauges competency. That shouldn't necessarily be a reason not to try though. Honestly, it might be easier to adjust the hiring process. If the hiring process
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by MattyRad 7y ago
I've shared this experience of being a mentor and babysitter for people who seek all the things you listed, although in my case it's inexperienced coworkers who are "self taught" (no boot camp even). Their charisma and o
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by MattyRad 8y ago
I'm obliged to quote The Man in the Arena: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic A stirring speech, and a good reminder to press on, and to press for results (just be careful not to reference i
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by MattyRad 8y ago
I think being stoic is becoming increasingly valuable regarding today's politics. Vindictiveness and toxicity is reflected regularly in people that closely follow national politics, usually demonstrated by their desire to relieve their
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Show HN: CNAME serv.from.zone – Serve a site out of DNS(serv.from.zone)
10 points by MattyRad 8y ago|2 comments
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by MattyRad 8y ago
The Peter Principle is also referred to as Putt's Law ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt%27s_Law_and_the_Success... ) and phrased slightly differently.
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by MattyRad 8y ago
He's self representing himself for the case? Does anyone know if there is any reasoning behind this? Even lawyers aren't recommended to represent themselves... going up against Amazon's lawyers with- no offense to the author-
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by MattyRad 8y ago
Does anyone have a list of competitive programming challenges like this? Specifically where you're programming a board game against other algorithms. Googling "competitive programming challenges" doesn't yield a lot of g
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by MattyRad 8y ago
Since you bring up raw livestream footage, a quality example of a documentary which is just livestream footage is Jesus Camp. It's quite fascinating because the people who were filmed believe they are accurately represented (which they
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by MattyRad 8y ago
I also had my account suspended due to a failed payment method. I was just exploring Google Places API to see if I could integrate it with a side project. The signup process claimed that it only needed a credit card to "prove that you&
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by MattyRad 8y ago
Grendel - John Gardner It is the story of Beowulf, told from the monster's point of view. It underscores the constant internal struggle between nihilistic despair and finding meaning in life (for yourself and others). It strikes a chor
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by MattyRad 8y ago
I should clarify, google is rife with visual noise, especially for simple queries. As an example, try googling "how to clean rain gutters" in both search engines. You'll need to scroll half down the page, past "Suggested
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by MattyRad 8y ago
Relations with Google are definitely starting to sour, here are a few recent examples: - IE switches to Chromium engine, Chrome has full clearance to dominate the web. - Questionable actions toward ad-blocking (seen only just yesterday). -

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