PretzelPirate

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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I'm interested in how recent college grads handle this. From what I read on Reddit, its normal now to apply to ~200 positions during your senior year before you find a job. I would never want to write 200 cover letters (or even apply t
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Lets not forget the huge amount of water wasted on growing feed for livestock. Its ridiculous how much less water farmers would need if they grew crops from human consumption rather than cows (and yes, some cows craze on open land for food,
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I felt dizzy at first, but quickly got used to it. It was a very fun experience. I would happily play for hours wearing it. Its no Virtual Boy, but its the best substitute I can find. :)
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
But if he believed in the changes XT made, then the right thing to do was to contribute to it, publish the fork, and let the community vote on whether to adapt the changes. I think he did what anyone who complains about core devs should do:
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
The real issue with the video in the article is that the main two guys answering questions don't seem to really understand Bitcoin. Making the statement that as the number of transactions grow, that the price of bitcoin will drop is ju
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I would just say that it isn't necessary to do. That makes the problem much simpler.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Because of their "Better for us, and the planet" section, I would have said that they were concerned about the resource strain created by the meat and dairy industry and they were trying to use an interesting restaurant concept to
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
You may need to clean up your wording. For example, this is not worded well: Must have paid experience in locksmithing. 1-2 years or above years of experience preferred.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I was a 0-step thinker assuming that the majority of people doing this would pick random numbers bringing the average to 50. I expected that on a popular website that will likely get shared on Facebook, random would be the most likely outco
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Some condoms contain casein, which isn't vegan.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Looking at bad code isn't nearly as interesting without the story surrounding it. That's why I love The Daily WTF.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I just got this email a few minutes ago....these news sites are fast.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Wouldn't the guy in the leather jacket want to continue having cheap leather? Cheap leather comes from factory farming. The same farms that support Ag-Gag laws.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Eating vegan is no more difficult than eating non-vegan. The only extra step is taking a B12 supplement if you don't eat one of the many B12 fortified products.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
I think its probably pretty good advice to follow: If you don't want someone posting revenge porn after you break up, don't give them nude photos/videos. Its always a risk you either accept or avoid.
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
The short answer is that Cassandra doesn't handle hotspotting, its up to you to data model to avoid that. Timestamp is your clustering key, its only the partition key that determines how the data is sharded. If you have a table with fi
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
Please forgive my formatting. It seems formatting text on HN is more difficult than using Cassandra. Cassandra is interesting because you really have a partition key to define a "row" and then a set of columns (cells). When you de
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by PretzelPirate 11y ago
It doesn't both me when people recline their seats, but I do wish there was a more reasonable limit on how fast people can recline. The number of times I see people slamming their seats back and almost breaking someone's laptop is
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by PretzelPirate 12y ago
I have decided that all auth should be replaced by the bitcoin blockchain. The steps for logging into a site should be the following: 1. I generate a bitcoin address using the bitcoin client. 2. I go to foo.com where I want to log in. 3. I
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by PretzelPirate 12y ago
No, they make you work way too hard.
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by PretzelPirate 12y ago
My base salary is a little over $150k.
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by PretzelPirate 12y ago
I'm a software engineer in Seattle. 28 years old. This year I'll bring in about $230k including bonus and stock.