Shaanie

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by Shaanie 3y ago
Hm, accidentally hit the submit button before the reply was fully done. Anyway, I think the story point completed, tickets done, pull requests submitted or even number of commits works somewhat well for measuring developer productivity, as
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by Shaanie 3y ago
The main issue is when the developers inevitably find out that story points completed are how they're evaluated.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
I'm also pro-choice, but this argument isn't very convincing to me. We don't apply the same logic to murder, theft or even drugs, so why apply it to abortion?
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Seems a pretty obvious solution to this loophole is to reduce non-cash deductibles by what would have been paid in capital gains, and have the non profit pay capital gains when they sell?
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by Shaanie 3y ago
It wouldn't be a HN thread without the top comment being something like a middlebrow dismissal (the comment you're replying to). Of course there are cases where the company can influence a certain type of behavior, but I've s
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Yes? Competition is a wonderful thing.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Tap water is expected to be included for free in Sweden, and I would be slightly surprised if that didn't also apply to our neighbors (Norway, Denmark and Finland). Getting charged for water is just as big a cultural shock for us as it
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by Shaanie 3y ago
I'm sorry, but what? If you can't even remember what list/set/map whatever is called, how are you going to use them? We're not talking about exact syntax here, just what data structures you use...
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Unfortunately that's the logical choice for an individual, and it's not unique to America (the percentage of SUVs is increasing in Europe too). Probably needs some type of legislative action to curb the arms race.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
My country produces around 20% of its energy from wind nowadays, 2010 it was less than 3%. Seems to work just fine and is growing rapidly.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
This assumes that the trend of a decreasing population is a fact which cannot be reversed, which seems quite defeatist.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Superior is very relative. I'm sure the Japanese are quite happy with their extremely low crime rates and overall safe society. But yes, there are tradeoffs.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Do you mean hiking?
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Weren't all gatherings banned, but due to different legal rights for protests they weren't? Framing it as an attack against religion is incredibly misleading in that case.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
The entire point is that "an honest mistake" shouldn't be able to cause a large incident at a mature company. Requiring tests, code reviews, a test env, locked-down prod etc may slow down delivery, but it also prevents Andrew
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Of course having supportive parents is a privilege, why wouldn't it be?
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Alternatively, download intellij and it'll install whichever JDK you want for you.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
The ones that don't die or get permanently maimed in an accident live long and healthy lives, you mean. Which is still a very large majority, sure, but dying from a road accident is still a way more common way to die in those countries
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by Shaanie 3y ago
You can make the exact same example, except someone without a driving license finds a car. I doubt you're opposed to mandating driver licenses, though.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
You have "begonias for everyone to view" and purchased a bigger begonia (visible to everyone but not yet planted), and a stranger asks "when are you going to plant the big begonia?". Doesn't sound strange or entitle
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by Shaanie 3y ago
While that may be a reason, I strongly suspect the real reason is that engineers simply don't want to spend time estimating. In my experience most people think breaking projects down into small chunks and estimating each chunk is terri
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by Shaanie 3y ago
On the other hand, you really do need some kind of estimate. You'd never hire an hourly contractor to remake your roof if he refused to give any kind of estimate, why wouldn't the same apply to software engineering? That being sai
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Breaking projects down into <2 day chunks isn't a bad idea (although max 2 days is a bit aggressive), but those chunks are likely going to be useless to stakeholders and shouldn't be communicated outside of the team.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
By proxy, yes, but not directly and there's a big difference.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
It's probably mostly learned behavior; many westerners have the same reaction to eating things like chicken heart or fish eyes, which other cultures eat without hesitation. That being said, usually insects being in your food is probabl
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Presumably they're also priced with that taken into account, so you're not exactly going to be making bank.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
I don't think the moat for food delivery is big enough that capturing the market and hiking prices is a realistic option. Uber eats already has plenty of competition (at least in my country) from foodora, wolt and bolt food.
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Isn't it a bit strange to say "they should invest in it because over time it'll become profitable" if they previously had it for 25 years without it ever becoming profitable?
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by Shaanie 3y ago
30 days in addition to national holidays, at least in my country. Those national holidays are something like 6-9 days extra paid time off (exact amount varies per year as some can occur on weekends).
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by Shaanie 3y ago
Canceling people for their offensive comments is hardly something new.

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