Shocka1

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by Shocka1 4y ago
I had the same experience. I've bombed a lot of CS interviews - a lot more than I've done well on, hah! I'm a couple classes away from a Master's in CS and would still have to study my butt off to be successful in a wh
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by Shocka1 4y ago
I agree with everything you've said wholeheartedly. Personally I could never live in the city again - been there done that. It seems to be very popular here on HN though. Probably going off on a tangent here, but I grew up surrounded
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by Shocka1 4y ago
Feels good seeing so many people feel the same way. I've been working on an algorithmic trading project for a few years now and at times there have been speedbumps where I ask myself what I'm doing when I could be getting a lot m
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by Shocka1 4y ago
I follow what you're saying and completely agree, especially with the "look how superior we are that we are completely void of instinct.." quote - there are many things this could apply to nowadays in today's instant gra
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by Shocka1 4y ago
Yeah this seems obvious to me. So many people have trained their minds to rely on their professional career to be happy. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with finding something you can stand, and then devoting yourself 100% elsewhere
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by Shocka1 4y ago
I feel ya. It took me a couple years to get used to having kids, but there is a point where I realized (as a very selfish person) my life was no longer about me. The little amount of time I get to myself anymore I cherish, just as much as
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by Shocka1 4y ago
I agree with you mostly, even though it's somewhat heartless and maybe too black and white. I'm from an area where this exact scenario is happening to a lot of home owners. There is a point where I think it's okay to factor
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by Shocka1 4y ago
And now the vehicles you buy are tracking and selling your data. I worked as an SWE in research and development at one of the bigger manufacturers just a few years ago. The executive level rhetoric was "it's not the customer&#x2
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by Shocka1 4y ago
You ask really good questions in your comment. Some of them I've pondered myself, and it is hard to put into words. Everything being more extreme here in the US is actually a decent way to put it. You can simply take a quick drive ju
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by Shocka1 4y ago
Yup, this makes a lot of sense to me. I could even see models broken down by director/film. So many combinations could be used - the possibilities are endless. A Tarantino model like that of Pulp Fiction might be a good one.
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by Shocka1 4y ago
You've made some really great points in all your comments thus far that I 100% agree with, especially with current politicians losing all economic sense. Even the once budget stubborn Republicans signed away. I have no citations, but
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by Shocka1 4y ago
Well said. I worked in retail in college as well and it sounds like we porbably have similar stories. I've heard the comment multiple times that everyone should work in a restaurant at least once in their lives so they have a better u
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by Shocka1 4y ago
I was thinking the same. I get the whole Hacker News "being a contrarian just to be a contrarian" thing, but this specific thread has gone much further than I thought it would.
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by Shocka1 4y ago
It's puzzling to me that you are getting downvoted instead of responses when it seems like your comment follows the whole progressive comment Hacker News thing... Or whatever it is they are going for this week.
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by Shocka1 5y ago
Rah. If I had to do it over again I would have definitely picked Navy or Air Force.
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by Shocka1 5y ago
Yup... Tears filled my eyes upon reading this one. I'm the dad of two little ones - we live in what I would call a mostly safe cul de sac, which is actually considered a Court given it has less than eight houses. The only nightmares I
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by Shocka1 5y ago
What I understood from the parent's comment is not that they were equating curating a website and slavery, but more so equating the tactics used. There was more than likely a better example to be used so it couldn't be cherry pic
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by Shocka1 5y ago
As a father of two little ones, my thoughts go out to you and your baby :)
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by Shocka1 5y ago
As a software engineer I would rather do what your gf does than leetcode problems. I went to school already for six years and don't feel like hanging out on a website for the next six months solving CS problems. I've always been
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by Shocka1 5y ago
I worked for IBM (non-Watson) not too many years ago and this cracks me up because I heard the same from Watson employees I spoke with. And it wasn't just Watson that Ginni talked fluff about. I swear every word that came out of her
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by Shocka1 5y ago
Agreed on the skyrocketing prices. Local here - I live 15 minutes from where Intel is breaking ground and it's bittersweet to be honest. I make good money for this area as a Software Engineer, but it's not coastal money and I ca
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by Shocka1 5y ago
I'm sitting here in my living room by myself laughing my butt off right now after pulling up that script. It kind of reminds me of one of the beginning exercises in the Book Head First java called PhraseOMatic: https://reso
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by Shocka1 5y ago
I feel ya here. My family has owned a couple nice parcels of rural property for years and I just kind of took it for granted. A few years ago I read The Overstory by Richard Powers and it really fired up my interest in nature and trees.
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by Shocka1 5y ago
You are spot on here. I encountered a short viral video on YouTube the other day which used the dislike removal to their advantage. It was a clickbait titled video with millions of views, and oddly there were only two supporting comments
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by Shocka1 5y ago
> Men must complete a three-mile run within 18 minutes to get a maximum score on that portion of the PFT, while women younger than 40 have up to 21 minutes. Former active duty Marine here. I'm on your side in this 100% for several
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by Shocka1 5y ago
100% - this should be at the top.