SkittlesNTwix

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by SkittlesNTwix 1y ago
I see a lot of harsh and snarky responses to a well-intentioned post.
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by SkittlesNTwix 2y ago
You're a survivor. I hope things are easier and more stable for you these days.
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by SkittlesNTwix 2y ago
It's a beautiful and special show. As a parent, this one will always resonate with me. I Know a Place (The Creek Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zfr21Yumo
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by SkittlesNTwix 2y ago
> "Obstacles don't block the path. They are the path." This is a modern translation of what Marcus Aurelius said in "Meditations", his private diary. This particular paraphrasing and interpretation is by Ryan Hol
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by SkittlesNTwix 2y ago
That's $140k for an administrative assistant. Look at the software engineering roles. IC1 starts at $234k and goes significantly upwards from there.
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by SkittlesNTwix 2y ago
I love this. Please keep it running. I just bookmarked it in favorites.
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by SkittlesNTwix 4y ago
An unmanned semi-submersible vehicle developed at Washington State University may prove that the best way to travel in water undetected and efficiently is not on top, or below, but in-between. The roughly 1.5-foot-long semi-sub prototype, b
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Unmanned 3D-printed semi-submersible vehicle showing promise(techxplore.com)
3 points by SkittlesNTwix 4y ago|1 comments
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by SkittlesNTwix 4y ago
I've been out of the IRC loop for a while. Is there still a lot of value using IRC in general?
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by SkittlesNTwix 4y ago
> internal developer hazing Could you expand upon what you mean by this part?
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by SkittlesNTwix 8y ago
Diagram reminds me a bit of: https://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/8l8c9a/brian_green...
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by SkittlesNTwix 9y ago
This is remarkable - I've never heard of Compiler Explorer before now. I wish we had something like this back in university! Thank you so much for making this incredible tool.
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by SkittlesNTwix 9y ago
Completely misread this title first as, "Orcs can..."
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
I've taken a Pew Research Poll before. What struck me immediately was the inane and terrible format of the questions. I actually said to the individual giving the poll, "None of these questions really allow me to confer how I feel
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
This is exactly how people rationalize the story of how they became "trapped." And learning politics is nothing to be proud of or to seek out.
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
I'm really shocked that whistle.com was available or attainable.
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Microsoft’s new Kinect patent goes Big Brother, will spy on you for the MPAA(extremetech.com)
3 points by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago|0 comments
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
I personally believe that an indicator of intelligence is the capacity to change ones mind when presented with new data. I don't want to be judged on past posts or comments, if it's possible that my mind has been changed, my opinion altered
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Ask HN: Freelancers - What do you do when a client doesn't pay?
7 points by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago|5 comments
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Natural Language Processing in Graph Search at Facebook(scribd.com)
2 points by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago|0 comments
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AP’s Twitter account suspended after hacking incident roils markets(gigaom.com)
2 points by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago|0 comments
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
Many of these books are out-of-print for a reason - they're not really relevant in todays tech landscape. There's a few gems in here though.
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
<IANAL>
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by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
I believe he was successful in spite of his negative qualities, not because of them. What I mean by this is that we shouldn't worship his negative traits and spin them somehow to be positive qualities in a leader, such as some people have d
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New, significant layoffs hit Electronic Arts(gamasutra.com)
2 points by SkittlesNTwix 13y ago|0 comments
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A Eulogy for LucasArts (in pictures)(imgur.com)
1 points by SkittlesNTwix 14y ago|0 comments
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by SkittlesNTwix 14y ago
I had a visceral reaction after this page loaded. Well-done on the theme.
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by SkittlesNTwix 14y ago
This reads exactly like the way a high-level exec of a massive company would think - numbers focused without truly understanding the issues that people might have with the company. Unable to separate mindless complaints that should be ignor
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by SkittlesNTwix 14y ago
I know this doesn't ring true for most people, but I'm actively looking to distance myself from facebook. It doesn't make me "happy" for the most part. It doesn't add to my overall level of fulfillment. Most of my "friends" on fb aren't rea
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by SkittlesNTwix 14y ago
Could someone with experience in the field, please elaborate on how the unit-expectation numbers are calculated? At the risk of sounding obvious, is it possible that the models used to gauge expectations are outdated?

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