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by a_c 4y ago
I see two sides of a same coin. Consumer of information, or maybe consumer in general, should be conscious about the quality being consumed is roughly determined by the expertise of producer and effort being put in. Hence the quality ladder
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by a_c 4y ago
Display streaming, are we trying to bring a terminal into a browser?
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by a_c 4y ago
Maybe the ultimate proxy measurement is the pursuit of human economic productivity at the expense of longevity of our planet. Contrived example, human need food to survive. We need food, efficiently, since there are so many of us. So we nee
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by a_c 4y ago
Actually what is stopping you from generating automation selenium script by recording browser action? I recently wrote a tiny browser extension to do just that. Intercept event and translate the action into a selenium script. Currently the
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by a_c 4y ago
To my ignorance, didn't know this gentleman before. Nice article, pure substance. Would love to learn more about him.
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by a_c 4y ago
To me authority and leadership are related but orthogonal. Authorities come from the ability to author. It is a creation right. The creation could be a story, a software and, probably what most most people have in mind about authority, a ru
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by a_c 4y ago
Thanks for clarifying :)
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by a_c 4y ago
I used to be a night person. One day I realized there are only 24 hrs in a day. There is no "getting more hours" at night. Then I became a morning person gradually where I get most of my coding done before anyone wake up.
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by a_c 4y ago
Guess who needs more system engineering training than software engineers? HR. Designing the organization is system engineering. You are building a complex machine with human, where flow of human, their rewards, and various "processes&q
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by a_c 4y ago
All the examples he gave can go both ways. Hindsight is 20/20 > They’d be better served by addressing the cultural or skill-gaps culminating in the reliability problems instead of trying to solve it themselves We might end up with t
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by a_c 4y ago
I think software distribution is a lighthouse problem. Software distribution has close to zero marginal cost. Any cost imposed on zero marginal cost good will reduce the benefit provided by the good. If a developer wants to make software fo
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by a_c 4y ago
To supplement, take Hong Kong and Singapore for example, they both has a population density roughly ten times to Netherlands, 30%-ish more expensive in terms of rent. And both have a soaring housing market for the past 20 years. They are at
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by a_c 4y ago
At this point I'm tempted to think we ought to be managing our own domain instead of email so we can ditch a breached email whenever it is leaked. Together with the use of virtual credit card to limit the exposure. It doesn't stop
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by a_c 4y ago
I stand corrected for misunderstanding the context :)
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by a_c 4y ago
"uneducated farmer" are those who can survive on a piece of land dependency-free. They know weather, season, plant, animal, chemistry, machinery and many more. Us engineers without 30mins of internet are less useful than a sprouti
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by a_c 4y ago
There is a saying that in any organization, there are people doing the job, and there are people keeping the organization (admin). In the long run, the organization is left with the admin. [0] In terms of compensation and hiring, commonly t
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by a_c 4y ago
I would really like to join a physical gathering in london. Having been working remotely for 3 yrs, I'm longing for some human interaction. Kudos to you, Good start!
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by a_c 4y ago
I like it! Nowadays I usually prefix my search with ddg's bang command to narrow my search to a subset of websites. I made a tiny browser extension to include tohe commonly searched sites. What you did is bang command on steroids. Than
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by a_c 4y ago
Maybe all you need is one more year. I'm bouldering with my 4yo weekly :)
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by a_c 4y ago
I am in early 30s and have 2 kids. Didn't particularly want kids before but also not resistant of having. Absolutely the best decision in my life. The difficult part is that experience is hard to be shared. One can only tell other thei
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by a_c 4y ago
I see testing as a partial solution to the more general question - does this thing work. In software product development, someone comes up a problem to which the solution is to build something, someone then build it, someone then test it to
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by a_c 4y ago
More useful questions to ask are how much good they do and how much harm they cause. I use wiki daily. I gain so much from it that the 10 quids a month seems like a bargain. The wiki outrage looks like a variation of bike shedding, the more
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by a_c 4y ago
Very pragmatic. I would make very similar decisions as the author as well. I am very curious how does the SaaS perform
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by a_c 4y ago
Glad you enjoyed the time in asia :)
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by a_c 4y ago
Moving from asia to europe, I find sugar way more prevalent here in europe. Desserts everywhere and sweeter. Drinks are sweetened, breads are sweetened. My sugar consumption has increased significantly compared to my asian life and I don&#x
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by a_c 4y ago
Making general software faster is saving the planet, both by saving human waiting time and carbon footprint on electricity. We are not measuring on this domain enough and we should start doing so. The added bonus is that faster software&#x2
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by a_c 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
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by a_c 4y ago
I see similar duality in engineers between big corp and start-ups. In big corp, engineers tend to focus on a small part of the system, a small part of the software development cycle. In big corp, engineering could mean a frontend of a custo
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by a_c 4y ago
Same here. And I'm an immigrant to the UK. Can't help but feeling sad
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by a_c 4y ago
There are many reasons to be open source. To solve actual problem, to engage with developer, to solicit ideas, to invite public audit, to gain publicity, among many other reasons. I respect and admire all the people who decides to create, o

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