aaronhoffman

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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
I agree the issue is complex, and I wish there was more balanced discussion throughout. You can not simply ignore the control large corporations have throughout society just because it is not the "monopoly of violence" that a civi
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
The article mentions that the industrial revolution has made it too difficult for small business to compete with large companies. To solve that problem, let's eliminate all taxes for everyone making less than $100k. No income tax, no p
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
This uses the google contacts API to sync gmail contacts between accounts. Attempts to match on name or existing email, then updates or inserts the contact.
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Show HN: Gmail Contacts Sync(gmailcontactsync.com)
2 points by aaronhoffman 9y ago|1 comments
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
Bob Murphy's free ebook http://understandingbitcoin.us/
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
There is a lot out there, you don't need to be an expert in every new thing. Strive to be a helpful, open, honest team member, with a thorough understanding of core patterns and practices. (e.g. SOLID principles)
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
Great article, even for those with some experience already. Thought I'd drop this here: site I helped create that uses d3 to create interactive visualizations from csv files https://www.sizzleanalytics.com/
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
I wouldn't say taboo, it's just a "kids these days" type of story. Someone taking time to analyze something internet culture is doing just for laughs. It's like critical analysis of an inside joke.
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by aaronhoffman 9y ago
found by /r/fellowkids https://www.reddit.com/r/FellowKids/search?q=npr&restrict_sr...
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Freedom isn't lost overnight. "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
@foob, thought you might be interested in this "visual front page" of HN https://www.sizzleanalytics.com/HackerNews
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Vizio smart TVs tracked viewers around the clock without consent(arstechnica.com)
3 points by aaronhoffman 10y ago|0 comments
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
I am able to stay aware of new technologies. I may not write in them, but I know where to go to learn more. A good team will hire for personality fit first, and ability to learn, a programmers mindset.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
We scrape the top stories off HN every 5 minutes and calculate these metrics. Interested in any feedback you may have. Enjoy.
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Show HN: Visualizing the Front Page of HN(sizzleanalytics.com)
2 points by aaronhoffman 10y ago|1 comments
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Replace Azure Scheduler Tasks with Azure Functions(aaron-hoffman.blogspot.com)
1 points by aaronhoffman 10y ago|0 comments
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Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right(blog.coinbase.com)
1 points by aaronhoffman 10y ago|0 comments
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Yes, could probably just grab the open graph tag data for most articles and display that. But this is a cool idea.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Fwiw, I tend to see little discussion of ROI, or weighing opportunities and risks, mostly just bikeshedding https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Great idea. I was thinking about writing something like this that could be deployed to Azure Functions that could replace their Azure Scheduler, which is pretty awful
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Yes, bootstrap at night while paying the bills during the day. As your side project starts to make money, contract less.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
And wsj linked here today https://www.google.com/amp/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/student-...
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Hopefully by now your flag carries little weight
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
I don't see this guy working in IT again
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
I agree that in our current situation voluntary interaction is considered harmful. But even in your description, it still boils down to Property Rights and Contacts (not described in those terms however). It may be that the programmers or b
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
It boils down to property rights and contracts. The decided to buy the car, they decided to operate it, they decided where to go and when.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Either way, the car owner is responsible, not the programmer.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Something that motivates me is knowing that I could easily be in a much worse situation. I'm working indoors on computers, and I'm not being actively shot at, so pretty good overall.
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Deirdre McCloskey has a series of books on "The Bourgeois Era". Here's an example of what they cover "1% of history, 99% of wealth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0nsKBx77EQ
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by aaronhoffman 10y ago
Is their only evidence one line about how people who make more also take more vacation? Correlation != Causation

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