alecbz

14 ms·

151.
by alecbz 4y ago
Have you found Googlers to be self-aggrandizing on average? That's not been my experience working there. (But might be different for "Googlers who talk a lot/are well-known publicly".)
152.
by alecbz 4y ago
dhh has a talk about this general idea. Writing software is such a _human_ thing. It has so much more in common with writing than it does with other kinds of engineering. Most of what we're doing has to do with how to lay things out so
153.
by alecbz 4y ago
Afaik the last 3-4 are actually largely his personal projects that he probably built most of himself. But yeah, kinda agree for the other ones, the phrasing feels a little self-aggrandizing to my ear. Not sure how intentional it is though,
154.
by alecbz 4y ago
Do people talk about "inductive definitions"? I mostly only hear about induction in the context of proofs, in which case I'd say that an inductive proof/argument is one that uses the recursive structure of whatever it&#x
155.
by alecbz 4y ago
I don't know if that's a helpful framing? def sum(arr): total = 0 for x in arr: total += x return total and def sum(arr): if len(arr) == 0: return 0 return arr[0]
156.
by alecbz 4y ago
It's contextual for sure, but one example: it's way easier to see "Harvard" on a resume than to conduct an interview that accurately assesses for skill, which is why you end up with things like resume screens ahead of in
157.
by alecbz 4y ago
People definitely do seem to like status. I think part of it is that competence is much harder to check for than status. Status is inherently very "legible", which can make it useful even if it only kind of correlates with compete
158.
by alecbz 4y ago
You really don't need to explain why; it's enough to observe that people do it.
159.
by alecbz 4y ago
> Today I made a painful decision to forego joining Stripe running their financial services business. Though I remain exceedingly bullish on the company and its prospects, I've concluded it's just not the right move for me and
160.
James Phillips not joining Stripe(linkedin.com)
5 points by alecbz 4y ago|1 comments
161.
by alecbz 4y ago
Ok that makes sense, but I thought his other loan from MS was also using his stock as collateral? If you're MS, why would you want to treat stock as "normal" collateral instead of using a margin loan? Is that Elon only feel
162.
by alecbz 4y ago
Oh, sure, I thought GP meant the opposite (make it easier for non-rich people to take loans on assets) but this makes more sense.
163.
by alecbz 4y ago
Can someone ELI5 margin loans? How is it different than using an asset as collateral?
164.
by alecbz 4y ago
How would you change it? I imagine there’s a reason people feel more comfortable lending to Elon than to people with a smaller amount of assets, and that it’s not “lol fuck poor people”.
165.
by alecbz 4y ago
As someone that lives in a HCOL area (and generally likes it) I think I agree. If I reduced my “quality of life” by eating out less and saving money, my company’s not going to pay me any less. Why should they start paying me less if I reduc
166.
by alecbz 4y ago
It’s not even about lying, you can think you’ve done amazing things and just not be in sync with what the interviewer’s expectations. “Led a project” can mean anything from actually being critical to the project’s success to pushing some pa
167.
by alecbz 4y ago
Isn’t it kinda weird to attribute Joel’s name to this even though he has nothing to do with it? I mean sure, they are both lists of ten questions for assessing a job’s suitability, but is “Joel test” common enough (first I’ve heard of it bu
168.
by alecbz 4y ago
It’s active voice vs passive voice. People frequently use the passive voice when referring to how software works. Like, “I entered my PIN and the phone unlocked”. “I entered my PIN and the phone unlocked itself” is maybe common too, but les
169.
by alecbz 4y ago
In terms of cause and effect yes, in terms of attribution no.
170.
by alecbz 4y ago
COVID's a pretty good argument against libertarianism; I think this is a pretty ~weak one. Any time you have an industry that's largely non-private, the private parts of it are probably going to be weird. E.g., private schools ten
171.
by alecbz 4y ago
The article mentions that they were in a technical role before the bootcamp as well.
172.
by alecbz 4y ago
Fair enough, at most as stop signs.
173.
by alecbz 4y ago
In NYC most cyclists seem to already do this.
174.
by alecbz 4y ago
I think there's non-infrequently an "All Way" sign under the stop sign if the crossing street has one too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-way_stop But I'm not sure how common that is.
175.
by alecbz 4y ago
It’s not a complete tautology though, if people’s estimates of their skill were accurate in an unbiased way, we wouldn’t see a DK effect (or we’d only see a slight one, since you can’t really be unbiased at the low and high ends of the spec
176.
by alecbz 4y ago
The author’s confidence is itself an indication that they’re more likely to be wrong. Kidding. Well, half-kidding, I did kind of find the tone a bit biting and dismissive, especially towards one of the commenters that were pointing out exac
177.
by alecbz 4y ago
“I accidentally made a repo private, which resulted in all of its stars being removed.”
178.
by alecbz 4y ago
It’s both, but mostly the first one. rm’s default behavior is terrible design. Just because UNIX does something doesn’t make it good.
179.
by alecbz 4y ago
I think it’s a fair use of the term. I’d maybe feel differently if there was a better term to use for “non-intentional gaslighting”, but afaik there isn’t really.
180.
by alecbz 4y ago
Open source doesn’t mean direct access to the underlying data/databases. Self-hosted could work, but creates new problems like “are you sure your backups are working?”

More ›