alex_lav

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by alex_lav 3y ago
> So either AI solves problems or they arent great founders. So being wrong one time means you're not a great founder?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Maybe not an awesome name for a new tool in the infra/devops/cloud space
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Every tech job at Netflix has a salary range of 100k-900k-ish, to circumvent California (IIRC it was California) compensation law.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Surely this won't end with racism. Surely this time it'll be different.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Until using Twitter drops out of these types of post, I'll continue to suggest retitling them to "How I became a tech influencer that writes software at 45k/mo". Also would love to see usage rates on these products inste
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Try reading it again, maybe twice or more, and figuring out what is meant. No thanks, I suspect antivaxx propaganda like this would give me brain damage.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
People are resorting to cheaper calorically dense food to cope with inflation/CoL rises.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Well, it's easier to accuse someone of lying when their opinions are based on facts, which are in the realm of objectivity, making them vulnerable to being proven wrong. This is word salad. > Tell me where the facts are in a s
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Ah yes, it’s not an obvious lie, it’s an “alternative view”.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Curious how long it takes this conversation to become about Rust
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by alex_lav 3y ago
50% of the workforce now has to do double the work
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by alex_lav 3y ago
I for one am shocked.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
I appreciate the sentiment of your post, but I feel like we're living in the wrong time to be shaming the common person for A.) Wanting food that won't kill them, and B.) They can afford. > People say they want organic, but the
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by alex_lav 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37580258
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by alex_lav 3y ago
A person who both has a bias and a financial incentive to gatekeep told you they're better than the people they're trying to gatekeep? Color me shocked.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
That is indeed the goal
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Every post about Go becomes a pretty even split about why Go is terrible/behind the times/frustrating/obsolete, and why Go is productive/simple/awesome. Maybe just let people like things? Interestingly most posts ab
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Cute.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Best of luck to you, but I'll skip the rest of this.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
This comment is...kind of all over the place. > And while they pissed away money in the past on useless acquisitions that I wish they hadn't, but they've made significant enough technological progress in the last few years to j
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Very strange that "Learn More" takes me to /blog and not /docs (or equivalent). Also there don't seem to be docs? Just...blog posts? The area in "Stack Features" that seems like it should be buttons/h
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Unfortunately "this round" of games will probably still get shipped with Unity, as you can't just undo multiple years of work on a game over something like this. Hopefully the "next round" of games isn't in Uni
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by alex_lav 3y ago
It's interesting that you'd use Twitter/X's updates as an example to follow. It seems like Elon's doing an effective job at running Twitter straight into the ground.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
I'll let our executives know that alternatives exist.
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> But given the sheer number of comments I've read over the years recommending Rust as a replacement for C++, > What gives? This is The Hype Wave, where something is new and exciting so it's recommended over the things of th
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> We have a total ban on AI for source code analysis
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by alex_lav 3y ago
I work in a research facility, so the biggest fear is that our super top secret elite info will leak. The reality is it'd be used to refactor a lot of terrible code.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If the company agrees to hire you for 125k (just making up numbers), your yearly base comp should be 125k, and none of that money should go to the recruiter. However the recruiter gets paid is none of your business. Again, if it's not
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> - Asked me to be exclusive. Tell them yes but just don't. Just be sure to only have one recruiter submit you to one role. Or, similarly-in-spirt, ask for them in writing to only represent you and no other candidates. > - Takes
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by alex_lav 3y ago
At my company we have some "loadbearing" code that was written by a mad scientist that no longer works at our company. We have a total ban on AI for source code analysis (so chatgpt, copilot etc are all banned). I've really w

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