alex_sf

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by alex_sf 5y ago
> Anything that humans create, live or dead, is fair game to be used for any purpose deemed desirable by the creator. Does that same distinction apply to human children? The objection to animal testing or consumption isn't about the
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by alex_sf 5y ago
> People didn't actively go seek out a new version. When they set their dependency versions to 'latest', that's exactly what they are doing.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
I don't see any distinction at all. Can you elaborate? (I'm an omnivore that's relatively OK with animal testing, fwiw)
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Fwiw a lot of people would argue that sacrificing one human for the benefit of many more is worthwhile. Not something to celebrate, but an acceptable tradeoff.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
But everything is a spring.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
I mean the solution is straightforward: do what you want, just do it to (at least) minimum code. Hire someone if you’re not interested in taking the time to learn what minimum code is. It’s not particularly complex and is generally intuiti
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by alex_sf 5y ago
I’ve read it. I’ve also worked residential construction. It is absolutely not better built than prefab sheds at orange or blue stores.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
There's a difference between deploying a buggy Javascript app and running 120v electrical to a shoddy lean-to.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Did you run 120v to it? Are you inside of it for 8 hours a day? Is it 3 feet from your house? I'm all for hack jobs when the consequences are low. This is not one of those situations.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
That's not the point. The point is that if you don't recognize the acronyms for non-metallic cable, comm multi, water resistant barrier, or oriented strand board, you should not be building a structure in a dense residential area
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by alex_sf 5y ago
The middle ground is bringing in a mediator on your behalf that is a neutral party to the issue. I.e., get a lawyer.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
I'm aware of technical debt and it's consequences. The point is that the vast majority of developers treat their job as creating good software, when it's absolutely not.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
This modern softness is absurd. Let the Mona Lisa burn, let the Library of Alexandria burn, bomb the Louvre. It's ok, it's never worth harming someone to prevent. We'll be polite and refer to it as pacifism, but the truth i
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by alex_sf 5y ago
> All it takes is a good enough sales and marketing team, or the right executive relationships, especially if the team being “supported” is small. That's the point though. Getting caught up in engineering purity or even whether it&
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Sounds like there are multiple employees. Does the product generate the revenue for their paychecks? If so, it's working correctly.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
What's our address? I'd just like to enter our shared space and borrow our computer. Maybe our wallet too.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
By that logic it should be legal to kill people stealing things that are irreplaceable. Mona Lisa, Faberge Eggs, Mom's ashes?
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by alex_sf 5y ago
It’s not solely sufficient, but absolutely the baseline for excellence in any technical field.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Linux was 9 years old in 2000.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
I don't think the comment you're replying to applies to your concern about subpar employees. We blame processes instead of people because people are fallible. We've spent millenia trying to correct people, and it rarely work
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Millenial homeownership is almost at 50% this year. The people priced out are the loudest, but it's not overwhelmingly common in most parts of the US.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Well, you start by not acting like 40 hours a week is an insurmountable mountain and all you can muster.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
So they can be trained to think 'correctly'?
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Hippie bullshit, mostly.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Not really any more alarming to me than the initial domestication I guess. Manipulating the world around us is kinda our whole deal as a species.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
All crops are GMO. The only difference is how fast they were modified.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
Of course it doesn't, they just transfer to other illegal activities, see: bootlegging by organized crime during prohibition. The problem the cartels will face is that there is no other business that makes as much money, and it would r
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by alex_sf 5y ago
They don't. It would mean no more risk premium and the involvement of people that could do a better job than them, but don't get involved in the trade for obvious reasons.
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by alex_sf 5y ago
The reason cartels need to murder people at all is because the business is illegal and there is no justice system to mediate disputes. F500 CEOs aren't doing drive-bys on each other over patent infringements because they can just sue.
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by alex_sf 7y ago
I think his (somewhat murky) point was the there is a frequently a distinction between 'managing' and 'leading' a team, particularly a technical one. Managing is generally considered a role that involves HR/schedu

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