alfredmuffin

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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Highly recommend it!
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Is it a good time to learn Ruby? I mostly do React and Node + Java work professionally, but I've been looking into Ruby as a fun side project language. I would appreciate any anecdotes!
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Not controversial. Ubuntu specifically makes me unhappy.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Good joke.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Wow what a coincidence. It's so random how these things happen.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
> the market is saturated Unrelated to your point and this thread, but can someone share some data/evidence on this? (not that I am denying it)
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
The toxicity is seeping.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Way to miss the point entirely.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Employee happiness is directly correlated with productivity.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
It is indeed a two way street.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Every company needs to adopt this movement. I wish the HN community weren't so rooted in their toxicity, and just recognized the need for industry-wide change.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Can't speak for others, but at my large tech company the push for empathy has demonstrably increased employee happiness. Naturally, the individuals who argued against these changes were older white male engineers too ingrained in their
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
> Empathy as a way to not communicate directly is just a waste of time It is this attitude that drives people, and especially women and minorities, away from tech.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
I question the professional experience of those suggesting that continuing to be an asshole is the preferable situation here ("but at least he's HONEST "). That would simply not fly at my company. It is absolutely possible t
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
I think I misunderstood ... what exactly is rare?
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Yup. I too completely lost interest in music when I hit 30 /s
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
> I don't go out much Behold, the average HN user I was referring to
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
People like you take the fun out of this community
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
I can't speak for who you're replying to, but I find myself using it at restaurants, bars, and public locations where music is playing, as well as friends' cars, and other social gatherings. I know these sort of situations ar
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
no one cares
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
Sounds like the problem was your singing.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
You can do this on iPads with 2-fingers.
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by alfredmuffin 8y ago
wrong
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Code Smells(blog.codinghorror.com)
4 points by alfredmuffin 10y ago|0 comments