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by altotrees 7y ago
Despite all the dependencies, I really like the clean, simple UI. Very uncluttered, which for a todo app is super important, in my opinion.
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by altotrees 8y ago
I just re-read the Atavist piece the other day, as Le Roux made one of his first public appearances at a hearing. A truly awe-inspiring piece of journalism about a man who seems to have already lived multiple lives in his 46 years. His mess
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FTC brings its first case against fake paid reviews on Amazon(techcrunch.com)
3 points by altotrees 8y ago|0 comments
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A Novel (But Still Wrong) Argument for Widening a Freeway(strongtowns.org)
2 points by altotrees 8y ago|0 comments
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by altotrees 8y ago
Stories like these are the ones that inspire me the most. People using technology in a way that helps them in their everyday lives, or in a hobbyist fashion. I feel like many of the things I pick-up at work are out of career necessity: the
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Commandments for Learning How to Code(nature.com)
1 points by altotrees 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What Is Your Most Vivid Memory from the Dotcom Boom?
18 points by altotrees 8y ago|22 comments
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by altotrees 8y ago
Not sure about the overall ideas in this one. I am currently writing apps in Angular using Python on the backend. Just got a new contract. My career started years ago with only HTML and CSS. Being experienced, I would agree with the thesis
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by altotrees 9y ago
I worked for UPS for a long time, and if I am understanding what you are saying then no, you must be a due-paying member of the IBT to benefit from contractually-negotiated benefits and pay. UPS corporate has a totally different set of bene
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by altotrees 9y ago
I have had Amazon folks in my neighborhood: leave packages on the sidewalk, throw packages over fences and ask me for a tip. These are antecdotal, but if Amazon wants to catch up to a company like UPS, they have a ton of ground to make up.
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by altotrees 9y ago
So I read this and cannot help but wonder if we really are 5 years away from a massive sea change. People think truck drivers could be obsolete in 5 years time, the bullish ones anyway. The tech is still developing. We may be in a bit of a
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by altotrees 9y ago
I lived on one of the streets they mention in the article while attending college. The hardest thing one would see was malt liqour abuse or the occasional nodded off opiate user. I was just in the area last week, and it is arresting how dif
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by altotrees 9y ago
Ugh, this, the Somerton Man cipher as the Zodiac cipher are my top three to see cracked. Maybe someday...
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by altotrees 9y ago
I believe he is also on the Dart lang team at google. He has a pretty awesome blog and is super insightful when it comes to programming languages. His Github projects inspired me to research language design further.
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Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years(norvig.com)
1 points by altotrees 9y ago|0 comments
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by altotrees 9y ago
This is spot on. I didn't care about my credit score for a long time...until I did. An autopay error from one bank account to another resulted in a late payment and a 50 point drop. Coincidentally, I also needed to rent an apartment an
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by altotrees 9y ago
This is super interesting. I know there is much heated discussion here on HN about IBM in terms of the Watson project and some of the claims made vs. reality etc. I am pretty far removed from the trajectory of IBM's AI research, but ca
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by altotrees 9y ago
So we have all of these chat apps. Choice is never a bad thing, but this has to be somewhat beyond saturation point, no? I don't know about anyone else, but I would rather have my work chat apps resemble social media chat apps less rat
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by altotrees 9y ago
For me: writing code is my job, writing code is my hobby, writing code is what drives and comforts me. I hear about a great new tool or language, I just have to try it out - usually on my own time. Doing this has served me well in some case
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by altotrees 9y ago
Such an iconic album cover. I know people who knew the cover/design way before they even knew who Joy Division was.
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by altotrees 9y ago
Interesting, I know he has been at a few places since then, wonder if his output has picked up? Getting into Java was my first taste of programming and I loved it, thought really highly of Gosling and still do. I just had a friend tell me t
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by altotrees 9y ago
To the point about his ego not being fed at Google: when he went there, I wondered what he would be working on and if being another name on a roster if insanely talented engineers and scientists(Norvig, Pike, on and on and on)would help him
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by altotrees 9y ago
I was going to ask about that, if these were in any way core contributors. I figured most of those serious enough to make helpful commits wouldn't take the bait.
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by altotrees 9y ago
So many people taking it seriously. I have never attempted to commit anything to the kernel, but it seems like a tough crowd in some areas.
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Ask HN: How did you cope with being laid-off?
8 points by altotrees 9y ago|10 comments
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by altotrees 9y ago
They were in my Linkedin network, and a college friend coincidentally. I simply pinged them and asked them a few questions about the new job and interview process. I disclosed that I had also interviewed for it. They were a bit leery of the
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by altotrees 9y ago
Recently had a recruiter call me, interview me over the phone once, in-person once, and via skype once. The job seemed to be a great fit, the pay was there, everything seemed to be lined up. The recruiter called me again to tell me that the
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Trojan Room Coffee Pot: The First Webcam(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by altotrees 9y ago|0 comments
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How “Doxxing” Became a Mainstream Tool in the Culture Wars(mobile.nytimes.com)
2 points by altotrees 9y ago|0 comments
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Nintendo loses $10M lawsuit over Wii Remote technology(avclub.com)
2 points by altotrees 9y ago|0 comments

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