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by altotrees 11y ago
I have so much internal confusion when it comes to Yahoo. I remember them as innovators, as the go-to search engine when I was a netscape-obsessed middle school student. I respected their site and work. Now, I go to Yahoo and am just...disa
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by altotrees 11y ago
Exactly... a "Software Engineer" in my experience can run the gamut from someone with a CS PhD to someone with an Associate Degree to someone who is self-taught. Sometimes pay is correlated with education, sometimes with experienc
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The Ars VR Headset Showdown–Oculus Rift vs. HTC Vive(arstechnica.com)
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DOD, Silicon Valley team up on 'lean startup' approach(defensesystems.com)
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by altotrees 11y ago
This is exactly the same reason I value side projects. Coming up with an elegant, creative solution without being forced into time/system/professional constraints is pretty amazing. I want to use the language, platform and philoso
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by altotrees 11y ago
The comments are so abrasive and tone deaf that it almost seems like this is certainly more of an instance of trolling than actual technical discussion. As much as I wish the above statement was true, I have run into folks on Github and in
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by altotrees 11y ago
I started out college wanting to be a professor. That was fleeting, once I saw what my most respected professors and advisors were up against, grinding out papers, looking exhausted and subtly hinting that I should pursue anything but my in
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by altotrees 11y ago
This exactly. My eye was drawn to the orange button last night as I went to send an email to my professor. I nearly clicked it, not remembering the date. Luckily, I just thought it might be some new weird voice feature I must not understand
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by altotrees 11y ago
Not sure being an emotional wreck and being a horrible person are necessarily equivalent...
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by altotrees 11y ago
The one thing to avoid is too much caffeine, or any other stimulant. First thing in the morning, I have found that they make me feel like the most brilliant, innovative writer and developer ever. So I have some more, and a bit more, and a t
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by altotrees 11y ago
Yeah, 94% seems very high, and although I guess it could be possible, I can't imagine it is quite that high. Cloudflare is zeroed-in on Tor users, but am I crazy for thinking that there are several other ways bad actors could create is
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by altotrees 11y ago
Your comment is pretty much the argument I offer when discussing Go with friends and colleagues who are skeptical of it. I tell them to think of it as a tool in your arsenal, rather than the toolbox that carries everything you need. You wil
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by altotrees 11y ago
Sure, Go may still be surrounded by some hype, but I wouldn't call it a hipster language. I started reading about it and messing around with it about a year ago. It is really fun to use for certain things (usually Network servers for m
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by altotrees 11y ago
My uncle is an engineer in Toronto, and often speaks positively of the startup scene in parts of Canada. I know Waterloo loses quite a few grads to the Bay Area and other major U.S. cities, but haven't some companies actually relocated
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by altotrees 11y ago
Have I made pithy comments or tiny modifications occasionally to keep a streak alive? Maybe... but that was pretty much limited to my earlier days of using Github. Now, I think one or two days of quality commits a week (on personal projects
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by altotrees 11y ago
That was my first thought too. Comments can sometimes be seen as an afterthought, something that you feel obligated to leave for future programmers or managers craving documentation. In cases like this, comments become an active part of the
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by altotrees 11y ago
I always did love the angles and sharpness of the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati. I always felt like going into a building she designed was like walking into a real-life geometry problem set. Granted, I am only marginally aware of th
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by altotrees 11y ago
People often ask me if I worry about tearing muscles/sore joints when I run, ride my bike or lift weights. In college, I kind of worried about those things, but now sitting in a chair from 8-10 hours a day makes me worry way more about
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by altotrees 11y ago
Read about Boom a few days ago, thought this could be a cool idea years into the future, with the right backing. Today, realize that most things happen a hell of a lot faster than I expect.
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Life can be really hard sometimes, a fact that was lost on me when I was younger. I surrounded myself with friends who had big goals and dreams, starting companies, becoming VC's and the like. They claimed they didn't have time to
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by altotrees 11y ago
Really interesting. It seems like Jake is trying to preserve the version and attitude of skateboarding that he remembers from his youth. I often wonder how he views changes in The City, and the way things are going. A great read.
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by altotrees 11y ago
I completely agree. I spent lots of time, especially after the Paris attacks, reading about Daesh, and the origins of their beliefs. The Atlantic article you mention is a fantastic primer on this very complex and hard-to-digest topic. Many
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by altotrees 11y ago
Being a single person who does not cook often, this would be a fantastic idea to see come to fruition. On the other hand, as a person who skews toward the overly-cautious, I would be concerned about the lack of sanitation inspections, servs
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by altotrees 11y ago
I have some very distinct memories of my Junior year of high school. One was a trip to San Francisco, which impacted me greatly. I also remember sitting in the summer sun, reading every article I had collected about Sean Fanning and Napster
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by altotrees 11y ago
Today is the first time since 9/11 that I can remember hearing the news of a terrorist attack and not being gripped by panic. I guess the Boston Marathon Bombings, Paris Attacks (Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan both) shootings and other eve