andirk

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901.
by andirk 4y ago
And I thought we all made fun of "the blue checks" bc it implies they think theyre important.
902.
by andirk 4y ago
All of the worst code I have seen is MANY, MANY LOC! Copy/paste, very not DRY, names of things that have lost meaning.
903.
by andirk 4y ago
How about get to know your team and it becomes very obvious who is more productive. If you need a metric for, say, large teams, how about: # PRs x level of effort, + bonus points for being useful outside of code. Great engineers are like a
904.
by andirk 4y ago
Understanding, and even sympathizing, with the machine's toil re: vectors vs manual linked list can separate a good engineer from a great one. We learn linked lists, assembly, and even machine code in Computer Science majors so that we
905.
by andirk 4y ago
Am I the only one who sees a strange distribution of cables around the globe? A bunch in California, 1 in South America connecting maybe Buenos Aires and Rio, and zero in Oceania. Also interesting to note the Bering Strait is not used, desp
906.
by andirk 4y ago
I've seen a few leave willingly to other similar companies before ever succeeding at the current one, or even doing poorly. The qualifications for the next CEO position seems to be that one was a CEO before, regardless of performance.
907.
by andirk 4y ago
Discontinued website theyrule.net had a really cool visual web of board members of high profile companies [0]. Amazing how many board members of one company are board members of a handful of others. It's like there's a breed of pe
908.
by andirk 4y ago
Is it like this Chandler software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_(software) ?
909.
by andirk 4y ago
I hear you but doesn't that simply mean you're not a collector of limited items? It's like baseball cards. With apes on them.
910.
by andirk 4y ago
I remember the original Ruby on Rails Twitter going down a lot. And their error page said something like "Reason: Too many whales".
911.
by andirk 4y ago
They're working on that 'edit' button.
912.
by andirk 4y ago
I've slept at work plenty of times. It's fun! Except one time I went outside for a spliff break at 2am and dropped my wallet w/ key badge right as the door shut. I had to hunt down a taxi and promise him I had money at my hou
913.
by andirk 4y ago
Freedom of speech is tough, huh? And in the USA it doesn't protect against promoting threats of violence. Seeing as the N word is probably considered the most hateful word in the English language, I can see it being understandably cons
914.
by andirk 4y ago
Why does this person talk like they live on a Roman reenactment battlefield AND somehow with all those words said nothing of substance? Software engineers are needed all over the place and thus are often easily employable.
915.
by andirk 4y ago
Parental income is a terrible proxy? The abilities of ones guardians growing up is a huge factor in what opportunities someone is offered and a lot of that is dictated by how much money is available for the child. Other aspects like the int
916.
by andirk 4y ago
Income. It's widely available and often already submitted for scholarships. To say income===class is a generality but it's pretty close.
917.
by andirk 4y ago
Diggin all these lefty channels! Where's the closet alt-right anti-vax anti-government-except-its-world-conquest-military-and-heavy-policing-and-penal-colony-loving channels? Does "federated" mean decentralized?
918.
by andirk 4y ago
Pro tip for giant corp: build where it's cheapest regardless of nature. The State will pick up the buck!
919.
by andirk 4y ago
Much like rooves covered in solar cells, we should all have a well filled with rain water gathered from the property. Use it for landscape and everything thats not drinking. What about leeching water out of the ground? One can cause floods
920.
by andirk 4y ago
A blank check but the check is yours.
921.
by andirk 4y ago
Paywall/sign up wall.
922.
by andirk 4y ago
Related: It's not down. What's Rumble?
923.
by andirk 4y ago
I like how you get stuck in the middle forever.
924.
by andirk 4y ago
Similar to how the CTR of ads on msn.com or live.com was once way higher than everywhere else because anyone who was fooled in to using those default start pages was probably more easily fooled in all aspects.
925.
by andirk 4y ago
My guess is that the $8/mo user pool is a target demo for advertisers who like people who like subscriptions. And there can be a premium charge for targeting the $8 burger
926.
by andirk 4y ago
You forgot to add the tech debt contributed by people who either can't code well or don't care. Those two often go hand-in-hand
927.
by andirk 4y ago
My Attorney General and my state fully agree with me in no uncertain terms thanks [0]. Feel free to add all those "we're not responsible at all!" clauses that ski resorts add which are also not enforceable. Thanks for the dow
928.
by andirk 4y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't add any inventions and doesn't care about a non-compete clause because I will never honor it and come at me bro if you want to try to enforce it? I respect making sure the company doesn't steal s
929.
by andirk 4y ago
Didn't the Mtgox people finally get their BTC back but only after a few years and the price 100x'd ironically? Either way, diversify ones portfolio including where the moneys are kept.
930.
by andirk 4y ago
"Person stuns other person for weapon with GTA IV move"

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