aswanson

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by aswanson 7y ago
lol, I didnt know that. It was basically an extortion racket.
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by aswanson 7y ago
It's rather easy. Delete your fb and use bing + ddg. Done.
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by aswanson 7y ago
I hear a lot about his genius but not straightforward, demonstrable examples thereof.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yeah. Smartphones and tablets have filled up the usual breaks the human brain has had for the first 200k or so years of its existence. Always-on has to have maladaptive effect on creatures that didnt evolve with it.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Your fear is well-founded in this field, sadly.
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by aswanson 7y ago
programming is a daily exercise in epistemic humility You are wise beyond your years, young padawan.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yeah, I was excited when they announced this effort. Sad they 86ed it.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Existing homeowners don't want their living space turned into downtown Manhattan because there's a temporary exorbitant demand for ad click optimization and pic sharing networks.
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by aswanson 7y ago
I worked with a guy who worked on a ge defense contract in the late 80s that demanded ada as the design language. He worked there 2 years learning the language without writing any code before they laid the team off.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yup, it will. It is only a matter of time. Have to expect as much and plan accordingly. That's reality in this day and age.
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by aswanson 7y ago
I was hoping they were in case they encountered hostile alien life forms in orbit.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Do they have a doc detailing the full architectural design? I feel like I'm walking into a movie during the last 15 minutes.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Thanks for the encouragement. And the great article.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Well written. Makes me want to open a medium account and explain something to make sure I'm not getting rusty.
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by aswanson 7y ago
That only incentivizes the sheriff to order his police to shake down more to passers-through to get reelected by touting how much he reduces the tax load.
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by aswanson 7y ago
I'm noticing this in my peer group. Folks way too young to be having serious health issues dying or seriously sick, all diet related.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Well, that escalated at an intermediate pace.
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by aswanson 7y ago
My 1st manager was a tool, was pretty degrading with language toward me, etc. I realize now it was partially my fault, and also the guy just coded all day and wasnt necessarily all that bad of a guy, he just was horrible at communication an
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yup. All they needed was the lat/long gps coordinates. A strike could have been controlled by a laptop on the other side of the country.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Python is great; I picked it up back in the early 2.xx days. My main problem with it is the string handling/conversion code is brittle and the breakage of backward compatibility. But it's overall a great language.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Ugh. Sorry i asked.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Who is that?
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by aswanson 7y ago
1935-1945 was probably the most apocalyptic decade in living memory.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Lol. There was a time when I wouldn't post 'lol' on hn, but I've loosened up in my old age.
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by aswanson 7y ago
I think there's truth in this. Political commentary is like a magnetar for the less informed; it self selects for increasingly degenerate discussion.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yeah. But Racket seems so much cooler.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Yeah, but I've been around the block enough times to avoid those types of bugs.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Ugh. You've basically made the case for me doing my next project in c++ 17 instead of using it as an excuse to learn Rust. Im morally opposed to c++....
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by aswanson 7y ago
I quit a prior gig because of this. A job I was working on for a few years brought in new management and they started nanomanaging every code commit. After 3 years of building trust, I felt the contract had been broken and quit with nothing
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by aswanson 7y ago
You're assuming zero real interest investment growth over 30 years. I totally agree with stacking as much as humanly possible, but that's not a realistic assumption, unless we have worldwide zero economic growth for a third of a

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