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by avg_dev 4y ago
I am sure this says more about me than anything but if a company lays me off there is zero chance of me exercising options in that company. Edit: I read the link and it appears to apply to RSUs as well. What I said about options is true but
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I read The Age of Spiritual Machines quite a while back and it was obvious at the time that Kurzweil’s predictions were pretty far fetched, but they were also very far reaching, thought provoking, and sparked much internal (and external) de
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by avg_dev 4y ago
> "The Measure of a Man" has been seen as highlighting themes of slavery and the rights of artificial intelligence. This was hands-down my favorite episode of Star Trek. Perhaps it will be timely in the not-too-distant future.
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The Measure of a Man (Star Trek: The Next Generation)(en.wikipedia.org)
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I very much enjoy this post. My first introduction to Robin Sloan was via the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. It featured Ruby programming as a central part of the plot. Ruby! Programming languages, and coding, in a novel? What a wo
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I didn't vote and I'm surprised that I don't see a comment about this topic: it's heavily context-dependent, and at different stages in someone's career the pendulum may swing from one side to the other. I believe t
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Just took a close look at your post. That was quite clear. Thank you.
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I find it interesting how stuff that was relevant for PCs in the 80s became relevant for early smartphones. I believe computing history often is cyclic in nature, so there is value in the old ways.
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I remember back when I was studying programming at university the prof was demonstrating something or other on the board. He wrote a program in Java and it took about 15 lines. Someone said they could do it in 5 in Perl or something. The pr
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by avg_dev 4y ago
As someone approaching middle age, who has been coding professionally for a long time, I can tell you without a shred of doubt that I am a far stronger software developer than I was five years ago. I was far stronger then than I was ten yea
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Somehow I just learned about this company recently. I really enjoyed this post. I didn’t know much about supply chains before reading it and I don’t now I’d imagine but I know more than I did. It is written in a common sense and straightfor
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I don’t have anything to add, I just wanted to say thanks for this. It is one of my all-time favorite HackerNews posts.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
It’s not new either. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21169798 We used it at a job I had and it made sense for business continuity reasons. But it is centralizing the internet and they are the gatekeepers. Not a good th
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Somehow I thought they meant more. I’m sure my ISP is after all of my data but I’d rather them than CF. Upon rereading their claim I suspect it is just about IPs and hostnames. I can live with that. Also my browser uses DoH.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I’m confused by the first claim. Is it really true? I thought TLS prevented anyone from inspecting my traffic. Am I completely off base?
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I’ve been typing for a long time, but I like taking notes by hand in a notebook. Just works well for me.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Can you please explain why this is an improvement over the parent comment solution?
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I believe I will take this advice. Thanks for saying it.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Haha, I saw that as well, I was going to post that I expected a bit more from the Association for Computing Machinery (of all organizations), but it slowly loaded and I gave them a pass.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Indeed, and you are touching on a subject I think about regularly: I don’t know first-hand what most engineering disciplines are like, but I believe that much of software development is not engineering at all. Instead it is slapdash and hap
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by avg_dev 4y ago
:)
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Hear hear. On an unrelated side note, I don’t post my public twitter handle on this account’s profile page, but I did on the account that bears my real name. Some years ago you followed me on twitter and were to date the only person from HN
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I’ve never read this before and I’m glad you linked it. I read the short version and I really like it. I will peruse the full version at my leisure. It is immediately clear that not every software company follows these principles.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I am personally acquainted with some senior citizens who have sharp minds and continue to learn and grow (in some cases doing original academic research). I hope I continue to learn and grow well into my old age
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by avg_dev 4y ago
It’s hard to have integrity when you are hurting for money. I am glad the poster was doing okay and was able to stand up for what they believed in
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I am not through with it yet but this book has changed my life in a very positive way: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EH1OEO0/ Perhaps it could do the same for you.
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by avg_dev 4y ago
I read a quote recently that I keep coming back to. “Of human beings, none are good but all are sacred.”
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by avg_dev 4y ago
Not presently per their FAQ. > [...] The GitHub Copilot extension sends your comments and code to the GitHub Copilot service, and it relies on context, as described in Privacy below - i.e., file content both in the file you are editing,
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Replying to myself to add some things I think are real boons to development: - https://pvs-studio.com/en/blog/posts/ - I don't code in C or C++ but I love to read these posts with the limited understan
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I read the article and I have some skepticism. I think my skepticism is well-founded but it may well be the case that a machine will one day do my job. I don't believe that time is at hand, though. First off, I don't see a link to

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