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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   Man, I remember when that was first posted. I just burned a lot of time going back and rereading some of the comments on HN. To be honest, I got tears in my eyes reading the original blog post. People can be mean sometimes. I know a lot of
2. 242.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   I try to never post about downvotes, but I am breaking my rule: everyone who downvoted you is suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   I just flat out disagree with > Taste and skill are totally independent. As my facility with code has grown, so has my sense of taste. I see beauty in code much more clearly than early in my journey. This is true of other things in my li
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   I have a lot of respect for both Linus Torvalds and Junio Hamano. I think git has been very important, Linux even moreso. But why didn’t darcs or hg win instead? I will never know. This ultimately sums up my thoughts: https://twi
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   Nice, thanks for the tips and the thoughts!
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   Thanks for creating and releasing this. I started getting into walking after the pandemic. There is a nice suburban trail near my house and I have walked several hundred miles on it. This app is inspiring me to take my newfound love of natu
7. 247.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   You’re welcome. :)
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   i believe that is a fair question and i believe that ethics are personal and each individual must find/define their own ethics based on their own values and life experiences. here is where i am coming from: 1. the end user is on a goog
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   by avg_dev 4y ago

   I’m usually not interested in social engineering which I think is boring stuff, but I think that (1) this is a weakness on my part as a developer with something of a security focus, and (2) this is perhaps the perfect sweet spot of social e
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I would be shocked if a lot of people did that.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Appreciate the clarification.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    one thing i love about twitter is the brevity. https://twitter.com/riverguardian/status/1556381516564922376
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    ah - i see. thank you!
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    god, how i love this article. i understand the criticisms; i see forbiddenvoid discussing that people want to get paid and be able to live comfortably. -[i recall luu writing an essay about how to get better at things quickly (im probably q
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I never zoom out on GitHub, but this one time it was kind of neat.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    One of the new Kendrick Lamar videos ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPUkgeiFVY - The Heart Part 5) has some deep fakes in there. He looks like a variety of different people. In the YouTube video description the deep fake
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    that is amazing
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Anyone care to explain the significance of this? Ideally by stating your biases upfront :)
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Thanks very much for the reply and the links and comments. I hadn’t read Beyond Smart before and I just gave it a read. I too disagree with many of the things in that essay. Almost everything, it seems, from the premise (which seems to be t
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    This is a heartwarming post and I enjoyed all of the comments. As an aside I would recommend using U2F over OTP. This article explains some of the benefits: https://www.yubico.com/blog/otp-vs-u2f-strong-to-stronger&#x2F
21. 261.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I tend to see a lot more negativity than positivity as the default response so I like this thread.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I could be wrong but I got the feeling that was by design. They are meant as supplements and not to distract or detract from the core message.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I’ve read a few of pg’s articles over the years. I believe it was one about nerdy kids and their relationships and worldviews that first brought me to this site. At some point, I read the article “Hackers and Painters” and I felt like pg’s
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Haha, this is a great story. For quick reference, it has nothing to do with MLK.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Once again, I’m grateful for your message. (I did end up getting my refund. I hope you remember me.) On a completely unrelated note, I was looking at a somewhat complicated Wikipedia page yesterday and noticed a piece of text I would like t
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Respectfully, I believe that your premise is flawed. The symptom may be qualified, good employees quitting and leaving the company unable to fulfill its obligations, but the root cause is the poor leadership that caused them to leave in the
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    He got a new start.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I think of this every once in a while. We trust, a lot. Things would be different if we didn’t. I believe laws generally protect us after the fact, not before.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I believe your point is valid.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Perhaps I’ve had bad luck but I’ve never had options that would have been worth anything.