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by azhu 6y ago
We are larger and more diverse. It's like the difference between a lean small company and a bloated corporation. The reasons why SmallCo A and MegaCorp B are different could be infinitely variable, but at the population level, it'
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by azhu 6y ago
Agreed. A possible "between the lines" reading of what the author is saying is that good overall solutions are formed from the balance of many different ones.
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by azhu 6y ago
Thank you for sharing that. We need more humble folks willing to learn leading by example.
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by azhu 6y ago
Seriously. People oft forget there are two parts to critical thinking: the part where you figure out all the ways something could possibly be untrue, then the part where you figure out all the ways in which it could be true.
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by azhu 6y ago
Society is comparable to a software module producing business process in that it's humans working together. Agreed that in both contexts there is no such thing as "root cause" at the American society level. Regardless, my per
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by azhu 6y ago
Struggle. No one likes it, but meaning comes from pain. The story that goes "iunno, I was kinda lost so I started volunteering because some guy on an internet forum said it was a good idea" isn't compelling. You need a compel
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by azhu 6y ago
This isn't a real tradeoff if you are/have good engineering. "You just have to have the right habits from the get-go" is a pretty big given :)
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by azhu 6y ago
The codebase affects the overall outcome of a business venture built on it in the same manner that the car affects the overall outcome of a drive. The more specific an outcome you're looking for the more factors you'll have to con
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by azhu 6y ago
> The problem is that knowledge is mostly "tacit", and tends to grow as the software evolves Totally agreed. I agree that the missing codification is the context that was needed at the genesis of the program -- the context nece
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by azhu 6y ago
> A program is a shared mental construct (he uses the word theory) that lives in the minds of the people who work on it. Absolutely. The plain English definition for the word "program" that Google shows is (noun) "a set of
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by azhu 6y ago
Because money matters. There are good arguments for financial transparency.
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by azhu 6y ago
Bullshitting is spitting out a valid model for a nonexistent phenomenon. It's reasoning without knowledge.
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by azhu 6y ago
One does not stop it unless one never wants to generate any new ideas. What one stops is the imbalance and the sort of proactive procrastination it leads to, of always thinking about starting and never starting, and one does that by executi
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by azhu 6y ago
Mental flexibility. Oftentimes, people build their identities on hard and fast beliefs. These have a way of eliminating entire directions of exploration when the ingredients that cook into a decision are being gathered. Routinely refresh yo
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by azhu 6y ago
People are all driven by something, and it is not being gritty for the sake of gritting. Figure out what it is and you can hack yourself into whatever you want just by pushing this "get up and get it done" motivational button. Fin
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by azhu 6y ago
Both at the beginning and in the end the answer is always simple: hope. Not all people. There are good ones, even in technology. There are coworkers with whom your shared emotional experience was authentic. There will be more.
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by azhu 6y ago
I initially had a few, but after making sure they weren't just learning curve exasperations in disguise, I realized they all boil down to that they should've just started out with this and never had any class components. I often s
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by azhu 6y ago
All of this reads akin to someone criticizing an apple for not being an orange. Every point is an intentional design decision. Learning new things is necessary, leaving class syntax behind was a choice, and imposing limits on (controlling)
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by azhu 6y ago
Go in with a playful attitude. It will help you balance being open with also being decisive. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=play+and+learning+resea...
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by azhu 7y ago
Sounds like you know exactly what your problem is. Technical interviewing is just like normal problem solving, just you have to narrate your thoughts as if the interviewer's inside your head with you. Get some sample problems that matc
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by azhu 7y ago
Agreed. What I get out of that is that we can get more useful info out of perspectivism if we look beyond just the individualism-collectivism way of framing perspective and consider how the fact that some scientists favor holding interdisci
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by azhu 7y ago
Happens to me all the time. Your conscious experience is the product of you processing a staggering amount of information from the world, and you're not aware of most of that processing. I would say give therapy a try. What you'll
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by azhu 7y ago
In my personal experience, generally yes given that you are able to carve your application logic into acceptably sized components. IMO what works best is not so much a hard single-file rule, but rather a looser single-location principle. If
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by azhu 7y ago
It's a myth that it's not possible to maintain a holistic perspective that melds both the trenches and the command tent behind the lines. The best technical leaders I've worked with were the best because of precisely this: th
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by azhu 7y ago
Could definitely be true! I personally have a hard time imagining how code could be pleasing to the eyeballs by any other metric than how easy it is to understand. IMO a clever one-liner or a hyper optimal routine that takes minutes of star
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by azhu 7y ago
If one defines gorgeousness as ease of grok, then gorgeousness directly contributes to the wellbeing of users through maximizing the technology's ability to quickly and effectively adapt to their needs as they arise. Agreed that it&#x2
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by azhu 7y ago
Weight loss is hard because it requires deep lifestyle change and deep lifestyle change is most certainly harder than any science.
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by azhu 7y ago
The spine is the central structural pillar of the body not only mechanically, but electrically as well. Messages are passed between body parts using electrical signals through nerve fibers, which run from the brain down through the spine br
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by azhu 7y ago
I'm not so sure it's quite that simple. I've got a prescription to amphetamine salts as well as a marijuana habit. And an injury rehab situation that requires I strengthen muscles I couldn't even consciously access and b
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by azhu 7y ago
yep, the better your metacognition the more you can actively engage with a drug.

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