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1. 811.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Jed Mckenna. It's possibly a hoax just like everything else.
2. 812.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   History is fun again.
3. 813.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   I'd say it's a pretty standard caffeine effect.
4. 814.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   This what all those "Clojure needs Rails" posts miss. Clojure is Rails.
5. 815.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Employees, like capital, are a component of the bet. Work is a lever just like money. Always is, always will be, that's how we have anything in capitalism. We might as well call it capitalaborism.
6. 816.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Fail big. Fail often.
7. 817.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Scala Metals team are absolute beasts, I can't really tell of other instances where it's so easy to get almost a full blown IDE out of vim so easily (as a total beginner).
8. 818.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Tl;dr - Yes.
9. 819.▲
   by barrenko 4y ago

   Appreciate it!
10. 820.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Cheap.
11. 821.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Ah Ruby, the only OOP without the stink.
12. 822.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Yup, I'd almost recommend it to a non-programmer.
13. 823.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    So basically a kick-ass PM (product manager).
14. 824.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    I guess the TL;DR is "Keep failing", but I struggle from heavy imposter syndrome myself. Well, definitely an imposter at the moment.
15. 825.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Location: GMT+2, Croatia Remote: can do Willing to relocate: If necessary and paid Technologies: Self-taught, big likes on F# or Clojure, worked on Java, AngularJS, , 5 months of development experience, otherwise an economist Resume/CV
16. 826.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    I read them, don't really buy them as - price/EU/Southern Europe.
17. 827.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Universe is not exactly indifferent. Neither indifferent nor not-indifferent. David Deutsch offered some consolation to me, because when you take in account multiple dimensions there is also a vast quantity of Earths out there "somewhe
18. 828.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    It's the damn truth (the only true "true") at the bottom of everything. But the anxiety goes away after a while.
19. 829.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Still looks like crap, in the same way that a CGI sequence in a movie jumps out to someone who is a gamer. (In my very modest modest opinion).
20. 830.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Dogs peeing on trees in cities also has a net negative effect.
21. 831.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Delivering random amount of cortisol to employees.
22. 832.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    This whole rant touches on the true topic at the heart of this. Software developer a.k.a the programmer used to be the key person behind everything. Just like brick layer or road builder. But now that the roads have been (mostly) built, or
23. 833.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    You are really not getting how "a professional" has changed. Apple does, kaching kaching.
24. 834.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    There are a million "creators" in the middle that Apple and co. serve perfectly bar none. Just look at Procreate and similar music making apps.
25. 835.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Thinkapple:).
26. 836.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    I hate to tell you - and this is a common "theme" on HN - but you are probably not the target audience.
27. 837.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Kinda same experience, but I do have some experience with Java so imho Clojure makes it easier overall. Not sure interop with C/C++ would be somehow easier.
28. 838.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    The US is also funding medical research of most kind.
29. 839.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    The exact point of a big company is that nothing gets done.
30. 840.▲
    by barrenko 4y ago

    Set aside some 10 percent of social situations as a test lab / playground. Do stuff you don't think will work or you are sure will fail. Discuss Harry Potter, try a new persona... Go for it.