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by bckr 5y ago
It isn't insane that some people won't take the vaccine. It isn't insane that some people are against vaccine mandates. It is insane that some people believe what they do about the vaccine: That it's a ploy to decimate
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by bckr 5y ago
He could have kept his day job and spent a few hundred dollars or less to have someone make some fake graphs. Hell, he could have made some fake graphs over a few weekends. Then he could have done exactly the same market research.
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by bckr 5y ago
I think the insanity must end, soon enough. It feels like we're moving into a world where insanity and waste is exposed for what it is. Aspirational? Certainly. And I'm sure the pendulum will swing back and forth.
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by bckr 5y ago
fall, not fail
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by bckr 5y ago
> No, not a family. I agree. Team is probably the best way to describe it (indeed, it's the most used). Village is a bit more of a personal wish, for me.
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by bckr 5y ago
Well, I didn't say "it takes a village". I merely used the word "village".
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by bckr 5y ago
> That was a hard lesson for me Let me tell you: you are a good parent merely for having this attitude.
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by bckr 5y ago
> We don’t say we’re “a family” My favorite way of framing this discussion is use the term "village". A village is a close-knit group of people with aligned interests (economic and otherwise), activities, rituals, beliefs, and
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by bckr 5y ago
> Even though awareness has grown, those old stigmas and default behaviors remain just under the surface. This is exactly right. Even in the last few years I feel more understanding about mental health struggles, and I strive to be suppo
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by bckr 5y ago
I agree although I my list is a lot different: * Work with people who are more skilled and knowledgeable than you and learn why and how they do the things they do * Focus on increasing your velocity by eliminating bottlenecks in your produc
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by bckr 5y ago
I love Postico. I wish I had a terminal that worked more like Postico
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by bckr 5y ago
I suppose it could be because of the ecosystem, ease of finding developers who are familiar with said ecosystem, and, as you mentioned, the reliability. > Dedicated servers can come with terabytes of data, 60+ GB ram, and 16 cores or mor
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by bckr 5y ago
> Plain M&Ms: Yes (melts in your mouth, not in your hands!) I don't care that the chocolate doesn't melt in the hands, when the candy itself stains!
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by bckr 5y ago
Observo Floodgate Farfetch Sewer Sinkhole Binah (Hebrew for "Understanding")
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by bckr 5y ago
Aren't there laws in some jurisdictions requiring a company to provide and/or delete all data about a customer upon request? In which case there absolutely must be a way to contact someone, in order to facilitate this process.
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by bckr 5y ago
I think I want a list of all humans on earth and a history of their opinions on everything, stack ranked per subject by a democratic/PageRank rating of their expertise in that subject. Then I want an interface for filtering subjects as
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by bckr 5y ago
I emailed Lincoln for advice, following[1], on a whim. He emailed me back with a thoughtful reply. I appreciated it (he told me my idea is bad, which I appreciate, sting as it does). [1] https://www.lincolnquirk.com/2021&#x2
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by bckr 5y ago
Hey guys! I'm so excited to see your launch HN! We chatted about your who's hiring thread middle of last year when you were in stealth mode. I still think this is such an epic idea, very happy to see you succeeding. Can't wai
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by bckr 5y ago
Nice!!
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by bckr 5y ago
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/snoring/sympt... "Snoring is often associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea... Not everyone who snores has OSA". Snoring is really, really bad. A cute little
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by bckr 5y ago
sound like the OP has some thoughts. But I am using the app SnoreLab which records me at night and scores what percent of the night I'm snoring and how loud (and lets me listen to it back). The lowest tech way is to just record audio o
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by bckr 5y ago
Thanks for that feedback! I definitely do not intend to point blank ask all of the questions. Rather, it is a checklist of things that to find out about. > helping them to talk about themselves in a positive light makes you look interest
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by bckr 5y ago
The post originally asked about Python programming. OP made it more general on purpose. I'll (tongue-in-cheekly) prompt you with the following: Language: Whatever qiskit is most familiar with OR has a favorite recommendation for (based
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by bckr 5y ago
That makes sense. My immediate reaction is: 1) focus on business logic: is your code "about" sorting and allocation, or could you treat those as built-ins? 2) It's OK if a function is calling other functions. The point is tha
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by bckr 5y ago
I agree, and I particularly wish that people would use "ethics" instead of "morals" more frequently. My understanding is that ethics are how we treat other beings, and morals are rules we follow (think "moralizing&q
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by bckr 5y ago
I'm going to give it a crack. Caveat that I have not read the TDD scriptures. Unit test: tests a bit of code not much larger than a function, to make sure that the function runs properly and gives the expected outputs. Functional tests
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by bckr 5y ago
Say a bit more please
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by bckr 5y ago
> The main issue is that barriers to entry in software are very low Great point. This is such a double edged sword because it is the reason that I got into software in the first place.
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by bckr 5y ago
> Leadership is rich with experience in security and engineering I think this is so important. Thank you
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by bckr 5y ago
Thanks for this, I do have some (EDIT: A LOT) other questions around this that I'll be asking. • What is your company's relationship with velocity? • Do you find yourselves doing more slowing down to be more careful, or speeding u

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