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by ben_jones 7y ago
I've found several "subtle" benefits from hooks in the way they can influence more idiomatic code structure, for example "code smell" becomes more intense and dictates more actions because when a function is > 10
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by ben_jones 7y ago
By physically locating themselves in the upper atmosphere cloud kitchens are saving tons of money on refrigeration costs. Combined with advancements to automated drone deliveries which are JUST around the corner the enterprise could be prof
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Sub-FANNG SWEs? 250k+ or gtfo? I sincerely hope Google and it’s Ilk don’t represent the best of the best because that would mean the best of our indistry would be found severely wanting.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Someone please tell the Google Cloud Platform teams this. So many hello world examples which reek of, "I was told to write documentation but I really hate writing documentation". I mean this in good faith, I think writing document
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by ben_jones 7y ago
> But for someone who is relatively new to the English language We decided to structure our front-end application using Atomic Design which classifies UI Components in a hierarchy of Atoms, Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems, and Pages. Pr
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by ben_jones 7y ago
> I didn’t help my customers and was too focused on the technology. Great write up, though this gold nugget should be in a massive <h1> at the top instead of at the bottom underneath a whole lot of coding talk. The more I interact
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by ben_jones 7y ago
We finally have a technical definition for what a professional software engineer is: someone who doesn't recommend "cloud-native" workloads.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
They literally had entire cities cheering for the arrival of their product, and they shuttered it.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Extended with: "and all his customers are based in a country with strong plumbing standards and regulatory guidelines" - rendering his advice less valid for every country which doesn't. A practical example I ran into lately,
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by ben_jones 7y ago
A CS degree gives you a strong ability to automate work using software. If applied correctly it will be be a very lucrative career for a very long time.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I think the nature of drinking has changed to where the impacts may have gotten more severe. We’re now combining drinking with anti depressants, pain killers, energy drinks, different diets, higher obesity rates, thc, etc. There is a tremen
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I'd recommend a book that dives into this topic before downvoting: Lost Connections by Johann Harl
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by ben_jones 7y ago
> A millenium ago when you bought everything haggling in the market, the rich guy was paying 3x as much as everyone else because the vendors knew they could make him. Meanwhile, the impoverished grandmother gets the unsold leftovers for
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by ben_jones 7y ago
People misidentify one of the biggest challenges of building a SPA in a startup, small, or medium, sized org: taming the horde of junior developers coming into front end development via self-teaching, bootcamps, and CS programs, who more of
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I’m a drop out too and have made my way to manager where I find myself training juniors many of which also do not have degrees. Unfortunately it is night and day between the ones who do have degrees and those that don’t. At this point I am
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Appreciate the reply, and I do think this idea has legs if grown thoughtfully and realistically. Hope to be a happy user some day!
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Cook-ing forward is much more appetizing.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
The community feedback and rewards features are really interesting and remind me a lot of the Twitch model which is wildly successful. How do you plan to bridge the gap between user's eagerness to donate to a twitch streamer versus the
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Wework is still a great investment because Wework is doing well in Japan \s. Pay no mind that: > WeWork entered Japan when office vacancy rates were near a decade low. The supply has tightened since to around 1%, a level not seen since
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I was misled by the top comment in this thread “talking about their fancy new office”.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
The average NBA career is about 4.5 years
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by ben_jones 7y ago
According to other comments on this thread all three of the names mentioned are already highly successful and financially independent individuals. I wonder if the high risk tolerance encourages them to focus more on the lifestyle aspects of
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Yes! I got my devops start managing linux servers which ran various automation software for the game which made some nice pocket money for a high schooler. I actually made pretty good use of the Microsoft Azure launch because they had a ver
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I believe the most common case would be selling the user traffic, assuming the VPN knows who you are (through billing for example although given your traffic their are a variety of ways even if you did an anonymous signup), they could then
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by ben_jones 7y ago
The bottom line is, in 2019 if any of my relatives asked me which VPN to use I would first outline the history of VPNs as a vector for malware/adware and explain to them the supreme level of trust you must have with a VPN provider as a
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by ben_jones 7y ago
If you don't mind sharing, what's the name of the game? I got my start in programming through Runescape back when it was still a java applet run through the browser, so I'd love to check it out.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
Did that stigma not exist for IBM? Microsoft? Oracle? If the crux of Google is an outdated reputation they'll have to invest more and more to maintain it until it consumes them and somebody else steps up.
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I wonder how google handles vpn users, particularly in countries where vpns are fairly ubiquitous like China or even Iran. If someone in Turkey is clearly identified as a Turkish user despite having a vpn in the United States, I shouldn’t b
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by ben_jones 7y ago
In the context of discussing the library's marketing/presentation I think the the branding is also fair game. It's also a little odd how at the bottom of the page it gives credits to the image as a non-commercial license. Per
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by ben_jones 7y ago
I respectfully disagree, I think there is a massive trickle down economics affect going on even if it’s just local. The auxiliary companies selling into startups is HUGE from recruiting agencies, design firms, the gig economy, local tax rev

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