benji-york

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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I watch this video every couple of years. It is a thing of beauty. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I have found myself feeling similar things. Something that I've done that has helped me is to find ways to nudge people further along the path of "hold[ing] themselves to high standards". That's easier said than done,
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I would approach it—at least initially—as a mental exercise. What are your assumptions about the role, the code, the product? How could you (in)validate those. What would it look like to take each thing you think you know and invert them
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I wish I had more than one upvote to give you for this post. > I’ve asked myself this question recently. I suspect both are true. There are real complexities that have grown around you and working in the same way on the same stuff for
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I appreciate you pointing these out—thanks!
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   Thanks for the detail!
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I am confused as to why this is noteworthy—their engine benchmarks as much slower than the competitors.
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   You might like AssemblyScript ( https://www.assemblyscript.org/ )
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   by benji-york 2y ago

   I really like the PR-role-play interview, too. I do worry that it can devolve into the classic mind-reading interview—i.e., there is an extremely subtle bug (or perceived deficiency) in the code that a candidate is dinged for not seeing.
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    by benji-york 2y ago

    Something I don't see in keyboard layouts often is mouse buttons. I use a trackball between my keyboard halves and prefer using mouse buttons on my left hand while moving the trackball with the right. https://imgur.com&#x2F
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    by benji-york 2y ago

    Trademarks work that way (kinda), but copyright does not require active defense.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    I wonder if this article would shed some light on the difference between your response and others: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/systems-explain-stem-vs-cul... (I'm not judging or trying to persuade, but wish t
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    I'm wondering, does the machine only check enrollment once? What if a future OS update institutes regular checks?
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    This is probably old-hat to you, but I enjoyed this recent StateChart video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6VzMNoHhtU
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    The Great Filter idea is from Robin Hanson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    That is true.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    I believe they should be removed because of the "assert" stripping that they do.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    Well put. I have summarized similar thoughts in the past as "People want to buy a clock, not a box of gears and springs."
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    The name is also a reference to Alice in Wonderland.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    Your comment makes me think you may enjoy the 1632 series[0], which is sort of 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' in reverse. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632_series
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    As someone with a lot of live audio background, I lament bad audio at conferences. I keep thinking that there is a product need there, but it feels too much like selling vitamins.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    I've never heard of such a thing.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    The symbol "input" is a Python built-in.
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    m4 the macro language?
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    <rant flavor="man-yelling-at-clouds">None of the mentioned languages are untyped.</rant>
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    I see where you were going, but I don't think Theory of Mind quite fits. ToM says that a person understands someone else to have their own knowledge, ideas, motivations, etc. But this behavior is not simply understanding that others h
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    Is there a name for this tactic of projecting motivations on others in order to explain their behaviors?
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    You could ask why the people that clean the toilets are paid so little. It is obvious that what they do is important. Dirty toilets are annoying and potentially a health hazard. The truth is that there are many people who can do the job
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    by benji-york 3y ago

    Might I suggest that instead of working on "the most important functionality first" you consider identifying the riskiest aspects of the project and working on those first? Some times those are the same, but often the part of a pr
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    by benji-york 4y ago

    Echoing another commenter, your app is super cool. Bookmarked. One UI note, the layout jumping around when typing or clicking on things is a little jarring. E.g., the "Word is too short" message pushes the field the user is typi