bigfatfrock

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   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   ADD/ADHD diagnosed for >30 years now and I was actually curious if some new ADHD friendly web format had been discovered after my years in web engineering, turns out the answer is no.
2. 32.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   > instead, you'd return Python code that I can use to scrape it in the future Bravo, I would pay for this one, or hopefully run it on my GPU - it would be so fast to even just shove out your selectors (xpath, css, dealer's choi
3. 33.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   Thank you! I was going to ask for the latest linux variant - are you speaking of Love's "Linux Kernel Development", or "Linux in a Nutshell"? I've been a primary linux user for a couple decades now but I'm
4. 34.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   > A lot of this stuff is hacked together by young aspiring programmers just finding their footing, often grossly underpaid, and with very little experience or formal training. Which is great, respect the hustle! But not so super when per
5. 35.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   100%, I love debugging and digging through legacy systems, personally, yet have only run into co-workers in my career over the years that loathe and fear them! Being able to jump in and put out fires on a building that's already built
6. 36.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   Great work, keep going!
7. 37.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   Is it prohibitively expensive to just boost them into the sun or elsewhere, while in low orbit?
8. 38.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   Have YC applications always required a LinkedIn? Why not my personal site which has served as my LinkedIn, instead of the actual LinkedIn I deleted over a decade ago?
9. 39.▲
   by bigfatfrock 3y ago

   And here I was excited, me, as a common person, could possibly buy a block of ipv4. Dream crusher.
10. 40.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    I was mind blown reading this also - are we not programmers for the sake of laziness in the face of these kinds of "problems"? I have to hail Tim Pope for Fugitive.vim also. HAIL TIM POPE!
11. 41.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    Multiple C&Ds?! You make me realize I might not be living the adventure I should be.
12. 42.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    > little software shops which take on a stable number of projects / contracts / clients a year If I could be promised the stability of a trade gig such as plumbing in the software aspect you describe I'd probably want to
13. 43.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    What tool? Can you provide a link or name for the tool?
14. 44.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    You have inspired me for today, I appreciate it. Congratulations on cutting loose, always a great feeling.
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    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    watched these as a kid, and was highly impacted for some reason by the "yep" aliens over much other sesame street content I believe because they were sort of dropped into a random situation and had to suss out how everything worke
16. 46.▲
    by bigfatfrock 3y ago

    amen. I've run both in furious production conditions for over a decade with failures only caused by myself or other inept coders!
17. 47.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    Finally, software engineers can break out of the $10-20 per day income bracket!
18. 48.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    I'm going to guess Audi e-tron based on the feature list.
19. 49.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    Thank you for this. Snorted beer at my keyboard.
20. 50.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    "Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer revenue for the quarter rose 13%, to $5.3 billion, while its operating loss increased 78% to $1.05 billion" ... "due to higher content and technology costs at Disney+ (with higher average costs pe
21. 51.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    I'm shocked daily by HN comment depth, what a breadth of experience people have. Thanks for the insight.
22. 52.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    Great to know, as a fellow UDM owner I was ironically working on making the switch from a NetGear camera setup a week ago because of their awful option sets and related interface, their increasing cloud pricing, and finally and most importa
23. 53.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    Using strictly vim for years, I'm still mind blown by the sheer amount of "don't knows" within the tool that I miss like this. Thank you!
24. 54.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    This is so cool - great work on the writing, teaching, and general clarity. I hope I can find time to play with it. As a pure software guy I'm just mystified and awed by FPGAs and the possibilities of the design.
25. 55.▲
    by bigfatfrock 4y ago

    Suppose it's time to setup multi-az and pay to insure against AWS' own failures. I don't know why I previously thought their EC2 uptime claims were sufficient. Lesson learned.
26. 56.▲
    by bigfatfrock 6y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793072
27. 57.▲
    by bigfatfrock 6y ago

    GemStone III and DragonRealms taught me to type when I was very young. It was pick and hunt, because I had no formal guidance, but my father at the time had witnessed my playing and commented that I had surpassed his secretary on sheer spee
28. 58.▲
    by bigfatfrock 6y ago

    For flavor pairings for your kitchen bookshelf I highly recommend: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4443485-the-flavor-bible
29. 59.▲
    by bigfatfrock 7y ago

    This is trickling down to failed deploys on my end.
30. 60.▲
    by bigfatfrock 8y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19536375