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by bit_logic 6y ago
Does anyone know if this was yet another React website disaster? This is exactly the kind of website that should be built with reliable technologies. You don't need fancy animations or whatever junk the SPA style sites have. Just o
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by bit_logic 6y ago
I was thinking recently on how bad modern voice calls are. It's all highly compressed and basically unidirectional, forcing the participants to take turns talking. The old analog POTS phone system wasn't like this. It had that f
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by bit_logic 6y ago
To the senior engineers who are already happily employed and hate leetcode interviews: An effective way to fight against this is to start saying no to these interviews. Senior engineers have the power to change this if it becomes a trend
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by bit_logic 6y ago
One of the most powerful benefits from being there since the start is the complete confidence in ripping out and deleting obsolete code later. Even good developers new to the project are afraid to do this, and they should be since it'
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by bit_logic 6y ago
I'm a bit surprised to hear this, I thought Clojure shops would be better than this. It was must hard to find any candidates and they're still doing the stupid leetcode interview style? Are these companies putting any thought in
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by bit_logic 6y ago
The leetcode is so bad now that serious arguments are made that even someone like Guido van Rossum should have to do it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25072061
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by bit_logic 6y ago
This is a good strategy for senior engineers to avoid the leetcode interviews. And to any recruiters and hiring managers reading this, there’s the other side of this. If you want responses from high quality senior engineers, then start yo
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Everything currently requires fossil fuel sourced energy to create it. So the question is, over the expected lifespan of the object, will it create more energy than was required to produce it? Solar panels expected lifespan is about 30 ye
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by bit_logic 6y ago
What you described can be the path to fast action on climate change. Only a few more steps are required: * Cover every rooftop, every parking lot, every desert with solar panels as much as we can. Cover every windy plain with wind turbine
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Next time there's a tech interview discussion and someone defends it, linking this thread will be very useful. Almost 30 years of BDFL of Python, sorry don't care, go do 200 leetcode before talking to us. And if you don't sp
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Wow, the replies to this actually saying Guido van Rossum should do an algorithm/DS leetcode interview. It's so ridiculous to see these replies. So Microsoft should've sent Guido van Rossum a note saying, hey study algorithm
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by bit_logic 6y ago
I looked at the page and FAQ but can't find a clear answer for this: does this have billing limits? That's the main reason why I don't use AWS or any major cloud for personal projects because there's potential for unlim
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by bit_logic 6y ago
These UBI experiments all have a flaw, they are time limited and the participants know it. Just try imagining it. Someone tells you will receive $500 per month for a year. So that's a reliable income you can make a year long plan fo
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by bit_logic 6y ago
This is why we need laws like the California CCPA and GDPR to be in more places. Regulation with high penalties for not complying is the solution here.
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by bit_logic 6y ago
The next few decades can be claimed as the hinge of history due to two reasons, climate change and genetic engineering. There have been many wars and changes in the past, but now is the first time that our technology has basically reached
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Firefox may have to eventually switch to Chromium, just like Microsoft did for Edge. I've noticed more and more sites not working or breaking with Firefox. It's bad enough now that I switch to Chrome when doing anything importan
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by bit_logic 6y ago
A small example of this I noticed recently: the Google Weather app (the one that's default in Android, at least for Pixel phones). A few years ago it used to have air quality index. Then, it just disappeared one day for unknown reason
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Thinking about this more, wasn't there a time, maybe late 90s early 2000s when the message was that plastic is more environmental than paper? Something like at the supermarket checkout you should pick plastic over paper bags to save r
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by bit_logic 6y ago
The whole recycling scam makes me upset. For decades the message was to recycle for the environment. But it was all just shipped to China and then dumped into the oceans. It actually would've been better if it went to landfills, at
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by bit_logic 6y ago
async/await colored functions is a disaster: https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/02/01/what-color-is-... And so many languages and ecosystems have fallen to this. Even C#, which is surprising since
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by bit_logic 6y ago
These are not good reasons and again shows that the company really doesn't care. IT gives a bad laptop? That's fine it doesn't have to be good, it just needs a text editor open. Get a USB drive with a linux distro and boot
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Another tech interview thread. For the side that supports these types of interviews, I've never gotten a good answer to a simple question: in the year 2020, why are we expecting people to write compilable code on a whiteboard? It&#x2
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Too often have environmentalists let the perfect be the enemy of good. I understand why they feel that way, for so long have they fought against fossil fuel companies and other interests. They feel like if they give an inch, they will tak
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Solar produces only during the day, but wind is at any hour. And these days, the idea of massive over-provisioning is being discussed to overcome the intermittent problem since solar/wind keeps getting cheaper and cheaper. The idea i
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Every time there’s a discussion about synthetic carbon fuels, there’s the same frustrating replies. I want to reply to those with one statement: the whole point is to use excess power from solar/wind. There’s always the same replies
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by bit_logic 6y ago
So if a newspaper writer is working on a novel during their evening hours, the newspaper should own it? Everyone would agree that's ridiculous, why should it be tolerated in software?
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Maybe this rumor is only half right and it isn't what everyone thinks it will be. Instead of replacing x86, what if it's just Apple adding their ARM chip to the laptop? Basically just take the current MacBook and stick a iPad AR
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Overall, I think the whole reactive programming style such as node and async python are mistakes at this point. They come at too high a cost for code complexity and maintainability. Synchronous style was always superior with only one flaw
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by bit_logic 6y ago
This behavior from Triplebyte is unacceptable. If you live in California, there is CCPA now with financial penalties for companies that don’t comply. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Consumer_Privacy_Ac... I
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by bit_logic 6y ago
Ad blocking is a security issue now. When the ad networks started serving malware, what were the websites response? Basically nothing, they just said it's not their problem and pointed the finger at the ad networks. Ad blocking is n

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