bluntfang

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by bluntfang 6y ago
most rich people are rich because they were never not rich
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by bluntfang 6y ago
because number go up seriously tho, hackernews demographic is upper middle class white men. The ones who benefit most from capitalism.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
It really hasn't. If it really had, then the meat industry would be tanking.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
You're right, but if enough people include thoughts like "what can I do personally to reduce my carbon footprint" and take action, then those conversions and actions end up making their way into the meeting rooms and board r
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>Can someone explain what this description misses and where the harm comes from? Empathy. Sense of place is real. Home isn't just your house or property values. People deserve not to be priced out of their homes so the sake of profi
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by bluntfang 6y ago
I think it's important to know the people who's corner you're trying to clean, lest you been perceived in a way you didn't intend. I'm not saying you should ask permission, per se, but some people find it offensive
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by bluntfang 6y ago
But if you have to do it sometimes, and you're proactive about process and automation, not only is this good practice for quickly patching security vulnerabilities, it will help you solidify your configuration management processes and
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>I've been in a few organization with hundreds of repos. It's can be a pain to upgrade libraries. Sure, configuration management is hard, it doesn't mean you don't have to do it. If anything, in an organization that b
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Always good to look at "How To" books with a healthy dose of skepticism. Probably more relevant to the "get rich quick" type books, because if they got rich quick, why would they be selling a book to give away their secr
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by bluntfang 6y ago
man a low effort post like this by a non-celebrity would be hidden real quick. (braces for being hidden for making a statement about the moderation)
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by bluntfang 6y ago
If you write your code in such a way where business logic and database access are separated you won't have to mock out the database. Business logic is where the Good Stuff is. We can trust that the database access package is working be
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by bluntfang 6y ago
i thought the sentiment was that personal life/work and politics should be kept separate and intermingling them is capital B Bad.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
I've found 2 reasons that e2e tests are flakey (whether it be selenium, puppeteer or cypress): 1. poorly developed tests. There are nuances that go into writing browser interaction tests that the less-experienced will have to work thro
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by bluntfang 6y ago
I'm personally fed up with the "racism and sexism don't exist" propaganda.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
I guess my point is that why aren't we making new things? Is the appeal to nostalgia such a money maker that it's stifling new creative endeavors? Could there have been a fun product that is a futuristic space spaghetti western th
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>new Charlie Brown space series, which my kids also have loved. I mean, couldn't a quality series be created without previously popular IP? Is the only reason your kids watched it is because of their parents appeal to nostalgia? Is
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Can you talk more about how professional athletes and the highest level of government are exceptions? Those people are in the spotlight more than most people, except maybe actors...but the film industry seems to have the same message.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Unfortunately the people who don't have much of a choice will work there and be unable to leave because missing a paycheck means possible eviction.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>Touch feels nice, but as an American man, I was taught to touch only when necessary, lest the other person find it over the line. What? You must not watch sports then. High fives. Butt slaps. Chest bumps. etc. In fact, we might even say
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Imagine going to your Product Director at Startup with this information and saying "Oh, those customers just aren't real. We don't need to worry about them". You would be probably be put on probation immediately on track
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>I do not agree that blanket censorship without contextual understanding is the right way to do things. I don't agree with it either, but it's impossible to do this at scale without hiring a large number, relative to community
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by bluntfang 6y ago
The dictionary definition does not change cultural context.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>"Solarpunk," to me, sounds pretty wholesome and very much in line with the direction that society wants to go. I'm not sure if you're paying attention, but current society wants capitalism and consumption until the e
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by bluntfang 6y ago
GP's point is that long distance runners are also doing HIIT if their training is managed properly.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>I won't even entertain this bigotry. I'm not sure using a word that has historically been used for people who are racist is the right word when talking about programming languages.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Yes absolutely. You do know that this social website uses "blanket censorship regardless of context" right? Shadow bans, rate limiting, etc. I am 100% sure Hacker News has automated tasks for identifying who to shadow ban and rate
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by bluntfang 6y ago
This comment seems to be at odds with your original one. So if the people vote democratically for something, and the elected officials don't do it, it's the people fault for not doing democracy the right way? I'm not sure the
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Sure, I guess it's pretty political when Donald Trump advocates for racism in spite of anti-racist movements like black lives matter.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
Seems like a sane way to handle brigading. I'm 100% sure /r/blacklivesmatter don't want people who post in /r/the_donald to participate. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
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by bluntfang 6y ago
>If you have a legitimate mandate from the electorate, you can get an awful lot done. It took Massachusetts 3 years to open a recreational marijuana shop after a ballot initiative passed for legalization.

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