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by bootsz 8y ago
Originally cable didn’t have ads: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv...
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by bootsz 8y ago
Ah, I see. Thanks
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by bootsz 8y ago
It's not a joke: https://leetcode.com/problems/cracking-the-safe/ It has been asked in real interviews
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by bootsz 8y ago
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Seems very similar to this problem: https://leetcode.com/problems/cracking-the-safe/ And can confirm that at least one FAANG company has asked this in a real interview.
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by bootsz 8y ago
In my experiences as a candidate it is about solving the problem, actually, despite the fact that we constantly hear interviewers claim the contrary. I'd be curious to know how long it's been since this individual has went throug
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by bootsz 8y ago
My experience confirms this as well. I’ve interviewed at most FAANGs and many others, and made multiple attempts at some. Brute-force practice (e.g. leetcode problems) and memorization is the only thing that ultimately worked. It would be
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by bootsz 8y ago
Love it
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by bootsz 8y ago
A man travels to live at a Buddhist monastery with the hopes of learning to become enlightened. Upon arrival he meets the head monk and asks “How long will it take me to reach enlightenment?” “Hmm...”, says the monk, “...perhaps 10 years
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by bootsz 8y ago
Hmm.. Talkativeness seems way too narrow to me. The theory of deriving energy externally vs. internally makes the most sense to me personally. Though it would certainly correlate with talkativeness. But I'm not an expert on the matte
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by bootsz 8y ago
Great article. Thanks for sharing this. I think perspectives like yours are what we need to move beyond what are often one-dimensional conversations about diversity. Aside: Please forgive the nitpick, but despite its widespread use I real
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by bootsz 8y ago
Agree. Being sleep deprived is not a good long-term strategy. I can wake up early if I wanted to but I need to go to bed way earlier too, which historically hasn't fit well with my lifestyle. The only real advantage I see to shifting
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by bootsz 8y ago
+1 for Happy People
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by bootsz 8y ago
Personally I feel like an employer who is overly concerned with something like that (especially when it was so long ago) is a huge red flag. People evaluate others based on their own experiences and ideas of success. If they feel that stay
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by bootsz 8y ago
First, it depends on what you mean by these terms "math" / "numeric" / "analytical". The vast majority of software development and even computer science relies mostly on logic rather than "numeri
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The FUNARG Problem Explained (1968) [pdf](softwarepreservation.org)
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by bootsz 8y ago
Yes. And I've personally found that the "sweet spot" in the middle is all too elusive. In my career I think I've spent the majority of time at one extreme or the other. Feast or famine: overworked & stressed or und
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by bootsz 8y ago
Love it, thanks for the reference. Things rings true with my experience as well.
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by bootsz 8y ago
Wow, nice. That's pretty much spot-on
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Boreout(en.wikipedia.org)
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by bootsz 8y ago
Is it? To me the situation in question seems like the complete opposite of stressful
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by bootsz 8y ago
> I didn't have to work that hard, and one day I had this realization while sitting in my gray cubicle (I was in a sea of gray cubicles surrounded by gray walls, listening to white noise and all alone): I'm like, “Man I am so t
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by bootsz 8y ago
> Another big one for me is the failure modes. What do I do when my home connection is down? How about when my connection is down and I'm traveling? What happens when the hardware fails? How about when the hardware fails 5 years fro
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by bootsz 8y ago
Yeah the post-9/11 years were definitely pretty weird in the US, from people claiming you couldn’t morally criticize the president to the ubiquitousness of “SUPPORT THE TROOPS” bumper stickers and signs (which meant what exactly? I sti
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by bootsz 8y ago
> Playing with other variables besides calories, like the specific foods you pick and the timing of meals, can produce dramatic, measurable health changes and make a huge difference in how hungry you will feel at different times of day.
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by bootsz 8y ago
> Is there? In my experience, yes. Some of the best & most memorable stuff I've read were in books both novels and non-fiction.
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by bootsz 8y ago
I think it might be a bit easier on paper but I still struggle with it regardless of the medium.
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by bootsz 8y ago
I've definitely noticed it myself. I have a much harder time reading novels or any long-form content these days, and I suspect it's due to consuming lots of very-short-form content on a daily basis. On HN and elsewhere on the in
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by bootsz 8y ago
Right now I'm writing a Scheme interpreter from scratch. It's quite a rabbit hole and I'm loving it so far. Planning to dive into the world of compilers next.
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by bootsz 8y ago
Just brought in my 6s for the $29 battery replacement. Hanging on to this thing as long as I can.
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by bootsz 8y ago
Wow.

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