cloudedcordial

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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
You brought up a good point on this person deleted his podcast once he started working at a FAANG. When you worked for nobody, not many cared. A publicly traded company garners creates attention, whether malicious or not. It's safer to
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> You get to choose what games to play in life Word. At one point in my post-secondary education career, I rebelled against being present online as a Computer Science major. I rejected LinkedIn. I met like-minded people at school and got
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Ask HN: Could experienced developers have near 0 online prescence?
23 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|37 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> Republican, middle-aged White women residing in three conservative states, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, which are focus points of contentious abortion and immigration battles. Their neighborhoods were poorly educated but relatively hig
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Why do people insist on writing an entire message in the email subject line?(askamanager.org)
2 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|1 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
I just logged in with my 20 year old password. I see many contacts that I no longer keep in touch. Uh oh!
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
The desire to get free laundry throughout the years has not been changed over the decades, but those tricks weren't necessarily reported back to the vendors. Now, more folks know how to get free laundry than ever!
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
FTP and CVS in 2008...Please remind us about this discussion in 2040!
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
Instead of putting money towards educating great cybersecurity professionals to overcome the bad actors, some folks want to get one tool banned. By the time ban comes in effect, I bet that there will be even more nifty tools than Flipper
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
Lumping together "Asian" as a group is definitely annoying. The different nations and countries from East Asia alone could be unique culturally and politically. In addition, many ethnic Chinese have been living around the world fo
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
I'd drive a more humble car than a Toyota Camry to dodge the annoying questions on "Chinese money". I made serious efforts to do well at school and to have a reputable career in tech.
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
The issue is not new. I am of East Asian heritage and live in Canada. Several people asked me causally why I went to school and had a regular job. They explained that with the "Chinese money" I should not compete for jobs with fol
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
I practiced classical music 3-4 hours per day. Sometimes in the weekends, too. I played multiple instruments and sang in choir growing up. I enjoyed the work that gave me a sense of accomplishment. Although I am not a professional musician,
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
Nostalgia certainly hits hard! In the early 2000s, someone showed me how they ran an ssh terminal on their Blackberry. They were amazed how a device that size could do real work.
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
Fr Francis Ching, possibly the only blind Roman Catholic priest in Canada, explained his setup on iPad. Note that this is an older video from 2015. (I cannot find his current setup at the moment.) The key points in the setup are enabling vo
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
:'( I won't be surprised if he knew about the illness for more than a month but kept the diagnosis private decided to work until the very end.
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
It pains me to see that the last commit was the beginning of July.
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
This message, whether in the context of Bram Moolenaar or not, rings a bell. Academic education does not necessarily give credit to the humble and the team players. The top folks from school are not necessarily doing impactful things later
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by cloudedcordial 3y ago
In addition to for-profit companies, some non-profit research organizations and government agencies do formal verification research work. I encountered with some researchers from Formal Methods community over 15 years ago. Those folks worke
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
> 2) You will be part of our family Treating business like a part of the family is a bad idea. You will end up with nepotism in the organization and shun out new ideas. Yet some real businesses embrace this mantra and bad things have bee
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Ask HN: Ergonomic Keyboard for Small Hands
2 points by cloudedcordial 4y ago|2 comments
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
Given how bad the job market was, how did the current senior and staff engineers started their career about 20 years ago? How could they stand out from the sea of applicants? Ditto. I got my undergrad after the dot-com crash and finished gr
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
I'd say expand your network. You need to see how your skills could be impactful for others. Something could be a big deal for you but not for others. In addition, you may discover some trends or knowledge that you may not know. You are
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Ask HN: How to start career during a downturn?
1 points by cloudedcordial 4y ago|0 comments
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
It'd be more productive to contact the vendor(s) of the software unless the software has been developed in-house.
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
My past employers include some lackluster companies that not too many people knew. I found those companies by browsing the local startup incubator's press releases. When the times were good, I attended some tech-related meetups (virtua
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
New Zealand government hopes to establish a plain language law when communicating with the public: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/new-zealand-ho... Even if there's such a law, people
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
There was a healthcare reform at around the 1970s concluded that the individuals must consent to receive treatment. I don't know the details of the before-and-after of how the healthcare systems provides the services. Nowadays, the adu
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Ask HN: How do you seek mental health help voluntarily?
2 points by cloudedcordial 4y ago|3 comments
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by cloudedcordial 4y ago
Let me put a plug on this thread for Bach Stiftung's recording and its YouTube channel for many of the choral works. https://www.bachstiftung.ch/

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