collyw

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by collyw 6y ago
Not ideal but a lot more pleasant to work with than JS
842.
by collyw 6y ago
> That whole choice process is carried out by physical reactions in our mind. That is a common assumption, but I am not aware of any evidence that it is the case. If someone knows of any, then please share.
843.
by collyw 6y ago
There is no hate in that comment, just criticism.
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by collyw 6y ago
I think maintainability is mostly down to developer skill and the ability to abstract to the right level. A good Python dev will likely leave far more maintainable code than an average Java dev.
845.
by collyw 6y ago
The language for one. There are decent choices of language for backend work. Why anyone would choose JavaScript is beyond me.
846.
by collyw 6y ago
I am left maintaining a mongo db from 7 years ago or so, when NoSQL was peak hype cycle. Like you say it´s crap.
847.
by collyw 6y ago
I have seen micro-service architectures like that. It seems pretty pointless. You should be letting the database do as much of the heavy lifting as you can.
848.
by collyw 6y ago
Yep. I am working on a Mongo system, started right about when Mongo was peak hype. This application should be using a relational database, but no resume padding for the original developer, and a ton of tech debt and a crappy database for me
849.
by collyw 6y ago
I have worked on some horrendously coupled micro-service architectures.
850.
by collyw 6y ago
That usually depends if you are writing something from scratch, or wrestling with other peoples libraries.
851.
by collyw 6y ago
My guess is that the code that was thought through first will be better (easier to understand by the next developer) than the code generated by many iterations.
852.
by collyw 6y ago
Sweden was very average for Europe without any tyranny from government. I would say that is success. Here in Spain we had many more of our rights taken away and still had more deaths with corona. > Sweden wasn't exactly a success, a
853.
by collyw 6y ago
For me interest rates hovering close to zero since 2008 seemed to be a sign that we had never really recovered from that recession. But I am in no way a financial expert.
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by collyw 6y ago
> If everybody behaves lockdown-like, lockdown can be avoided. Speculation without evidence. Lockdowns are apolitical decision, not a scientific one. Lockdowns can be avoided if governments choose not to implement them. But most seem to
855.
by collyw 6y ago
My problem in the current pandemic is we are told to listen to scientists, who if they were honest would admit they don't know a great deal about what will happen. So we are getting a scientists opinion about things such as lockdown, f
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by collyw 6y ago
> Lockdowns come with exactly the downsides you describe. No lockdowns come with an overload of the health care system and high death tolls. Please stop pushing the unproven narrative that lockdowns stop the healthcare system being overl
857.
by collyw 6y ago
>completely Covid free. not any more https://time.com/5939502/new-zealand-covid-19-lockdown/
858.
by collyw 6y ago
I think you are very mistaken if you think that. Lockodwn appeared to work, but given that it takes at least 20 days from catching covid to dying, you can see in many countries that the curves for deaths were flattening off well before loc
859.
by collyw 6y ago
Yes, "trust the science" in covid times means "trust the narrative pushed by the mainstream media". The fact your comment is downvoted with no actual counterargument seems to prove this point.
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by collyw 6y ago
The same could be said about the science behind lockdowns (as very little was knows about the effects of attempting to control a pandemic until this incredibly costly experiment went underway), but it doesn't stop experts proclaiming t
861.
by collyw 6y ago
Science should have nothing to do with "trust".
862.
by collyw 6y ago
that comment looks perfectly reasonable to me
863.
by collyw 6y ago
Doesn't most human DNA contain neanderthal DNA (with the exception of some Africans, from what I remember). Doesn't that imply viable offspring?
864.
by collyw 6y ago
The main feed has infinite scroll on the main feed (I am not especially a fan of that). When you click a link it is a popup over the top of the infinite scroll page. Close the popup and you are at the same position in the infinite scroll li
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by collyw 6y ago
I'll give you the best interviewing experience I had as some inspiration for improving it. (I have had far more with people wasting time or rejecting technical tests because of ridiculous reasons than pleasant experiences). The intervi
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by collyw 6y ago
Do you think a technical test estimated at 10 hours is acceptable (remember that estimates are almost always under in this industry)? Do you think giving such a test to 10 candidates is acceptable when there is one job going? 9 candidates
867.
by collyw 6y ago
Would there be anything wrong with "we really liked you but found someone else better"? That's been the situation in my company recently. None of the candidates were bad, all of them would have been capable of doing the job b
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by collyw 6y ago
Good target, getting an initial job is the hardest part. Once you have some experience you become a lot more employable.
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by collyw 6y ago
Hydroxychloroquine seems to have decent results as well (though with side effects) according to the most recent meta analyses. But Trump suggested it, so it needed to be banned despite decades of safe use. https://medium.com&#x2F
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by collyw 6y ago
Personally I love a bit of work drama like that, when someone blurts out something not realising the boss is there listening.

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