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by demygale 8y ago
I’m in my late forties. Just been coding for the past twenty-five years. I stay away from management by turning down management offers. I’m not a rockstar or anything. Just doing the work. There are places that won’t hire me because of my a
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by demygale 8y ago
Most likely explanation: the ambulance attendant looked at your LinkedIn profile.
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by demygale 8y ago
Zenni is amazing. At less than $20 a pair, I can buy new every month. Everyone in my family uses Zenni and I get compliments on my glasses all the time.
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Sure, but Ruby on Rails has to be in the top ten.
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by demygale 8y ago
I’ve been in mobile development for a long time. I do iOS and swift now. I think it’s a good market. There are a number of places that do native development. I have always bet against cross platform mobile solutions. It doesn’t interest me
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by demygale 8y ago
I wish articles had dates on the byline
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by demygale 8y ago
Activism takes many forms. They’re not mutually exclusive. Your contribution to this discussion (with a throwaway account) is to put boundaries on what activities you deem acceptable. Your cynicism is not insightful or interesting.
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by demygale 8y ago
I waited about two hours to eat at a ramen place in San Diego. Worth it. And the whole time we waited I complained this was stupid. I was wrong. Very well managed wait experience though.
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by demygale 8y ago
Vendor locking is real. Chrome and Google are a threat to the free and open internet. I use Firefox and have no problems with website compatibility. Be the change you want to see.
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by demygale 8y ago
I’m a big proponent of nuclear energy. The benefits far outweigh the risks. But solar power has never rendered an area of the planet uninhabitable, so I understand the concern.
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by demygale 8y ago
This is a totally acceptable attitude. It’s your data, you can give it away or sell it or whatever. It’s your choice. It matters to me so I pay attention to news about products and companies with regard to privacy. Privacy, like free speech
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by demygale 8y ago
Many of Aaple’s privacy and encryption efforts have come in response to the US government’s demand for data. If they don’t have access to data or never stored it, the government can’t seize it. Note that the US government’s response to this
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by demygale 8y ago
Thanks for supporting this cutting edge technology. I really hope it catches on.
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Kissinger architected genocide. Maybe his management technique isn’t what we should learn from him.
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by demygale 8y ago
I’ll give a non-technical answer: set up a legal trust. This is the typical way a person has their wishes carried out after their death.
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by demygale 8y ago
No. I would be a poet. But this would only be a different mistake.
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by demygale 8y ago
Came to this thread just to make sure complaints about navigation were the top comments. This is how I know I’ve found my people.
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I was a J2ME Developer when the iPhone launched. Now I’m an iOS developer.
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The book Empty Mansions has an extreme account of this.
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Concrete is the most pervasive man made material on the planet. And it likely will be so for centuries. It’s a wonder there aren’t more books on concrete.
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by demygale 9y ago
Mid forties and I've been programming all my life. If you don't want to be in management, don't take a management position. Same goes for architect or whatever else they throw at you. You will make less money. You may get tir
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I'm an ACM member. Magazine every month and lots of links in my inbox. It's pretty good.
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by demygale 9y ago
GF suffers the same fate of every other Google initiative: new exec decides it can't advance his career so it's starved to death in favor of something shinier. Google won't save us any more than Musk will. It's billionai
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by demygale 9y ago
If you liked The Idea Factory, you should read Kitten Clone. Kind of a dark sequel.
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by demygale 9y ago
Does Twitter's policy identify protected minority groups? Asking for a friend.
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by demygale 9y ago
Almost entirely on getting things done.
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by demygale 9y ago
I failed out of college, was broke and mostly unemployed, and cut off by my family. The key thing to remember: once you've lost it all, you have already started over; you just might not know it yet.
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by demygale 9y ago
I don't feel much emotion when viewing art, but I'm a huge art lover. Go to a museum and take a guided tour where they talk about the artists. You should start to feel intellectual curiosity at the very least.
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by demygale 9y ago
I don't think recruiters keep metrics on anything. Once the candidate is hired, they consider their job done. Companies appear unwilling to measure recruiting and employee success, so the inefficient hiring processes continue.
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by demygale 9y ago
Your comments contain a lot of red flags for me. Appreciating diversity is not the same as implementing a diverse team. Many dysfunctional organizations hide behind hiring practices of color blind meritocracy.

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