derrick_jensen

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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I have yet to be paired with a driver that has less than a 4.0 (although I don't watch to keenly). Most of them are 4.5+. I haven't rated anybody below a four
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
That's why Uber and Lyft have rating systems, and bar people from driving if the rating as a driver is too low
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm only doing a Math major currently, but start my own projects and get involved in various CS organizations. I think not going along the traditional CS path has more bang-for-your-buck in the long term, since it shows drive to pick u
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I stayed in a cheap Airbnb for an SF Bay Area internship. I met a lot of interesting people and made a lot of interesting connections. I would recommend it
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
In what ways is your resume unconventional? I'm pursuing a Math degree, and my strategy has been to tailor to tech companies by getting involved in organizations and starting side projects. I've interned at [LARGE GRAPHICS CARD CO
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I agree that 100% freedom was pretty hyperbole. AnCap + the NAP is probably a better comparison (but still lacks some nuance). In the case of user privacy, I'm against any backdoors or outlawing of encryption (pretty much any governmen
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
An untrusted APK is just an APK that isn't signed by Google. They can still be signed by third parties and verified to be correct. It's a shame that more open source platforms haven't taken off, but I'm not too surprised
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
100% freedom, all the time "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin I'm not sure about iOS, but Android still allows install
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I switched to Math from CS at my university specifically because of this. Although the CS field does emphasize a lot of theory, having a more general theoretical background greatly helps with picking up new engineering fields as a hobby. IM
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
What do you do after you get bored? My Achilles heel has always been too much internet and distractions, and actively removing those has helped increase concentration. Not specifically related, but I personally find that having too many opt
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
The issue here is that it is fairly difficult to not be automatically filed as spam, and you can easily be blocked from communicating with large chunks of people if something nasty happens. Of course, if you know these people directly, they
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Coursera works well. I use libgen if need to study something in a more niche field
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm not a Mormon myself, but worked with a lot of organizations supported by the LDS church. It is probably the most clean and uncorrupted religious organization of its size, and they do forward a lot of money to useful organizations (
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
By definition all landscapes are one of a kind
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I find it funny that this climate strike is happening the same day as the Area 51 raid, wonder if its some sort of diversion
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
The article says they're trying to reduce overlapping and redundant work, and restructuring teams in a way such that they intersect less implies they run more efficiently, so they only options at this point are to lay people off or fin
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
No Unless you are in a trade or union, you're competing against the rest of the world. I don't think setting a precedent for working less has any positive benefits long term. This has a lot of nuance, since not all companies are r
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm writing a backend in Rust right now, and its pretty nice. The ecosystem of packages was the most important factor for me (as well as the ease of spinning up a dev environment).
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
If they can find a way to do this profitably, it shows how unrealistic California labor laws can be EDIT: Also, remember that neither Lyft or Uber have ever been profitable
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Uber and Lyft drivers fit the definition of independent contractor perfectly. I cannot imagine how they would qualify as employees. Increasing the money required to onboard people inherently reduces the people you can serve. It would be hil
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'd imagine this is for non work based chats in a Slack
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm about to release something I've been working on as an MVP. Backend currently is a 6 and frontend is a 2. A lot of what it does revolves around automated analysis and various optimization problems, so the backend is minimal but
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Might be useful for publicity and PR to have one large change and make some nonsense write up about it (Slack and Evernote did things like this somewhat recently)
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
What sort of issues do you actually see with increased number of items? I can't imagine how that could be difficult
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Maybe if you live in an urban environment, but there's a lot of America out there where this is still the case Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say "the local authority/corporation says Sorry/nope!"?
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Tox works pretty well, but it isn't too popular
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Offload as much code to userspace as possible, and only let the kernel operate as a broker between different sections
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I don't understand why FT gets posted so much, even though it requires a subscription to use. Do most people on HN have a subscription to FT?
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Rust is pretty good about library support and reproducible builds
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