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by dntrkv 5y ago
People will always find things to complain about. Toronto isn't SF when it comes to tech (nowhere is), but it still has plenty of opportunity. Don't listen to the complainers. Just focus on becoming a good SWE for now, then worry
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Except none of his points apply to FAANG companies either. >A bad interview is when you ask them the definition of some specific thing in some specific framework like “Tell me what a closure in javascript is.” then treat them like they’r
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Me neither. Every single point the author makes does not match my (or any other dev I know) experience. The only explanation is the guy is in a really bad tech market, in which case, move.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Don't worry about it. This post is a load of horse shit. If you're a competent dev, move to a place with a good tech scene and you'll do fine.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
How is searching painful? It's gotten better with almost every year. I only see this sentiment here on HN, along with many other shitty takes about how pure the internet used to be. Are you talking about that era when opening the wrong
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Well if you look at the link at the very top of this page, you know the one we are all discussing, you can actually drill down into the categories.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
> real estate Well, yeah. Nobody is trying to hide this fact. > gas https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts > food Check the BLS data. In the short term, some food is def up, but less than 5% Over the long term, it's
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Sad to see this as the top comment. No substance, just a rant with absolutely zero data or meaningful insight. Which specific parts of the numbers do you disagree with? > clothing costs are up In what world? Clothing costs are way down &
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by dntrkv 5y ago
That same incompetent government that was behind Stuxnet?
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Economies of scale dictate the opposite. Fixed costs stay the same no matter the subscriber count, this would allow Netflix to lower the price, while maintaining the same profits. In reality, they would likely keep the price the same and in
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Dealers don't care whether you pay cash or finance. Just call around dealers within a certain mile radius you are willing to drive and find the best deal. This has been, and will always be, the best way to get a deal.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Even if all that were true, it still does not explain the high costs. There are countless examples in other countries proving it's possible.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
At the end of the day, the question is, how many more deaths happened due to COVID than there would be otherwise. For that answer, we can look at excess mortality (which the article uses), which shows more deaths than the official COVID dea
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by dntrkv 5y ago
> We could've vastly expanded a lot of train systems with the amount of money that's been burned trying to make cars drive themselves. I'd like to see the numbers on that. Given the cost for the CHSR is around $100B, I don
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by dntrkv 5y ago
No, but it's an important distinction to make since NG produces half the emissions of coal for the same energy output. Using an NG plant to mine Bitcoin is stupid enough, no need to lie to make it seem even worse.
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Not defending his actions, quite the contrary actually, it's really easy to get it mixed up so I wouldn't recommend it unless you've done it a bunch of times and know yourself. Even then, that really seems like the worst time
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Yeah, not saying it would. Even at higher doses you can usually read a screen, but the many other psychological effects will make it hard to process what you are reading. Especially, if you aren't experienced with it. My point was that
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Getting visuals while looking at a computer screen can definitely happen at small doses. You might not see any visuals looking at the space around you, but black text on a bright white screen will bring it out. And mixing up the dosage is i
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by dntrkv 5y ago
For me it was when I finally understood that Ethereum is a decentralized, globally accessible API, that anyone can extend, nobody can take down, and it's all driven by its builtin currency that incentivizes good behavior. Honestly, wit
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by dntrkv 5y ago
Even driving a few blocks, having to stop and fill up, and then getting back on the route can easily take 10 minutes of your time. Being able to plug in at home and never worrying about filling up unless you're on a long drive will sav
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by dntrkv 6y ago
What if the system had 2 kinds of nodes, storage nodes, and then verification nodes. The storage nodes, store the data. The verification nodes, hit the storage nodes and verify the data is there and available. If the storage node fails a ve
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by dntrkv 6y ago
> If the lower taxes are good for creating jobs at net gain to the local economy, then the lower rate should be applied equally among all similarly taxed entities. I agree with the premise here, but in reality, you can see that won'
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by dntrkv 6y ago
How do you mean? The blockchain itself is decentralized. So if all the systems operate on the blockchain, they are decentralized.
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by dntrkv 6y ago
>I have yet to see blockchain provide any tangible value What do you define as tangible value? I'm not a crypto bro, but I can see the potential in blockchain, specifically the building blocks nature of smart contracts. A global, de
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by dntrkv 6y ago
A lot of the benefits of crypto really come into play as more systems are integrated into the blockchain. If the whole series of payments and services are on the blockchain, you could build a system that is reasonably secured against these
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by dntrkv 6y ago
Yeah, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Now if the designs were converging on something like a gaming PC, then that would be bad. "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but whe
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by dntrkv 6y ago
Why would anyone want their screen to be anything other than a featureless rectangle? If they had the tech, they would have done this a long time ago.
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by dntrkv 6y ago
Have you seen the internals of a Macbook? There is no single battery, it's a few batteries (wired in series I believe)[0] Making the battery removable would compromise on other parts of the design. Personally, a replaceable battery is
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by dntrkv 6y ago
You could waive fees for primary residences and tax the hell out of investment properties. I don't understand why prop 13 in California didn't work this way.
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by dntrkv 6y ago
Ignoring the fact that the research isn't only used one for one purpose, a proper assistant is hugely valuable to me. Simple things like: "Remind me to X tomorrow at 9am" "Add Y to the shopping list" "Remind me

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