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by dntrkv 7y ago
> I don't think anyone thinks they're smarter than Softbank or Adam Neumann. With all the armchair investing going on, you would think otherwise.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
That's an interesting point. Would be interested to hear these two's opinion on the firing of Damore.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Not hundreds of thousands, the Sierras are about 23,000 square miles, but the point still stands. The Sierras are massive and the majority of it is desolate. I spend about 10-20 days each year (for over 15 years now) exploring these areas a
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Have you (and anyone else posting this same exact comment on any article that mentions employee count) ever worked at a large company? Once things operate at a large enough scale, it requires dedicated teams to focus on very specific parts
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Is there any evidence of this actually happening?
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by dntrkv 7y ago
They are working with the VS Code team and Theia uses Monaco and other OSS components shared with VS Code.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
I'd say the bigger problem with vanilla JS or any other imperative UI framework is exactly that, the imperative nature of these tools. React introduced the frontend world to a declarative approach for keeping the DOM in sync with your
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by dntrkv 7y ago
When has React's approach to state management changed? The only change I know of is the introduction of the useState hook, but you don't have to use it. The React team has done stellar job of maintaining a stable API with very min
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Poster above was not equating COVID to Influenza. They were making a point that at a certain point we have to weigh the tradeoffs of halting our economy versus saving X numbers of lives.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
And there has been media coverage of those organizations. We should call all of them out. Though going to church might be the worst of all options since church goers tend to skew more to the older side of the population.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Same, started doing frontend back in the CSS Zen Garden days, and CSS-in-JS has been a godsend. Having the tooling do static analysis on your components and their corresponding styles has made life so much easier. Reference a color that doe
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by dntrkv 7y ago
You should seek help.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
If I had a dollar for every COVID-19 vaccine that will be ready "soon", I'd have quite a few dollars.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
> The problem is that there was a narrative for years that Apple was intentionally slowing down older phones with software updates, but there wasn't any proof. Except that is not what they were doing. There is a huge difference betw
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Exactly, this wasn't an overnight change. It was a gradual process which is how it should be done. Banning cars on a major road overnight with no plan in place will obviously result in chaos. Nobody is suggesting this.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
I wasn't speaking about this DA in particular, but more about the conservative portrayal of the city and its failure to effectively deal with crime through liberal policies.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
I'd say it has everything to do with the current state of affairs in SF. I don't think it's the post-apocalyptic hellhole that many make it out to be but property crime here is really out of hand. Police don't take anyth
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by dntrkv 7y ago
At this point, unless I talk to someone I trust within a company, I try to reserve all judgement. In fact, I do that with everything nowadays. The internet and modern media skews so negative, according to them nobody is happy anywhere and e
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Do you really take random comments on the internet into consideration when you're looking for your next gig? If you do, in my experience, every company is off the table.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
https://half-life.com/en/alyx/vr This is interesting to me, though I haven't played many VR games. Is this common with other games?
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by dntrkv 7y ago
They make money from Apollo Engine, which I think is now called Apollo Platform. Edit: Looks like it's called Graph Manager now: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graph-manager/
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by dntrkv 7y ago
A Juul habit is not super cheap, it’s more expensive than an equivalent cigarette habit, by far.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
There is a movement commonly referred to as "Outcomes-based Healthcare" that is rethinking the way the system approaches treatment. The focus isn't necessarily on compensating physicians for their outcomes, but changing the m
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by dntrkv 7y ago
So if you join a company with terrible infrastructure that needs a ton of work, you don't get paid until it's operational? What if there are organizational issues within the company that prevent you from actually resolving things
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Snap a photo and then continue experiencing it in the moment. Not sure why it has to be one or the other.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
I’m not a fan of the acronym either, but it’s what people know, so I use it. Big N is much better, I’m onboard.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
A strong CS foundation is hugely valuable and I don't think anyone will argue that but the fact that someone with over a decade of experience can go from a "no hire" to "hire" after a couple months of practice tells
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by dntrkv 7y ago
It depends on the company, but most of the FAANG company (and others that try to imitate them) interviews come down to how quickly you can get the optimal solution on the board. It has very little to do with how well you can code day to day
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by dntrkv 7y ago
The iPhone XS is basically the same size as an iPhone 8 with a screen that is 1" larger.
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by dntrkv 7y ago
Arrow functions aren't just new syntax, they keep the context in which they are declared. It allows devs to do the following: onClick={() => doSomething()} Without having to worry about binding the function to the correct context.

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