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by dondraper36 1y ago
That's also very much task-dependent. When I have a task that I find either intellectually challenging or with a critically important outcome, I am usually hyperfocused, and even pausing for lunch is an annoyance. With less rewarding t
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by dondraper36 1y ago
Even though I agree with the premise of the article, as a person with ADHD, doing nothing else while being blocked by someone is very impractical. Maybe that works in huge companies, but most managers I have worked with are unlikely to agre
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by dondraper36 1y ago
I know it's a rant, but my explanation for the popularity of such visualization is their familiarity. I mean, I'd also prefer a more accurate use of references to science, but I guess you will agree that "A periodic table of
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by dondraper36 1y ago
https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/8cY8jdUpEGGbsSMSQk... Seems to be some hardware problem at least in us-east1
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Air India 171: Preliminary report confirms movement of fuel control switches(theaircurrent.com)
4 points by dondraper36 1y ago|3 comments
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by dondraper36 1y ago
One of the pilots is heard asking the other why he "did the cut-off". The other pilot, it says, responded that he did not do so... This is still not enough for speculation, but along with the fact that they left no notes or guidan
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by dondraper36 1y ago
Yeah, watched this today too. Kudos to them for the absence of guesswork. That said, I believe that if the preliminary report shows that (1) there were no engine failures and (2) fuel switches were indeed set to cutoff, this has some crazy
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Air India 171 investigation focused on fuel switches movement(theaircurrent.com)
6 points by dondraper36 1y ago|4 comments
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by dondraper36 1y ago
Disclaimer: This information is from a reputable source, but it is not yet official. The preliminary report is expected tomorrow, but it will likely only outline the currently known information.
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Ask HN: What are fundamental books on systems, system thinking, reliability?
4 points by dondraper36 1y ago|1 comments
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by dondraper36 2y ago
Don't you hire devs that claim to be 10x during technical interviews? :)
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The Best Programmers I Know(endler.dev)
20 points by dondraper36 2y ago|6 comments
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by dondraper36 2y ago
As a software engineer myself, I agree that there are certain aspects of the job that are annoying or mentally fatiguing. That said, unfortunately I had to learn much more than I had wanted about the work of neurosurgeons and ICU units thre
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I also thought that people in the USA care much more about dental care than people in other parts of the world. Maybe, it's also related to the cost of dental procedures. For example, in some post-USSR countries, getting a filling or e
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Ask HN: How do non-famous developers get invited to Lobsters?
5 points by dondraper36 2y ago|6 comments
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by dondraper36 2y ago
5 years ago, I would have thought "well, this is just super funny, but it's an exaggeration of course". But now this just hurts
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I don't remember whether it's from "How to make friends...", but I still remember the phrase "Don't be interesting, be interested". This is easier said than done of course when you have ADHD and your mind
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by dondraper36 2y ago
Ideally, also invest some time and work through the CMU Intro to Database Systems course by Andy Pavlo. That's how I would have started if I had to start from scratch
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by dondraper36 2y ago
Rust vs Go seems to be a universal point getter :)
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I think it all boils down to a certain degree of mechanical sympathy: https://wa.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/2020-07-02T19-33-2... Based on my understanding, this is similar to how commercial pilots are trained. The
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I really like the point about reading books. I often notice that some engineers miss a lot by preferring videos and shallow posts over documentation and books. Also, it strikes me how often people would rather ask a question on something tr
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I am not saying that quitting SSRIs is the ultimate answer, it just works (sort of) for me mostly because I am not that depressed. Also, having partial theories is not wrong, but in the case of SSRIs, I deliberately chose to avoid medicatio
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by dondraper36 2y ago
A fairly surprising fact revealing how little we understand the efficiency of SSRIs is that the serotonin level rises pretty quickly once you have started taking an SSRI. Still, there is an unexplained cascade of reactions that takes weeks
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by dondraper36 2y ago
This isn't surprising because physical attractiveness is also known to be subconsciously associated with better health and genetics. These are quite important factors, similar to intelligence.
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by dondraper36 2y ago
Those who say that they just use htmx instead of frameworks, how does it work for you? Do you use libraries like alpine for client side interactivity or just write vanilla JS?
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by dondraper36 2y ago
Thanks! JavaScript was my first programming language years ago. I haven't written much JS ever since, but I at least remember the mere basics. That should probably help. I'm much less sure about having a grasp of the DOM model tho
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Ask HN: What front end framework/library is the best to learn as a BE dev?
1 points by dondraper36 2y ago|2 comments
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by dondraper36 2y ago
In my case, I had some epiphany when I started reading essays by Paul Graham and Getting Real by Basecamp (well, this one is special in the context of RoR, of course). I have always been very protective of Go and its minimalism, no huge fra
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by dondraper36 2y ago
I just opened the official starting guide from the official RoR website and am very excited, to be honest. I mean, the Go way of as few dependencies as possible and no opinionated frameworks is cool, but getting so much done for you is such
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Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?
193 points by dondraper36 2y ago|175 comments

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