existencebox

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by existencebox 5y ago
> when a dev tells me "two weeks" I smile and say "I believe you meant SIX weeks, right?" Wanted to chime in and say _thank you_ for giving me the prompt that this is an "OK" thing to do. (as a technique for
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by existencebox 5y ago
My perspective as a maintainer is _surprisingly beneficial_ in aggregate. The changes aren't necessarily going to be the most impactful, or most visible, but I'm sure you've seen after N years on a project all the small &quot
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by existencebox 6y ago
Truth is I probably didn't use the right wording there, was too tongue-in-cheek with the intent of poking jabs at myself. You get at the issue I've seen with what you say here: >I get that there will always be some power dynami
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by existencebox 6y ago
I realize this is unsolicited, so I will feel no insult if you don't desire to respond, you've just got me very interested from a "management case study" perspective; so at the risk of a very naive question: Do you have
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by existencebox 6y ago
This is something the wife and I have had many conversations about as well. It sounds like we have an inverted situation to yours, where I was lucky to have a similar capability for visualization and spatial sense as your wife. This frustr
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by existencebox 6y ago
To some degree I think this begs the question of "what do you think doing data science is/what do you want it to be for you." You mention "top research jobs" which gives me a reasonable vector to assume on, but I&#x
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by existencebox 6y ago
I actually don't think it's particularly weird. I would cite various research on studies investigating "fairness" [0] (Citing this one re: corvids since I need to get back to work and this was a quick google, but it cha
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by existencebox 6y ago
At the risk of a naive question, may I ask where you get your option feeds from? I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on any of the "professional quality" feeds given that I've been treating this sort of thing largely
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by existencebox 6y ago
Hah, feel no regret about the potentially ranty tone, frankly, I often prefer to get feedback from people who are willing/able to rant, since they're both willing to be candid AND clearly have some interesting thoughts built up. I
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by existencebox 6y ago
Honest response, if somewhat off-topic, since I can't pass this up: How could it be improved/what's been most painful for you? Full disclosure, I'm one of the <many> maintainers working on a subset of the Azure Py
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by existencebox 6y ago
This was an very solid breakdown. If I may lend some color: (disclaimer: I'm part of a team doing architectural design of new SDKs at MS, and am somewhat proud that we're actually Trying To Get Outside Involvement, so willing to
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by existencebox 6y ago
I have not posted on this account for many months for non tech topics, because discourse on HN has taken an unfortunate turn over the last few years. This is a fantastic example of it, (the greying of this comment) and so incenses me that
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by existencebox 7y ago
I spent the first part of my life pursuing an impeccably planned career trajectory, setting myself up with all the markers of status and culture that my peers and family expected, discarding the things I loved because they did not contribut
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by existencebox 7y ago
Hey siscia, MSFTie chiming in here. I'm probably the wrong person to speak to the "cloud backround check itself" but I can tell you that on multiple azure teams I've worked for, I've had the opportunity to work alo
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by existencebox 7y ago
Please excuse what would otherwise be a glib comment, only writing this because I peeked out my window (seattle) and got a good chuckle out of your making this statement on the one day I can make this joke: It's fine; we don't nee
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by existencebox 7y ago
What has candidly started to scare me, after a good # of years voting with the packet (and I assure you I _research_ far beyond what the packet contains) is the fact that I'm often Still Clueless at the end. A toy example is a recent t
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by existencebox 7y ago
It's a fascinating question. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. Teddy Roosevelt's use of the monument act expanded executive power in ways that would be used as precedent for future abuses. As you say FDR did Japanese internment, bu
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by existencebox 7y ago
You have no idea how much you nerd-sniped me with that question. (I spend far too much of my free time playing at historian, and am far too fond of Ken Burns to not give my thoughts, but take this as a caveat that I am no true expert.) Unfo
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by existencebox 7y ago
It makes me chuckle a little bit that you feel this way, only because I recently took on similar roles in my own career, and, despite working directly with python luminaries for pretty much the last ~5 years, I still constantly question my
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by existencebox 7y ago
Question for you. How do you find good fit for graduates in your niche/good candidates for the role? My experience consulting was that the spectrum of work I could be asked to do was so broad I'd have trouble, despite having a ha
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by existencebox 7y ago
Typically (at least when I've implemented variations of this pattern) a batch job run on a schedule performing something like "expire stale/completed jobs past a threshold." If you needed the existence of completed jobs
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by existencebox 7y ago
If you're not aware of Google Takeout[0] I highly recommend looking into it. I take regular backups of my entire account, and persist them on a personal server (which has its own layers of replication.) This may not be the contingen
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by existencebox 7y ago
I was laid off once. I almost feel hesitant/guilty to share this because of how many silver linings it had for me, vs friends I've seen put in much more untenable positions after a layoff; I feel like I got off comparatively easy
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by existencebox 7y ago
Bagels. This is an unusually glib comment for me, but it's something I've missed so much since leaving the northeast that I bring back pizza and bagels with me to Seattle whenever I visit New York. The bagels specifically, are oft
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by existencebox 7y ago
This is incorrect. The fed announced a halt of their divestment when signs of instability began showing over the end of '18 into '19. [0] (Edit: I wanted to reconcile why your chart was still trending down; the halt starts in Se
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by existencebox 7y ago
So for context/to call out my own bias: I had a... suboptimal internship experience early on in my career, so my advice is largely through the lens of not repeating my mistakes. 1. Build a network. And I don't mean artificially;
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by existencebox 7y ago
Reading history helps put it in context. I've been consuming writings on the last ~150 years voraciously over the past few years, as well as talking to any of my relatives still alive from some of those eras. The political tone feels
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by existencebox 7y ago
I've been following the border issues for the last few years. What has surprised me throughout the entirety is how little the topic of "what if something logical is driving them AWAY from south america" comes up, when compar
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by existencebox 7y ago
Wall of text incoming; I was trying to explore why I agreed with you and the parent post wholeheartedly while still finding some value in the "shield from the bullshit" concept, if perhaps not how it's commonly applied. So I&
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by existencebox 7y ago
Not OP, but have done two large site UX overhauls in recent history, and my team/company takes accessibility _very_ seriously. The biggest pain point for me has been the lack of a "Ground Truth" static-analysis-esque tool. W

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