gopher_space

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1201.
by gopher_space 5y ago
One thing I've learned in programming as well as life is that Sources of Truth are deeply tied to individual perspectives.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
It's either an internally consistent UX or matching belt and shoes, depending on who you ask.
1203.
by gopher_space 5y ago
I've seen people do well by targeting specific processes around an illness. IMHO the landscape is so fragmented that a holistic approach would never make sense except as a government initiative.
1204.
by gopher_space 5y ago
A lot of your examples are also attractive because you'd already have the framework set up to deliver them.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> I resent went bugs get closed because they're old I'm picturing the guy who came up with this idea sitting at his desk surrounded by unopened bills.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> The problem is actually one of internal incentives, from my reading. It looks a lot more like a feature of those incentives. Functionally the risk persons job is to tell gambling addicts "I dunno guys, looks too juicy. High roll
1207.
by gopher_space 5y ago
If you want to do mouse-intensive work on a laptop the mac trackpad is the only way to go.
1208.
by gopher_space 5y ago
Why doesn't the absence of "lead is good" data simply mean that your model is flawed?
1209.
by gopher_space 5y ago
Reading Tolkien and playing D&D in grade school primed me for an almost magical realist(?) perspective. Wargames revealed a hidden world of interconnected monoliths designed and guarded by wizards who actually thought of themselves as
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> Most people can't even describe the differences between Linux, Windows, OS X That's because Unix won. When he wrote this article Linux was just moving out of the hobbyist realm, we were on OS 9 (or 8?), and Windows was busy
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by gopher_space 5y ago
I have some experience with older financial and edu systems, and it's definitely a different perspective (from my perspective). If you have a system that's been modified to handle every edge case encountered in the last decade, an
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by gopher_space 5y ago
Filemaker is a neat program.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
Think about what your interview process would look like if it was a normal day at work. You show up out of the blue with a task that isn't connected to anything the org does and with all the decisions made already. I cannot search the
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by gopher_space 5y ago
I can think of several uses for blockchain, I can't think of any reason to use an established coin for those uses.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> Just don't give your children internet access till they are old enough that they can be responsible enough to use it correctly? Why this is not an option? Every media device in the house is connected to the internet. Every media
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by gopher_space 5y ago
We absolutely need a media walled garden for children. There's no good reason to give them unfettered access to the internet right out of the chute. They can grow out of it at their own pace. The moralizing coming from all angles is
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by gopher_space 5y ago
It was a callback to KMFDM's point of view combined with a little "every problem looks like a nail" thinking that wildly missed its mark as a joke, unfortunately for me.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> There must be fifty ways to set your battery pack on fire... Just slip out the pack, Jack Plug it into a new toy, Roy Hook it up to the wrong bus, Gus Don't need to discuss much!
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by gopher_space 5y ago
> without the consideration for long term safety and secondary effects that Tesla has probably put in. This seems like an incredibly wild assumption. The German concept of 'keine ehrfurcht fur deine maschine' will keep you fro
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by gopher_space 5y ago
I'm watching two friends go through a nasty breakup that "violates causality" if you take both points of view into account, and am realizing that it's impossible to do any work with pop-sci physics because I'm relyi
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by gopher_space 5y ago
Why are we constantly surprised when people focus on the only metrics they're judged by?
1222.
by gopher_space 5y ago
And were constantly wrestling with integration because neither side really understands or even cares about the other's domain.
1223.
by gopher_space 5y ago
Or just post your fluff on reddit like everyone else. HN is only useful because of its tone.
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by gopher_space 5y ago
Is there a better way to signal that you've never worked with your hands?
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by gopher_space 5y ago
The best shops I've worked at have all either walked you through setting up your dev environment or had it ready for you to explore on day one.