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by groby_b 4y ago
Failing in predictable ways is always a problem. Even if it's a novel way of failing. Those boxes are there as last resort, not as an engineering strategy.
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by groby_b 4y ago
> As a manager, I actually find people doing "big picture" thinking quite annoying to deal with That's a bold statement. You've made your job easier, at the cost of creating a culture of "not my job". You as
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by groby_b 4y ago
It is actually not permissible to duel. You can engage in "friendly combat", but duelling to restore your honor is both illegal and dishonorable. (The German fraternities, which are responsible for these fights, gave their word of
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by groby_b 4y ago
Have you actually ever seen a co-op work? > why not retain creative control of your ideas and make millions at the same time? Because there are (a lot!) of people who are more interested in an equitable work than extracting fortunes for
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by groby_b 4y ago
It is probably worth keeping in mind that since at least 2006 or so, Seymour and the truth aren't really much on speaking terms any more. If he then posts a whole bunch of extraordinary unverifiable claims by an unnamable source, I don
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by groby_b 4y ago
The studies show that coffee is an adenosine receptor blocker. We know that this means increased neural activity that the body cannot downregulate via adenosine. We know that neural activity is responsible for adenosine release during ATP b
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by groby_b 4y ago
I have a folder right next to my bed. The only thing I need to remember is to grab the damn thing when I get up. I'll say it's a 90% success rate :) But more importantly, you'll need to work on your assessment of "invari
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by groby_b 4y ago
Being a manager is hard and comes with a boatload of emotional responsibilities[1]. It takes a long term to learn, and our process of training managers is fundamentally broken. It's not that there's a "set number of great m
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by groby_b 4y ago
Checklists. So many checklists. (Seriously, I feel like my life has a playbook ;)
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by groby_b 4y ago
Dude. Loosen the tinfoil, it's affecting blood circulation to your brain. If you spend three seconds looking at the URL, you'll figure out why the CIA hosts it. But here, I'll make it easy: https://www.cia.gov&#x2F
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by groby_b 4y ago
It gives YC an accurate reading on conformists, yes. A large number of startups exist for one point - making a nice exit. There's no nonconformism, just an angle. Going to an incubator, getting seed funding, getting several VC series -
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by groby_b 4y ago
"for they are as old as time" really isn't a justification for not disliking the player or the game. Shit is also around since the beginning of time, and we still generally avoid rolling in it.
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by groby_b 4y ago
In all the fields I've tried (software/music/epidemiology/geosciences/mathematics) ChatGPT can mostly explain things at the lay level, but even there often gets things wrong that without more expert guidance, you wi
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by groby_b 4y ago
Alternate explanation: Xe, Rachel, and quite a few other people (patio11? tptacek?) have been at this a while, have worked with a lot of people, and have consistently put out high quality content. They put in the time to build an audience.
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by groby_b 4y ago
Because that's their name, in the first place. In the second place, why not? Does it cost you anything to acquiesce to a person wishing to be addressed a specific way? (Also, speaking as a woman, fuck the "polite she" idea.)
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by groby_b 4y ago
That's not how businesses process payment. Any responsible finance department will call a hard no on that. (And from a consumer side, asking to pay with a gift card is usually a huge red flag that a scam is incoming)
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by groby_b 4y ago
Welcome to science, where we actually reproduce results and don't just yell "everybody knows". (Since you are fond of the Indian approach, though, may I suggest you inspect your anger?) And yes, it's fairly basic stuff -
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by groby_b 4y ago
Where do you think values and cultures come from, if they aren't set and reinforced by managers? Yes, there are degrees to this - a frontline manager at FAANG has a lot less power to shape than a VP at a 100 person company. But you hav
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by groby_b 4y ago
Yes, but there are tests that differentiate between vaccine and Covid antibodies. (search keyword: "nucleocapsid antibody test")
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by groby_b 4y ago
> If COVID increases the hazard ratios there isn't much I can do. As far as I can tell, everyone is going to get COVID. There is no avoiding that. You could wear a mask. You could, if your profession allows it, work from home. You c
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by groby_b 4y ago
It's your article, you don't have to justify anything. That said, it still would've been nice to hear if Haskell has bought you anything that other languages don't do. Would I have asked the same question for a JS arti
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by groby_b 4y ago
Welcome to dynamic typing hell. As long as you ask your configuration language to infer the data type from a piece of text, these are the kinds of edge cases you get to experience. (They vary by language. Less types means less mistakes, and
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by groby_b 4y ago
I'd suggest evaluating tools on an as-needed basis, instead of wholesale rejection. And I'd 100% agree that the article could've benefited from a "Why Haskell, specifically" section. But really, few things are unequ
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by groby_b 4y ago
TBF, Malcolm Gladwell is more fiction that is "inspired by a true story". It's fun to read only if you aren't familiar with the subject. Otherwise, you just want to yell. This has soured me on the genre of pop-nonfiction
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by groby_b 4y ago
"The company" is nothing, except what leadership makes it. As a manager, that includes you. If everybody chooses not to care about org problems? Guess what, that's a manifestation of sociopathic behavior. So, act accordingly.
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by groby_b 4y ago
"scale" is a problem. It is not the same problem as "bad devs". All the indicators point to "scale". Having worked in games for almost two decades and having seen anything from solo dev to teams of hundreds, an
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by groby_b 4y ago
80s as well. But then, I was but a wee lass, and maybe my choices were easily available, just not in store. Still, now I'm deeply interested in reading an account of how different book selling systems in the 80s worked. (Yes, I'm
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by groby_b 4y ago
> "So they admitted their developers aren't good enough." Build vs. buy is pretty much never a question of developer quality, but a question of ROI. Even with the best devs in the world, building something on par with Unre
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by groby_b 4y ago
It'll surprise you, but 5-star chefs do get rated on individual eggs cracked per week. Because that directly translates into "meals served", which means utilization. And every single one of those eggs gets evaluated indepen
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by groby_b 4y ago
That still only proves your side of the communication. (Which has nothing to do with the encryption scheme, just with posession) The other side is identified by a phone number. "Don't use your own phone number" is fairly good

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