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by iammiles 9y ago
I'm surprised I don't see this coming up for often. Spending time in float tanks always relaxes me to a degree I've never felt before.
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by iammiles 9y ago
Beside my banking apps and Alaska Airlines, I don't have any other apps that didn't otherwise come with my phone. I just don't have a need, and I think there are quite a few other people who use their phone in a similar way.
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by iammiles 9y ago
I work for a Fortune 500 company and we've switched to Kotlin from Java a little over a year ago with great results. My perception might be a bit skewed in the opposite direction as yours, but I think Kotlin will catch on. The articl
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by iammiles 9y ago
I'm with you on this. JSX is quite a bit easier for me to reason about than the Angular-like expressions of Vue. But I am glad that there are viable alternatives available for those who don't feel the same way.
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by iammiles 9y ago
These types of articles are the reason I come to HN!
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by iammiles 9y ago
I think Netflix have been very smart for producing their own original content for the past few years. While losing Disney and maybe others is a blow, it doesn't leave a void in their library for quality content.
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by iammiles 9y ago
Haha! Thanks, no one will ever accuse me of being too thorough.
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by iammiles 9y ago
Interesting! Do you have any source for this? According to the Redux page, it only claims to take inspiration from Elm and Flux[1]. [1] http://redux.js.org/#influences
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by iammiles 9y ago
Not sure if anyone is using it, but there is this: https://macchiato-framework.github.io/
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by iammiles 9y ago
I spent the better part of 2013 - 2015 learning and working with Clojure. I love the language and the feeling I got solving little problems like Project Euler or 4clojure. However, I could never quite transition to feeling productive making
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by iammiles 9y ago
I know a few people who have contributed some of their time weekly teaching less privileged kids the basics of programming. I always thought that was a great thing to do.
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by iammiles 9y ago
Profession: Web Developer - full time, @large corp > 300 people at this office Workday: - Alarm goes off about 7:15, snooze until about 7:50 or 8:00. - Quick Shower / Prep - Commute for 30'ish minutes - Usually at work around 8
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by iammiles 9y ago
This is consistent with what I've experienced hiring newer / junior devs. However, because we didn't have any female developers, we were more likely to offer interviews to females who sent in resumes, but they were asked the
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by iammiles 10y ago
As someone who learned Kotlin for work and then started using it in personal projects, I'm really excited for its future. I'm surprised more Java shops aren't espousing or even trying it.
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by iammiles 10y ago
My thoughts exactly. I opened up an ING Direct account and a Capital One credit card back when I was in undergrad. I was a bit worried about losing all the niceties of ING Direct when they were sold to Capital One, but Capital One 360 ope
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by iammiles 10y ago
Because it is. Makes me begin to regret my decision of migrating my parse server to them, but I will say that they did make it easy to migrate over and answered my questions promptly.
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by iammiles 10y ago
I actually did seasonal work as a Park Ranger on the Oregon Coast for a while. I would wholeheartedly love to do that again. I'm always so proud to go back to the areas I worked and walk the trails I built during those summers in under
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by iammiles 10y ago
Montréal. Having visited for a few weeks I fell in love with the city and the province.
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by iammiles 10y ago
For me I found it was easiest to cut some reading time down at night before bed, and dedicate 30 minutes to a Duolingo lesson a night.
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by iammiles 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh
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by iammiles 10y ago
I didn't develop a love for mathematics until I picked up Mathematics for the Nonmathematician at my local library. Having some historical context to what we were learning would have had a more profound impact on me during high school
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by iammiles 10y ago
Thanks for posting this interesting read.