j_baker

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by j_baker 14y ago
When they invent a computer that can write poetry or paint a painting or start a startup, I think your vision will have come true. Fortunately, I think we're still a long way away from computers that can do these things with the creativity
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't think anyone would claim that there's no job that can't be done from home. However, are these things always necessarily blockers if someone really wants to work from home? I mean, I can access an iOS or android device from anywh
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think you're strawmanning Branson into saying something he isn't. Let me ask you this: why do you automatically assume that this decision rests with the organization to fit its needs? Don't a firm's workers also have a lot of different
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by j_baker 14y ago
I would assume that this module is using redis's pub/sub capabilities to push configuration out to django app servers whereas creating an extra_settings table would likely require polling.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't know about "recommended over" but it may perhaps be "a more advanced way to". It depends upon your needs. Lets say that you're running a service that has 20 servers running a Django app, and you want to be able to update the config
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by j_baker 14y ago
You may not (probably dont even?) want to use the same choice for storing configuration as you want to use for storing general application data.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I wonder why this is using Redis as opposed to something like zookeeper which is made for things like this? http://zookeeper.apache.org/
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by j_baker 14y ago
As soon as you find an environment where no one ever plays the blame game, let me know.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I've been through major fuckups before, and in all cases the team presents a united front - the company fucked up, not an individual You should consider yourself very lucky. Or very savvy at knowing which companies to avoid.
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by j_baker 14y ago
"Nobody cares about technical infrastructure. Our customers don't pay us for engineering rigor. We need to just ship!" Of course the person saying that is likely to care about technical infrastructure when it costs them money and/or custo
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by j_baker 14y ago
To be fair, if the CEO were willing to take those steps, the company would probably not have a deleted USERS table.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Nobody wants to? I don't believe that. I would believe that you don't want to, which is fine. But why must you state that in such moralistic and absolute terms?
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by j_baker 14y ago
I personally say that if someone wants to refer to themselves as a great programmer, and they have at least some reason to believe that, they should find people to work with who are willing to put up with their arrogance. Everyone has a
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think the problem is that it's somewhat difficult to set a monetary value on the value of abstract concepts such as morals and ethics more than anything else. Either way, it sounds like we agree that there's a social contract that may cau
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by j_baker 14y ago
Human beings are irrational and sometimes do things that aren't in their economic best interest out of principle or ethics. Think about it: if I murder somebody, then offer you $100 not to tell anyone, would you take the money? I certain
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Sudden-Onset Madness(nytimes.com)
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't see what you're saying. No one credible would say that people don't deserve to be paid for their work. However, there's a proper way to go about getting that payment. Defacing their website is not the answer. Without even gettin
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by j_baker 14y ago
One thing I've noticed: people who present themselves as old and wise aren't. The truly old and wise haven't forgotten what it's like to be young and naive.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I hope you're leaving this comment from a perfectly flat plain that never floods, is out of tornado country, has no mountains nearby to cause landslides, is far away from any earthquake faults, is out of hurricane territory, never has heatw
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by j_baker 14y ago
I needed to change meds as the ones I was taking were making me angry all the time It's worth pointing out that this is most likely a sign that you don't have ADHD, and possibly have some other disorder that looks a lot like it. Believe i
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by j_baker 14y ago
I find it difficult to feel anything other than contempt for Fee's parents. It seems to be accepted without question that ADHD is overdiagnosed , but I don't think that's true. I think it's more accurate to say that ADHD is misdiagnosed
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by j_baker 14y ago
This is literally a first world problem. In the US, we have a culture that encourages self-actualization. This is a double-edged sword. While this encourages individuals to achieve their dreams, it also puts pressure on them to do great
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by j_baker 14y ago
This sounds related to Restraint Bias: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraint_bias
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What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending?(fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by j_baker 14y ago
I thought the "conventional wisdom" was that serif fonts were best for print, while sans-serif fonts were best for computer screens. Honestly, I've never heard anyone claim that serif fonts were all-around more readable.
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Transplanted Feces Cures Drug-Resistant Gut Infection(voanews.com)
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by j_baker 14y ago
$50k? They've probably already paid far more than that on lawyers by the time they get to court.
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by j_baker 14y ago
On the other hand, if a bully prosecutor wants to cover his ass, saying "The victim wouldn't sign off!" makes it sound more like their hands were tied and there was nothing they could do.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think the point of the first line isn't to say anything, be clever, or to give you an emotional reaction. It's to prompt questions that make you want to read further. Questions like: * Why is it a cold day in spite of the fact that it
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The Case Against Aaron Swartz: taking too many books from the library(qz.com)
2 points by j_baker 14y ago|0 comments

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