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Covid-19 will permanently change hiring in Silicon Valley(fastcompany.com)
3 points by jazzdev 6y ago|1 comments
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I'd Bet Ted Cruz Will Start Supporting Section 230 Once He Realizes He's on T(techdirt.com)
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Ask HN: What affects live stream video quality
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Ask HN: Alternatives to Chrome Extensions
1 points by jazzdev 6y ago|1 comments
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by jazzdev 6y ago
Mermaid can be plugged into Pandoc, so you can create decent PDF docs in Markdown that include diagrams. We store the Markdown files in git and have a Makefile that converts to PDF.
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by jazzdev 7y ago
Some very insightful thoughts in that link. I especially liked these two: "People who provide challenging opinions are not trolling so long as they are not deviating from the conversation at hand. There are some people whose only goal
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Biohackers Are on a Secret Hunt for the Coronavirus Vaccine(reason.com)
10 points by jazzdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by jazzdev 7y ago
This sounds like Jared Spool's Market Maturity model.[0] He breaks up your gen 3 into two separate stages: Stage 1: Raw Iron Stage 2: Checklist Battles Stage 3: Productivity Wars Stage 4: Transparency [0] https://articles.ui
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by jazzdev 7y ago
This changed my perspective on this. I can see where you are coming from. We do have laws against inciting violence, but I'm not sure that covers this type of speech.
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by jazzdev 7y ago
Isn't the trend in cities for more mixed-use space? And wouldn't Uber be more profitable if people lived and worked in different parts of the city?
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by jazzdev 7y ago
Yes, MIT is a level above. I have an M.S. from a good state school and took a graduate course where the text was SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programming). At MIT that's the freshman course text book!
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by jazzdev 7y ago
The crux of the article seems to be: To support this new approach, he has employees leave their phones in their bags at the office and blocks access to social media on the company network. [...] Perhaps most important, his employees now ch
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by jazzdev 7y ago
Wouldn't the browser allow you to inspect the cert and choose to continue the connection? Then you can decide for yourself if you trust the cert.
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Carnival Cruise Lines Hit with $20M Penalty for Environmental Crimes(npr.org)
175 points by jazzdev 7y ago|58 comments
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by jazzdev 8y ago
It sounds like you are talking about visceral happiness vs reflective happiness. Two distinct kinds of happiness according to some researchers (i.e. Martin Seligman).
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by jazzdev 8y ago
What if the random stranger is telling you about something you do want, but didn't know you wanted?
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by jazzdev 8y ago
Code does not rot. It gets complicated and starts to look rotten, but that's the hard won complexity of features and bug fixes. To think you can start over and not re-introduce bugs that have already been fixed seems foolhardy.
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by jazzdev 8y ago
If you're willing to put the time in, use your network to find someone that works at company X. LinkedIn is good for this. You can even send a link request to someone on LinkedIn that works there. But don't use the default, &quo
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by jazzdev 8y ago
They also manage availability by surge pricing. It not only discourages riders, but it also encourages more drivers to work.
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Hashtag #Russia(hackerfactor.com)
1 points by jazzdev 8y ago|0 comments
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Someone Convince Me an iPhone Wallet Case Isn't the Dumbest Idea in the World(gizmodo.com)
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by jazzdev 8y ago
When it comes to Swedish soccer players, it looks like the top players are valued 5x more than the average. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/867492/leading-swedish-n... I worked with a software team onc
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by jazzdev 8y ago
It think it means that some of Apple's wins came from building something no one knew they wanted. So no amount of market research would have led to it.
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by jazzdev 8y ago
Powershell has aliases, so you can use 'ls' instead of 'Get-ChildItem'. My colleagues tend to use Get-ChildItem in scripts and ls when typing at the command prompt. Personally, I prefer 'ls' for scripts too. I
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by jazzdev 8y ago
I don't want to infantilize users either, but I do want to give them the right tool for the job. Some people are core users and want powerful tools. Some are ring[1] users and want simple tools to quickly and easily do simple things wi
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by jazzdev 8y ago
We're hiring. Drop me an email if you want to hear more about the role. Email is in my profile.
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‘Please sell our stock’: Elon Musk clashes with Wall Street during earnings call(seattletimes.com)
1 points by jazzdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by jazzdev 8y ago
But it's not a choice of doing this or nothing. It's a choice of doing this or something else. That something else may be a better use of your time.
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by jazzdev 8y ago
My grandfather did the same thing. Carried a half-empty pack around in his jacket for weeks after he decided to stop. I always thought that was the hard way to do it, but maybe not.
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by jazzdev 9y ago
I think a better analog might be: If you're newbie, don't start with a 42-string guitar like Pat Metheny plays sometimes. Start with a 6-string guitar. Part of the challenge of being a newbie illustrator is learning a tool used b

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