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by jbm 2y ago
I remember when that was tried and ignored. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War I find this sort of suggestion to be 100% reminiscent from Ship of Fools, or to be slightly more charitable and wo
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by jbm 2y ago
Judging from this thread, it seems like a lot of people have similar issues with UB's work.
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by jbm 2y ago
The Uncle Bob thing is something I'm experiencing right now. I hired a friend who was a huge Uncle Bob mark, and he kept trying to flex his knowledge during interviews with other people in the company. I didn't really think much
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by jbm 2y ago
Personally, I don't think having deep domain knowledge is as important. However, being able to write the spec based on interactions with the client / customer / stakeholders is. (The AI Math and hardware optimization "
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by jbm 2y ago
It's an interesting opinion, but I read the exact same opinions about JS developers in 2008 too. I do agree that if you are "only" a developer, you will have to be in some sort of tightly defined niche, and how long those nic
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by jbm 2y ago
Please do. Don't forget to appreciate the mantra-like repetition of Brian Taylor Cohen and Qasim Rashid Esq memes.
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by jbm 2y ago
Sounds about right, as we are post-dead internet in public places. There was a thread about the US tariffs on Canada I was reading on a stock investment subreddit. The whole page was full of people complaining about Elon Musk, Donald Trump
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by jbm 2y ago
> "Point your domain's DNS to server" A lot of advanced users don't have servers, and they don't want to expose their desktop or an appliance to the internet. Moreover, are you going to trust your precious passw
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by jbm 2y ago
Yeah, I can understand. I'm fortunate not to have many uncles and aunts who were old enough to use Facebook, and my parents were fairly tech-antagonistic. I did get to see a little of what you are referring to when some of my coworker
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by jbm 2y ago
Your uncle sounds like a lot more fun than the latest javascript build system. Imagine being confident enough to believe and document that. Crazy? Maybe, but a crazy one can appreciate.
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by jbm 2y ago
Yeah, thanks, but it's Hypernormalization. By chance (or the algo realizing I read HN) I watched an interesting edit of Adam Curtis explaining the term on Youtube too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHC4NNScEI
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by jbm 2y ago
I own that timer, or an Aliexpress knockoff there-of. It is great and helps my kids with their homework. The daylight computer looked interesting too; but its website undermines the message it seems to give. I wanted a price and to order
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by jbm 2y ago
No - although that was something I picked up when writing for the executive class who didn't want to read my 10 page long technical memos.
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by jbm 2y ago
When I wrote formally (IE not on the internet), I used write similarly. I can't speak for OP but I learned the style when I was an IB student in theory of knowledge class (a long, long time ago). It's a little depressing now becau
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by jbm 2y ago
I wish this rule didn't exist. This was the only useful post to me in this whole thread and I missed it because of this nerd sniping. Well, more carbon emissions for me.
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by jbm 2y ago
I find it overall very unnerving how quiet this is and how the Canadian press never really finds issues with this. I often saw Japanese media moving lock-step with the police (in terms of vocabulary to use for certain crimes, how to report
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by jbm 2y ago
That keyboard is so nostalgic. Reminds me of the Apple 2C that we had in the computer room at my grade school.
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by jbm 2y ago
> Japan whispering in his ear Anyone who has dealt with Japanese bureaucracy and government at large is stifling a giggle at this idea.
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by jbm 2y ago
Spatchcocking turkey was a huge discovery for me when I lived in Japan. I didn't have an oven, but I did have an electric rotisserie, and the spatchcocked turkey came out perfectly. (Sadly they don't make that rotisserie anymore,
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by jbm 2y ago
In Japan electric bikes were relatively cheap as you say but in Canada, a bike to carry my family costs more than 5-6k, closer to 10k. I can't even import those electric mama charis because of unwarranted concern about batteries. Hard
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by jbm 2y ago
"Many" feels like it is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. IME this is only true about drop shippers and similar business models. The vast majority of small businesses are, as a rule, awful at advertising. The few ads I see they
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by jbm 2y ago
I literally have never seen spare parts for any electronics in a Canadian store. Aliexpress has rescued more than a handful of my devices from the dumpster. Far more helpful than the junk mail garbage that Canada Post helpfully dumps into
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AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds(cbc.ca)
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by jbm 2y ago
Deep bore, sadly I don't think I have enough space for a horizontal system
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by jbm 2y ago
> humanity collectively hallucinated the importance of disinfecting groceries for awhile I reject this history. I homeschooled my kids during covid due to uncertainty and even I didn't reach that level, and nor did anyone I knew in
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by jbm 2y ago
While I agree with you generally, the price I was given was $50k for geothermal heat pump all in. Considering my house has risen in value by 200k over the past 3 years and I intend on it being a permanent family home, it's really not
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by jbm 2y ago
Given that it is Europe, I'd be far more interested in their breakdown by race and origin. That won't paint as nice a picture though.
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by jbm 2y ago
I mostly agree. Still, being a minority from Montreal who left and found life in Japan significantly less alienating, I hesitate to agree wholeheartedly.
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by jbm 2y ago
Came to say the same thing. The supposed backwards parts are seeming charming the longer I live in Canada. Having a sovereign language has allowed it to avoid so much brainrot in our culture today.
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by jbm 2y ago
I'm sympathetic to your views about government policies manipulating which items get studied (see: previous conservative Canadian government muzzling scientists who made comments about oil) I also agree that personal anecdotes from tru

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