jeffalbertson

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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Grocery stores were emptied but i'll agree that people weren't starving. Maintain housing? I am knee deep trying to buy my first house and completely priced out of my home state. We've had 5 offers on houses now go ~100k over
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Not trying to be a rude but why even make this comment? Just saying something is bad and inferring people are amateurs without offering any insight yourself is just as useless as the opinions you think are uninformed
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
so many people in this thread will play the common HN intellectual and exclaim how the fed is obviously trapped, or what they did wrong to do get us here. And in a different thread will trash bitcoin only focusing on its energy consumption
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Being from CA, Daylight savings is the closest thing I have to seasons. I find the clock changing to be festive and fun :(
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
its rare but im ok with a nested ternary when its being passed down as a prop. dont wanna use a function in that situation. sidenote - I discovered vladimirs blog a while back and love it. high quality content
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
the XFL missed an opportunity to focus on baseball instead. NFL is too strong on the marketing front and dynamically changes their rules to meet new needs. Baseball is poorly marketed and is extremely slow to change (not always a bad thing)
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
this is such a dumb, mediocre gotcha interview question. I prefer take homes to live coding questions but ffs, ask me questions that will pertain to my day to day responsibilities and have me explain my code sample. No FE dev in 2022 is cre
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
I mean they just disclosed a 1.6mil hack 40days ago. I like polygon and unfortunately feel like hacks/stolen funds are part of the maturing process for blockchain projects but im not yet ready to say they are building a reputation for
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Very much agree with this comment. Just had an awful experience with a Jobot recruiter and will 100% never work with anyone affiliated with that company again.
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
cant even imagine how exhilarating that must be to find a lost treasure. Im well aware these probably don't have much value but still super cool
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
in addition to cost, there is also a feeling I didn't get ANY value from the curriculum. Some majors are great but many give you 0 skills for the real world. I majored in communications cause I had no idea what I wanted to do in life.
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
crypto evangelicals are either get rich quick folks or sound money advocates. The former sucks but they are in every investment cicle. The latter's religion has been based in seeing governments bailout bad actors with 0 consequences &a
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
im going netflix. the sheer amount of services the other companies provide is staggering compared to netflix. The streaming space is very crowded, and netflix has the most expensive pricing while shifting to being dependent on shows they cr
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Fascinating honesty in a lot of comments in this thread. HN trends liberal and the sentiment here feels growing frustration with how gov, corps, schools are handling things. I sense the general population is turning a corner, where despite
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
Agreed. At the end of the day you pay X for job Y. Adding a "where you live" variable makes no sense in the context of the work required for job Y.
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
you're not alone. I probably work the same amount as you. I ship stuff the org feels customers love, I get promotions, and get paid well. I could grind so much more but I like to spend my day in other ways. I like to read the news in t
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by jeffalbertson 5y ago
cringe