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by jgust 8y ago
I've been saying that software engineering as an industry is in the caveman state of development. The amount of scrutiny that production software gets at _most_ companies is hilariously lacking compared to say, a civil engineering blue
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by jgust 8y ago
These types of arguments tickle me. Why isn't instagram just a shiny web frontend to a newsgroup?
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by jgust 8y ago
This is what I meant, apologies for being cryptic. Web/JS development was absolute chaos, it just so happened that Facebook & Google won the day and we've converged on some "standards" in React/Vue/Angular,
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by jgust 8y ago
> really not a huge bar to entry Critical mass is a huge bar to entry.
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by jgust 8y ago
> And honestly, I would be more concerned about hiring someone who built their own bespoke framework from scratch than someone who used an existing one It's almost like you're pretending the years between 2008-2012 never happen
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by jgust 8y ago
It's a fine line between > bet $30k on a broken car and spending $30k on your "hobby". I think it's just a shift in mindset.
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by jgust 8y ago
I agree with your point, but not necessarily the execution. We deserve a better religion, one that skips the hand-wavey-guy-in-the-sky implausibility but can still serve as a mental shortcut for whatever society agrees morality is ~currentl
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by jgust 8y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if this was an intentional hack to get around some regulatory bullshit. >if we don't report whole number cap-ex hours on our return, we'll avoid an audit!
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by jgust 8y ago
When people refer to intermittent fasting, they generally mean a water fast which means you're not eating anything and only drinking water for your fasting session.
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by jgust 8y ago
When you think about it that way & then combine it with some type of 2FA, it starts to make a lot of sense.
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by jgust 8y ago
The last mile infrastructure isn't maintenance free and doesn't last forever, so it has to be paid for somehow be it taxes or commercially. Users (in the above situation) paying an ISP are essentially agreeing to a "maintenan
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by jgust 8y ago
The author's email address is in there and it sounds like they were soliciting for comments... who knows if they are still maintaining this or not.
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by jgust 8y ago
I'm willing to bet that they haven't calculated _anything at all_ and they are scrambling to put out the fire.
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by jgust 8y ago
Not that long ago (1980's?) it was said that no one really needed a personal computer, and that no one would buy one.
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by jgust 8y ago
https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/player/fame-and-karma... https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/player/the-murder-sys... It's been years, so I'm having trouble
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by jgust 8y ago
I'm afraid you're in a minority if you consider a sysadmin "blue collar", not to say that will always be the case.
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by jgust 8y ago
I don't know how to word this without sounding condescending, but how did you end up on hacker news given your profession? I get the impression that the majority demographic here is involved with software in some fashion, so seeing som
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by jgust 8y ago
I've found the added benefits of 1) not buying stuff I shouldn't eat because it takes up precious space and 2) I waste less food because I buy what I need that day/tomorrow instead of what I think I need 6 days from now.
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by jgust 8y ago
And in some cases is actually faster than driving/ride-share/public transit door to door.
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by jgust 8y ago
> Nutrition experts say that besides their potential for harm, these popular diets are really hard to follow You can probably attribute this more to the current food environment and less so the diet. If you only have access to food that
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by jgust 8y ago
If Big Tech wanted to fix it, they could. They have the capital to purchase new governance in California & the Bay to effectively change the laws to foster growth.
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by jgust 8y ago
Not to mention that the majority of modern pharmaceuticals are focused on treating symptoms instead of causes. Insert argument about sick people being more profitable, etc.
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by jgust 8y ago
> a community of mattress enthusiasts This got a hearty chuckle out of me, nice work.
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by jgust 8y ago
I found it amusing that "you" translated to "tu" (or tú) which is "you" in Spanish.
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by jgust 8y ago
Something I learned in ERP 101: Don't customize software to your process unless the process is your competitive advantage.
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by jgust 8y ago
A quick google search for "taylor swift programming" tells me... maybe.
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by jgust 8y ago
https://tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programming-languages-definiti... They are anchoring their argument about the past and future of Swift as a popular programming language based on... how many hits it has on a Google search
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by jgust 8y ago
And shortly after, sustainable fusion was achieved.
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by jgust 9y ago
Or if you work with mobile apps, unable to do your job.
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by jgust 9y ago
In your example, double parking sounds like a symptom of a larger problem: too many vehicles on the street and not enough parking. Reform & enforcement should be focused on the root of the issue: more temporary parking & to make it

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