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by jnovek 2y ago
Same here, I've watched to episode 4 (the scene with the boat is in episode 5 and I just didn't want to watch that on a screen). I can understand the desire to humanize the characters for the show, but the characters feel like a C
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by jnovek 2y ago
I just finished Deaths End this morning so I'm experiencing that ponderous glow that you get after reading something thought provoking. Without going into spoilers, Death's End makes everything so... huge. It really made me f
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by jnovek 3y ago
Pitchfork was already past its prime in recent years, but seeing it gutted by Conde Naste is a bummer. Have you found a good alternative?
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by jnovek 3y ago
The impression I got from the article is that some bands are experimenting with different distribution media because they’re not happy with the discoverability or pay from the big names like Spotify. The bit about it being the “future” is m
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by jnovek 3y ago
That’s fair. GP doesn’t really seem that upset, they just don’t like the record. When I wrote this I was coming off another comment where the commenter seemed genuinely upset over the distribution medium. I think a little bit of my sent
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by jnovek 3y ago
OMG this. Why do people get so upset because someone else likes something that they don’t? It’s OK to like different things.
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by jnovek 3y ago
Is someone forcing you to? Blink twice if you need help. I see this take all the time on HN and Reddit — trashing something in the most cynical way possible because you personally don’t enjoy it. Things that an outspoken poster dislikes
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by jnovek 3y ago
I’m not comfortable with this. I understand that TikTok may represent a national security concern but it’s also a platform that younger generations use for protected speech. What’s the message that we’re sending to this group?
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by jnovek 3y ago
First: both Blizzard and Google started out as small startups. I'm curious, if not startups, where do you expect innovation to come from? The things startups do are usually too high risk for large corporations to take on.
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by jnovek 3y ago
This is what gets me -- almost everyone who reaches old age will eventually be disabled. Some folks just get there faster.
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by jnovek 3y ago
I mean, isn't that kind of a false dichotomy, though? There's plenty of middle ground between "no required support" and "must fully support on day one". For example, the ADA doesn't require employers to a
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by jnovek 3y ago
As a person who uses accessibility features on his devices, this attitude is why we depend on regulation to ensure that we (disabled people) can do stuff. No company implements accessibility features out of the kindness of their heart.
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by jnovek 3y ago
I have a cold right now. I would prefer to be off work recovering today but I work on a contract basis; if I take time off work I don’t get paid.
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by jnovek 3y ago
Not sure where you’re working, but your senior devs are quite misinformed. Every layoff I’ve witnessed sliced quite a bit off the top because they’re the most expensive. Absolutely no regard for who was maintaining what legacy projects, of
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by jnovek 3y ago
This has been my experience. It depends on your role and on the org you're with (and often the size of the org). I've worked exclusively for startups my entire career and, for me, it's easier to hide my ADHD symptoms in the
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by jnovek 3y ago
Software Engineering is a really forgiving field for those of us with ADHD and I feel lucky that it’s my chosen profession but I’m certain that it still has a much higher stress impact for us than it does for our neurotypical colleagues.
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by jnovek 3y ago
“For many people it's completely debilitating.” Anecdote: I have ADHD (diagnosed) and I think I can safely say that it is the single highest source of stress in my life. Interest-oriented motivation is incompatible with employers’ need
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by jnovek 3y ago
This is not a “failure to embrace”, this is malicious compliance.
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by jnovek 3y ago
^ This human gets it! In my experience cool ideas are happy accidents that tend to show up as a side effect of doing something else. The more stuff I make, the more likely I am to have a good idea.
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by jnovek 3y ago
I'm a YC alum and it's an important bullet point on my resume. I would rather YC leadership kept their political positions to themselves as much as is reasonably possible. It dilutes the value of that bullet point -- I want it to
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by jnovek 3y ago
Early stage is sort of a long string of Hail Marys. Critical problems that create new critical problems not far down the road. I’m guessing that Eric knew that he had days before Apple patched whatever exploit he found. I’m guessing he w
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by jnovek 3y ago
On Hacker News and Reddit especially I am always flabbergasted by the tendency to ascribe some sort of wisdom and intent to the actions of early-stage founders. If my experiences as an early-stage founder have taught me anything I can assur
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by jnovek 3y ago
I feel like, as far as general electronics goes, I have the absolute basics. I understand basic components and circuits 101 stuff like voltage dividers and filters. I have trouble with: - Putting all the concepts together to understand
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by jnovek 3y ago
Part of my problem is definitely understanding some aspects of these circuits on a deeper level. I haven't done any MFOS builds but I have done a few "cores" to various synth modules (Moritz Klein's youtube is great for
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by jnovek 3y ago
How do you “git gud” at this sort of troubleshooting? I’ve built about a dozen synth modules over the last couple years and I’d say about half of them actually work 100% as intended. I’ve stopped building new modules because my success rat
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by jnovek 3y ago
Google's definition is "dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force." which means exactly what I intended. Perhaps I don't understand the criticism -- it's supposed to be some s
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by jnovek 3y ago
Etymology is interesting stuff for sure, but I'm pretty sure that "Islamophobia" is a well-established term: it was first included in the OED in 1923.
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by jnovek 3y ago
The ones I downvoted are now dead, you have to turn on “showdead” to see them.
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by jnovek 3y ago
Five years ago I would’ve never guessed that I would be downvoting overtly Islamophobic comments on HN. The current escalation reminds me of the early days after 9/11.
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by jnovek 3y ago
I’d love to see one of these dexed-based devices designed with knobs to control the operators and envelopes. FM can create some gnarly sounds. There are a few VST plugins (thinking of Plogue’s OPS7 and Reason’s Algorithm in particular) tha

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