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by ketzo 5y ago
> if you fail to do something nobody else thought of, nobody would blame you for it either. That's a great point. It's definitely not a perfect lens. And I do think that the power of a "Staff Engineer" title or simila
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by ketzo 5y ago
In Amy's list of different staff engineer archetypes and their responsibilities, she puts a lot of emphasis on "what you might be blamed for," which I actually really like as a way of defining what someone's "actual
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by ketzo 5y ago
That's awesome! Glad to help you put a concrete framing to it. The more intentional you make it, the more effective it is, I think. There's a reason people keep pictures of their family at their desks; it's not just for dec
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by ketzo 5y ago
I like this one too! A big part of learning to deal with anxiety is understanding that an anxiety attack is rooted in a chemical, physiological response that you can't control; sometimes what you need to do is just ride it out, and l
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by ketzo 5y ago
I feel obligated to note here that PowerPoint is Turing complete. It's pretty radical. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8
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by ketzo 5y ago
I will give you a fairly specific answer that comes from my history of going to therapy for anxiety and depression. Whenever I find myself in an anxious or uncomfortable situation, the thing that I need to remind myself is that things are g
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by ketzo 5y ago
I appreciate that you acknowledge the negotiating power required to make that kind of a move. That sounds like a great move for you, and I'm really curious about your experience. Do you find that you're more "out of the loop&
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by ketzo 5y ago
Y'know, people always cite Chesterton's Fence, but they never talk about ways to figure out why the fence was there... that's the blog post I wanna read.
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by ketzo 5y ago
An MDN subscription is probably a better number on a chart somewhere, if that’s what you really care about supporting.
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by ketzo 5y ago
Man, the M1 Macs are the first piece of tech in a while that I’ve felt myself actively pining over. They just seem… really goddamn fast. Everybody talks about it so glowingly. Hoping I can pick one up soon. I figure the Pro is probably th
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by ketzo 5y ago
Clicked the link, only to find that the site is down (presumably from too much traffic due to HN). The irony is... pretty heavy.
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by ketzo 5y ago
This is a super, super annoying type of comment, and against HN guidelines. It adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. Don't go digging through people's comment history to throw mud.
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Interesting, okay, that makes sense to me.
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When I go their website right now (from the U.S.), I see the base model on sale for 850 pounds.
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Wait -- technology has robbed us of the ability to make doodles for each other? How? If anything, digital art and memes are both responsible for an explosion of people sending personal, visual creations to each other.
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by ketzo 5y ago
Tangentially related: Would love HN’s recommendations for blogs/writing on how to do better programming. A lot of writing that I am exposed to is about the business of software, or engineering leadership, or architecture/tech stac
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by ketzo 5y ago
If you make something compulsory, a whole system springs up around meeting that compulsion. If the government mandates kindergarten attendance, well, now it's much more important to put funding for kindergartens in your next bill. If
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by ketzo 5y ago
Well, now they've got a well-written explanation they can link to any time someone asks "so.. how is this free?" Plus, this is a great blog post on its own merits. Someone like me (who has never used Tailscale) might find thi
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by ketzo 5y ago
I have never worked even close to any kind of industrial procurement, and I still know about McMaster-Carr, just because of how much people love using their website. That's some good UX right there.
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by ketzo 5y ago
Don't you remember that classic Heinlein story, "This Place I Like Isn't The Same As It Used To Be"?
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by ketzo 5y ago
If nothing else, I hope Newsom can cement an identity as the "anti-NIMBY governor." S.B. 9 [1] was a great step. This also sends a pretty stark message. [1] https://focus.senate.ca.gov/sb9
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by ketzo 5y ago
Nothing in Dan Luu’s writing is ever ambiguous. Quite the opposite. He just writes in the same voice for both researched facts/studies and personal anecdotes. But it’s always very clear which is which, and an informed reader should (
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by ketzo 5y ago
There’s a significant divide between “America is racist” and “America was founded on, and still preserves, many institutions that are fundamentally biased against some people.” I don’t know many people who seriously claim that every single
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by ketzo 5y ago
I think your first comment still wholly dismisses the reasons that the two women (Elisa and Rebecca) and the author find their respective friendships so difficult. Yes, the two women are incredibly toxic toward each other. So… why were th
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by ketzo 5y ago
I think it's pretty wild to say there was "no sharing of support or fun" when we see, like, 10 texts total between the two. One of the women literally lived with the other after her divorce. That seems pretty supportive. Al
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by ketzo 5y ago
Especially any time you think, “man, why would anyone put a highway right through this neighborhood?” 75% of the time, the answer is “because black people lived over there.” It’s wild.
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by ketzo 5y ago
I’ve been hearing this on HN and similar forums for what feels like years now: “Electron/web-based GUIs are only popular because it’s easy to find devs in those ecosystems” Have we considered asking why it’s so much easier to find Re
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by ketzo 5y ago
Yeah, it’s pretty delightful.
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As it turns out, React / CSS / the document-object-model are popular for more reasons than “it works on different computers.” Who knew!
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This was a great, very detailed answer to a fairly open-ended question, and I appreciate that a lot.

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