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by kevinmannix 9y ago
I've thought the same and chalked it up to 1) lack of a better way to easily gauge the ballpark value and 2) better headlines. I believe that's the way public company market caps are calculated as well, though with less of a chanc
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
I'm curious of the manual review process. Is this synchronous, i.e. immediately when publishing a package? Or is it after the fact, where suspicious code code have already been distributed? There are plenty UX trade-offs in either dire
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Intelligent.ly Is Shutting Down(medium.com)
1 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Welcome Bitium to Google Cloud(blog.google)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
I really don't think liking Node is a cross to bear
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Do We All See the Man Holding an iPhone in This 1937 Painting?(motherboard.vice.com)
3 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Why is there no backup for wallet keys?(ethereum.stackexchange.com)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Book Review: Managing Humans(krmannix.com)
6 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Learning differences between functional and Object Oriented Programming(cseducators.stackexchange.com)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
I googled Dave Thomas, and was not disappointed by the images of Dave Thomas of Wendy's fame with a description of the computer programmer and author underneath.
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
Yes, mine is built for SoundCloud, not YouTube or video sites, given the context of the article
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
Shameless plug (has collected a bit of dust): https://github.com/krmannix/downcloud It's a node tool built a few years ago to download the playlists of users through your command line. Might be helpful for a situa
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The Difference Between a Developer, a Programmer and a Computer Scientist (2010)(skorks.com)
1 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Found a heap of BTC. What do I do?(money.stackexchange.com)
26 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|20 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
This is unfortunate. I hope you find a new place quickly - having the rug pulled out from under your feet does not seem to make for a pleasant experience. It's an interesting look into a management team convincing itself of a better fi
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
here's my go-to playlist - I added a few tracks every week. Mostly softer songs without lyrics: https://soundcloud.com/sound-of-dev/sets/milieu
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
SoundCloud is my go-to for music while programming. I've spent countless hours curating my likes, playlists, follows, etc. I'd be quite upset if the service shuts down, 1) for the artists that have gained large followings through
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PlusPlus is down(plusplus.chat)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
In JavaScript, "falsy" is null, undefined, 0, '', or false. Everything else is truthy, including empty objects, strings with only whitespace. Many bugs have been caused by incorrect uses of truthy and falsy.
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
That's true. Stats can be cherry-picked or distorted. That's why it's preferable to choose the goals / metrics at the start of the period so that other metrics can't be cherry-picked based on what might show "g
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
When growth numbers are consistently not hit. Always push for transparency at a smaller company - if there isn't one already, attempt to implement an all-hands meeting at least bi-weekly that reviews goals for the quarter / year a
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Book Review: Why Coolidge Matters(krmannix.com)
7 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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The case for prescription heroin(vox.com)
1 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
Yes. I've had an app break due to a dependency's dependency update. Was the night before a big product launch. Learned to rely on npm-shrinkwrap the hard way.
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
What are your competitors, and how do you differ? I find small screens like iOS and Android (assuming most users use a mobile phone-like device) are hard to do any significant work on - how does this influence your instruction flow & co
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Eventbrite to Acquire Ticketfly from Pandora(eventbrite.com)
1 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What was your worst technical mistake?
9 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|3 comments
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Feature Branching vs. Feature Flags(devops.com)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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Brightcove Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets by Competitor in Federal Lawsuit(bostinno.streetwise.co)
2 points by kevinmannix 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevinmannix 9y ago
I get that they're hand-picked examples, but it's still a bit misleading when every "older" engineer in the article is quite a remarkable individual with incredible resumes. They'd likely be warmly welcomed at any t

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