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by kitanata 5y ago
I am so triggered by this. The author is a prime example of a person with one nuero-type expecting every other person they work with to operate the same way as them. It is anti-empathetic to folks with a neurodiverse background. The mentali
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by kitanata 6y ago
We use poetry for apps in production. At this point I think that's the winning solution and as it continues to grow and improve I think it will overtake all the others in this respect.
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by kitanata 6y ago
Is this just the equivalent of saying "Hey, REPLs are nice when you're trying to figure something out", but spouted off as some deep programming wisdom? Like, folks... REPLs are really nice when you want to figure out how a f
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by kitanata 6y ago
Wasn't the original timeline meant to be completed in 2014?
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by kitanata 6y ago
I've turned down Amazon with a "hard no" twice citing exactly these reasons. As technology workers we have an ethical responsibility to not work for such a company. When enough of us boycott working at Amazon and organize in
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by kitanata 7y ago
We've recently standardized on using Poetry at JP Morgan Chase for projects in our Organization. We're betting on it becoming a standardized tool everywhere.
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by kitanata 7y ago
That may be true, but in this instance there is clear evidence that Mr. Smalls was retaliated against for his labor organizing actions.
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by kitanata 7y ago
It is my understanding, that from a legal perspective firing an employee in retaliation for engaging in organized labor even if their employment agreement is "at-will" (which is the default), is illegal. But IANAL. Source: https:
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by kitanata 7y ago
This is a union busting, anti-labor and retaliatory firing. It is illegal in the United States. Multiple employees have spoken out about the working conditions at Amazon's warehouse facilities over the last couple of weeks. Common comp
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by kitanata 8y ago
For ASD Individuals “Masking and Passing” is the primary mode of trying to “make it” in the world. It means we try to fake being normal as much as possible so folks see us and treat us as normal. This requires constant concsious thought as
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by kitanata 8y ago
I think a lot of psychologists really have no clue. I was diagnosed with bi-polar II when I was 10, then major depressive disorder, then adhd, the oppositional defiance disorder. I was put on so many different medications which fucked me up
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by kitanata 8y ago
First rule of design: Know your user. Second rule of design: You (the designer) are not the user. I think the general criticisms here are because this designer didn't follow these 2 basic rules.
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by kitanata 8y ago
Speaking as someone on the spectrum, please do not fake a condition to try to get better treatment or something you want. Not only is this dishonest but it makes it harder for those of us who are really on the spectrum to get the assistance
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by kitanata 8y ago
A low protein, high carb diet is how I got type 2 diabetes at age 30. This article isn’t just wrong, it is dangerous. Lower your carb intake folks. You don’t have to be extreme or anything. 45 grams of carbs or less per meal is a good barom
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by kitanata 8y ago
I am not concerned with how I perceive mentally ill people. Mental illness touches different facets of my family in different ways. I am quite familiar with it, it’s challenges and it’s stigmas. I don’t look down on mentally ill people, b
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by kitanata 8y ago
I hope that as you grow as a person you will adopt a more empathetic attitude towards others, and see how your words harm or have the potential to harm others. If you want to call Autism a “mental disorder” you would be correct to call it t
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by kitanata 8y ago
There is no “modern discussion” around if autism is a mental illness. It is settled scientific consensus that Autism is a cognitive disability and NOT a mental illness. This “modern discussion” you speak of consists of a single commenter on
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by kitanata 8y ago
Autism is not a mental illness. I am not mentally ill. I was born with a disability which causes social impairments and a host of other symptoms. Being Autistic is beyond my control, and is untreatable other than just trying my damndest to
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by kitanata 8y ago
I had a similar thing happen when interviewing for ShutterStock 2-3 years ago. Wanted me to implement fibonaccci sequencer. I of course, forgot the mathematical definition of Fibonancii sequence, so went to Wikipedia to look it up. Was told
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by kitanata 8y ago
Honestly, I think we should just unionize everyone in the tech field. A single Union that handles and accepts all software developers, IT operations folks, software testers, etc and we protect our own and lobby for the laws to benefit us an
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by kitanata 8y ago
I agree. This idea sacrifices readability in favor of terseness which is hostile to the beginner and to the professional. It results in less legible code for everyone. I hope this PEP is rejected.
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by kitanata 8y ago
The use of Lattice Boltzmann Equations to parelleize computation. It’s alreadg being used in doing dynamic fluid simulations but it’s applications are pretty endless. I wouldn’t be surprised to see LBM translated for use in Machine Learning
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by kitanata 8y ago
I don’t disagree with your principals of good code quality. I disagree that by following those principals you no longer need to use a debugger or to develop debugging skills. Your post is harmful because it suggest to junior developers that
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by kitanata 8y ago
The trend isn’t just in the Bay Area. I’m seeing the same thing in the Midwest.
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by kitanata 8y ago
This is perhaps one of the most harmful statements I’ve ever read on Hacker News. You’re not doing it wrong if you use a tool to help you understand what your program is doing. Should you follow good design patterns, like using small functi
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by kitanata 8y ago
I just took a job in a long established financial company specifically because they had cube farms. I can confirm it’s a thousand times better than the open offices I’ve worked at previously. I won’t take any job with an open office floor p
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by kitanata 8y ago
This is wrong. Not wrong in an immoral sense but wrong in an academic sense. This so called “victimhood” culture arose as a culture of “believe and support the victim”. Of course within that idea of taking the victim’s side first a few peop
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by kitanata 8y ago
No. The model has a problem with overfitting. That’s my point.
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by kitanata 8y ago
Thank you for this. I couldn’t agree with you more. I see the exact same kind of risk aversion hiring with data scientists that I’ve seen in the past with engineers hiring other people without a specific engineering background because of th
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by kitanata 8y ago
What value does a bachelor’s degree have if some kid can just learn ruby and JavaScript on his own and go make $100k/yr at some startup? Of course a degree has value but it is possible to provide value without one. This is especially t

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