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by klenwell 9y ago
Which takes us back to this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13941923 And the comment that best captured my state of mind regarding that tread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13943847
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by klenwell 9y ago
We have the luxury of having a good UX/UI designer on the team so I am happy to defer to her on design questions. These should be spec'd out in the Trello card as a checklist and mockups attached in an easily readable format so th
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by klenwell 9y ago
About a year ago, I took over a small team of 3 developers that was floundering and demoralized. This was not a remote team but I think that's incidental for the most part. I admit I'm writing this mainly as a testament to my own
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by klenwell 9y ago
Here's an interesting implementation of that idea, inspired by Phillip Tetlock, who's been an outspoken advocate of holding public pundits and experts accountable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Judgme
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Combatant Gentlemen, menswear startup, hammered by angry customers(cnbc.com)
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by klenwell 9y ago
Or even just code comments, as with this example[0]: import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String regexStr = ""; regexStr += "\\b";
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by klenwell 9y ago
I'd be happy with any of these. What I'm meeting with my team next week to discuss is establishing some conventions to avoid stuff like this: 4c. /post/_level/modular/1234--Products--Couches%20red+cheap%20ikeaT
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by klenwell 9y ago
http://urlme.me/epiphany/URLs/Are_UI.jpg
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The Value of Science Is in the Foresight (The Gerasimov Doctrine) [pdf](usacac.army.mil)
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by klenwell 9y ago
My parents used to make me weed our yard as a chore and a punishment. I still harbor an irrational contempt for the sow thistle you see all around southern California. I heard someone, a successful ecologist or chef or landscape artist I be
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by klenwell 9y ago
Not a parent myself. (But I had a couple.) Whenever the subject of parenting comes up, I like to throw this cherrybomb into the discussion: Judith Rich Harris "Judith Rich Harris (born February 10, 1938) is a psychology researcher and
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by klenwell 9y ago
Reminds me of one of my favorite short stories: I’ve been homeless for six years now. If there’s such a thing as an effective homeless man, then I suppose I’m effective. Being homeless is probably the only thing I’ve ever been good at. I k
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by klenwell 9y ago
It's called Border Siege. I believe it was originally called Drisk and Android-only. Not sure if it ever made it to the iPhone.
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by klenwell 9y ago
Reminds me of this Wired article from years ago: The Unreal Estate Boom https://www.wired.com/2003/01/gaming-2/ Not long ago, a 43-year-old Wonder Bread deliveryman named John Dugger logged on to eBay and, a
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by klenwell 9y ago
Insightful observation. Makes sense. As a variation on this idea... I have a job now where I do have control over some stuff that matters to me (and it definitely helps!) But I still like to take a video game break once or twice a day. My g
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You Still Need Your Brain(nytimes.com)
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by klenwell 9y ago
A cruel streak perhaps, but even more problematic: a perverse incentive. Came across an interesting somewhat contrarian argument recently in a New Yorker article reviewing a new book about mass incarceration in America: So what makes for t
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Cormac McCarthy Explains the Unconscious(newyorker.com)
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by klenwell 10y ago
> I am sure that there are lessons to be learnt here, but working in retail can expose you to all kinds of sudden bullshit with no closure or deeper meaning to be had. Shit just happens and you have to shrug it off. But the negative expe
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by klenwell 10y ago
If that's not a metaphor for the history of the internet, I don't know what is.
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by klenwell 10y ago
I'm about ready to upgrade my 4 year-old laptop so this is relevant to my interest. I'm looking for an Ubuntu-friendly laptop and this always causes anxiety. My current laptop was some version of HP Pavilion. It mostly works but i
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by klenwell 10y ago
To follow up on this with a point that's been made here on HN before: the problem with the tax is not so much the backend complexity as the user interface. Dealing with the kind of situations @rayiner describes above explains why we ar
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by klenwell 10y ago
Well, true, I suppose. Demand directly is driving up rents. And San Francisco is a special case because of its geographic constraints. It is almost like a literal geographic bubble that formed on the bay there. My conclusions reflect more g
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by klenwell 10y ago
I remember hearing a variation of this claim by rationalizers for the dot-com stock market bubble in the 90's and the housing bubble in the 00's. I recognize you're not trying to rationalize this, but you've identified t
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by klenwell 10y ago
Speaking of Steve Jobs, I assume most people around here have seen this clip but it seems especially a propos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJWWtV1w5fw One of my favorite things about this clip is the historical con
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by klenwell 10y ago
I interviewed a couple years ago with a startup that was a commercial and research leader in personalized medicine with a portfolio of patent-protected genetic tests. After a laughably bad interview, I looked a little deeper into their busi
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by klenwell 10y ago
The other point here you're missing is that these genetic test won't accurately predict acts of pedophilia. But they will be misconstrued and misrepresented as if they do. How would you like to be identified with a gene that'
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by klenwell 10y ago
I'm impressed with the new design of water coolers. It's been a while since I've been in an office with a real water cooler as opposed to a Keurig-like device connected directly to the waterline. But at my new office, we have
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by klenwell 10y ago
> I'm sorry to say so, but this makes you come across as the quintessential millennial entitled brat. I think this is a bit harsh and would have been better edited out. But otherwise, as someone whose is in the process of hiring a j
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by klenwell 10y ago
Interesting footage. There's a good before/after comparison at the end: https://youtu.be/tDmwo5nsWfQ?t=9m4s

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