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by koonsolo 2y ago
I highly doubt it. Look at artists, what they do can hardly be described as "survival" or "productive". Yet they seem to get a great amount of joy from their work. Even if no other person cares.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
I also had this problem with hiring a front-end developer. Someone was really good at the theory, but practically couldn't handle himself. I currently do a job interview where we start from a super easy app, and then I ask "how wo
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Unfortunately no, I'm not always at home.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Long term Linux (mint) user here. As you say, Linux came a long way and for me it's perfect. I'm thinking about switching to Mac. Not because of the software, but because of the hardware. A few years ago I got a MacBook from work,
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Can your grandmother set up any other computer? What is a computer nowadays anyway? It's just a web browser for most people. EDIT: A colleague of mine had his grandmother on Linux back in 2010. He remote connected to update it and keep
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Funny how I'm getting downvoted. Some people really don't like the truth that some people prefer working in the office.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
I was exactly looking for this in the article, couldn't find it, and therefore just ignored the whole thing. Either you paint a truthful realistic picture, or you pick some political side. I'm not interested in the 2nd one. I work
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Crypto is bootstrapped internet money. If you can't see the value in that, it's because you don't want to see it.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
AI is StackOverflow on steroids. That's how I see it from a programmer's perspective. It's excellent at getting code snippets, suggesting possible ways on how to handle something, etc. I recently had to help out my son with A
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by koonsolo 2y ago
True, they are free to decide not to hold elections during martial law. Even the opposition doesn't want it.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
A democratic institution making laws is very different than an undemocratic institution making laws. Are you suggesting Ukraine wasn't democratic when that law was made? And like stated somewhere else, UK did the same thing during WW2.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Your comment suggests this was some time ago, since traveling to Ukraine after the invasion doesn't seem to be something most people would do. I have plenty of Ukrainian colleagues, both still in and outside of Ukraine. Opinions differ
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Any country at war does that. UK cancelled elections during WW2, look it up.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Then I have "good" news for you: Ukraine is at war and so doesn't have to, and isn't even allowed to hold elections. Neither did UK during WW2, so it's not that uncommon. "Scholars have stated that the Ukrainia
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by koonsolo 2y ago
So what was first, Russia invading neighbors, or neighbors wanting to join NATO? I'll give you the answer: Chechnya. Thinking that Russia would never invade an independent Georgia or Ukraine is very naive, to say the least. If you want
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by koonsolo 2y ago
People are going to hate me for this, but I'm going to say it anyway: WordPress. Need social media? BuddyPress plugin. Need a webshop? WooCommerce plugin. Need a cheap mailing list? Mailman plugin. Need a forum? BBPress. Anything you c
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by koonsolo 2y ago
I conduct a lot of interviews for front-end developers. And I now settled on something that works well. Step 1 is an online HackerRank test that takes about 30 minutes. Its purpose is to filter out the really bad candidates (if you never di
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by koonsolo 2y ago
> yet the real-world impacts remain modest so far Go ask any teacher or graphician.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
I don't think the difference is between software vs any other endeavor. I think it's working for a huge corporation vs a tiny one. If you feel drained by all the bullshit of your current development job, I'm guessing you work
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by koonsolo 2y ago
That hours worked chart is funny with Greece in 2nd place. Then you have the ones that work the least: Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Luxembourg, etc. Maybe next time take a look at this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by koonsolo 2y ago
I think in US you can declare yourself bankrupt and start over. The only loan that doesn't work like that is a student loan.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Although I like the article, I don't agree with the following statement in front-end: > People rarely pick “the best tool for the job”. They say that. But what they mean is “the tool I’m familiar with the most”. Front-end developers
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by koonsolo 2y ago
My prediction is that the combination of AI and robotics will conquer specific business applications, and in time will make its way into consumer markets. Think iRobot & robot lawnmowers, but for way broader applications.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Yes, this also sounds crazy to me: "Manage more and faster!". If my company would be in crisis, I would take the upper management into a quiet retreat, and then have a few meetings where we think creatively how we're going to
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Cal Newport is very much into doing mentally demanding work, which arguably cannot be sustained for a huge amount of time. Managers... well... sitting and talking in meetings, that you can do call day. So yeah, plan some extra meetings in t
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by koonsolo 2y ago
Not a Finn, but I found it quite funny too. There were so many other example countries, but they choose to pick to one with a neighbor that is constantly in an active war and has a huge nuclear arsenal.
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by koonsolo 2y ago
The Google search engine has lost the war against SEO. It's already for a long time that when I search for something, I don't get articles from experts, I get SEO optimized crappy articles. Page rank was a very important algorithm
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by koonsolo 3y ago
If both have high priority, it's the same as both have low priority.
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by koonsolo 3y ago
I have a friend called Nick, but we call him Nikipedia, since he has a crazy amount of facts stored into his brain. When we go to quizzes, our group is most likely to win. I can tell you this: LLM's know more than Nick and would beat t
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by koonsolo 3y ago
Ever talked to a sales person? They also start making up things when they don't know. You can't seem to accept that a computer can be intelligent. Can an ant be intelligent? Can an ant brain produced in a lab be intelligent? Can a

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