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by l_t 7y ago
Check out Noita -- it's a pixel-art-style game where every pixel is subject to the physics engine. Leads to some cool emergent gameplay.
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by l_t 7y ago
I believe you misquoted the source. The "Appropriate response..." quote is attributed to Google’s VP for Human Resources, Shona Brown, not Eric Schmidt.
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by l_t 7y ago
Sounds like you might have been experiencing a bit of the Seattle Freeze [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Freeze
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by l_t 7y ago
Ah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the very clear explanation! It makes me think perhaps that's one of the things that the Postgresql docs are so good at -- hitting that "B+X" quadrant in their reference docs. I'l
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by l_t 7y ago
> Instead, I recommend starting by documenting the key behaviour of the program, describing its model of the world and defining terminology, and only then trying to document each function in terms of that model and terminology. Can you
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by l_t 7y ago
I meant the WWW. Thanks for checking!
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by l_t 7y ago
This makes me wonder, though. I wonder if you went back to the very earliest days of the WWW, did everyone see it as a toy? Or were there already people (those developing it, perhaps) who saw that it had awesome non-toy potential? I suspe
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by l_t 7y ago
I think this is a legitimate question. There's two main things smartphones and PCs have in common, but both are arguable: 1. They do the same things. Both are general purpose computers. For some use cases, they both work fine. 2. They&
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by l_t 7y ago
I think the "looking like a toy" terminology is confusing the discussion. From the article: > Disruptive technologies are dismissed as toys because when they are first launched they “undershoot” user needs. So instead of asking
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by l_t 7y ago
This looks pretty neat! First I've heard of Ionic, and I want to use it. I have a question for anyone familiar with it. I mostly make Web apps with very complex UIs that target desktop computers specifically. I'm not as concerned
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by l_t 7y ago
The biggest point of complexity, IMO, is the representation in which the characters to be matched are mixed in with the syntactical elements in a single string. This tends to cause confusion, makes escaping complex, and is just really diffe
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by l_t 7y ago
Of course. It's only natural for things to change, and it's only natural for people to talk about the changes. I believe our language is almost like a living thing that we are stewards of. One of the ways we can help steward moder
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by l_t 7y ago
With Minecraft, even just watching a Youtube video and copying their build-style to make something cool is enough for a kid to learn that they can be a creator. They realize that there's no magic; all it takes to make something nice is
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by l_t 7y ago
I would love to see something with a Flash-like UI. I'm not sure if there is a place for it in the middle-school market anymore, though. I'll explain why: I think an interesting part of my experience was that it started with watc
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by l_t 7y ago
Thanks, I appreciate your perspective on that. I don't believe that my points contradict each other. So I'm going to address that part of your post, to avoid any confusion. But I think the rest of your argument is great, I just wa
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by l_t 7y ago
I had a formative experience with Flash as a middle schooler. I loved Albino Blacksheep, Newgrounds, etc. I thought the videos were hilarious and the stick-figure-style animation was approachable. So I acquired Flash, and I was blown away b
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by l_t 7y ago
Speaking of precision. I think a big problem with modern use of English is that it has reduced precision. What reduces precision? 1. Increased reliance on idioms to communicate. Idioms use analogies, and usually reduce precision. Our incr
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by l_t 7y ago
Many new developments in the US do use buried wires. But a lot also still use poles. It's hit and miss. From what I remember, PG&E is notorious for "procrastinating" on maintenance of its wires, as well. Wires need to be
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by l_t 7y ago
Seems a bit narrowminded to assume it's dead because you haven't personally seen any art in a while. Steampunk is alive, but more niche. See https://www.brassscrew.org/ for instance.
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by l_t 7y ago
> Google and Randstad didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment. The content of the article is interesting enough, but this line at the end caught my attention. Is it reasonable to expect someone to "immediately reply"
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by l_t 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I can see how that phrase might seem alarming because it just explains what not to do, not what you should do. I try to tell my candidates something like: "During this interview, my main goal is to understand
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by l_t 7y ago
Personally, I do believe that there are no right or wrong answers, just right or wrong reasons. At least for the tech parts of the interview. I like that you called out that culture fit questions often have right answers. I failed to mentio
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by l_t 7y ago
Not the OP, but I just wanted to chime in from an interviewer's perspective and describe how candidates should approach these types of questions. Disclaimer: This is just my personal experience. For starters, if you're asked a que
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by l_t 7y ago
What follows is my personal opinion. (Disclaimer, I'm a guy and I've not been abused, but I have had to deal with troublesome people and as a confrontation-avoidant person I've worked out some strategies for dealing with that
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by l_t 7y ago
I think you're right. You're not the only person in the thread with this feedback. I read this book and thought I could contribute, but I haven't read anything with more recent context. (Haven't even finished the book ye
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by l_t 7y ago
I don't want to detract from your point about sympathy for chronic pain. But you can't mainline oxycodone into everyone who claims to have chronic pain, because that system is easily abused, as we've seen. A more nuanced appr
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by l_t 7y ago
Yeah, I was wondering who would call me out on that! I'm not aware of any good studies that compare addiction vs. pseudo-addiction. It's definitely not obvious, because a lot of doctors were convinced to the contrary. By the way -
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by l_t 7y ago
Yeah, I think the article presents a good point, logically speaking. But I think it's brash to ignore the history of the "pseudoaddiction" term, which is a tool of FUD. Of course it exists and makes sense, this was marketed t
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by l_t 7y ago
Ah, my bad. I thought that was meant to be a rhetorical question.
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by l_t 7y ago
Yep -- OxyContin has a timed-release coating and by preventing the "peaks and valleys" of opiate use, it was supposed to minimize addiction. This was a major selling point for doctors, which turned out be based on falsified data.

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