lazystar

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   by lazystar 2y ago

   amazon's internal build tool experiences this same phenomena. engineers are hired based on their leetcode ability; which means the average engineer has gaps in their infrastructure and config tool knowledge/skillset. until the i
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   is that how long it takes before a newborn is given their SSN?
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   for those confused, its a reference to a john travolta line in "pulp fiction" - https://genius.com/John-travolta-and-samuel-l-jackson-royale...
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   > the medical field selects hard for people who can memorize information, to the exclusion of people who can understand systems. sounds similar to the problem with tech coding interviews. ive refactored the backend orchestration softwar
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   > Sustainable Blockchains > Choose from sustainable blockchains and estimate carbon usage prior to deployment lol. lmao, even.
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   sounds like hes setting the stage for a movie script - "wolf of wall street 2"
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   to defend the op - the op is possibly experiencing a grocery monopoly in a food desert. there are no datapoints that track grocery competition per zip code, AFAIK.
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   huh, american beauty was 99. i always remember the "plastic bag caught in the wind" scene - when i was in middle school, years before i saw the movie, i was sitting on the sidelines during football practice and saw a plastic bag
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   by lazystar 2y ago

   my specialty's always been refactoring legacy codebases; java 8 is gonna be the new FORTRAN lol
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    yep. she had a dually truck and got home from the barn at 5pm; the storm was set to hit at 5:30. she wanted to load up the gifts, luggage, cats in the truck, travel 2 hours to a ferry down the backroads, and gamble on beating the storm. w
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    nice. yw; lots of cool stuff coming in 2025/26. we're re-focused on the needs of the customer, rather than internal metrics.
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    cheers!
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    thank you, and congrats! best of luck in your new job!
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    no worries, been asking myself that question too. my best guess is that i had disassociated because i couldnt bear the cognitive dissonance from accepting the fact that i was in an abusive relationship. before that incident, everything in
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    three days before xmas in 2022, my partner of 6 years threatened to kill me because i was scared to travel through an ice storm to her mom's house. while she was downstairs getting her pocket knife, i texted her best friend for help
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    playing devils advocate for a minute... isnt that similar to what our parents said in the 80's/90's about our generation? all that "tv and phone" brain rot
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    so whats the solution? the us military obviously cant give civilians the real time location of their drone swarms
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    > I hate to see [a correction] happen as part of a charged ideological / political process. Isn't that any correction? changing the status quo is about as purely political as it gets
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    your question appears facetious in nature, but it's interesting to think about what the answer might be. I'd guesstimate 30 - 50 years before manufacturing technology reaches that point, but once it does, how long will it take to
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    > If so, who pays? the "carpenter media group" is paying. theyre a conglomerate from the southeast that started buying up small town news agencies across the country in 2023, and began laying off 50% of staff to replace them w
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    the perpetrator is the "carpenter media group" conglomerate, please see my earlier comment
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    this is new. please see my comment above on the carpenter media group.
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    ah, another thread on the Carpenter Media Group. previous related discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42212650#42249985 this "carpenter group" have gone on a spree in 2024 of snatching up smalle
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    he's looking for a spectacle. there's zero chance of it working, but 100% chance of garnering more media attention.
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    this will potentially be a self-defense case. since the shooter had chronic back pain, he could argue that shooting the ceo who denied his healthcare was his only means of protecting himself
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    and its looking like they jumped the gun on brian kohberger. they keep delaying the trial; i would not be surprised if he goes free.
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    > It's possible that killing Hitler would have paved the way for a more competent, saner leader to emerge. only an insane leader would have invaded france from the belgian ardennes; from your logic, ww2 would have been avoided
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    cool story, bro
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    the news is wrong, per the gun type. surprising?
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    by lazystar 2y ago

    the cognitive dissonance of the folks in the insurance industry is what resulted in that execution a few days ago. stop deluding yourself.