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by lgieron 10y ago
For much nicer formatted results, see here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-VT2RQJNR/ (Sorry, the original post is too old and I cannot edit it anymore).
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by lgieron 10y ago
Indeed, thanks for pointing out. I've reconfigured the results page, I think the visibility is pretty good now. You need a new link to see it though: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-VT2RQJNR/
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Ask HN: Programmer satisfaction by field
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Programmer satisfaction by field
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by lgieron 10y ago
Didn't Athens fall because their democratic government assigned too little tax money to military? That's what happened in first Polish democracy (XV-XVIII centuries).
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by lgieron 10y ago
Some of the projects which don't directly generate revenue are still useful - they gather data on users and/or pose as extra ad space.
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by lgieron 10y ago
> I can't even fathom how someone who hasn't lived in any time but now can make that statement. Literally any time in human history? How was it like, I don't know, 200,000 years ago? Tell us. You will mention lower life ex
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by lgieron 10y ago
The studies show that second generation of migrant (from Asia and Africa) women don't have that many more children than Europe's natives (contrary to what the populist anti-migrant propaganda is pushing) - in most countries the di
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by lgieron 10y ago
According to studies done by Piketty, there's not a single case in the world where a backward country have opened themselves to global trade and it allowed them to rise to the first-world country status, while there are examples where
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by lgieron 10y ago
In WW2, polish armed forces were an active participant fighting for the Allies, so the preservation of some of the polish civilians in Ally-controled territories was not a humanitarian help, but merely a part of the bargain. Not sure about
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by lgieron 10y ago
Ultimately it's not about "feeling connected to" but about identity and interests - people are wired to preserve the interests of their group (nations) above others. Multiculturalism can work ok in rich and safe bubbles (such
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by lgieron 10y ago
Is not helping people starving or dying of Malaria in Africa/Asia right wing too? Both are some serious maladies affecting people very far from us, with whom we have nothing in common. As for the Syrians, they'd had to cross somet
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by lgieron 10y ago
> The USSR was conservative socially and nationalistic. The USSR was the opposite of conservative - they were extremely progressive. In the attempt to make a new man, they tried to crush all conservative values such as religion, family (
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by lgieron 10y ago
At least in Poland, the nominal "right-wing" party (Law and Justice) does not scapegoat the non-Christian migrants - they just don't want them in our country, seeing how badly the attempts at integration went in many other Eu
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by lgieron 10y ago
> I wonder how they decided how to color each party. Exactly. It would make more sense if they used red for the left (due to their Bolshevik legacy).
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by lgieron 10y ago
From what I'm observing, cheap Android phones are prevalent among users who just want a phone, but don't care about the whole apps thing (often even don't have data plan enabled).
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by lgieron 10y ago
I like them because it's (to me) the most gorgeous music I've heard in my life.
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by lgieron 10y ago
For jobs, I do rather typical Java/Scala/BigData development. I agree that the there's a bit of mindless tediousness in the jobs, although a lot of it can eventually be automated. However, IMO, when working on a large code ba
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by lgieron 10y ago
The doctor's job is not exactly equivalent. After a day of programming, I feel I could still put in a couple hours of light manual labor or say drive for Uber, but I'm unable to focus intensely any longer. Doctors probably use a m
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by lgieron 10y ago
I try. Can't focus for literally more than 10 minutes. What works is actually doing some sports, but you can't run or lift for 4 hours - hence vegging out in front of the TV after the workout.
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by lgieron 10y ago
> I propose the Daenerys Targaryen test. If you know who Daenerys Targaryen is, you do not have "no time." You have priorities which included "I wish to know who Daenerys Targaryen is." No judgement! I do, too! But if
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by lgieron 10y ago
It is a very small minority, but we're discussing "top developers", which is an even smaller minority. They shouldn't have problems finding remote jobs.
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by lgieron 10y ago
I agree that if the regulation allows it, then the self-driving car is a device like any other. I wonder if startups such as Otto will actually wait till such legislation passes in entire country, which is arguably going to take at least a
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by lgieron 10y ago
How does it work for self-driving cars then? In case of regular cars, you go to jail for vehicular manslaughter when you brake the traffic laws and in effect kill someone. My guess is that, if the driver of a self-driving car decides to pre
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by lgieron 10y ago
Who goes to jail when the self-driving truck kills someone?
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by lgieron 10y ago
> Maybe you look like your on drugs and have all the tell tale signs. In this case your gonna go to jail. Wait, the illegal possesion laws extend to the drugs being already in your blood?
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by lgieron 10y ago
If it helps - travelling is not a passion (IMO) and those people starting companies are very likely to be searching for a job in a couple years.
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by lgieron 10y ago
> Even a hundred years ago there were vast swathes of Australia, the central US, and South America generally uninhabited yet arable land, and the distances of the time made it infeasible for anyone to effectively police all of it. You&#x
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by lgieron 10y ago
> Personally, we are building a company[1] to have an impact. Profit is part of that, since how large of an impact is correlated with the number of customers we can serve which requires certain fixed costs (e.g. salaries.) Profits also a
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by lgieron 10y ago
The problem is that neither me nor most other people know a first thing about quality aspects of materials or manufacturing of clothes/shoes, so we can't tell if the product will last long.

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