lmohseni

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   by lmohseni 6y ago

   For sure, and it’s definitely something I never would have planned or expected for myself. It was also partly influenced by COVID, and further compounded by pretty rough break up. But the funny thing is, I really feel more comfortable and
2. 62.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   I went through something similar, and ended up failing a bunch of coding interviews. Also I read David Graeber’s book on bull shit jobs, which was really cathartic for me. I ended up quitting my job, selling my house, and now I’m looking f
3. 63.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   Hmm, seems DeLong might have some sort of animus: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17164707
4. 64.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   I would say _Debt_ debt is pretty grand and sweeping, whereas _Bullshit Jobs_ is a much quicker read. However, some of his insights into the "spiritual violence" of a bull shit job really, deeply, changed the way i spend my time,
5. 65.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   In my opionion, it seemed to really "pick up" around chapter 6, "games with sex and death" when it really started to get into anthropological nuts and bolts.
6. 66.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   On Linux and Mac it’s possible to have caps be escape when pressed alone or control when pressed with another key. On Linux the software is called xcape. :)
7. 67.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   Openbsd checks all these boxes!
8. 68.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   Reminiscent of heavily optimized code perhaps?
9. 69.▲
   by lmohseni 6y ago

   > technology won’t save us because... I hope I’m not uncharitably interpreting your comment, but are you saying that technology will be some sort of panacea?
10. 70.▲
    by lmohseni 6y ago

    You can invest in a put index, for example: http://www.cboe.com/delayedquote/advanced-charts?ticker=^PUT
11. 71.▲
    by lmohseni 7y ago

    I've failed several CoderPad interviews in a row, it's to the point where if a job listing specifically mentions CoderPad, I won't apply :\
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    by lmohseni 8y ago

    Thank you for this comment, I've forwarded it to some new parents in my life. It reminds me of this quote from Heinlein: “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a buildi
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    by lmohseni 8y ago

    That's really funny, I had to have a look at the source: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/README.md TL;DR: Git can stand for > "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it brea
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    by lmohseni 8y ago

    I have found this series of articles to be very helpful: http://malisper.me/debugging-lisp-part-1-recompilation/
15. 75.▲
    by lmohseni 8y ago

    A sort of Dunning–Kruger effect for the soul? :)
16. 76.▲
    by lmohseni 8y ago

    In your case 1, this refers to people who have variable rate mortgages, correct? What about people who have fixed rates?
17. 77.▲
    by lmohseni 9y ago

    Actually the measurement system can sort of encode cultrual knowledge. For example, in the imperial system, a fluid ounce of butter weighs one ounce, so a pint of butter weighs a pound. :^)
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    by lmohseni 10y ago

    I'm not a lisp master, so please take the following with a grain of salt: One case where you'd want unhygienic capture is with anaphoric macros, which introduce a binding (usually named `it` as in english). For example, using an
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    by lmohseni 11y ago

    Linguists do have a way of explicitly notating language, called IPA. However, just reading straight IPA can be exhausing. (dʒʌst ɹidɪŋ ai pi ɛi kæn bi ɛɡzɐstɪŋ). Not to mention, one's own accent comes through in the transcription.
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    by lmohseni 11y ago

    You may wish to look into xcape. Currently i have capslock = escape when pressed alone, or control when pressed with another key. [0] https://github.com/alols/xcape