lordfoom

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by lordfoom 7y ago
>If your child enjoys reading Dahl that's great, keep buying them. But there are so many books that are just better than Dahl and that don't come with all the baggage. I agree there's a lot of baggage, but I'm interes
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by lordfoom 7y ago
> we expect to have it available on the desktop within a couple of weeks, A couple of WEEKS???
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>they can quickly roll out a change to make Firefox the default browser until the problem/threat is over. ...why not just make firefox the default browser full-time?
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by lordfoom 7y ago
Okay that makes sense, thank you.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
Ah, okay, thank you.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
> Quick sort comes with a steep penalty. Worst case is O(n^(2)). The reason quicksort is good is because it's in place. Once you throw away the in place aspect of quick sort, it's straight up bad. That's why you shuffle th
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>Being a technical leader is a set of skills that is distinct from being a great IC Sorry if I'm being dim - what's an IC?
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>If recruiting Chinese nationals stops working the Chinese state will just start recruiting other nationalities. Presumably this will be harder for them to do.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
Then why don't you do region based pricing as well?
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by lordfoom 7y ago
> I like how Gitlab promotes remote work, but I don't like that their salaries are based on employee's costs of living. Especially since they don't do region based pricing - everybody pays the same price worldwide, but the
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>Why don't climate dooms-dayers not see that their very tactics of spreading irrational fear (instead of rational solutions) is antithetical to their desired outcomes? It's not irrational fear. Why do cynical eye-rollers like y
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by lordfoom 7y ago
An interesting outcome of the GPDR! Does the author have any recourse? Can they sue?
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>Why would it not be? Because they did the same work? >who is anyone to say that's not allowed? I didn't say it's not allowed. I think it's poor business practice, and poor for society, incentivizing devs to stay i
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by lordfoom 7y ago
Checked it out, and for my region their salary is barely competitive. Must say, I am disappointed by this approach from a company whose product I admire.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
That's a lot of spin on "to save money". They mention San Francisco rents, but they fail to mention all the advantages of living in San Francisco. Awesome for the folks in San Fran to have their lifestyle's subsidized. A
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>Should the person in SF be paid less because employees in originating country have lower salaries? So in your view it's fine to pay different amounts of money for the same work?
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by lordfoom 7y ago
>Why listen to music when you can read the lyrics? I feel that is a false equivalence as information transfer is not typically part of music.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
I don't know if it's your intention, but it comes across to me that you're advocating doing nothing, which strikes me as bad.
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by lordfoom 7y ago
Serious question: how do handle broken contracts, malicious acts, etc?
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by lordfoom 8y ago
But not having to think about typing reduces your cognitive load. Touch typing as a coder isn't about speed, it's about freeing your mind from having to think about your fingers.
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by lordfoom 8y ago
> I thought because Netflix is a private company what they do isnt censorship. I mean, if they do it at the behest of the government, it very definitely is?
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by lordfoom 8y ago
What's with all this defense of facebook in the comments on hacker news lately?
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by lordfoom 8y ago
>If you think civilization is going to end in 40 years ( 2 generations ), then you leave no room for debate. And yet, here you are, debating him, while the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme.
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by lordfoom 8y ago
So in your view, preventing people from selling themselves into slavery is denying them agency?
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by lordfoom 8y ago
It beggars belief to blame the hospitals and not the insurance companies.
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by lordfoom 8y ago
>I'm curious, why do you think there's so much corruption in these countries compared to others globally? Just keen to understand what your take on this is. According to folks like Dambisa Moyo, aid is part of the reason these
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by lordfoom 8y ago
Thank you, this looks great :)
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by lordfoom 8y ago
Awesome resource, thank you!
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by lordfoom 8y ago
Thank you! I am interested in the knowledge rather than the credits, so I appreciate the book recommendations :)
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by lordfoom 8y ago
Anyone have a suggestion for a good online course in linear algebra?

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