mikerichards

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by mikerichards 11y ago
And yet we get hordes of collectivists that infest HN that say we should try it again...."but it'll be different this time"
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by mikerichards 11y ago
When you have a culture of statism this is what you get. You elect governments that want to and do micromanage your lives. Don't blame it on the politicians. You guys elected these people. They're just following the ideology of
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by mikerichards 11y ago
You're exactly right. If you get some dork that wants you to code during an interview then walk out immediately. That's not how the real world works. That said, as a senior software engineer, you should be able to get on a whiteb
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Do senior software engineers actually have to write code in interviews these days? I have no problem brainstorming on a whiteboard with their CTO or senior architect, but I would consider it silly to do puzzle programs or write java with so
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by mikerichards 11y ago
I enjoyed the post, but I'd like to play contrarian a bit more. I see way to many developers with absolutely no sense of urgency. I'm not talking about beating the drums of a death march, but at least envisioning the finish line,
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by mikerichards 11y ago
To your point about getting software out the door. I've run into a type of developer on more than one occasion that I call "refactoring kings". Invariably, they're on the hunt for commits and how they can make it &quot
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Do you really not understand, or are you just very angry that some people don't agree with your politics?
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Yes, I understand the differences, thus the (m). The point I was trying to make (which irked somebody) is that the modal vi keybindings in modern IDEs is more important than Vi(m) itself.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
ouch...as others have said, CAPS LOCK is your friend
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by mikerichards 11y ago
You're doing yourself a disservice. Intellij (PyCharm) has a vi plugin. Whatever extra stuff you give up from regular Vim, you gain an order of magnitude of productivity using a development environment that is "smart". Thi
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Despite overwhelming evidence of such failed policies in the past and the "let's try failure again" crowd, you probably don't even like the reality of your suggested policy. You end up with a small group of people owning
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Which is sadly, too often lacking at many universities.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
I think one of Rich Hickey's quotes expands on your point: It has always been an unfortunate characteristic of using classes for application domain information that it resulted in information being hidden behind class-specific micro-l
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by mikerichards 11y ago
There have been successful languages (from a popularity standpoint) that are regarded as OOP, but the success of OOP as a paradigm is highly debatable.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
We have a full-time nanny, so this isn't really day-care for us. This is specifically for his socialization and "getting out of the house"
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Don't fall into the stereotype trap of thinking all parents are helicopters. My kid is 2 and we let him go down water slides and climb up those "safe", modern jungle gym thingies. It is kind of disturbing though that I don&#x
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by mikerichards 11y ago
How come that kid doesn't have any shoes on?
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by mikerichards 11y ago
You misunderstood "school". It was 2 days a week from 9 to 1:30 in the afternoon. Now it's 3 days a week from 9 to 1:30.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
My son is only 2, but we decided to get him into "school" last winter. When my wife was interviewing these places, the choice was between "learning" environments and "social" environments. We chose the social e
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by mikerichards 11y ago
"negative externality".. "It's cognitive pollution".. "imposing those cognitive loads on everyone else", "life experience is degraded by seeing a billboard" I'm seeing some BS here..a lot
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by mikerichards 11y ago
And let me guess, since "The Capitalist project" has failed we're going to go back to those successes of the 20th century that caused so much human misery.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Yes, we all understand that stupid little non-analogy that you US haters use. The template is as follows: Something bad happens in some other country. The America hater immediately responds with something that the US does that is usually n
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by mikerichards 11y ago
No, you seem to have missed my point. I find it strange that so many percentages of Poles and Indians are going on vacation with their co-workers. That's a separate thing from "being friends".
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Americans have gone on vacation with 6 percent of their closest co-workers, versus 25 percent in Poland and 45 percent in India. No, the odd ones are the Poles and Indians that are going on vacation with their co-workers....seriously.
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by mikerichards 11y ago
yes the crony capitalists, the fascists...
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Who are not the capitalists? The North Koreans, the Mozambiqueans, The Cubans, and you?
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Make those assholes pay their parking tickets in NY and get the guy a room
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by mikerichards 11y ago
Wow, how much is the UN paying you to shill for their crummy organization.
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Proper way to ask more per hourly for your part-time freelance gig
7 points by mikerichards 11y ago|4 comments

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