mongmong

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by mongmong 6y ago
Inconsequential event? This is the aftermath of an attempted coup on our democracy. I would like to know what is consequential in your book.
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by mongmong 8y ago
This was eye opening. Great to see these kinds of foundational or plumbing work being down to tackle the explosion of information and fisinformation out there. If anyone else has more knowledge to share about this that'd be awesome.
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by mongmong 9y ago
Yes, DDD exists to solve this very problem. It has been around since 2004 and I'm surprised to see it is still relatively unknown within the HN community.
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by mongmong 9y ago
"The software was doing what it was supposed to do. Unfortunately it was told to do the wrong thing" I feel the value of Domain Driven Design more and more every day and I think it is one method to make the business intent be refl
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by mongmong 9y ago
My mother died of kidney cancer last year. Doctor said unfortunately modern medicine had nothing to offer her. She turned to alternatives, tried everything from vegan diet to juicing to vitamin c (intravenous twice a week over 6 months). No
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by mongmong 9y ago
I don't get this. So you're saying she made more money by donating AND getting a tax refund as opposed to not donating?
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by mongmong 9y ago
Found this very interesting and brutally honest in the details around the circumstances of the consensual night out (she mentioned several times that the meeting being purely business was all made up in her head) and her equally honest opin
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by mongmong 9y ago
But couldn't the contextual email data be used to supplement the global personal data google already has on you? I don't understand why they would willingly forgo this data.
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by mongmong 9y ago
I would think this is primarily to hide gambling activities so it doesn't affect your credit score. If you're applying for a loan or credit card your bank statements can be assessed and if it finds transactions to known gambling s
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by mongmong 10y ago
Elon Musk talks about global warming all the time. He even says Tesla is just a means to an end of saving the planet from global warming.
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by mongmong 10y ago
Glad to see Domain Driven Design aka the Blue Book.
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by mongmong 10y ago
I dont understand this notion of media responsibility to report on matters of grave importance and substance. As long as media is profit driven (which the vast majority it is) I expect nothing from them other than to please their shareholde
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by mongmong 10y ago
This is not something you can make people do through education though. Even among people i know that are highly educated and have achieved top marks and went to the best companies, there are those who just don't give a shot about polit
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by mongmong 10y ago
I keep hearing vague mentions of corruption and chilling revelations from these email leaks, but i have never once been given a link to a particular email thread demonstrating this. Care to share a link?
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by mongmong 10y ago
I agree with you if youre saying we should acknowledge that bad luck can trump effort, but i don't agree this is a healthy attitude to carry over in your day to day life. Effort is something I can control. Could I fail no matter how mu
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by mongmong 10y ago
I used one of those boilerplates to complete a demo for a job interview!
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by mongmong 10y ago
All that tells me is she was a politician playing the political game. Or do you think it is mutually exclusive to play politics and caring about doing good things with power? Do you think emails between Sanders campaign staff would not be d
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by mongmong 10y ago
Your comment made me remember this article which I think nailed your point http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/10/the-dance-of-the-dunces-...
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by mongmong 10y ago
In the video they demonstrated the tile by dropping kettle bells on them. They've definitely thought of hail.