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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I enjoyed reading this. Thank you. Specifically how you beautifully put “Japan is too good for that”, in a way that both compliments and criticizes at the same time.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
;) https://xkcd.com/1053/
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
This is because cook books while useful, aren’t entertaining stories. Now if they named it after a good character from a story everyone knows, say the hunter from the big bad wolf, and it’s purpose was to chop up evil wolves taking advantag
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Wrong answer. Names should be cute AND descriptive. His point is good though. Descriptive names add overhead that might need to be changed. Giving something a cute name but describes its general purpose, means you have a lot of leeway, but
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Oh my goodness if you have an older car that isnt as quiet as new cars, driving in that right lane along that stretch is the worst, with the constant noise from it. I drive in the left lane until I see someone getting close to me then I get
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
The issue with DDD is not in the philosophical concept. In that he is spot on. Things are in hierarchies, everything is described by a combination of two or more patterns that are more fundamental than those below. The problem is always in
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I really liked the reference to platonism at the beginning. I feel like at times our problems in the west can be rooted in relying to much in Aristotle and empiricism and not enough on platonic thinking (you could swing too far one way thou
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I think the issue with any definition and why people say “everything is a cult”, is because I read this list and it makes me feel like progressivism is a cult based on it. Though I’m sure a progressive would say Trumpism is a cult. LDS is a
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I want an interview to show me why this person is better than a machine. So if a machine can do leet code problems easily, by simply describing it with comments, it is the person’s ability to describe in those comments I want to evaluate.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Thoughts somewhat inspired by Seth Godin’s lynchpin “_The competitive advantages the marketplace demands is someone more human, connected, and mature. Someone with passion and energy, capable of seeing things as they are and negotiating mul
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Ask HN: Could GitHub Copilot be a solution to crappy interviews?
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Soon your ISP will also get a cut of every online purchase you make. Since you did it on their “platform”.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Yes I read “The aviator” right after. I also liked it, in some sense it was just like Laurus, though at the same time a completely different story. But that was the main thing I noticed, was like, this is a world that thinks completely diff
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I get this. The problem is whenever I gain some new depth of knowledge it expands my mind such that I also realize more of how little I know. Yet the pursuit of it is still thrilling.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Laurus. This book was awesome. But no one I know has read it and I just want to talk about it. Maybe finding those random strangers to talk about it with is part of the spirit of the internet of old.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
That is depressing. Or maybe not.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I was thinking his point was how there is a lot of collaboration that isn’t actually useful, just as there is a lot of sitting at your desk “working” that isn’t useful. It doesn’t mean you never sit at your desk and work, just that sitting
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
This is a helpful reminder to me. Thanks.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I identify with what he is saying. When I’m confident in myself I can do this and be effective. Go think about a problem not sitting at my desk. When I’m not confident in myself, I act like an impostor and try to look like I’m doing work. T
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Baloney. What is hate speech? It is that which is worth cancelling over. Think about it. Kanye just did such a genius thing, even a child could see it. They can’t cancel him for doing something so obvious. He just walked out onto the media
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Ultimately you know it’s like both things can be valuable. A bunch of 1-2 year stints might quickly help you identify the patterns if things they work well generally abd what doesn’t. Meanwhile a 5+ year stint will give insight into how a c
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I’ve averaged about 5 years over three jobs. My current one was going pretty well for a year, but COVID stuff and life craziness made it less enjoyable for the next year after a re-org. I waited another year and tried switching teams at the
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Whoops. I mean European companies. (Reading it now the us most definitely meddles with whole countries)
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Exactly. People seem to be forgetting this most of all in this thread. Though I can’t recall any specific times where the US blocked the acquisition/merger between two European countries.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I’ve actually heard from many friends that even though they are in a “favored” group, because of their skin color or gender, they hate it because they suffer from even worse impostor syndrome than the average developer. They might genuinely
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
So visual cues are replacing ultra sonic ones? I just see bats flying in these huge swarms not colliding and I’m like maybe we shouldn’t give up on ultrasonic sensors.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
It would be awesome if one day we go back and hear all these small town and college radio stations and the types of shows in them. Woukd be a cool time capsule.
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
I don’t think your “democratic society” will remain that way for long, unless your Putin, in which case Ukraine is eager to join your country. Why did they seize his coin? Did the person who seized it back actually break into something? Pri
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
Has docusign become what google has to search? Like I say to my insurance agent, “do I need to docusign something”?
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by mostertoaster 4y ago
This is also where companies can save a ton of money if they develop tools that allow customer facing employees to do their jobs much more efficiently.

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