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by mychael 9y ago
I write software for the web so speed is secondary. I want to know: Does the inspector have better/more features than Chrome's Inspector? Does it have Redux and React Toolbars that are better than the Chrome ones?
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by mychael 9y ago
I like to work with engineers who are passionate about software not someone looking for a 9-5 job – so I would pass on him as a candidate. In my experience people who are passionate about software have something to show for it, even somethi
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by mychael 9y ago
Close your laptop. Go outside. Listen to live music. Make friends in your community. Travel abroad. Fall in love. You're already on a great trajectory - so at worst you'll earn a 6 figure salary and at best you will be the nex
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by mychael 9y ago
> If you didn't know it already, think tanks are a euphemism for propaganda machine. I'm not sure if this is hyperbole or if you don't actually know what propaganda means. Propaganda refers to media/communication that
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by mychael 9y ago
Someone should let the members of these mobs know that they are not actually liberal or progressive. For example, they appear to prefer mob justice instead of due process; ideological blacklists instead of tolerance; and censorship instead
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by mychael 9y ago
I see the nastiness as a necessary evil of free speech platforms. Compare that to LinkedIn where there is virtually no nastiness and virtually no interesting conversations happening.
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by mychael 9y ago
Good point. Updated the list to include opportunities!
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by mychael 9y ago
Pros/Cons of living in the Bay Area for most tech workers: Pros - Proudly displaying "San Francisco" in your Twitter bio. - An abundance of career opportunities. Cons - Making six figures, but still living with roommates. - C
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by mychael 9y ago
Sensible people across the political spectrum agree that violence != speech. Who exactly are they arguing against here? Perhaps a strawman?
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by mychael 9y ago
> Punishing people, often indirectly, for taking risks, conducting experiments, doing quick prototypes, etc You hit the nail on the head with this one. People seem to forget that so many important parts of our daily life were once upon a
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by mychael 9y ago
A few patterns I've seen: * Preaching about the virtues of a flat organizational structure, but making unilateral decisions. * Hiring people for a particular challenging job, but have them work on menial unchallenging tasks. * Creating
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by mychael 9y ago
Spot On
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by mychael 9y ago
Why stop at SoundCloud? How about Tumblr, Instagram and YouTube? /s
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by mychael 9y ago
South Park predicted this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXF8MIG_HQI
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by mychael 9y ago
Kite is malware. Plain and simple.
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by mychael 9y ago
Follow the money. Do you really think the biggest corporations in America support Net Neutrality because of some altruistic need for things to be "fair"?
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by mychael 9y ago
A thought experiment: You’re currently working in a call center making $9 an hour. You have no degree and marketable skills. Then you find out you’re now eligible for a paycheck that is equal to or more than you currently earn. What do you
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by mychael 9y ago
Here is what has worked for me: I changed my role models and my goals. 5 years ago I used to aspire to be a well respected member of a software community - speaking at conferences, writing think pieces on Medium, being widely retweeted. Now
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by mychael 9y ago
Rule of thumb for Python web development: Do you already know Django really well? Then use Django for small and big web projects. Do you not know either? Then learn Flask for small, trivial applications and learn Django when you find yourse
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by mychael 9y ago
> If you're building something that you hope you'll have to rapidly scale, Django is going to hurt you. Yet somehow people have built wildly successful companies handling massive amounts of traffic using Django. Yes, many have
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by mychael 9y ago
I would rather run a sustainable & profitable 100M company than a unicorn billion dollar company with 12 months of runway.
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by mychael 9y ago
> background-blind interviews, looking at coding skills, not credentials or resumes. Subtext: "Did you create a famous open source tool, write a book, have patents in your name or architect some amazing system at a big company? Does
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by mychael 10y ago
Close your eyes and imagine how alienating it must feel to be a conservative/libertarian/non-leftist working in tech right now.
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by mychael 10y ago
The comments on this thread remind me of Drew's "Throw away your USB Drive" post from 10 years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
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by mychael 10y ago
Twitter accounts belonging to government agencies represent the government, not individuals. Individuals and the press are the ones whose free speech is protected.
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by mychael 10y ago
This stuff is highly subjective, but here's my hierarchy of brands: Audemars Piguet > Patek Phillippe > A. Lange & Söhne > Rolex > IWC> JLC > Omega > Breitling ..
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by mychael 10y ago
If you're not a watch person, Rolexes might look like ostentatious status symbols. However, the flagship watches that they are most known for (like the Submariner, Milgauss, Daytona etc) are all tool watches first and foremost made mos
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by mychael 11y ago
This reads to me as "People have no money because they have no money", which is tautological.
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by mychael 11y ago
The grass is always greener on the other side. Unless you live in the Bay Area where you lose either way due to the cost of housing.
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by mychael 11y ago
Username checks out

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