mysticllama

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by mysticllama 1y ago
there's dozens of us!
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by mysticllama 1y ago
interesting, how often do you drink it?
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by mysticllama 2y ago
so glad the company that pays for my treatments can be "a check on providers" for me… /s
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by mysticllama 2y ago
Yes, exactly -- the fixation on "metrics-driven development" created perverse incentives (i.e. cobra effect). People would ship bugs and broken shit because it'd bump engagement, like you're referencing; nevermind the fa
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by mysticllama 2y ago
i worked at a FAANG co and managed to make it 3 years focusing on solving problems that widely bothered users. there were several instances where i had to -fight- to ship critical bug fixes because the fixes so-happened to regress an obscur
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by mysticllama 3y ago
I think his original statement is still correct -- Threads only requests device permissions for notifications, it isn't collecting "location, health data, or financial data" from your device. The App Store disclosure you&#x27
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by mysticllama 3y ago
from my experience, acquiring the self-awareness you need in order to articulate this problem is the biggest hurdle to solving it -- you're on your way! early in my career, i shared this hangup and because i was so emotionally invested
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by mysticllama 3y ago
agreed, the introduction of safe zones ruined what made the game special. while the old way was brutal and could be outright toxic to new players, the pure lawlessness and unpredictability of open PVP was unique -- you could even murder pla
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by mysticllama 3y ago
+1 for another CS student jump-started by UO :D
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by mysticllama 3y ago
as i recall, they devised their own scripting language, and they relied solely on flatfiles to track world-state… then every day at a given time, each server would have an off-hours save where the flatfiles would be persisted. players caugh
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by mysticllama 4y ago
best system design interview advice i got (and put to successful use in loops with goog and fb) was to not try to give the "right" answer -- it's like a professor grading papers on a topic they've taught countless times,
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by mysticllama 4y ago
"I am looking for explanations that will help me build a conceptual understanding of macos UI development." it depends on your learning style of course, but if you like lecture / course-style learning, i highly recommend paul
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by mysticllama 4y ago
i agree that this is delusional and i see it repeated a lot -- homelessness isn't just a byproduct of a lack of housing or a lack of affordable housing. i remember having a conversation with a LICSW who did a tremendous amount of work
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by mysticllama 5y ago
i’ve done ios dev professionally since ios 5. pros: there is no shortage of roles, my experience has been (especially now) that skilled ios devs are always in demand. it’s fun to work on mobile software, imo —- you get to live in a cool s
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by mysticllama 5y ago
there is an essay on this (available as a book) by sam harris that i really enjoyed; it changed my perspective on lying/the truth. since, i have decided to abandon even "white lies" and i find it very freeing. in the long tr
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by mysticllama 5y ago
i really enjoy this motto, personally; especially since i have taken up the hobby of handtool woodworking for the last few years. i decided that i would invest time in learning to sharpen and maintain tools before i did much work with wood
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by mysticllama 5y ago
i don't bother at this point. my wife loves prime and uses it for small things we need right away, but i would never make a major purchase through amazon these days. there's no guarantee of who you're buying from and the supp
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by mysticllama 5y ago
this^. it took a lot of intentional practice for me to shake the fear of looking dumb when in front of peers. however, i've since realized that pretty consistently the people who share this willingness to come off as uninformed are the
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by mysticllama 5y ago
great advice, and i would even generalize this to suggest that you should toss any fasteners that come bundled with low cost products (obviously there are exceptions with specialty fasteners and such). you can get a package of drywall screw
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by mysticllama 5y ago
i had the really good fortune of starting series B (coincidentally weeks before there was a C round) at a unicorn startup. at the time i was overly-optimistic about its outlook and when countering pushed for more shares instead of higher ba
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by mysticllama 5y ago
Life kept throwing various curve balls at me: I got married, had a daughter, lost a loved one after a prolonged battle, underwent major health issues, battled COVID… ^this made me cringe a bit. personally, it makes me sad when i hear some
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by mysticllama 5y ago
fury road is a masterpiece. 0 exposition or intro, just drops you right in to non-stop madness. might be my favorite movie now
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by mysticllama 6y ago
What is your source for the claim that Amazon - PillPack employees commonly accessed prescription info "for fun?" I worked at PillPack for over 3 years, and while I haven't been there for a while this seems like a very bold c
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by mysticllama 6y ago
i do this but would never reply with just a question mark (i'd politely decline or ask for additional context in order for me to attend). if i have no context for a meeting invite and it's lacking an agenda, i don't think it
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by mysticllama 6y ago
i think it's awesome that you solved a problem yourself and learned something new. to me, it makes sense that you built a native android app given the use-case you're describing -- offline, mobile, low-cost devices needed in indus
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by mysticllama 11y ago
"ugly but works" has many thousands of results! https://github.com/search?utf8=&q=%22ugly+but+works%22&type=...
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by mysticllama 11y ago
Look at the population of women in fields such as:law, medicine, social science, etc. and you'll see that STEM lags behind in parity. The percentage of women in computing, according to some studies, isn't much higher than it was i
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by mysticllama 11y ago
Technical Requirements Before the live event, ensure that you have the following equipment and software: A computer that supports streaming media files PC & Mac Users: Download and install the latest version of Silverlight DSL or a fas
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by mysticllama 12y ago
saying that 6/10 greeks pay no income tax does not tell us how much tax evasion there is, right? You're right, the 6 in 10 figure seems rather misleading. Those people shouldn't be characterized as tax evaders as I suggeste
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by mysticllama 12y ago
A CNN article from 2010 referenced 2008 government documents that said "6 in 10 Greeks don't pay income taxes" source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/31/greece.taxes/ I

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