nivenkos

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by nivenkos 6y ago
Good thing Sweden has decent public insurance then... Don't hold back technology and society just because of a few other issues - those other issues can be better resolved directly. In this case, with single-payer public healthcare.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Maybe just don't have a government where that's an issue, rather than holding back the technological development of society. Why use mobile phones or credit cards? Or ID cards? or ISP subscriptions? It could all be tracked! Let&#x
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Except Paxos, no man understands that.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
By the way for the hashing example in count() - Rust has the Entry API for HashMaps to avoid exactly this problem: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/struct.HashMap.htm... The PartialOrd trait also uses 3-w
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by nivenkos 6y ago
They died when Jello left...
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by nivenkos 6y ago
This is sad, there is no free expression anymore. You can't have any jokes or sarcasm in code comments, between colleagues or in documentation. Everything must be soulless and sterile. Just churn out your work as an appendage to the ma
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by nivenkos 6y ago
You can also disable animations in the same settings, but I found it broke some applications.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
But there is more Linux support there than ever before too. When I first started using Linux it wasn't uncommon for websites to demand you use ActiveX for example! The only place where we're losing ground is in mobiles. There we r
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by nivenkos 6y ago
You can attach context to the errors though. It's only really a pain when writing libraries as you have to be so specific about your error types, etc. Overall, it's probably still the "least bad" option compared to other
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by nivenkos 6y ago
It's not about "how good we have it", it's about logical compensation policies. I literally just left my job today, because they refused to give me a raise due to my location (and pay level). I got a much better offer in
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by nivenkos 6y ago
The biggest tell IMO is that you still can't buy many things with Bitcoin. The transactions are extremely slow, and Steam etc. have even stopped accepting Bitcoin payments. Then where does the value come from? Sure there's a base
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by nivenkos 6y ago
How do you ensure quality work? Companies could already use freelancers on other platforms in many cases, but the main issue is ensuring the work is completed and to a high standard.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
> There's a shocking number of people high up in UK tech influence circles who got there solely by networking, holding events and being on the peripheries of successful startups Like Boris Johnson's lover.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Yeah, it should be completely unacceptable. As you get older you realise how valuable your time is. You only get one life, you aren't saving up or learning more to make your next one easier, you get old and that's it. Having that
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Literally like Shrek: "Some of you may lose your weekends, but that's a price I'm willing to pay..."
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by nivenkos 6y ago
EU salaries are also given before taxes. Have you worked in the EU?
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Do they pay those salaries in Europe? Because European salaries are usually 1/3 of the US rate.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
And this is even more true when using columnar databases.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Bit of a shame there's no Rust dev room.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
vopono - a tool to run individual applications through VPN connections on Linux: https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono I wrote it based on some scripts I had, and then added Wireguard support and configuration generation.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
I loved the Acer Aspire One. It was perfect for programming on the train.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Yeah, the first and last points are the worst IMO. The others could be worked around maybe, but as long as it takes 3+ hours to carry out a transaction, and the resource requirements for partaking in the network are ever-increasing, I just
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by nivenkos 6y ago
At least with Visa, etc. I can complete a transaction within 3 hours...
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Real estate inflation is the real driver behind practical inflation all over the world though. Real estate bubble -> High deposits for house purchases -> High rents -> Effective inflation Most governments don't include real es
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Do you own a house though? My worry is what happens when we hit ages 50-80 and the ageism in Tech hits us hard. Without a house, retirement is a pipe dream. And houses are incredibly expensive.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
It all boils down to the "reserve army of labour". If you're replaceable and there aren't many better options then you can be pressured to work longer hours. Unfortunately automation is just increasing that "reserve
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Other countries (e.g. Spain and Germany) have a lot more bureaucracy and fees around starting a company.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
I worked for one of the companies listed from the start of explosive growth from ~100 employees to 1000+. It was really fun. Some of the later PMs were toxic (I wouldn't say it's much better in large enterprises though), but it wa
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Or a news aggregator that only accepts links to pages with the same restriction.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
It loaded in under 200ms for me?

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