octorian

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by octorian 6y ago
I think whether someone is a 1x or 10x developer can depend a lot on what it is that they're working on. If its a codebase they're intimately familiar with, in an environment where they have a fair amount of experience, they can v
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by octorian 6y ago
One big area where open source unfortunately falls flat is end user application software. In this market, proprietary applications do add real value. Unfortunately, there isn't a very good business model to fund developers to work on s
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by octorian 6y ago
> I'm also frustrated because most people probably don't know how math really is like. People just see it as nerdy word problems As far as I can tell, its just bad comedians who do this. But they do it frequently enough that it
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by octorian 6y ago
But the people in charge are often oblivious to this situation, because it feels to them like everyone is in the loop. Mostly because "the loop" has been happening for a long time as a side-effect of people overhearing conversatio
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by octorian 6y ago
> i.e. the conversations between other colleagues that you overhear, as well as the 'waterfountain' chat. Never underestimate the value of these conversations. Often, this simple ability to "overhear" others is EXACTL
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by octorian 6y ago
> This may be the case if a significant number of business decisions are done in side conversations. You probably need some tooling such as a chat app, video conferencing software etc and a process where important business decisions are
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by octorian 7y ago
No, they still have to be constantly reminded.
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by octorian 7y ago
Perhaps, but it doesn't necessarily translate so directly. When a kid's academic achievement is significantly caused by their parents constantly putting daily active pressure on them, the removal of that pressure can cause them to
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by octorian 7y ago
Lack of search is just a lack of a locally-implementable feature. There's really no security reason why it would be more difficult. Transferring to a new device, on the other hand, does get somewhat more complicated. For ease of use, t
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by octorian 7y ago
What I think is most notable about this article is that they go out of their way to point out how its significantly more difficult to roll out all these "user nicety" features everyone expects, when you live in a world where you
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by octorian 7y ago
They definitely don't know what end to end encryption is FTFY Seriously, look at the comments on any discussion about some app deploying end-to-end encryption, or having any sort of security issue/change. Its clear that most peo
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by octorian 7y ago
> Full Linux kernel recompile went from 15-20 minutes to less than 5 minutes. We had a similar jump going from the 486 to the Pentium. I distinctly recall a Linux kernel compile being a 45-60 minute adventure on a 486DX2-66, but only 5
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by octorian 7y ago
I'd be interested in a format that can replace TIFF, without the files being quite so enormous. However, it seems like all the FLIF tools are assuming you're coming from PNG-land.
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by octorian 7y ago
You can still get the good autofocus, good metering, good shutter speeds, and image stabilization with 35mm film. You just need to pick up a Nikon F100 or F6, and slap on a modern F-mount VR lens. Of course to get better resolution, you nee
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by octorian 7y ago
Its my understanding that the company you think of as Eastman Kodak is still the one who is actually making the film. Meanwhile, Kodak Alaris is handling the marketing and distribution side of things for still photo film (while the Rocheste
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by octorian 7y ago
On the desktop, especially if the Email is even slightly suspicious? Always. On mobile, it's somehow a lot more difficult and user unfriendly.
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by octorian 7y ago
> Also, dating sites should facilitate meeting, not pen-pals or “virtual” phony “relationships.” This. So much this. Above all else. Playing the whole game of an online back-and-forth "relationship" before the first meeting is
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by octorian 7y ago
I think a big part of it is that he goes out of his way to explain everything relevant, and to not gloss over any details. Most other people doing similar would gloss over those details without even realizing it.
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by octorian 7y ago
Yeah, the more necessary you feel the job to be, the worse the nerves are. Many years ago I was desperate to escape my job to one better suited to my skills. Did fine on the phone screens. However, the nervousness of the whole in-person int
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by octorian 7y ago
This sounds like EXACTLY what Sun's SunRay thin clients used to do, back when the rest of the *nix world seemed completely oblivious to this whole "hot-desking" concept.
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by octorian 7y ago
> such as when first logging in to your system in the morning This is what the article is talking about, but completely misses in its involved complaints. The best password manager in the world will NOT help you actually login to the com
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by octorian 7y ago
Somehow this reminds me of a problem my father (who is a doctor) has often complained about. Basically IT shitheads enforcing their policies on ALL computers in the hospital, including those used in operating rooms. So that means things lik
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by octorian 7y ago
> I'm strongly against creating interfaces for non-library (not shared) code, that will only ever have one concrete implementation. Even if it does, for a mild behavior change or a test implementation, the simple fact that Java meth
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by octorian 7y ago
And I'm still waiting for Tesla to actually make/sell a CCS adapter for their cars (at least from my perspective, being in the US). That being said, the supercharger network currently does a much better job of meeting my actual ne
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by octorian 7y ago
Getting rid of single-use plastic would help. However, the "War on Plastic Straws" pisses me off to no end. (Especially since its often done along-side a plethora of needlessly single-use plastic to the point that its just a PR ge
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by octorian 7y ago
When you read the rules for what you're allowed to put in that recycling bin, its a tiny fraction of your actual waste. That, combined with the fact that not everyone putting waste from your house into those bins is going to read the r
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by octorian 7y ago
Its possible they did, but were so locked into a prescribed way of using the product that they never ran into the sort of bug an "untrained" user would hit in the first 2 minutes of product use. (Of course its also possible they d
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by octorian 7y ago
This is why I always worry when some company thinks its okay to launch a v1.0 product directly to a massive userbase, starting from entirely internal testing. There are so many cases you simply cannot or will not adequately test internally,
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by octorian 7y ago
Monitoring user conversations about your product is absolutely critical, IMHO. Even if you don't directly interact with them, just seeing their chatter can be invaluable. Often times you, as the developer, will spot clues among their r
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by octorian 7y ago
> Companies used to do this with focus groups and beta testers. Even with beta testing, you still run into serious bugs that are completely unknown until the code hits production. There's far more diversity in the runtime environmen

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