overcode

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by overcode 7y ago
There are people in the industry who - know what they are talking about - have presence on social media It's just that their numbers are incredibly low relative to the bullshitters and they don't label themselves as influencers.
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by overcode 7y ago
Thanks. Getting started is a hurdle - I often look at an interesting project on github and find it difficult to identify what can be improved.
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Ask HN: What is your best advice to devs who want to contribute to open source?
2 points by overcode 7y ago|3 comments
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by overcode 7y ago
Oh sure, but that's why you have the context. My point is that the time gap between a tool like this becoming technically possible and someone executing it successfully will be incredibly small. So the chances of the current moment in
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by overcode 7y ago
If we could, we would have. But we haven't, so we can't.
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by overcode 7y ago
I understand where you coming from but I don't think that a politician's apparent knowledge about a subject is a good indicator of how good their decisions regarding this subject will be.
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by overcode 7y ago
Of course it doesn't. My point is that even if you have knowledge about technology/science, that's completely irrelevant when you then go on to support and represent people who actively ignore science/expertise and have
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by overcode 7y ago
Someone's education or knowledge of technology is a bad indicator of how competent they would be in decision making.
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by overcode 7y ago
A libertarian republican from Kentucky... while your answer might be technically correct, I really don't think that this is the rare gem of a politician that OP is looking for.
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by overcode 7y ago
That doesn't address the question at all.
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by overcode 7y ago
Very often these personal efforts are simply virtue signalling or a way for people to feel better about themselves. Doesn't mean that you should be wasteful with your resources or actively damage your environment but please, don't
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by overcode 7y ago
Not sure what data you expect to see. People generally don't publish their discriminatory lending and insurance policies. Or do you think that the statement that it's profitable might be incorrect?
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Ask HN: What are your favorite software products to use and why?
2 points by overcode 7y ago|1 comments
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by overcode 7y ago
People fall into the trap of expecting otherwise, because otherwise is easier. MOOC are often used as a shortcut rather than a legitimate way to learn about a subject.
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by overcode 7y ago
Based on my experience, apart from a handful (really a handful) of open courses by elite universities (e.g. Harvard's Stats 110), the vast majority of online courses are garbage - low quality of content, insufficient coverage of the ma
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by overcode 7y ago
If an employer needs to see a resume first and what you apply with is not a resume, you won't even get past the first and most basic filter of the hiring process. There is no good reason to ever do this.
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by overcode 7y ago
The time and place for those is the interview stage.
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by overcode 7y ago
Any arguments against storing your bookmarks in your browser of choice?
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by overcode 8y ago
Yes. Casino house games are set up in a way that the player is guaranteed to be losing in the long run (all of the player's decisions have negative expected value). So maybe trading is more similar to poker because in both of them it&#
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by overcode 8y ago
Not only that you can - you have to do this to make better decisions. It's called focusing and everyone does it all the time.