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by paloaltokid 7y ago
This happened almost 7 years ago, so it's not exactly news. Also, she was killed by a delivery van. Literally all delivery vans carry packages from Amazon. So there's some causality implied that's just really off the mark.
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by paloaltokid 7y ago
I've heard it said as: "if you do it once, it's a mistake. If you do it twice, it's jazz."
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by paloaltokid 7y ago
I liked this article. It seems like these guys are seeking some peace of mind during big time life stress. It seems like they might enjoy meditating?
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Ask HN: Best Games for Seniors over 90?
1 points by paloaltokid 7y ago|1 comments
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by paloaltokid 7y ago
For anyone interested, Christopher Alexander was a huge influence on Ward Cunningham and Kent Beck. You can draw a fairly straight line from Alexander's ideas to new stuff like wiki, Extreme Programming, design patterns, refactoring, e
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by paloaltokid 7y ago
Frank Lloyd Wright kinda-sorta has similar values. But for sure in a much different way than Alexander.
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by paloaltokid 7y ago
That's a SUPER book. Everyone in software should read it. The primary expense in software is long-term maintenance, not initial construction. Stewart Brand also made a video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqf
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
Almost - Marqeta’s offering is more advanced and mature. I don’t doubt that this is causing some waves there though. Stripe is now a very serious competitor of theirs.
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
If you’re looking for real-time API hooks, as far as I know only Marqeta has this offering.
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
Yes, Marqeta provides this - they call it JIT funding.
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
Fret not! Based on your tastes you may enjoy these: * Won't You Be My Neighbor? * Sorry to bother you * Leave No Trace * Eight Grade * The Rider
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
A family member who's been an electrical engineer for many decades made an interesting observation: the United States industrialized China. When labor got too expensive in the US, manufacturing moved overseas. Capital became available
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
Yeah, that’s the thing. As programmers we often forget that we only exist to support the business. Code comes and goes, but we wouldn’t have jobs if the business didn’t exist.
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
> branching my database This sounds like a great product idea! Someone please do this. :)
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
> My point being that if you let the database, not the code, be the source of truth, the benefits multiply. I know it seems like a revelation to many but this should be something beyond an axiom. Code is ephemeral, data is the only thi
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
Wow, that was very informative and interesting. Definitely worth a read. Thanks!
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
That is the story of the labor movement. Skilled laborers were more effective at pushing for change because they could not easily be replaced.
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by paloaltokid 8y ago
I used to drive that section of the coast all the time. I remember passing the Martin's Beach sign often and thinking it was kind of neat. Then one weekend, I drive by and it's a big black ugly box. I thought "that's str
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
I think you may be overthinking this a little, or applying philosophical reasoning where it doesn't quite make sense. If someone writes a book about me, that has nothing to do with me, even if the person who writes the book claims to k
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
Yep! I think modern fundamentalist Christians are actually more disciples of Paul than they are Christ.
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
That's a great question and one that I'm not really qualified to answer. It's a huge theological topic, though. In my own life, I don't identify as a Christian anymore but I continue to draw inspiration from Christ'
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
As a former Christian, I don't think we have any real idea what Christ (the historical figure) actually believed. For instance, I never recall learning that Christ wanted a church to be established with a Vatican, a pope, cardinals, et
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
I think the parent is talking about the people in the "ism" of Buddhism, not the Buddha himself. I think it's similar in Christianity. We have no idea what Christ believed, but his followers sure have had some regressive atti
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
I’m not up on my history - where is this? EDIT: oh. Are you saying Afghanistan?
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
I am a practicing Buddhist and have been for more than a decade. This is complete and utter bullshit and a total misunderstanding of the teaching. You can be detached and still saddened by what you see in the world. Non attachment is not th
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
I respectfully disagree. I had family members killed by the Nazis and I care about the swastika being reclaimed, at least in the sense that it should be common knowledge that it was a misappropriated religious symbol. For some folks, the un
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
You’re getting downvotes but I think it’s unwarranted. The swastika has a deep and significant history; it would be worthwhile for everyone interested in WW2 history to understand this misappropriated symbol. I don’t know that it makes a di
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
The best way to learn in my opinion is to find someone who knows more than you and have them be your mentor. You don't even have to ask them directly, though many people I think are glad to teach. Identify someone at your work or schoo
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
It depends. I work professionally with Fortune 500 companies and for many of them mainframes are here to stay. It’s true that many of them wish to modernize and move away from mainframes; but they don’t want to get rid of them entirely.
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by paloaltokid 9y ago
Most of the worlds largest enterprises run tons of this legacy cobol mainframe stuff. They solve really hard problems using this technology and we would be wise not to be dismissive but instead to learn.

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