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by rhines 4y ago
While it's hard to shift, as long as you're making an effort it's fine. If you slip up from time to time, especially early on, that's understandable. But eventually you should learn it. You were willing to call them by w
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by rhines 4y ago
Yeah, not saying it's a simple camera, but the AF system is simpler.
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by rhines 4y ago
There are issues with AF, but that goes for Sony and Canon flagships as well. Overall, Nikon probably still is third in AF performance, but it's a very, very close third with the Z9. You do however need to know how to use the camera. A
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by rhines 4y ago
Also can change with what focus point is used, distance to the subject, focal length (for a zoom). It's a huge source of frustration, and while mirrorless cameras aren't perfect at this, they're so much better than DSLRs. I d
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by rhines 4y ago
While I also only completed an undergraduate degree, I did spend a few semesters doing research with a professor and ended up being co-author on a paper with him. Doing a first paper without the guidance of a researcher in the field would b
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by rhines 4y ago
Can we not treat Hacker News like some Reddit thread, making low effort political jokes in an attempt to curry upvotes? If that's not what you were doing, and instead were being serious, then do note that Canadians ape American culture
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by rhines 4y ago
Maybe we're just in different circles, or perhaps have different definitions of system design, but that's not been my experience. Usually I see developers being very excited about system design and quite good at understanding syst
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by rhines 4y ago
On the other hand, iMessage is a vastly inferior user experience to Messages, WhatsApp, or Discord. Which is why I leave it disabled, despite having an iPhone. I leave group chats and media sharing to the platforms that are built for it, an
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by rhines 5y ago
Oh neat, thanks! I'll have to practice that a bit, but definitely see it coming in handy.
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by rhines 5y ago
I'm not sure what the dissonance is? It's much easier to cheat in that sort of interview process than it is to cheat in a more free-form discussion interview. Of course you can simply lie in the latter, but assuming the interviewe
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by rhines 5y ago
Even the mini is too large to use with one hand unless you have very large hands. Probably half of American men and the majority of women are not able to use their thumb to reach the top and bottom of the screen while holding the phone in o
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by rhines 5y ago
Even if you hire an accountant, it's what, $1000? This reminds me of the argument (always given by people in HCoL areas) that it's not bad to earn less in LCoL areas because you might get paid 50% less, but also rent is 50% less.
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by rhines 5y ago
Perhaps health insurance costs FAANG employees several hundred thousand dollars, but if it doesn't then it's hard to imagine it being better elsewhere. In my part of Canada, a decent dev salary for a new grad is about 45k USD. Aft
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by rhines 5y ago
Same thing you do with knowledge of more people having died in anything, say "damn, that sucks" and continue living your life, unless you're in a position to do more than that. As for the mortality rates of bubonic plague and
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by rhines 5y ago
Eh, just because it has the pixels doesn't mean it has the resolution. Often 1080p content from high quality systems still looks more detailed than 4k content from smartphones, even fairly modern smartphones, as the pixels can only rec
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by rhines 5y ago
Yeah I used the SE for years till it started failing internally. No case or screen protector, dropping it was never a concern because it was small enough to firmly hold in one hand. Have the 12 Mini now which is the next smallest phone, but
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by rhines 5y ago
I honestly don't know how people use new Reddit. On my 2017 laptop with a quadcore i7, SSD, and 16GB RAM, using Ubuntu 16.04 and either Chrome or Firefox, and with a 100Mb/s fiber connection, it just loads glacially slow and cause
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by rhines 5y ago
I suspect it very much is a practical skill. I'd be shocked if genetics are the sole determinant in your wit - surely other aspects such as linguistic ability, social skills, knowledge of pop culture, confidence, etc. all contribute to
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by rhines 5y ago
Indeed, this seems a little misleading (or perhaps I have too broad a view of deliberate practice). The submission talks about learning to ride a bike by first gliding for short periods, then longer periods, then pedalling. Is this not deli
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by rhines 5y ago
IMO if you want to end the commercialization of content, targeting copyright is not the most effective route. Big players will still be able to use their power to ensure that they have control over distribution, and will continue to profit
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by rhines 5y ago
Sure, but a big company can absolutely find some little-known creator's work, spin off their own products with it, and use their size to absolutely dominate search results, marketing, and distribution. While it may no longer be legally
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by rhines 5y ago
CLI for EC2 works for me, but not ELB.
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by rhines 5y ago
The challenge with that is avoiding companies manipulating results. IMDB works reasonably well with thousands of people going on and rating any given movie - it's harder for a company to mess with those ratings because they'd need
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by rhines 5y ago
You're not going to find people doing unpaid work reviewing the best exercise bikes, or other expensive items. Very few people can afford to go out and buy 10-20 exercise bikes, and fewer still people can afford to do so every time a n
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by rhines 5y ago
Unfortunately Google would make the Gmail team very grumpy if they did this - Gmail's by far the worst offender in my experience. Every single time I open my email I have to remind myself to wait for a moment before clicking on my newe
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by rhines 5y ago
I'm not sure I see how arguing for goodness as an overarching quality promotes more discussion than arguing for goodness of various qualities. Perhaps you get more disagreement, as people who may agree about each individual quality wil
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by rhines 5y ago
Hmm, I'm not sure this necessarily follows. Just because we may not be able to concretely define what makes art "good", does not mean we can not discuss why we like it. If one person enjoys a piece because they appreciate the
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by rhines 5y ago
Hmm. I have trouble with this view. I don't deny that you can find beauty in things, and have tastes for things, but I question whether there's any value in assuming some objective standard for goodness, such that we can judge art
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by rhines 5y ago
The way you've phrased this is rather beautiful, in that it suggests that good art is art which matches the intent of the author. Some artists seek to recreate the world around them in great fidelity, and if they succeed in producing p
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by rhines 5y ago
Very true, was looking at the GP which was comparing bootcamps to college, and maintaining that thread. May not apply to the parent who did not mention bootcamps.

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