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by rlawson 2y ago
This is what makes HN great, thanks for your insight!
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Ask HN: Was Sun Microsystems the last respectable tech company?
39 points by rlawson 2y ago|62 comments
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by rlawson 2y ago
Well you are not wrong, but the problem is no job ever advertised for someone to create business value. They all advertise and gate keep for a specific set of tech skills. So you have to jump that hurdle to get to the real purpose of the jo
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by rlawson 2y ago
I don't like Oracle very much but I have to say I appreciate the rate at which Java has improved
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by rlawson 2y ago
My 6 yr olds favorite show, can be a little dark at times
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by rlawson 2y ago
It's an abomination but it does allow you to automate manual data entry with a decent UI. Then you get to maintain the brittle integration forever. Used a lot in banking, insurance, places with tons of manual processes.
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by rlawson 2y ago
Programming Windows - Petzold
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by rlawson 2y ago
I love niche software like this. I wish I still had my QuickTake but it vanished in a garage sale long ago :(
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by rlawson 2y ago
How neat! Thanks for sharing. Wish we could get back to everyday people being creators as well as consumers
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by rlawson 2y ago
I love Decker - it's a lot of fun. I also enjoy Wyldcard if you are looking for something with hypertalk scripting. https://github.com/defano/wyldcard
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by rlawson 2y ago
Great write up! I like the decision to keep deployment simple.
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by rlawson 3y ago
Same!
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by rlawson 3y ago
This is nice! I was using the Arrays.asList trick but I like your syntax better
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by rlawson 3y ago
This is great! I wish this had been out a few years ago when I was changing jobs. For some reason even though there are a ton of Java jobs - you have to go through recruiters (maybe more old school industries).
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by rlawson 3y ago
Ha! I have a son who is a radiologist and what docs have to go through makes the worst sprint of your life look like a walk in the park. And they train that hard for years . Patients can die if he messes up. The worst thing when I mess up
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by rlawson 3y ago
In this case I turn to economics. As a hiring manager with remote positions I can hire devs for less money or get tons more candidates for the same money. That means employees put a real monetary value on the benefit of working remote. I tr
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by rlawson 3y ago
Agree! I also find Pascal very soothing to write. Yes it's a little more verbose than C but it makes you think ahead and stay organized.
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by rlawson 3y ago
The most underrated IDE there is
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Ask HN: Anyone else migrating off VMware?
3 points by rlawson 3y ago|2 comments
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by rlawson 3y ago
Agree 100%. Went down the rabbit hole of reasonable cross platform UI frameworks and for me Lazarus/FPC won
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by rlawson 3y ago
I'm investigating free pascal and Lazarus to see if viable multiplatform UI framework. Certainly much smaller binaries
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by rlawson 3y ago
Definitely for desktop development. I have been looking into Lazarus/Freepascal for some internal utilities. Pros: Small binaries with minimal dependencies, type safe language, great GUI builder/IDE, Looks much better than tkinter
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by rlawson 3y ago
Python and esp Django are great for rapid prototypes but larger projects I find the performance and structure of Java easier for a large team. Maybe things get a lot better in the future as type hints get more widely used with Python? My co
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by rlawson 3y ago
I am working my way through "Oh! Pascal!" and "Learn to program using Lazarus" as a meditative exercise. I am 25 years in and had Pascal in college. Mainly code Java and Python to put food on the table (and manage a bunc
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by rlawson 3y ago
Yes I had the exact same question. Philosophically I like Go better but I worry in practice that Java has me spoiled
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by rlawson 3y ago
100% agree!
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Ask HN: Will compute power be limited by regulation due to AI threat?
1 points by rlawson 3y ago|2 comments
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by rlawson 3y ago
100%. Heck I coded up a system that printed footage marks along the side of industrial coated material using qbasic interfacing to an industrial printer via the joystick port on a 386! No internet so I used the help system constantly. Event
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by rlawson 3y ago
Standing desk first - since that's quick - just spend money Then realized also way out of shape * Did some yoga to help with back pain * Jogged to lose weight * Added basic exercise program for overall strengthening (super si
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by rlawson 3y ago
Standing desk, stretching, jogging and losing weight Some pushups/situps/barbells Have done some yoga classes when things were really bad

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