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by robbintt 4y ago
Only serving static assets and letting users bring their own compute is world changing.
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by robbintt 4y ago
It's based on your local library and current popularity.
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by robbintt 5y ago
I think most of the science back then was really bad, we just don't talk about it, which is exactly the parent post's point.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Yep - one of my classrooms in Ohio was in the old fallout shelter. I saw the signs with radioactive label every morning going into the building. The location is now demolished.
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by robbintt 5y ago
I use it, it's good. Thinking about tooling around the API. The tag cloud is nice. A tip, use the bookmarklets in your bookmark bar: https://pinboard.in/howto/
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by robbintt 5y ago
Although I am not a mathematician, and this article isn't actually about math, I had a realization in college that the entire number space really is stored between 0 and 1. In this space, 1 is actually 0 and 0 is infinity.
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by robbintt 5y ago
It sounds the same to an american english speaker without knowing a word of Russian since we can infer context and use the same farewell structure for the deceased.
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by robbintt 5y ago
I do like lists like this that remove the illusion of choice.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Agreed - people who employ dishonest tactics during negotiation should be left alone at the table. I have been in this situation in the past and it's always the right move to walk if they won't come to the table when you ask polit
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by robbintt 5y ago
I see your points.
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by robbintt 5y ago
A great many L7+ engineers definitely do. Ditto for career managers who don't implement day to day but do their best to keep up.
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by robbintt 5y ago
But if you hit the 3 dots it literally says "download image", and it's full size...
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by robbintt 5y ago
I believe that people have been exactly like us for tens or hundreds of generations.
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by robbintt 5y ago
I have exactly the same experience and daily practice. I use gel pens for comfort. I keep four journals for topics. My writing is terrible, but I have to keep up with thoughts.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Unfortunately this is not really specific advice. I was recently talking to a friend who wants to be a specialist nurse. There is no road to working as a specialist nurse for FAANG sized salaries. The buying power of the middle class in th
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by robbintt 5y ago
Endemic is not a social condition that people "accept". It means the virus is found at a baseline level without external inputs (wikipedia).
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by robbintt 5y ago
Ah the myth of the mediocre engineer. It’s always the other team at the other company, too. Those engineers sit in their open floor plans, designing reddit?
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by robbintt 5y ago
It's not true. I am literally reading "Refactoring" right now. It's very good.
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by robbintt 5y ago
If you consider a certain threshold of match interchangeable then it makes sense. You're going to have bad hires no matter what. Complaining about fixed-pie replacement because one is a minority is not acceptable. The hiring committee
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by robbintt 5y ago
> Considering that corporations are basically internally run like communist planned economies This is interesting not because of accuracy but because thinking of counter examples is really interesting. I don't study businesses much,
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by robbintt 5y ago
I used 1080p for 5 years with a 33 inch screen, it was very good. For 4 years I have used a 27-29 inch screen at 2k, that's incredible. I now use a 34" wide angle screen at 2k, which I find even better, since I have a bit more wi
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by robbintt 5y ago
Covid uses trunk based development.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Thanks, I was just thinking this month how I would like to write lisp without parens.
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by robbintt 5y ago
It's ridiculous to use age in this way.
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by robbintt 5y ago
> add a content warning Why did you jump to taking things offline?
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by robbintt 5y ago
In practice it isn't supposed to be like this. You should be working with your manager over 2 to 8 quarters or more to plan the promotion. The promotion will be won from a committee by your manager. The expectations should be clear.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Can you share some details? I have been trying to break into this. Much appreciated!
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by robbintt 5y ago
They don't. But we often put on a good show.
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by robbintt 5y ago
Actually, most HNWI capital growth is not taxed, ever. It is a mistake to think any meaningful percentage of the wealth is sold or transferred, except on a stepped up basis to descendants, who likewise will hold it indefinitely. This does
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by robbintt 5y ago
I love seeing these “old is new” blog posts from 16 years ago. Same game, same story, things have shifted around but not that much.

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