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by robswc 3y ago
>Anyone who agrees with any of the 3 sentiments, what is the justification backing up your belief? Do you feel the general cynicism/dismissiveness is justifiable? >While most junior level dev work is easily automatable, mid-senio
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by robswc 3y ago
True. It's a balancing act but often times goes way too far and hurts innocent people. One of the most memorable examples: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-ove... I don't think
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by robswc 3y ago
Had a similar experience with Discord. Absolutely impossible to just get in touch with someone that can fix a problem. Friend of mine had their account hacked and it was actively spreading the virus to other users. It has been 2 months an
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by robswc 3y ago
I think its certainly a matter of when, not if robo-cars are capable of driving as good as/better than human. Sooner, rather than later too. That said, totally agree. SF seems like the worst place to pilot this, for so many reasons.
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by robswc 3y ago
Don't forget the trash trucks setting down dumpsters. Not that I blame them, no other way really but gave me a heart attack every time.
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by robswc 3y ago
Why do people take such low pay for making sandwiches? Genuine question, because doesn't that just lower wages for everyone and sorta peg the value of a sandwich maker to being $X/hr?
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by robswc 3y ago
The DC metro is also used by lots of "elite" types. The problem is nobody does anything because nobody else cares enough, tbh. Nobody cares enough to call the police because they know the police won't do anything. The police
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by robswc 3y ago
>If it took you ~10 minutes to get to the store, it's probably ~2 miles by car I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but its closer to 7. Speed limit is 70 mph for most of the drive, haha. Even if it was 2 miles, that's gonna b
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by robswc 3y ago
Not OP, my issue with public transport is mostly the "public" part. At least on the DC metro, its not uncommon to see people getting harassed and MPD doing nothing about it. I've personally seen a drunk man pissing in the c
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I haven't seen too much of an effect on remote salaries. I only really see the difference for really high profile jobs or jobs in places like SF or Seattle where cost of living is insane so they have to comp you for that. All the remo
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by robswc 3y ago
Community College is awesome and should be encouraged more. Too many people seem to fall prey to these "resort-style" universities where the education quality might be marginally better but not worth the 2-4x price difference.
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by robswc 3y ago
I know google is king of bad UI/UX but this is almost comical. Utterly unusable.
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What are the reasons one would shop at Amazon Fresh vs somewhere else? I've never been, so just wondering the edge.
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by robswc 3y ago
Unfortunate but I also like the idea of taxis more. What I would love more than anything is little box type vans that can transport you all the way from coast to coast. I know that's a long ways away but still fun to think about. Als
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Wow, ton of nice things for a mid-year update! Really love jetbrains IDEs.
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by robswc 3y ago
Not terribly on topic but I truly don't understand how people can smoke unless it's just a genetics thing? Smoke smells and tastes awful. I know the addiction is pretty much the answer but I don't get how people don't h
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by robswc 3y ago
Exactly. I don't know why people seem to sleep on hybrid. Some days going into the office works better, other days WFH is better. If we just finished scoping out a project and I have dozens of programming hours, I'm def going to
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by robswc 3y ago
That's fair. I guess it comes down to routines. I love being able to wake up, walk to the gym (like 2 min away) do my exercise and be home, shower and sitting ready to work all in under an hour. 15 min walk would be 30 min of decent
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by robswc 3y ago
>How mini are we talking? I've seen some tiny ones! Size of a bucket haha. It just does steam. There's also an option to have a tent-like thing you sit in but I find it works better if I just pipe it into the shower and I can
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by robswc 3y ago
I think it comes down to the person and their discipline. Ultimately, I do get more coding done at home. However, being surrounded by colleges and a "business" atmosphere motivates me to actually do the coding, its hard to explai
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by robswc 3y ago
That's fair, honestly gives you an advantage that you enjoy it. For me, anytime I'm commuting I feel is time I could be doing almost literally _anything_ else. My secret to getting away (its not forced though, lol) is a mini saun
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by robswc 3y ago
It's weird. I feel like you can get more done at an office at times... but then there's also a lot of downtime. Also the commute is always killer. I honestly believe people work better when they get dressed and have some routine
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by robswc 3y ago
Yep. Same for the military industrial complex, unfortunately.
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by robswc 3y ago
Sure... but timing is a big factor here. Vine was basically TikTok but for whatever reason didn't catch on the same. If its just a twitter clone that can be viable for a lot of people but if you do the "big announcement" and
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Tbh its a weird launch. Seems it still wasn't ready. I guess they wanted to push it out while it was at "peak-hype" but I have a real feeling of "now what?" when going on there. Can't look at companies and ce
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Seems a bit clickbait to me. At any rate, the AI should be judged not on individual cases but on if its predictions are more accurate than what it replaced.
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Given that we've gone from 0 computers to computers running our world in under 100 years, I don't see how any potential contact with aliens would be anything we could even comprehend at this point.
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>but I suppose $55 million will more than cover it At this point, I don't know if that's such a safe bet when you find governments managing to spend millions on a single toilet, lol. I agree though, they're probably makin
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For sure. I've tried it (not that I had to go on there often) but it doesn't really help. It will just make _everything_ tiny and weird, lol.
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>What boosted your confidence as a new programmer? That you don't have to know everything and if you're dealing with legit people, they'll be totally find with that and even expect it. Trying to lie and say you know everyt

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