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by sghiassy 4y ago
As a public transit advocate, I have to say the sheer expansive distance between cities on the West Coast makes it ill suited for rail.
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by sghiassy 4y ago
The bigger the circle of the known - the larger the contact area with the unknown. Ignorance is bliss ;)
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by sghiassy 4y ago
I’m a 40 year old male without children. Doesn’t bother me at all. I guess it’s a matter of perspective.
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by sghiassy 4y ago
It’s like a boatcar. A boat and a car, rolled into one. What could go wrong
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by sghiassy 4y ago
Thanks for the link
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by sghiassy 4y ago
Correct. I believe you. But somehow that’s not what happening to the population as a whole. My guess, is the mere fact you’re on HN means you’re separate from the population writ large
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by sghiassy 4y ago
I’m all for engagement in news, world events and deliberate conversations. Social media seems different in that increased feed engagement (read: revenue) for these companies can be to feed into insecurities. That’s not informational, that’s
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by sghiassy 5y ago
This question seems to have an implicit assumption that buying a house is a superior investment than other investment vehicles. I believe it's been shown that investing in equities outperforms housing historically.
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by sghiassy 5y ago
Can this principle of silence be applied to emails/txts? Seems like in the context of emails, silence is just ghosting, and is unprofessional. (Hope I’m wrong)
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by sghiassy 5y ago
Know of any resources that do accomplish the goal of starting from scratch? I’d be interested
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by sghiassy 5y ago
How is reading a library’s source code FASTER than StackOverflow?
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by sghiassy 5y ago
I’ve really focused on eating when I’m actually hungry - not just bored or anxious.
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by sghiassy 5y ago
OMFG!!!! I’m so excited… let’s go!!!!!!!
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by sghiassy 6y ago
Reading code is one of the truly under appreciated skills in the software industry
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by sghiassy 6y ago
Nice
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by sghiassy 6y ago
People like working with others with whom they like. Being a smart-asshole, by contrast, is a difficult way to get ahead. Being funny is one way to be like able
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by sghiassy 6y ago
I switched roles in my company after being put in a role that was more firefighter than thinker. Some people like that work. I didn’t
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by sghiassy 6y ago
I’d recommend searching for an addiction therapist. Most will revolve around alcoholism, but there are many that specialize in more general forms of addiction.
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by sghiassy 7y ago
I was thinking filling it would be faster, but unloading the sand they way they did, scoop by scoop, seemed like it’d be slower. Also, I was thinking that if they used containers they wouldn’t need to clean the ship (or at least not to food
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by sghiassy 7y ago
Anyone know why these types of ships don’t use the standard 20/40ft containers like regular cargo ships?
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by sghiassy 7y ago
For all of the various current cultural movements of acceptance - accepting night owls (and not thinking they’re just lazy) - is sorely missing.
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by sghiassy 7y ago
DIY Cas9 Crisper DNA Kit: http://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/ Not affiliated with the company. Just amazed at how accessible that tech is becoming.
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by sghiassy 7y ago
Outside of Pokémon and Ingress - interacting with AR through a tiny phone screen still seems gimmicky and only mildly helpful. Kinda feels like AR needs smart glasses to be adopted culturally before it has its moment. Thoughts?
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by sghiassy 7y ago
What is the definition of ‘existential crisis’ in this context?
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by sghiassy 8y ago
I’m a Mac user. But I wish the project the best of luck!!! The proliferation of powerful terminals on all platforms is a blessing for all devs!
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by sghiassy 8y ago
Just for contrast, I buy the same coffee every week.
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by sghiassy 8y ago
+1
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by sghiassy 8y ago
Fully agree. A monolithic architecture works for most cases but not ALL cases. Large engineering orgs are one such usecase where the monolithic architecture starts to become less appropriate.
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by sghiassy 8y ago
They have a monorepo - not monolithic app.
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by sghiassy 8y ago
In my experience I’ve seen good productivity out of a monolithic architecture up to 50 developers. Have others seen the monolithic architecture scale higher?

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