shermantanktop

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by shermantanktop 3y ago
It was developed with the happiness of a particular type of programmer in mind. No matter how much Ruby I learned, my experience had more irritation than joy. I had many experiences where a Ruby fan would condescendingly explain why a fric
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
Did you previously get a new-customer discount on a previous order? What promotions are in effect? Are you eligible for that promotion based on your location or customer type? Are there bundle discounts that can apply? If you build an or
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
Maybe they should be working on reliable management of multiple HN accounts.
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
Not a manager. But from what I have seen, effective managers need to play several games at once, in an intentional, balanced way. It’s easy to say “oh, I won’t be petty or political,” but being effective means a certain amount of jostling
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
How about this: in your restatement, "the market" appears to be a neutral objective weighing function that tells the truth regardless of how uncomfortable that truth might be. But "the market" is often a personification
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
As a left coaster, I’ve been hearing variations on “it doesn’t count until it happened in New York” for my entire life. That may not be what you intended, but that’s what it reminds me of.
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by shermantanktop 3y ago
I've used it to pull the audio off videos of live jazz performances, so I can run slow-down tools and play along to learn. I could do the same by recording the audio out of my laptop. That type of thing is not the majority use case fo