shermanyo

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by shermanyo 10y ago
Backing up what you said here, I've played a few online games with (at times) abusive communities (DotA, Overwatch), and in my experience: - Games go for 30-60 minutes on average, and generally have a clear winner by the halfway point.
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by shermanyo 10y ago
This has popped up a couple of times and I never got around to confirming either way. I always went to the trouble of syncing to rule it out before moving on. (sometimes annoying on an isolated test network) Thanks for taking the time to li
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Hahahahaha, 6 media corporations? Six? I wish! Name just one (in Australia) that isn't owned by Murdoch or Fairfax :P
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Just a head's up: Presto was owned by FoxTel, and was shut down this month. Stan seems to be a good competitor, but that's only comparing it to the Australian Netflix library. I'm of the opinion that all competition has done
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by shermanyo 10y ago
At the end of the day, my biggest reason is that few of those work/look/act/configure the same as they did 10 years ago, and will undoubtedly change how they work/look/act/configure in the future. This isn&#x27
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Your question specifically called out 'learning' as opposed to 'focus', so I'm going to offer a slightly different take to what I've read below. (all great advice, especially daily management) I've found t
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Agree with everything on this list, especially the focus on rest, and walking on breaks (physical distraction vs mental). I've found the latter especially helps to 'reset' when I start to get a bit fuzzy. I think its a combin
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I'm curious if some of the dissonance comes from basing everything off the root note of the key, rather than each chord in a phrase? I'd be interested to hear the results on a piece following this algorithm in comparison.
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by shermanyo 10y ago
> I have made many mistakes since, just never the same mistake. And with the years I take better and better precautions, scale horizontally, test backup restores etc. But mistakes still happen, just don't panic, and don't try t
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by shermanyo 10y ago
thanks for sharing :) its great when an 'unscheduled verification of backups' goes well ;)
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by shermanyo 10y ago
oh wow, number 2 was amazing. I know the exact feeling. That (well deserved) condescending "just-for-you" protection, then the sheepish admission that "I did it again anyway, I'm so sorry" :P
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by shermanyo 10y ago
ouch!
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by shermanyo 10y ago
any of those will do nicely haha. thanks for sharing :)
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I've heard some horror stories from mates working in data centers, where a simple route or firewall change knocks out a huge number of customers :/
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by shermanyo 10y ago
We had a pair of VMs that switched hostnames in DNS at one point. (ie. the hostname 'test-1' resolved to the VM with the image named 'test-2') someone would inevitably restart the wrong one from the VM host, thinking it
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by shermanyo 10y ago
There should be a name specifically for this, like "VM Host Archaeology"
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by shermanyo 10y ago
> 10 years later, I was still getting svn blame based questions "about this code you wrote (in -r 6)" That's fantastic haha
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by shermanyo 10y ago
oh wow, I've done this before too, multiple times. Deleting _all_ the backups instead of a specific one is a heart stopping moment...
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I love these sort of threads for exactly this reason. I always seem to walk away with a better understanding of some tool I've used for years.
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Ask HN: We've all been there, what was your big stuff up?
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I see it as mistaking software for the subject. I'd guess a lot of people think the above, when they actually want "software that makes _them_ more efficient." For example, it may be more efficient for the software to break u
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by shermanyo 10y ago
This is really interesting to me, how different people view programming at a conceptual level. My current view (it changes every couple of years) is that as a skillset, programming is primarily based on planning and management, most akin to
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I think people are dismissing / overlooking your comment, but I've seen exactly this time and time again. Anecdotally: I developed a drinking problem in my first few years of work, which I used to deal with anxiety and depression
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I love the idea of the touchbar (that is, I'd get an external keyboard with one if it had the Fn keys too...). I can think of a lot of uses for it, though maybe not making full use of the display capabilities. When I first saw it, I im
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Really? It sounds like a good fit to me, maybe I'm missing something?
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I love this question! I'm a DevOps engineer who came to my role through a combination of test automation and test network management, and a keen interest in tinkering with technology stacks. I love what I do and can't recommend it
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by shermanyo 10y ago
Just a heads up, in case you haven't seen it. Go has pretty nice handling of pipes for certain use cases. HTH http://blog.ralch.com/tutorial/golang-command-line-pipes/
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by shermanyo 10y ago
My guess is the "whiteboard interview" morphed over time and lost track of the initial intent and value. I bet initially, code wasn't a focal point. Hiring for a position that _requires_ an understanding of certain algorithms
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I feel really bad for Dropbox and the reaction this got. I'm probably ignorant to a lot of issues minorities face, so excuse me if I appear insensitive to any particular group, that is definitely not my intent. I saw the photo and my f
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by shermanyo 10y ago
I strongly believe that everyone could write useful, nontrivial programs: - in a domain that they understand - if given suitable tools I've seen musicians do things I couldn't begin to draft an implementation of, thanks to domain-

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