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by somsak2 3y ago
Tech isn't even close to being among the top sectors contributing to energy consumption
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by somsak2 3y ago
Problem is, they're still relying on oil in a truck to deliver those groceries. Guy in the suburb needs to turn their lawn into a full garden and become as self-sufficient as possible
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by somsak2 3y ago
timestamps at right need to be clickable.
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by somsak2 3y ago
check out the concept of NAIRU
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by somsak2 3y ago
Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, Oracle, Caterpillar, Booking, BlackRock, Progressive... not quite so unique. Progressive is by far the worst in this small selection, but I'm sure we could find even worse ones if we did a proper Fortune 500 au
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by somsak2 3y ago
Turns out, the link actually would help you learn instead of guessing!
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by somsak2 3y ago
> It'll dry up and be like it never happened in no time. With more rain slated for today and Sunday, and the fact that it ends on Monday, I wouldn't be so optimistic.
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by somsak2 3y ago
source?
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by somsak2 3y ago
what are you implying?
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by somsak2 3y ago
> to coin a song You're not coining a new phrase with that, you're just referencing an existing song. Coining would mean you created the song yourself. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin
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by somsak2 3y ago
> We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone paying attention. The ball feels a little gimmicky but otherwise in general I am in favor. The whole point of no laptops / standing &#x2F
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by somsak2 3y ago
>In school, you hand in your homework, get the feedback only after Christmas. Is this supposed to be a problem? Research says that delays in getting corrections are not all that important, you still end up learning even if there's a
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by somsak2 3y ago
The "flipped classroom" model has been around for quite a while https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom
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by somsak2 3y ago
I think your comment is misleading. Most fonts in use on the web today are actually proprietary and not open source. https://jichu4n.com/posts/the-most-popular-fonts-on-the-web-... -- Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Georgia, H
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by somsak2 3y ago
How is this making anything "worse for everyone else?" What are you doing to make "Oakland, or Richmond, or the kind of neighborhoods I can actually afford to live in" better?
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by somsak2 3y ago
This is a cool UI -- haven't seen the ability to add Cloze / regular Q&A style integrated in this way. A few things I've noticed: * during my first review the "Skip" and "Reveal" buttons didn't se
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by somsak2 3y ago
This stuff only works if market participants abide by the law, which we know they don't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L... The other issue you run into is cost of getting to competing
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by somsak2 3y ago
"A lot of people" don't have a Linux computer, and especially not a home server.
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by somsak2 3y ago
> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by somsak2 3y ago
right, just like you can change the provider of your hosting.
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by somsak2 3y ago
What a cynical take. For your own sake, I'd recommend looking for more positives in others.
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by somsak2 3y ago
I don't think it's subtle at all. Pick existing popular technologies / frameworks. If you like to gamble a bit, pick those that you see growing quickly. Invest time in learning new stuff (ideally, on an employer's dime)
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by somsak2 3y ago
The trick with these kinds of questions is to take a page from a politician's book and not answer it directly if you feel like you'd have to say "no". "I built X system in [somewhat adjacent domain]", "[hy
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by somsak2 3y ago
You're just arguing semantics. And the example given can go the other way: if your Ford motor plant closes and the only places hiring are software shops, you'd also be "fucked".
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by somsak2 3y ago
not sure this is that specific to sqlalchemy, you could say this really about any ORM
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by somsak2 3y ago
fun story. in general i find it preferable to have a brief TLDR section of 2-3 sentences before an email, and then use the more traditional approach below. i think it can be a bit jarring of a read otherwise -- having a summary on top still
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by somsak2 3y ago
the whole reason Amazon has it's own drivers is because they can pay them way less. your example would actually represent a big success since ups/dhl/FedEx drivers have much better job security and benefits.
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by somsak2 3y ago
that kind of setup is actually fairly rare -- most of the work done in this sector is by large companies that have tens to hundreds of concurrent contracts from various government agencies. speaking from experience
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by somsak2 3y ago
People in software are not making "bananas money," they are capturing just a tiny amount of the wealth that they are creating. If you think a negotiation between a single individual vs. a company of tens of thousands (or, likely,
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by somsak2 3y ago
Looking at the paper, their "10 to 20%" figure is based off of three studies, one for call center employees, one for Indian data-entry workers, and one for Indian IT professionals. The one closest to most of HN's audience is

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