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by sp527 9y ago
"Women shouldn't have rights." -> 5% likely to be toxic Hmmmmm
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by sp527 9y ago
What's weird is how often I see this argument and how loudly it contrasts with the speed of software development and the variety of preposterous things already being attempted in the space.
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by sp527 9y ago
There are a lot of holes in the arguments you're laying out, but I'll comment on just a few: * Google is a profit-motivated entity. They have to act in the interest of their shareholders. Correcting for historical imbalances - to
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by sp527 9y ago
> Diversity programs are not about lowering the bar As an Asian male who once upon a time had to apply to colleges, I'd like to see some evidence for that assertion. To be clear, I (and hopefully many other people commenting here) h
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by sp527 9y ago
This is going to sound odd but I'd recommend journaling. You need to spend some time free writing to access your subconscious and gain insight into how you really feel and especially what you value. You'll be amazed at how effecti
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by sp527 9y ago
I like JS because it's dynamic, terse, and I already use it on the frontend. I've been meaning to look into Go as well but I'm honestly not convinced it would be that much more useful than Python or Java (already know fairly
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by sp527 9y ago
It certainly feels that way :(
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Ask HN: Good example Node.js projects?
2 points by sp527 9y ago|6 comments
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by sp527 9y ago
By what factor does using GraphQL accelerate development time?
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by sp527 9y ago
The government and media couldn't have asked for a better outcome. The actual criminals on Wall Street and in Big Pharma, who had the foresight to line the right pockets, go ignored and the outsider who drew the ire of the public - for
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by sp527 9y ago
I'm sure they'll find a way to screw this up (because it's Trump), but affirmative action does need reform. In its present state, it can theoretically benefit affluent under-represented minorities at the expense of impoverish
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by sp527 9y ago
I have a good friend who's in a similar situation and of a similar mindset, so I can empathize to some extent. I'm sorry you're suffering like that.
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by sp527 9y ago
That's a really thoughtful answer. Thanks!
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by sp527 9y ago
I largely agree with what you're saying. Out of curiosity, what makes you think I don't see the value? I omitted the 'pros' of having children simply because they seem self-evident. I don't think I'd bother ask
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by sp527 9y ago
Agreed. Thanks for the suggestion @billconan.
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by sp527 9y ago
Interesting viewpoint. I disagree in that I don't believe pain and suffering are the same thing. A lot of philosophy that's been top of mind for me recently suggests we can experience pain without choosing to suffer. Suffering is
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by sp527 9y ago
Presumably those people represent the minority opinion/path. Their view would therefore be underrepresented in any sample on the question. We all probably know lots of adults with kids. Maybe not so many without. Nothing sinister inten
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by sp527 9y ago
Fair point. Maybe instead: 'enough' questions? The point I was driving at is that having children is perhaps a default behavior, but the dynamics of our industry (and of modern society more generally) have evolved so that the deci
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Ask HN: How Did You Think About Having Children?
37 points by sp527 9y ago|58 comments
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by sp527 9y ago
This is interesting. Can you provide an example - where it wouldn't have made sense to collapse two such interacting services into one? My understanding is that an important litmus test for carving up microservice boundaries is ensurin
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by sp527 9y ago
I think the present culture of indulging in nearly unmitigated crypto-Utopianism is the more interesting concern. It's becoming difficult to argue against cryptocurrency in the tech industry without some form of rebuke enumerating the
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by sp527 10y ago
There's an almost Onion-esque level of irony in your reply having no sources for anything you said.
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by sp527 10y ago
This. A trace amount of bleach is also a highly effective purifying agent, though it's trickier to get that right.
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by sp527 10y ago
I feel like I alluded to this, so my bad if I wasn't clear enough. Microservices are absolutely more (and perhaps only) appropriate for larger orgs dealing with serious traffic. I do also think there's an intermediary 'macros
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by sp527 10y ago
Going to play devil's advocate here and suggest that the concept of a microservice has never been that difficult to grasp. It's a self-contained service presenting a set of related functionalities in a system having a clearly defi
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by sp527 10y ago
Agreed. Triggers are especially useful for maintaining counts. If you want to feel extra smug, there's a post from Instagram eng about how they realized they should denormalize counts of likes only pretty late in the game.
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by sp527 10y ago
Ordinarily, I might be more inclined to agree with you, but (as even sama seems to recognize) this is far from an ordinary 'vote my issues' kind of election. This is a more holistic matter of core principles.
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by sp527 10y ago
This was the shocking conclusion of a landmark case, Citizen's United vs FEC, that was heard by the Supreme Court. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
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by sp527 10y ago
> of course, if Peter said some of the things Trump says himself, he would no longer be part of Y Combinator). This is precisely where your whole argument fell apart. If money is speech (and SCOTUS tells us it is) and Thiel donates over
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by sp527 10y ago
I think another important lesson to draw from this is that you should build things for domains and problems in which you have a legitimate interest/curiosity. That was something I took away from this that's difficult to accept, be

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