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by spectraldrift 1y ago
I agree with the spirit of the article, but I think the definition of "simple" has been inverted by modern cloud infrastructure. The examples create a false choice between a "simple but unscalable" system and a "com
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
This is such an insightful take. As someone who has interviewed many candidates, I wholeheartedly agree. While it's important to reflect on how you can improve, it's also critical to maintain morale and become comfortable with rej
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
That's totally feasible, and works for small to medium traffic (SQS scales seamlessly from 1 message per year to millions per second). In practice, I've never seen this implemented correctly in the wild- most people don't see
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
People often forget a message queue is just a simple, high-throughput state machine. It's tempting to roll your own by polling a database table, but that approach breaks down- sometimes even at fairly low traffic levels. Once you move
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
It's scary and sad how well this works.
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
Here’s how you can tell the letter's argument is dangerously empty: change one phrase, from 'The United States' to 'The Third Reich.' The fact that the entire letter still reads completely coherently, and suddenly s
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
I don't believe it is common for most vaccines. The pharmacists are typically qualified to help you make this decision for yourself.
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Covid vaccine in US now requires consultation with physician(axios.com)
32 points by spectraldrift 1y ago|10 comments
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
Yikes. You’ve mistaken sociopathy for strategy. “Do the absolute minimum” only sounds rational if you’ve already decided other people’s lives have no value. The real pitchfork crowd isn’t coming for innovators; they’re coming for people who
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by spectraldrift 1y ago
In general, I agree with the author's presumption that simplicity is better in system design. The frequent and tired allergy for managed queues, however, does not follow. > Sometimes you want to roll your own queue system. I have ne
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
Very cool! I am curious how the scientific community views this situation, as it's quite rare to detect something like this. I read the JWST might be able to image it, but couldn't find that information. Can you share more?
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2024YR4 Collision Chance is now 1.9%(en.wikipedia.org)
13 points by spectraldrift 2y ago|4 comments
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
Respectfully, that's a strawman and not what happened. Realistically the inverse happens more, and we often only interview people from certain backgrounds even though qualified people exist in other walks of life. Just look at the raci
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
I disagree with the actions of the rogue employee who leaked those instructions, that's clearly wrong and illegal, and it's right to call that out. However, I believe there is some misunderstanding because sharing those answers do
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
Let's focus on the article and evidence rather than personal details or dismissive labels. Personal attacks don't add to the discussion and go against HN guidelines for civil and substantive debate.
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
That’s not exactly what happened. The article shows that an FAA employee leaked guidance on answering the biographical questionnaire to members of the NBCFAE. This wasn’t an official FAA policy but a rogue action. Every candidate still had
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
The bar wasn’t lowered at all. What happened was that the FAA stopped giving preferential treatment to a separate group—namely, CTI graduates—by replacing their streamlined path with a flawed biographical screening. Every candidate still ha
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by spectraldrift 2y ago
The article presents a dramatic narrative that implies the FAA deliberately lowered its hiring standards by replacing the traditional system with a biographical questionnaire. It’s clear from the account that many qualified CTI graduates (n