stillworks

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by stillworks 9y ago
So, do you want a job ? Or want to get better at coding ? The two are not often essentially linked.
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by stillworks 9y ago
Would depend on how much you are going to "invest". If just punting out and buying a few units, yea why not. But if you are working towards building a reliable portfolio, I would recommend spreading/indexing your monies. And
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by stillworks 9y ago
Maybe not enitrely related, but I had worked on a Java project where any new object creation was prohibited ! Had a VERY VERY hard time unlearning and catching up to that "paradigm" but I now have a much better perspective on &quo
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by stillworks 10y ago
You were serious about that ?
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by stillworks 10y ago
TLDR (for my comment) : Amazon are building their own UPS because they can. Any othe arguments in favor of it be it efficiency or costs are secondary. Longer version: Not sure how Amazon deliveries by UPS are in the US but in the U.K. there
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by stillworks 10y ago
- Pilot - Fiction Author - Location Hunter for Cinematographers (basically get paid to travel to wonderful scenic places) - Landscape Photographer (very hard to get paid for this I guess)
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by stillworks 10y ago
I always had a strong belief that principles of Group Theory must correlate into writing type systems. Just looked at the ToC of this book and there is an entire chapter on Groups in that book ! Not only Groups but also goes into Rings as w
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by stillworks 10y ago
> (Also I can't program while listening to podcasts, it gets in the way of thinking) Agree to that completely. I am anticipating a change in my commute next year. I may have to start using a car instead of public transport. The driv
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by stillworks 10y ago
Nod of respect to you :-) This needs more up votes ! Thanks for sharing.
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Ask HN: What coding/programming podcasts are you listening to?
154 points by stillworks 10y ago|53 comments
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by stillworks 10y ago
For every "<brand-x> has given me most trouble whereas <brand-y> has been reliable" example, there will be a "<brand-y> has given me most trouble whereas <brand-x> has been reliable" example. I ha
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by stillworks 10y ago
> I think the parent post was confusing multimedia with technology. I see... that makes sense. I have been in a Tesla (not as the driver though, it was a taxi !!!) and that screen garnered the same reaction from me as I reacted to the 12
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by stillworks 10y ago
> On the other hand, the tech side of an S Class or a 7 Series is too underwhelming I hope by that you meant they are using engines which run on overprocessed dinosaurs ? Besides that, I guess techwise both the S Class and 7 series have
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by stillworks 10y ago
For Mac, there is also Quiver. It's an upfront paid app rather than a subscription. Support for MD and notes can be synced using iCloud. Bear seems nice as well, hadn't heard of it before. Quite like the iOS support. Haven't
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by stillworks 10y ago
Will it not simply create a blue colored hole in the sky for the duration the jet engine is turning and then when the engine is turned off the hole will soon turn grey again ? Assuming they fire the engine during daytime. I hope they do it
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by stillworks 10y ago
This is an interesting thought experiment. What do people feel about recreational driving or weekend leisure driving ? For commuting, I am totally in favor of autonomous vehicles. But for a weekend or leisure drive I may not want to bother
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by stillworks 10y ago
That may actually be a reason for preferential release to Google. In general, I think we are in interesting times. Still a guess but I think the crowd close to their forties (I'll be 40 in 4 years) will see a significant shift within a
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by stillworks 10y ago
> Best fuel economy is to accelerate rather strongly to cruising speed, getting into top gear quickly I have noticed that if I am accelerating strongly then up shifts happen between 2500 and 3000 rpm, otherwise the up shifts happen ver
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by stillworks 10y ago
There are a few comments in here which are claiming manual is better for fuel economy. IMHO, the way to get better mileage is - Drive slow - Accelerate gently - Look ahead and coast to slower speed instead of breaking when you need to reduc
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by stillworks 10y ago
The Fuji lineup is a bit of a mixed bag IMHO. The X-Pro is a bit weird for me to use with zoom lenses. You have to switch to the EVF if using zoom lenses. The larger primes obstruct the OVF ! The X-Pro2 has a control dial layout which can b
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by stillworks 10y ago
In the U.K. they come with earthed plug. However I still noticed "buzzing" in the MBP, MBA and even iPad when I would touched them. Took the MBP in to the store. It didn't buzz there. They gave me a new power supply anyways a
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by stillworks 10y ago
> Furthermore, turning problem solving into a theatrical event That's a very interesting perspective actually. If this process prevails then only a certain personality types will be able to work at companies which conduct such int
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by stillworks 10y ago
> Not sure what you mean Try enlisting services of a consulting company such as ThoughtWorks, Accenture etc. Talk to the people who are already using such consultancies. Every single job interview I have had this year involved a pair pro
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by stillworks 10y ago
> Agree. Pairing up during the onsite follow up interview > whilst you describe and extend your sample app is > essential part of my recruitment preferences. When you say "describe and extend your sample app", where doe
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by stillworks 10y ago
I understand where you are coming from... I think somehow the world was agreeable enough to drink the Pair-Programming KoolAid. The consulting companies or body shops were happy since they could bill 2x the number of heads for the same amou
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by stillworks 10y ago
Interesting to note how different people are indeed. I am fine with white board type situations, don't worry about writing code without IDEs etc (in my very first job vi editor was the only thing we had to write code so I still have in
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by stillworks 10y ago
I don't care about getting paid. I don't care if I am doing it at home or in the interviewer's premises. Don't let me connect to internet. I'll also leave my phone with you just to make sure I don't have access
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by stillworks 10y ago
That is very interesting. There was a recent interview of Jeff Bezos where he was asked to comment about Peter Thiel. He said Peter Thiel is a Contrarian. He then said that Conventional Wisdom is generally right and Contrarians are generall
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by stillworks 10y ago
Ok, clever... but I think it's effectively more like "Reclaiming leaked cash" than plain "cash invalidation".
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by stillworks 10y ago
Lack of foresight. Instead of making private vehicle ownership difficult like in Singapore, vehicle sale is encouraged. The entire city is ripped up for massive construction projects. There's massive amount of construction related debr

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