syngrog66

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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   long ago ran a little computer game company. early on I'd spend <awkwardly-large-amount> on Google advertising, and that channel resulted in say a <= $100 revenue over company lifetime I'd then go spend say $200 to attend
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   I've learned to look for any ambiguous "weasel words" which nullify anything else they're attached to me: how much does this job pay? them: well they hired a guy a few months ago at $X for a similar role or them: we stri
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   wonder how many millions died from cancer from radiation from all the nuclear/atomic weapon tests, and the 2 major nuclear power plant disasters (that we know of) curious if its still a numerical net win or a lose when you take that si
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   3 files? "Luxury!" I could implement a Twitter in 1 Python or Go file, hosted on 1 machine granted its concurrent user capacity and traffic load capacity would be insufficient for actual Twitter. but all the basics would work, in
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   yes, one would think so go read Neuromancer. then come back here. I'll wait :-)
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   vi home-inventory.txt
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   I reread Neuromancer recently and it was surreal reading all the refs in it to The Matrix. literally I'm rereading Snow Crash now and you cant go 10 pages without reading about The Metaverse. and so much of its VR world reminds me of R
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   democracy is in dire danger from lies and adversarial propaganda crafted by traitors and hostile nation states jokes which offend the Woke liberals is not a problem on the same scale, though it is certainly annoying. there is a censor-leani
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   by syngrog66 5y ago

   I always start a new project with all code in a single file then only split it out when I feel I gain more than I lose. Judgment call, and a tad subjective. One factor in favor of mono-file is its often easier to navigate around fast and do
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    if the planet shuts down today and we all melt into a hydro-carbon haze, then, this will be why. project complete
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    vi TODO
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    Location: Colorado, USA Remote: Yes or onsite Willing to relocate: Yes (USA) Technologies: Python, Java, Go (newest daily), web dev, SQL, Linux, Docker, k8s (newb), cloud, C/C++ (once strong/daily but retired/avoided), git, d
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    CLIs > GUIs automate > manual many many others
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    work expands to fill the time you allow it to fill. thus: timebox dont let perfect be the enemy of the better iterate many many others
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    once you learn to bias to thinking in terms of message passing between actors, and, bias to having immutable shared state, then,a lot of problems become easier to decompose and solve elegantly, esp at scale
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    find & grep have been invaluable tools for me to begin grokking an unknown codebase, esp in the absence of more tailored tools. if I happen to have an IDE avail which fits a use case and has whizbang search or visualization, I'll
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    agreed, and well said in broadstrokes, imo, Lisp's endless plasticity of infinitely nested parentheses is both its greatest strength and... its greatest weakness I love it at Write time. hate it at Read/Maintain time. why I'v
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    when I'm reading any public chat speculating about how X was hacked, and I see the phrase "their Telegram group" I generally stop reading. lol (not a criticism of the comment above me, btw. not point I was making.)
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    bingo. agreed. been bit by that a lot, esp when younger haha. my 1st book had no outline. my 2nd and 3rd books both have outlines. while still trying to keep the baby, minus the bathwater. I like the results, and the total sunk LOE much mu
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    both. you absolutely benefit from being free to improvise and follow the creative muse when pen on paper you also need a well-thought out outline for any larger work like a novel, or, it will be a disaster, or at least not be anywhere as go
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    modern gas cans are a nightmare in comparison. some genius thought they were building a better mousetrap but its objectively worse than what I had back in the 80s it certainly solves some problems -- ones I didnt have before it adds several
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    I totally respect that. if that works better for you, keep on doing it I've probably closed a mega-zillion (1) tasks from 1980ish onward using my hyper-minimalist approach, so, I think both styles can work (1: guestimated, in approx 50
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    another issue I have with Canonical's approach: 1. if you don't have a resume/CV, people ignore you and say you need one 2. write them, then people DO NOT SEEM TO ACTUALLY read it, or, rather treat it like a big set of lies b
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    mixed feelings about Canonical's written questions as shown in the OA 1. very good and I'd totally understand why they'd want to learn them 2. however very assumptive and patronizing of the "applicant" -- an equal c
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    I quickly craft tiny ad hoc DSLs as needed. staying in text lets me control my own data, minimize spending, always work offline, have easy version control and backups, maximum multiplatform support, and maximum futureproofing. not perfect b
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    I've been a hardcore text-and-CLI-first-maybe-only guy for decades, as a workflow optimization rule. I coined my own private little name for it too: CLIFMO. I have my own development process and architecture strategy all associated wit
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    I've worked on the embedded software inside a major brand/model of gas pump, so this article will be interesting.
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    OA is a case of "everything old becomes new again, to younger generations" things we knew decades ago: bullet points nice; section & section headers nice; summaries nice
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    I intend to build one, eventually. We'll try.
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    by syngrog66 5y ago

    pro-tip: the "Hello World" for any vi/vim reference is to start by showing the user how to exit it. safely, quickly, ideally with no loss of edit state please, we beg you, for the love of humanity. there have been anecdotal t