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841.
by syspec 6y ago
> When I'm hiring, I give applicants a real-code task, something they'd really do if they were hired - and I pay for their time too. Most real code task require a lot of ramp up time to gain context.
842.
by syspec 6y ago
The proposed solution to me, is much worse. > Ask them to build something – anything! > Instead of a coding challenge, ask them to spend a short time building something they enjoy, and talk about what they did and why. To me this woul
843.
by syspec 6y ago
Only if they're paying for dates
844.
by syspec 6y ago
Using Steam is even MORE optional. They're PC games! Yet people still want to be on Steam even if you have to play by their rules, because being on there creates value.
845.
by syspec 6y ago
Agreed. I used fast_jsonapi on a project, and while I liked it, I felt that I had to change my project to work a round it and not the other way around. For my next project, I used `blueprinter`, which seems to be pretty fast in its own righ
846.
by syspec 6y ago
Can you elaborate on red vs blue water? I have not heard that phrasing before
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by syspec 6y ago
Interesting, this is my first time seeing "Gitee". It appears to be a Chinese clone of Github? Looking at a random project, the interface pretty much a direct clone: https://gitee.com/YanceSpring/F-IM
848.
by syspec 6y ago
> On June 30, 2020, Epic emailed Apple requesting to offer a competing Epic Games Store app through the App Store that would allow iOS device users to install apps from Epic directly, rather than through the App Store and to offer paymen
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Project Lighthouse – Part 2: Measurement with anonymized data(medium.com)
2 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments
850.
Visual Studio Code August 2020(code.visualstudio.com)
1 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments
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Satellite Video Showing Movement of Smoke from Wildfires(int.nyt.com)
1 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments
852.
by syspec 6y ago
Thanks, I learned something new today!
853.
by syspec 6y ago
I was wondering, how on earth this company even came to be listed on NASDAQ, since they have no products and no revenue. So I looked it up and basically it looks like they acquired a company which was ALREADY listed on NASDAQ then renamed i
854.
by syspec 6y ago
> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/08/mike-turner-campaig... > GOP congressman spent $70K in campaign cash on meals, in 370 food-related expenditures Once a politician gets used to living fat,
855.
by syspec 6y ago
You asked for an example, and they provided it. Then you moved the goal post
856.
by syspec 6y ago
Not to me, and other people who use Ruby sparingly
857.
by syspec 6y ago
Agreed, when I read that line I found myself saying it out loud wondering if it was a typo. `favorite_color = red' == "Favorite Color is Red" Which feels more natural than: "Red is Favorite Color"
858.
by syspec 6y ago
> The following table describes the list of ideas copied from the paper I published. For the sake of clarity, I published my white paper in February 2019. Apple released "Sign in with Apple" in June 2019. So they copied it and
859.
by syspec 6y ago
> "I don’t think I could make Civilisation today,” Meier says. “I’m not sure even I would play it. It wouldn’t fit in the zeitgeist. It asks a lot of the player, and takes a while to work it out. You have to play it once in order to
860.
by syspec 6y ago
Many of those same developers will also be publishing those games on PC, and will likely already have to make certain effects toggleable or "slider-able". If you simply downsample the textures as part of your pipeline, turn off so
861.
by syspec 6y ago
Consoles have been converging in terms of hardware a bit more each generation (closer to PC's each time). But this time around both the PS5 and Xbox Series X are: * AMD CPU * AMD GPU
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Xbox Series S – Next-gen performance in the ˢᵐᵃˡˡᵉˢᵗ Xbox ever(twitter.com)
2 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments
863.
by syspec 6y ago
2020 just keeps on giving doesn't it.
864.
L1 vs. L2 vs. L3 Cache(techspot.com)
2 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments
865.
by syspec 6y ago
Ah yes, shoutcast! You know, it's funny how ahead of its time Winamp was in many ways.
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by syspec 6y ago
Except, the budget will not be cut by 15M, just reallocated
867.
by syspec 6y ago
> Winamp is a media player for Windows, macOS and Android, originally developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev[5][6][7] by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL in 1999 for $80 million. 80M, for an MP3 player is pee
868.
by syspec 6y ago
Is there a place we can voice our concerns over this move. I was just teaching Ruby to someone learning to code. I have to admit because all popular languages use leftward assignment it was one less thing to teach. => is pretty loaded a
869.
by syspec 6y ago
Imagine how much better you would have done without pot!
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A Violent August in NYC: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50%(nytimes.com)
2 points by syspec 6y ago|0 comments

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