ta238911

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by ta238911 4y ago
I never understood why people like Musk are admired that much. He's a bully, period. If you cheer a bully, you're probably also one.
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by ta238911 4y ago
Played around with the very first IBM PC, running CP/M. I value these experiences - computing was much more direct than it is today. I probably would not enter the field today.
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by ta238911 4y ago
It's best, when you can take a break and know money is still flowing in. That requires a separation from hours worked to the money you earn. Imagine most people could live off passive income (like dividends) - we could all work less, I
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by ta238911 4y ago
A great recap of some papers: Software engineering's greatest hits. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrVtA-ue-x0 * slides: https://third-bit.com/talks/greatest-hits/#1
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by ta238911 4y ago
1. I work full time, on a set of projects 2. if all works out, I'm booked for the next 24 month straight - if I do not have clients' projects I have more than enough own projects to work on (I actually wish for some time off for y
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by ta238911 4y ago
Between $50-$80, senior engineer and consultant.
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by ta238911 4y ago
I was lucky that my open source contributions led to some interesting short and long term engagements. If I'm already into something, it may be that I find it interesting - no need to search.
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by ta238911 4y ago
I believe, if you can maintain a genuine interest in certain, contemporary topics than you will probably have an easier time to stay relevant. Today, depending on your interest, I'd probably would go deep into the "devops" fi
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by ta238911 4y ago
In my ears, knowledge graph sounds a bit grandiloquent. I do not have a definition, but I know that when talking about knowledge as it is embodied in people, it's quite a subtle thing, hard to formalize and to be honest, something re
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by ta238911 4y ago
My perspective on the Nx debate: As developers we can do a lot of good. Over the course of my career I helped millions of developers (through my writing on the net) and tens of thousands people use my code and programs to run things smoothe
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by ta238911 4y ago
I happily pay for sourcehut, not only but also because sourcehut aligns so much with the software world I am hoping to see more of. Imagine just 10% of the revenue involving software globally would go into supporting all excellent open sour