tboyd47

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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   The Section 230 saga just shows how dangerous it is for the government to interfere in industry. The CDA was passed when people were scared of the internet and looked to government to protect them from its evils. Section 230 was added to sa
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   Debugging
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   Explains why my iPhone 5 still runs quick as a whip.
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   Probably because some of them converted to Islam as ibn Fadlan reported.
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   What we calling polarization and toxicity is actually 2 problems. Disagreement and bad manners. Disagreements are always solved the same way. Either by coming to an agreement or agreeing to disagree. Bad manners is a much bigger problem tha
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   Show HN: I created a job market ranking for various technologies(tyler.boyd.cloud)

   1 points by tboyd47 7y ago|0 comments
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   Will it “look great” on your resume? Introducing ResumeRank(propellers.io)

   1 points by tboyd47 7y ago|0 comments
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   Possible reasons: Javascript developers are cheap/plentiful, you want to leave options open on the back-end, or someone on the team just is very pro-SPA. Ruby on Rails is still pretty popular for bootcamps.
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   by tboyd47 7y ago

   Seems strange then, that all politicians talk about is putting people to work, yet working is the most highly taxed activity.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    > How do you handle weighting benefits when the team is flat, i.e. there is no clear hierarchy? First, is there no hierarchy at all or a hidden one? That's the first thing to find out - you need to know the rules of the game before
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    I'm not talking about people mistaking juniors for seniors. I'm talking about when a reviewer lacks the context to understand what your code is trying to accomplish - which happens all the time, even on well-functioning teams. Tho
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    I used to handle this just like you (just shutting up and making the change). There's no specific technique I can give you other than to question your own assumptions. The problem is that this makes you look like you don't know wh
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    I'm with you on bugfixing being more fun. Look at it as an advantage. There's lots of legacy software out there and everyone hates working on it but us. Don't stop coding, though. Always consider transitioning to a non-engine
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    It's the classic regulatory capture move of pulling up the ladder behind you, only they don't need regulators to do it. What's more, Firefox is just an off-brand of Google to capture the "privacy first" consumer mar
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    In this situation, do you think getting "flexed down" by your company is overall better or worse than companies just eliminating your position entirely? Edit: Did someone read some snark in my question? It was an honest question.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Awesome show from Tim and Ericsson. Great job.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    1) Think about who your customer base is. 2) Figure out where those people would be found. 3) Purchase ads there.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Still Heroku.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Takeaways: * It is meaningful to speak of animals having "opinions" but it's not clear how those match up with human ones. * Individual opinion is guided by a combination of random chance and direct perception. * Individual b
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    I'm self-employed and this is a personal server. I'm looking more for advice on how to check for infection.
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    Ask HN: How to tell if my Linux server has been infected by a mouse

    7 points by tboyd47 7y ago|10 comments
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    How to grow as a developer without driving yourself crazy(propellers.io)

    1 points by tboyd47 7y ago|0 comments
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    * Americans with Vietnamese spouses are retiring to Vietnam
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Podcasts. Turns my commute from something I hate that stresses me out, into something I look forward to that puts me in the right mood.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    > If I lend my friend $10 every day for lunch and he pays me back the next day and this happens 5 days in a row in what context would it make sense to say I have lent him $50 dollars? If I plan on bailing out his broke ass for the next 5
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Web: If I'm paying: Wordpress, LAMP, vanilla JS, MySQL, and PHP If I'm maintaining: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, JQuery, ReactJS If I'm building a resume: Either C# or Python, SQL, and Javascript, hosted on either AWS or Azure.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    I can relate, but no wisdom here.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    If you split your app into an API and a front-end, you double your personnel costs for no added benefit to those customers that do not have a need for an API.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    Current internet was designed for Net Neutrality. They would have to rebuild the internet to do what you mentioned. And they most certainly are doing that. Look up 5G network slicing.
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    by tboyd47 7y ago

    > Companies are giving their cash back to shareholders because each individual company thinks their shareholders can better allocate the cash, rather than the companies themselves. I thought the reason for a stock buyback was that the bo