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by tga 2y ago
So we should stop the coding challenges, stop LeetCode, stop whiteboarding, stop profiling candidates, stop asking for their GitHub page. How is hiring supposed to work then? Just post the contract online and the first one to mail it back g
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by tga 2y ago
It looks like you just reinvented CGI/PHP.
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by tga 2y ago
For a simple use case (simple site with a simple blog), I started off with Hugo and found it too complicated, then switched to Zola and had it done in a few days. The documentation was simple and to the point, the templates were easier to w
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by tga 2y ago
Can you imagine riding a horse or walking to your destination? Because that's the alternative if cheap oil isn't readily available anymore. Or maybe you'd rather imagine having to migrate because your city is under water and
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by tga 2y ago
Take a look at full-duplex multifunctional printers, many times they are cheaper than standalone scanners. Just as an example, a black and white laser like the Brother MFC-L2820DW should last you a long time.
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by tga 2y ago
On iOS, Nebo ( https://www.nebo.app/ ) also has really good handwriting recognition and you can write on PDFs.
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by tga 2y ago
We're talking about English/European _last_ names though. Definitely possible in today's international world, but much less common.
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by tga 2y ago
What I'm still trying to figure out is how exactly the next step is supposed to work. One of the first things we ask from both employees and freelancers is a copy of their passport/ID. Would they also have a fake ID with the name
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by tga 2y ago
I can confirm coming across the exact same kind of profile, but in Europe. Most we found on LinkedIn keyword searches, some applied directly. I've taken a couple of interviews to confirm and indeed it was a scam, they didn't know
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by tga 2y ago
I can confirm coming across the exact same kind of profile, but in Europe. Most we found on LinkedIn keyword searches, some applied directly. I've taken a couple of interviews to confirm and indeed it was a scam, they didn't know
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by tga 2y ago
A LLM cannot meaningfully “explain its thinking”. When prompted to do so, it will generate an explanation-looking text — but that has nothing to do with the actual way the original answer was generated. If you ask it to explain how a LLM co
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by tga 2y ago
PartsCloud | Full-Time | Full-stack engineer | REMOTE (Europe) | https://partscloud.com PartsCloud connects industrial machine manufacturers with a global network of specialized logistics service providers and enables spare part
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by tga 3y ago
Honest question from a non car/Porsche enthusiast, why is this interesting and not Just Another Car -- and a (nice but) unremarkable, incredibly expensive one at that?
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by tga 3y ago
That's not true, Zigbee remotes can pair directly to lightbulbs (including Philips Hue) and control the color. Example: https://rgbgenie.com/?product=rgbgenie-rgbw-remote-zigbee Also, there are tons of cheap colored li
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by tga 3y ago
BMW is still making a cruiser, the R 18. I personally find it nicer (and not as antisocially loud) than a Harley bagger. https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models/heritage/r18-b.html
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by tga 3y ago
Scaleway is a French company: https://www.scaleway.com/en/database/ You can also find many others listed on the Postgresql website: https://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_hosting&#x2F
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by tga 3y ago
> the vast majority of trains come on time In 2022, only 65,2% of German trains were on time. In some regions, that ratio was under 50%. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/puenktlichkeit-bah...
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by tga 3y ago
The Phoenix Project is basically the same thing, but about software. I also found it more enjoyable to read. https://itrevolution.com/product/the-phoenix-project/
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by tga 3y ago
Fedora Silverblue is immutable and should be easier to manage than Nix: https://fedoraproject.org/en/silverblue/
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by tga 3y ago
Not seeing the Romanian letters ș, ț, ă, â, î anywhere on the keyboard. Romania is in Europe, too. (â and î are even needed in French, what am I missing here?) I'm sure there must be many other letters missing. Not to mention Bulgaria
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by tga 3y ago
That’s nice as a bonus, but an iPad is small and rather expensive to use primarily as a monitor — you can get a portable 15” touchscreen for €120.
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by tga 3y ago
As far as I know, you can also add Hikvision cameras to the list of LAN-only, no-app devices. In general, you probably want to look more towards the commercial CCTV market, even at the cheap end, rather than at any cameras aimed directly at
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by tga 3y ago
They have really high prices for some TLDs for some reason. A .re domain is €14.28 with Gandi and €43.99 with iwantmyname.
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by tga 3y ago
One of the points of writing with a nice, thick fountain pen is that you can vary the line width quite a bit while you are writing, by applying more pressure on the nib. This leads to more pleasant calligraphy than you can ever get with a r
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by tga 3y ago
The experience isn’t amazing, but Mozilla Thunderbird also does IRC and you may have it around already. irccloud.com also used to be nice.
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by tga 3y ago
The Zigbee2MQTT web UI might be useful for debugging, but a mixed list is hardly a good way of interacting with home devices.
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by tga 3y ago
And if you want to turn your ESP8266 into a standalone appliance, with a web interface and directly editable config that doesn't need a build step, Tasmota is another great option. https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
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by tga 3y ago
Here is one example: I use virtual desktops to separate apps when developing (1 for terminal, 2 for the app, 3 for docs, 4 for the IDE, 5 for additional tools). I switch between them every few seconds sometimes, so the exact numbering is im
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by tga 3y ago
My "HA" setup is really driven by Zigbee2MQTT -- most of my lights, devices (light switches, washer, dryer) and sensors (temperature, motion, doors/windows, water leaks) are all random Zigbee devices that Zigbee2MQTT does a w
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by tga 4y ago
Vue is similar because you can add it to a page and have the entire app asap single file, editable inline. With Svelte you need a build step, and can’t change the app without setting that up first.

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