the_sleaze9

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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
When faced with the same problem, Elon went with X Æ A-12. Personally I prefer UUIDs for global uniqueness.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
Wow, I haven't visited the NY Post's website, but it truly is the bottom of the barrel humanity-wise
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
I think the biggest indicator of a good programmer vs a bad programmer is their propensity towards reading other peoples' code. We all love to write code, but it's only the best ones that read it. And by extension get better at re
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
All it would take is a quick google... Heroku stock price is down roughly %50 from less than a year ago. Death spiral? I don't know. But slashing costs is certainly not indicative of Heroku having a super awesome fun time.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
Hehehe, that reminds me of a similar active record monkey patch at an old job, the name of which was used as a swear word everywhere except where that particular engineer was present.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
Very much - YES.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
It's casual feedback, sure. But it is (by and large) specific and actionable. I think "you couldn't ask for more" is disingenuous at best, and an actively harmful outlook at worst.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
I have to admit I remain unconvinced. Has anyone ever run a real world experiment to verify the math? For whatever reason I can't get past my intuitive feeling that this problem is just a simple 50/50 and these proofs are just fan
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
It was supposed to return a generated image of Reverend Thomas Bayes in the style of stained glass.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
This isn't how we engage debate on hacker news. Please take this kind of argument elsewhere.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
I agree with you, it is interesting this came from Wired. But I have a strong personal bias against the Economist, and I feel like you used it as an example of a more serious journalist-y news. I feel that the Economist is resting on its hi
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
I think the author is correct in the acedemic sense, but ignorant of the reality of healthcare. If a doctor receives a test result that shows a suspicious mass, then neglects to order a biopsy to investigate further, there are 2 rough outco
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
As a parent in the thick of babies exactly at this age and surrounded by other parents in the same situation, I cannot tell the difference between a "covid" baby and any other. What I can tell you is how much time and effort the p
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
Totally agreed. I can also spot a Trump baby across the room, which is obviously totally different than a Biden baby. I'll take the liberty of not revealing my meaning either, of course.
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by the_sleaze9 4y ago
Love it. Great work Shopify
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Let me just compliment your writing. It is truly a pleasure to read your blog. Thank you.
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
What do bootcamps have to do with anything?
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
I have anecdotal support with a sample size of 1: This happened to me. I genuinely wanted to care, and wanted to improve the situation, but found I was slowing down (1), introducing bugs with every merge (2) and finally I just left (3). Bus
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Warren Buffet himself calls it the "Shoe Button Complex" Apparently from his youth, his Dad had a friend that ran a shoe button factory and managed to corner the entire market of shoe buttons. Then in his personal life went on to
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Yep. It can also convert PDFs into nice PNGs
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Seems like a trivially simple article, and I remain unconvinced of the conclusion. I think this is a confident beginner giving holistic, overly prescriptive advice. That is to say: feel free to skip and ignore. In my experience, if you want
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
The acronym YAGNI itself is flexible enough to handle this edge case accurately. The GO4 were truly visionary.
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Not being able to understand why what you're saying is impractical (and just plain rude) is itself indicative of a mental fault. Are you on the spectrum? If you are, why don't you just stop being on the spectrum? :)
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by the_sleaze9 5y ago
Interesting. Charging someone for a crime which _could_ have been committed....