themoat

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by themoat 8y ago
I cannot believe I know this...but the location on the map is actually the McCallister's house from Home Alone, in Illinois, Mark lives in California. I looked it up a few months ago...and I recognized the google map as soon as it popp
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by themoat 8y ago
Sounds about right...
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by themoat 8y ago
Honestly, short of me building and running the code on my personal machine, I don't think there's any way I'd trust you on your word.
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by themoat 8y ago
"Now all I’ve got to do is decide what to store on the roughly 900 bytes of memory implanted in my hand. Maybe I’ll put a GIF..." I think that's all I needed to hear. He implanted a device in his body with no plans on what h
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by themoat 8y ago
Ask lots of questions in those interviews. There are medium sized companies try to emulate giants. You can wind up with a company that's not going to pay you as well as a giant, but tries to implement all the rigid, bureaucratic poli
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by themoat 8y ago
I just watched the first video. That was so good!
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by themoat 8y ago
It's a really entertaining read for me, but I can't place my finger on why exactly. I think crappy jobs are a great plot device in any story though since so many people have that shared experience. The ending is so satisfying to
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by themoat 8y ago
I missed this story from earlier. Did they actually unionize? Or were they in the early stages of unionizing?
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by themoat 8y ago
I'm hedging as much as I can here. That is certainly not the case, but I would consider that question right there to be critical to good introspection and growth as a person. "If everyone hates my opinion, is that the wrong opini
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by themoat 8y ago
He took blame for every bad thing that our team did. He gave credit to the individual team members for every good thing he did. He understood that the success of his team was his success, and didn't need the praise.
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by themoat 8y ago
?
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by themoat 8y ago
I used to connect to REST (and SOAP/Graphql I guess, but that's not relevant) APIs for a living. Probably connected to about 200 or so. Swagger styled docs are only as good as the devs who write them. They have the potential to
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by themoat 8y ago
Haha, I could go back, except for maybe my pride. I only left for what I thought was a good opportunity personally. (still up for debate on whether it was or not). I don't hate my current job, but my current employer has reached out
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by themoat 8y ago
I know the author wised up and moved on, but I would rather work construction for the rest of my life than be a programmer and live like this. I worked for a startup for a couple of years that really got it right. The CTO really wanted a c
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by themoat 8y ago
I've been more and more picky about movies over the last few years. I think that the OC was probably just exaggerating, but I'd say I watch all of 3 movies per year in theaters. I don't mind wasting a lazy evening watching a
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by themoat 8y ago
Don't we all?
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by themoat 8y ago
Hey, I'm curious now. I'm a keyboard addict, but I typically use a mac at work and windows at home. I have previously used linux, so I have nothing but love for it, but how does it enable me as a keyboard enthusiast in a way I&#
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by themoat 8y ago
Of what?
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by themoat 8y ago
This comment kind of reads like the lead-in to a bad infomercial. It's not that dramatic.
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by themoat 8y ago
If you have a couple small teams, it's nice when any one of your developers is able to work on any part of the app. Is that worth anything? I dunno. But I can see a certain appeal to that line of thought. Similar to why a startup mi
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by themoat 8y ago
How do I accurately file FCC complaints for spoofed numbers? How can I hold the actual caller responsible instead of the normal person like me who had their number spoofed?
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by themoat 8y ago
Isn't the better response to start charging for API access at that point? Not revoke access and go silent?
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by themoat 9y ago
I think it kind of depends on what the ends and means are. Also, why does motivation matter in this case specifically. I believe that the enemy of my enemy is my friend can apply in certain situations. I don't need someone's mo
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by themoat 9y ago
That fact seems tangential to his comment. Should carcinogenic warnings be on all those examples he mentioned? If no, why should it be on coffee? If yes, why isn't there legislation pushing for french fry warnings?
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by themoat 9y ago
Why on earth does CNET have autoplay videos?
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by themoat 9y ago
Yeah, I really feel like the spirit of the article is summed up by the final paragraph “I think one place we go wrong is telling people to figure out how many calories they eat and then telling them to cut back on 500 calories, which makes
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by themoat 9y ago
I would also love to see that.
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by themoat 9y ago
Stop! Please tell me that's not real.
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by themoat 9y ago
I think it's likely that the person you responded to has a fairly negative idea of consumerism in general, if I may interpret his comment a little more softly. I think it's fair to say that Amazon promotes consumption, and lots of
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by themoat 9y ago
What kind of DRM can you promise me? I'm not in unless we protect our IP

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