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by trentnix 3y ago
Well Dr. Freud, I was just pointing out anecdotally that perspective is important. That’s all.
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by trentnix 3y ago
I made the leap because of what the parent plainly stated: > There's just no reason to do the job when you can get the same compensation working remotely in tech. Same compensation. That’s the unique qualifier that was chosen. Tha
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by trentnix 3y ago
I've no doubt the stress of your work is immense and the constant threat of litigation (and the expense of the insurance to fight it) can be overwhelming. As a recipient of multiple eye surgeries (I had strabismus as a kid), I am grate
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by trentnix 3y ago
A philosophy should not be judged based on its abuses.
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by trentnix 3y ago
It’s like Office Space come to life… The most they would do is put us for a few months into a white-collar, minimum-security resort!
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by trentnix 4y ago
My dad used to have a poster on the wall of his office way back in the 80s (he was a coach) that captures the idea quite well. It had a gorilla sitting with his hand under his chin and the caption read “Sometimes I sits and thinks and somet
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by trentnix 4y ago
Just when I thought I had everything I wanted, I realize my life isn’t complete without this. Amazing work.
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by trentnix 4y ago
Sure, but eventually the “public health imperative” demands they all peddle quackery. And your comment that “COVID disinformation led to a staggering loss of life” is disinformation itself.
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by trentnix 4y ago
“peer reviewed scientific fact” What’s that, precisely?
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by trentnix 4y ago
> There’s no great solution to this apart from the economy and company doing well so that this doesnt happen. I'm absolutely not interesting in arguing for any great solution but I do think people would serve their own interests
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by trentnix 4y ago
You say we have “kicked this can down the road for decades” as if billions and billions haven’t been poured into social services and charities and social justice initiatives of various types. I’ve no idea if you’re oblivious or disingenuous
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by trentnix 4y ago
The largest cities in the US are politically in sync and have been for decades. It’s no surprise there’s not much diversity of outcome when everyone is calling the same plays from the same playbook.
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by trentnix 4y ago
The software market doesn’t always value what works best either.
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by trentnix 4y ago
> Could someone please enlighten me on why we don't treat governing like we do software solutions? We do. It’s called “product-market fit” in software. It’s called “elections” in democratic government. The government provides the
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by trentnix 4y ago
Police budget != law enforcement
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by trentnix 4y ago
To say this you have to pretend as if there is no history of cities successfully deterring and dealing with crime via law enforcement.
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by trentnix 4y ago
I played the pneumatic version at an arcade on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. I had played the 6-button version before that a few times and was really intrigued by the giant buttons. Unfortunately, it was quickly apparent that the pneumatic
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by trentnix 4y ago
> The value is knowing the right patterns and repeating them at the right time and place. And that discernment, at least in part, comes from understanding what that code is really doing. I get 45 minutes face-to-face to develop an opin
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by trentnix 4y ago
> There are developers great at solving business problems, which is what the vast majority of companies actually want. Many developers find themselves in a position of being a subject matter expert in a particular business or industry,
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by trentnix 4y ago
No doubt, the number of interviewing antipatterns out there is nuts. Leetcode games, hiring by committee, and a market flooded with candidates with resumes that look and read the same. On the flip side, I’m interviewing candidates with a de
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by trentnix 4y ago
100% I saw that site and my first thought was "wow I suck at web design". My second thought was “wow this guy's work is inspiring”. I'm generally unaware of the drama between he and Elon, and frankly I don't really
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by trentnix 4y ago
Be careful with that severance package, boys and girls.
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by trentnix 4y ago
It didn’t say it was squatting. Just like property in Manhattan isn’t being squatted on. It’s being used.
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by trentnix 4y ago
More than half of YC startups don’t have a dot com for the same reason people aren’t building new homes on Manhattan island - there’s no empty space and buying existing desirable space is unnecessarily expensive.
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by trentnix 4y ago
I think this mostly nails how Agile is largely practiced. Being prepared with a clear, concise, well-communicated vision of what you want to build is essential to developing quality software, regardless of the adopted process. Agilists freq
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by trentnix 4y ago
They will just glom on to some other cargo cult. It was Six Sigma and the Capability Maturity Model and PMPs as far as the eye could see before Agile, Inc. figured out how to package and sell itself via SAFe and certifications. Companies li
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by trentnix 4y ago
I used Sweet Home 3D to plan a major home renovation in our new (to us) house and it worked great. I used Magic Plan on my iPhone to map the floor plan with LiDAR, converted the result to a 2D PDF, and imported that into SH3D. I then drew w
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by trentnix 4y ago
I managed to completely mangle that post via phone editing. Meant to say, I re-read it whenever I sometimes fall into a technical hole as it reminds me design and craftsmanship are the most important aspects of building great software.
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by trentnix 4y ago
Ousterhout is the author of one of my favorite programming-related books, A Philosophy of Software Design . It is remarkably concise and practical. I re-read it whenever I sometimes fall into as it reminds me design and craftsmanship are t
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by trentnix 4y ago
In many cases, these were people they shouldn’t have hired in the first place. When the herd said “hire 10% more employees!” the same lemmings did as the herd commanded. It certainly isn’t the fault of those being hired, but it might have g

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