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901.
by untog 7y ago
Depends where you are in the country. One of the reasons why setting one number nationwide doesn't feel workable (but the alternative - giving "coastal elites" more money - is even less politically possible than the original
902.
by untog 7y ago
Because you are paying that person money and have the ability to fire them. In the US you're also probably providing their health care. I get what you're saying, but no one moves jobs every week. The sunk costs of switching employ
903.
by untog 7y ago
I think the OP meant "bloated and heavy" in terms of the sheer size of the thing, not the performance of it. And it is. It's very difficult to use _just_ the 2D rendering part of Chromium, you bundle the whole thing, warts an
904.
by untog 7y ago
The ecosystem is what drove me away from C# (as well as not wanting to do enterprise work). I started dabbling with Ruby and Node and the sheer number of free third party libraries blew my mind. C# simply didn't compare.
905.
by untog 7y ago
The OP implied that it would cover round trip tickets. It just wouldn't also cover hotels etc before the return flight.
906.
by untog 7y ago
To each their own. You do that with your email account, I will seek alternative answers. In my experience the legitimate senders do not outweigh the spam.
907.
by untog 7y ago
Relatedly, be sure not to make your email address public if you don't want to be contacted! HN is a deceptively public place, you may end up with unwanted messages before you know it. I'd suggest something not quite as easily sc
908.
by untog 7y ago
"I like this thing, therefore a sizeable chunk of the population must too"
909.
by untog 7y ago
> remember, code readability and maintainability are just as important (if not more). I don't know about that. Prioritising making your own job easier over the experience of all your end users feels like a much more fireable offense
910.
by untog 7y ago
So surely more frequent releases is a good thing: you're getting security updates quicker.
911.
by untog 7y ago
You're not obliged to update every four weeks. Why not continue updating as often as you currently do?
912.
by untog 7y ago
> But no, according to these comments an office people stay at longer is always evil. You're projecting here. No-one is suggesting that being in the office at 5:01pm is a capital offence, but that workplaces with a consistent expect
913.
by untog 7y ago
> The amazing thing about WeWork is that the offices are fun. The one I know in SF is an OK place to hang out in the evening. I've worked in a few WeWorks in NYC and I can emphatically say that is not the case in any of them. I don&
914.
by untog 7y ago
> large fraction of talented engineers have worked at FB or Google I'd actually dispute that. The tech world is really, really big. There are a great many extremely talented engineers that have never worked at FB or Google, but they
915.
by untog 7y ago
> Underpaid based on their skill-level? Underpaid based on the amount of money required to live life.
916.
by untog 7y ago
In an ideal world, sure. But it's silly to pretend that a marriage is not also full of religious meaning and significance to many.
917.
by untog 7y ago
The true barbarism is caring so little about the welfare of your fellow human that you'll deprive them of money they deserve as some kind of broad societal punishment. Pass laws that make sure customer service workers are paid a fair w
918.
by untog 7y ago
> I should not > nor is it something I want Agree on both points. You shouldn't have to, but if you live in the US you very often so, because customer service staff are chronically underpaid. The full answer is legislative, so
919.
by untog 7y ago
Amazon is far from unique there. As the OP says, Walmart has a sturdy online offering, though it also relies on "marketplace" sellers. I've started ordering a lot of online stuff from Target and I've been very happy with
920.
by untog 7y ago
Sciter is maybe close: https://sciter.com/ It allows you to make desktop apps with HTML/CSS, but it has its own custom engine that doesn't support all the quirks the web does.
921.
by untog 7y ago
The GPU is a big deal provided it comes with QuickSync hardware accelerated video encoding. Very useful for DVR-like stuff.
922.
by untog 7y ago
Does it re-encrypt them when sending, though? I would have to assume they've at least looked at doing that, otherwise it's a giant security hole.
923.
by untog 7y ago
> I don't care if it can update the DOM 20% faster if React or Angular already does it within 16ms, or if the download time for my bundle is reduced by 50% if it already loads in 200ms for my 95th percentile. > What's going
924.
by untog 7y ago
As the OP said... "This is the hubris part"
925.
by untog 7y ago
> Imagine what can be done when sensors/cameras can transmit 10x the amount of data per second that they can now. I've thought about this before and honestly I can't come up with many things. Telemedicine in terms of speak
926.
by untog 7y ago
I was just thinking the other day that we're in (or are at least entering) a slightly sad era as far as tech is concerned. Not too long ago (it feels, anyway) there was this explosion of possibilities when smartphones arrived on the sc
927.
by untog 7y ago
That's a valid choice, but it isn't for everyone for a variety of reasons (perhaps they like the amenities a city offers, perhaps they have family nearby and don't want to move away). Point is, cities could be building a lot
928.
by untog 7y ago
Almond milk doesn't contain any more milk than Beyond Meat burgers contain meat.
929.
by untog 7y ago
And yet actual real-life customers are absolutely fine with it and aren't confused.
930.
by untog 7y ago
Do you have the same problem with almond milk? Veggie burger patties?

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