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by whobar 5y ago
Who can blame readers for supporting an author they know can produce good output that they enjoy. Maybe there are good books by other lesser known authors out there, but then you have to take a risk with something new. Up until 6 months ago
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by whobar 5y ago
I think it's easier to recall the "idea" of each algorithm, than visualizing the flow of the code. There's normally also some key implementation detail that's helpful to remember. Quicksort - pivot - i <= hi merg
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by whobar 5y ago
This is just a project someone made to put in their portfolio, it's nothing serious.
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by whobar 5y ago
Having seen amazing movies on Prime, when I struggle to find anything decent to watch, I blame it on the fact that Prime is only listing a small fraction of movies that exist, not that movies are dead.
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by whobar 5y ago
> nostalgia is pretty awesome.
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by whobar 5y ago
> (Question: Why is Netflix in that group aside from the unfortunate new acronym?) Because they pay massive salaries, at the same level of the other companies.
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by whobar 5y ago
I thought 6-8 hours was considered the "normal" range, so there is nothing wrong with your 6.5 hours.
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by whobar 5y ago
The author seems to wear his extreme disorganization as a badge of honor. Also from the article: > having 500 tabs open in mobile Safari, which I always do, doesn’t hurt my system performance at all because the tabs are freeze-dried when
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by whobar 5y ago
Apple aren't doing this to eliminate malware from their systems. Probably just gearing up to the point where it's impossible to run any application that Apple isn't getting a cut of (or is free). Realistically, malware only a
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by whobar 5y ago
If you meditate then ironically you're trying to achieve the state of mind this man has achieved and lives every day.
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by whobar 5y ago
Ever thought that these executives are not as dumb as you think they are, and maybe that they are aware that individual developer productivity may drop, but there are broader benefits to having everyone on site.
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by whobar 6y ago
Any warts when using it with Doom? I only recently switched from vim to Doom, and I love it, but it can be a bit laggy when using it with some of the C/C++ IDE features turned on.
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by whobar 6y ago
Perhaps your method of dumping the water works fine for you, but it is a very inconsistent method. There's a video on Youtube[1] of a "coffee brewing champion" who uses this method sometimes, and admits you are essentially pl
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by whobar 6y ago
Reminds me of "The Knowledge", pitched on Dragon's Den (UK's shark tank) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf4zNLxJZnY
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by whobar 6y ago
You are erroneously conflating investing with gambling. Astute investing in index funds is essentially risk-free if your retirement is far enough away. As you get closer to retirement, you should start moving from funds to bonds (or cash if
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by whobar 6y ago
I think you can't judge whether TSLA is overvalued or not until they are no longer instantly selling out of all their products. People are bullish on TSLA because they have a product that many, many people want, more than they have the
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by whobar 6y ago
Hedge fund managers are never going to publicise an impartial view about anything, especially not something they are heavily invested in. Forming a positive opinion about Bitcoin based on what two hedge fund managers, both bullish on BTC, h
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by whobar 6y ago
> With its sudden uptick & strong Reddit community, really curious what you all think will happen next with its price? I thought the same when I bought a bunch in 2014. I held for years and didn't make any money (maybe a little
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by whobar 6y ago
Just looking at this from a technical perspective, it'll be pretty exciting if all this ends up leading to an explosion in the take up of self-hosted social media platforms. The question is, will the creators of these communities trust
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by whobar 8y ago
Hm, drone doesn't support AWS CodeCommit where my main repo is hosted, so I don't think I can even consider it. Had a look at self-hosted GitLab, there is immediately a warning at the top of the installation page that there should
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Ask HN: Recommended CI System to run on cloud server
4 points by whobar 8y ago|4 comments