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by wubrr 2y ago
Like others have already stated/provided examples of[0] - the test function names are generally irrelevant. Many testing frameworks use a single/same test function name, or a completely unnamed function/lambda, while providin
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by wubrr 2y ago
I'm obviously replying to GP's specific comment on test names. I fail to see how your reply relates to my comment at all.
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by wubrr 2y ago
> It's funny, you are asking what test names have to do with quality, and you proceed with mentioning a really bad test name, 'toTryToFitTheTestDescriptionIntoItsName', and (correctly) stating that this has zero benefit. N
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by wubrr 2y ago
> It's socially painful to be the one constantly nagging people about names, but it really does take constant nagging to keep the quality high. What do test names have to do with quality? If you want to use it as some sort of name&#
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by wubrr 2y ago
Nah, that's your own (incorrect) interpretation, the first result of googling 'code as documentation' [0], starts off with: > Almost immediately I feel the need to rebut a common misunderstanding. Such a principle is not s
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by wubrr 2y ago
Code as documentation is not nonsense at all. I do think high quality documentation should exist on it's own, but cleanly written and organized, well-commented code that is easy to read and understand is extremely valuable for many rea
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by wubrr 2y ago
> That title is most definitely a swipe at OpenAI. Eh, 'OpenAI' is a swipe at OpenAI.
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by wubrr 2y ago
What leverage does Sam Altman have to get equity now? Does he personally have control over that decision?
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by wubrr 2y ago
> Obviously I think that the combination of value and quantity of books today is much higher in the past, you don't need to nitpick my phrasing. It's not obvious at all when all you mentioned was quantity (two times in a row).
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> I'm saying that even though books would exist without copyright and publishers, it allows for several times more books to exist by providing an incentive. Having the maximum number of books possible is not really something I would
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by wubrr 2y ago
> Cool so you won't miss it when libgen is gone then? I personally won't, because I've never used it. I am 100% against it being shut down though. > I mean if there's nothing unique or original there then what&#x27
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by wubrr 2y ago
That point was specifically in response to the suggestion that we need publishers and copyright for books to exist - which is obviously false. Not sure how the size of the current industry relates to that point.
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by wubrr 2y ago
I don't really care, but many different people, for many different reasons. You may think this specific example, which you seem to think resembles the current publishing industry, negates my overall point, but... not even close. https
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by wubrr 2y ago
> it's galling to see the work my co-authors, editors, designers, illustrators, translators, and reviewers poured months of our lives into available for free on this site. Why? You may think your work is super unique/original&#
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by wubrr 2y ago
There are obvious workaround for all of the things you mention. > Why aren't Libgen, Annas-Archive, and others operating solely as an onion service on TOR? Probably because that would make it less accessible and more slow.
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by wubrr 2y ago
Probably not the case in spacecraft engineering. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41650534#41651310
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by wubrr 2y ago
What's the practical benefit of using Windows here?
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by wubrr 2y ago
I don't work there anymore, but when they introduced 3 days/week RTO I just said 'Nope, fire me if you want. Also, I want a 15% raise'. I got the raise and continued working fully remote until I got a better offer. It&#x
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by wubrr 2y ago
It's pretty much the most important thing for for-profit social media companies, yes.
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by wubrr 2y ago
True, but the things you mentioned are the (unhealthy) reason social media is so popular.
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by wubrr 2y ago
I have some insight based on working at Amazon and being part of RTO/WFH-related discussions. That being said, you shouldn't confuse your personal hallucinations as the opinions of Amazon execs.
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by wubrr 2y ago
> But one thing HN community does not mention enough is when executives make these policies, they are looking at overall productivity and not individuals. Most likely Amazon has zero data supporting the argument that WFH is less producti
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by wubrr 2y ago
It's middle management mostly directly responsible for IC/team productivity and blaming misses on WFH. Upper management is hearing 'WFH is the problem' from middle management and making the RTO decisions.
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> and productivity are better in office (i.e., what they actually say in their announcements) They had the exact opposite conclusions when they were pushing WFH. They also shut down comment threads and questions from internal employees a
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by wubrr 2y ago
> They then hand over the crappy MVP to other engineers to support and move on to other new products. On-call is absolutely brutal because of exactly that. So fucking true. They also treat their employees like shit generally, and prefer
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by wubrr 2y ago
Uh, managing their reports and judging their performance is like the primary responsibility for most managers in big tech. If they can't do that, they will grasp at any reason outside their control as an excuse for why their team is un
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by wubrr 2y ago
> In these bigger companies it is very time consuming and difficult to fire someone. Not at all, most of big tech literally has firing quotas... which combined with the typical incompetent/parasitic management means good engineers a
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by wubrr 2y ago
> Managers and executives felt a tiny bit less powerful for a small amount of time due to their workers pushing for remote and having the leverage to do so. They are in 'avoid responsibility and blame all misses on circumstances out
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by wubrr 2y ago
Yeah... if the main goal is to listen to the music - most concerts are a terrible way of doing that.
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by wubrr 2y ago
> I can charge it when it's not needed. You can also run one app at a time save on RAM.

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