wyclif

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by wyclif 4mo ago
The danger isn't that they'll do anything of value; the danger is that they'll do something stupid with your data.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Yep. There was a quote here a few weeks ago, I can't remember from whom now, but the gist of it was that if you have more than a 4-round interview cycle, you're just play acting and being performative, not seriously hiring.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Sure, it's not airtight. WhatsApp is popular in Europe. But as an American, when I see somebody say "You can only contact me on WhatsApp", it's not exactly a green text bubble signal.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
WhatsApp as the only contact point is a pretty strong signal that the user is from a developing world country. I'm not from that part of the world, so I don't use WhatsApp.
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Data center frenzy is spurring a jobs boomlet for blue-collar workers(cbsnews.com)
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Is AI putting graduates out of work already?(economist.com)
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Eastern Orthodoxy is the oldest branch of Christianity. Which means it's the furthest thing from "cult-adjacent." You want to know what is actually "cult-adjacent"? People who are associated with Mormonism, the Jeho
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by wyclif 5mo ago
It's the opposite of a growth mentality But to the captains of industry, this is the growth mentality. It's growth--- but only for them, not for the hoi polloi.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
As a long-time user, I do enjoy seeing how my tastes have changed over the years and which artists and albums I play the most. I also tend to agree that the Last.fm recommendation engine was perfectly fine for my use case compared to the al
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Claude, Author of the Humanitas(linch.substack.com)
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Ah, that must have been AL2023, right? IIRC, it's tightly integrated with internal deployment toolchains like Apollo and Brazil (Amazon's internal package management and build systems).
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Yes, you're right. That is the comment I was referring to.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Apparently the guy who wrote the Camel book on Perl made less than $1000 from that book. I was shocked when I heard about that because back in the day when I was learning that book was incredibly popular and seemed to be everywhere. EDIT: E
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by wyclif 5mo ago
I've commented on this development before on HN, so I'm glad to see this post on the front page. From a few months back: "...the fact of the matter is that kids getting into high tech and programming mostly don't read bo
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by wyclif 5mo ago
It totally is. That was the first thought that went through my head when I got to the JRRT quote.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
The US is not "behind the developed world", it's literally the developed world. The lightbulb. The airplane. The telephone. NASA. Space X. Tesla. And on and on...
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Yes, Hank Marvin was the first Stratocaster player in England as far as I know. Also, professional English players could sometimes get a coveted Fender guitar by buying secondhand in the US or swapping and trades with American musicians whi
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by wyclif 5mo ago
I'm an American currently living in the Philippines, and that's utter nonsense and I know it. Developing world countries are so far behind the US in infrastructure, clean water, food quality, pollution, overpopulation, waste dispo
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Heads up, the link to "The Internet's Own Boy" says it's unavailable because whoever uploaded it changed the setting to private. Which is a shame, because it's a good bio. EDIT: There's a version of it here: h
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Another reason that I don't think anyone's commented on is that it wasn't until the very late 1960's that the Stratocaster really took off. That was because of Jimi Hendrix adopting it. Before that, the Jazzmaster was Fe
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Fender has cannibalized their brand, just like Ray-Ban and many other manufacturers known for a "classic" design. But what's changed recently is that now they're not just feeling the competition from premium-priced guita
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by wyclif 5mo ago
And that's just the iPhone keyboard. The physical keyboards on MacBookPros are still terrible. I've had two of them where some of the keys shorted out or stopped working. Eventually, thinness has diminishing returns. I'd rath
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by wyclif 5mo ago
I don't use VSCode, but doesn't their plugin ecosystem indicate if the plugin is MSFT-approved?
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by wyclif 5mo ago
You're assuming they allow it, but it might be against policy.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
Agree with that. There's also the camera collector scene. FWIW, not resentful at all. Just mentioning that it's a valid desire present in many different cultures across history.
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by wyclif 5mo ago
I've commented on this subject before, but the fact of the matter is that kids getting into high tech and programming mostly don't read books anymore. How do I know? Recently I was hanging out with a bunch of high school students
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by wyclif 6mo ago
I feel this reply deeply. Tremendously depressed right now.
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by wyclif 6mo ago
I don't know much about how this camera is priced, but I think you're underrating the human desire for exclusivity. I won't be surprised when that first run sells out.
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by wyclif 6mo ago
Where are you finding your join number on GitHub? I just spent a few minutes looking at my profile and settings, but I don't see it anywhere.
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by wyclif 6mo ago
Your first sentence is key. Most people don't look behind the green curtain, but it's often where you find who the really important people in the org are.

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