xacaxulu

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by xacaxulu 11y ago
In some cases, Rails already is a nightmare legacy system. Lot's of fun upgrading Rails 2 apps on the side.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
African swallows are non-migratory.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I know more pot growers than pot buyers and I'm not even in a decriminalized state.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Years ago I applied (and was accepted) to a special assignment in the US Marines that required perfect vision including color vision. I took a few weeks leave, went to Canada (so there'd be no US medical records) and got lasik and Chro
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Local transactions from anonymous accounts. I'm not going to file anything.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I slowly bought about 25 BTC since January. Honestly this is very exciting right now and I've basically been daytrading for the last few days. I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it's been enjoyable to set al
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Having awesome oil revenues probably helps.
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Why Denmark isn’t the utopian fantasy Bernie Sanders describes(washingtonpost.com)
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I'm in my 30s, male and ostensibly white by American standards and I've been watching these sorts of trends for a while. Distrust in our certain brand of capitalism has led me to regard America with a wary eye. It has influenced a
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
They already are the new auto workers, just without unions. Look at the downward pressure on wages, pop up hacker schools everywhere and a move for everyone to learn how to code (i.e. write CRUD apps). Basic web developers are in the crossh
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Even if it doesn't cost you years of your life, serious stress costs you quality of life while you're still breathing.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I think that's an over simplification of the issue. And I strongly disagree that I'm more likely to be killed by a black man unless that black man is wearing a badge.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
A lot of outlets are using the word 'fraud' when discussing Holmes and Theranos. It's starting to look more likely. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/beloved-tech-co...
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Equal time served should be the punishment here. That would act as a deterrent to such malicious behaviour in the future.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I'm scared of police and I'm basically a WASP. If I were black or latino, I'd be even more scared. Civil asset forfeiture, drug dogs that always indicate presence of drugs, camera/drone tracking of movements of people,
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Then other companies will realize that this is valuable and will let you try on multiple shoes and mail back the ones you don't like (Zappos/Amazon). This competition ends up being a net positive for the consumer.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
This is the reason I like TrueCar. It's not a total solution, but it definitely starts down the road of leveling the playing field.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Considering that communication can be just as much about what you say as how you say it, I'd say that I appreciate artistic liberties like 'mercurial Spaniard'. Writing can be a form of direct communication as well as a refin
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
If they are engineers/devs, I think they should at minimum have the option to close the door and get some work done, or at least have quiet spaces to work in from time to time.
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I agree with this. Among 1st world nations, the US is the only country that has this sort of pipeline into military service. It's generally referred to as the economic draft .
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
In the broader context, when it comes to math, reading and science, teens in the U.S. rank 36th in the world. Students in Shanghai are rated the best. What are they doing right that we could be doing better here in the US? http:/&#x2F
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I'm very aware of this argument and even agree with it in some cases. I will say that it's still 'work' in a very real sense. In my case, it was the most respectable ways for me to earn my way out of poverty and eventual
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I was born into a single parent family in a trailer park. I worked my way out of that situation including serving in the US Marines in order to pay for college. Even coming from a background that should have led my family to use welfare (mo
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Every time I see a new Hacker School or something, I make a note of the technology they are teaching (Rails / Android) and slowly walk the other way, technologically speaking. I get the impression that companies are really tired of pay
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
Information wants to be free.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
This is really too bad for diversity. >>Just last week, Yahoo lost two senior women execs — development head Jackie Reses to Square and marketing partnerships head Lisa Licht. Before that, another exec once close to Mayer — CMO Kathy
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I sometimes think (although less conspiratorially) that the high number of Dev bootcamps teaching Rails must definitely drive down salaries. Best to focus on 'the hard stuff' to stay relevant.
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
I second this. I took a year off doing absolutely no dev work and made wine in southern France and I'm still at 6 figures. Highly recommend the drive from Pretoria, SA to Lusaka, Zambia, it was one of my favorites. The added benefit of
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
EVERY job switch has inherent risks. It's unreasonable to expect otherwise. No one can help that and OPs situation wasn't crazy. He/She took a risk and it paid off. The downside is just a lost week of PTO? Not too crazy and a
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by xacaxulu 11y ago
>> demand onsite only!! The companies making the most demands usually offer the least. My favorite new flavor is recruiters saying "well for remote the pay rate is lower" to which I answer, "will I be doing less work in

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