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   by xcambar 5y ago

   > Googler here, not speaking on the behalf of the company, my opinions are my own Why do employees at big tech names (FAANG et al.) are so often so cautious as to include this as a foreword everywhere? Twitter bios are full of that, for
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   Please do a "Show HN" when your first (generated, AI-based) album is out.
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   I should have known better!
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   I'd rather ask.
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   I wish you were sarcastic. You're basically ruining people instead of helping them grow. But you probably think "it's not my job" anyway.
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   For the non french, it's the beginning of a famous song by Renaud, "La mer". And the generated lyrics could fit the tempo of the song but mostly make it very funny! I'd laugh to hear Renaud sing "I was yoo much in a
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   > [typed] Alors que nombre de ces gougnafiers m'etourdissaient les esgourdes... > [generated] je ne pus m'empêcher de penser à cette phrase extraite de l'incipit de "l'Etranger" : "Il faut qu'un
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   Have you never met a business-school alumnus/alumna that had zero knowledge about the craft of software engineering and software development, still getting a management position? That is sad, especially wrt the effects on the team mood
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   by xcambar 5y ago

   thanks for the clarification :+1:
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    that, or when you need flexibility re. your workforce and you're not willing/ready to commit long term.
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    If every (engineering) manager or director you know around you is also a trained engineer... you're the exception, not the norm.
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    I'd have said the exact opposite. A contractor is typically on a short(ish) term mission, so they need to be very cost-effective. After all, they're costly yet disposable. An employee is an investment, so you can take the time to
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    > I have a visceral desire to avoid it. That could easily be defined as mimetism nonetheless. You may genuinely have benefited from this very popular thing, but you opted out because of your fellow humans' behavior. Even if the outc
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Some things go without saying, yet go better with saying.
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    What's your workflow with lock files? Do you force them in CI/prod only or also in dev? I'm tempted to enforce lockfiles at every stage of the product cycle, making upgrades an explicit action, rather than the side-effect&#x2
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Thank you fellow HN member :)
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    damn. If you're right, that says a lot about how we humanized the poor little thing. He's so cute though.
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    I like how it breaks the dichotomy between high tech and low tech. An interesting middle ground overall, almost a new (to me) angle on its own to consider tech. A few comments on the examples: * the Jawbone Up is well designed but it still
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    I used to skip lunch for years and it always felt great. I like to see studies on fasting but I have to ask: how do you deal with the hunger when fasting with 24h? How does that affect your mood?
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    :D
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    To my knowledge, Nextxloud only offers an email client. There's no MTA involved, is this correct?
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Thx, but my request was more like "how do Compose and git relate?"
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Since it applies to chat and messaging providers... does it mean I could self-host my emails and save them from Chatcontrol?
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Senior or not, in many mid-size companies and above, developers are only seen as Individual contributors, with little influence and zero authority. I'm not saying what you claim is impossible, it totally is possible. Working your way u
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    If a hiring manager assumes this rather than asks, good for them, I wouldn't want to have to report to them anyway.
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    > Also, compose key flex. Care to elaborate?
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    Git has become so ubiquitous that I'd find it weird if a recent project was using anything else. Even if most devs don't know even 10% of it (I'm in this category and I don't care), same goes with my car: It can drive ve
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    FYI, the HN bio says it all > Medical physicist. Nerd. [...]
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    > out of sight, out of mind This plus the "make your own schedule" organization that installs itself after the first weeks/months, and you can finally reach the peace of mind one, as an individual, needs to thrive. That be
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    by xcambar 5y ago

    I'm with you here. The bizarre, unexpected, possibly practically unusable result would be far more interesting than the very much expected P!=NP. Maybe we're spoiled kids of modern TV shows and it shows in our expectations of a go