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by xedrac 4y ago
Why don't you go start a business and become one of these rich employers you speak of? If taking such risks wasn't rewarded accordingly, then I don't think people would be nearly as eager to start a business.
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by xedrac 4y ago
Perhaps its my disdain for metrics and "efficiency process" in general, but skimming through these slides made me want to run for the hills. A high functioning team, in my experience, is one that has clear direction, autonomy, co
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by xedrac 4y ago
I feel the same way about technical projects that force political/social agendas to be part of the project. Why can't we just keep things focused on technical stuff, and leave the virtue signaling out of it? The world has become
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by xedrac 4y ago
I really enjoyed the book "Move your DNA". It talks a lot about the loads you place on your body (even ones you don't think about) and the effects that has. Definitely worth a read.
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by xedrac 4y ago
We can debate the purity of scrum, but in practice, every company I've worked for has modified it to suit management desires, and those modifications have almost always been to the detriment of developers. For example, the "compl
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by xedrac 4y ago
Scrum is the bane of my existence as a developer. It sucks all creativity and enjoyment out of software development, and replaces it with anxiety, shame and mountains of tech debt. And don't get me started on the velocity metric that
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by xedrac 4y ago
I like this line of thought, as it resonates with my own experiences. But I also think things (physical or virtual) are far less important than relationships when it comes to a fulfilling life. We have some basic human needs that have les
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by xedrac 4y ago
This is one reason why I regularly participate in Crossfit. It pushes me into a very uncomfortable place, perhaps even painful. Yet it has a strong grounding effect on my mental health, and makes me feel alive. Other stress/pain in
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by xedrac 4y ago
They've come a long way, but having super dense pollution puts quite a damper on those other quality of life improvements.
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by xedrac 4y ago
I suspect it has a lot to do with the rate at which companies can borrow money.
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by xedrac 4y ago
> trying to reduce the self-induced mental pressure That's like trying to stop breathing for me. Getting out and exercising when I least feel like it is the only thing that has helped me. But clearing that hurdle isn't always
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by xedrac 4y ago
Except that cancellation is often accomplished via censorship. I do not consider voicing opposition as "cancellation".
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by xedrac 4y ago
Of course Elm is closely related to Haskell, which is a playground for category theory. I think learning the why behind it all can be useful in subtle ways.
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by xedrac 4y ago
I don't know. I used emacs for a solid year (in evil mode admittedly), and my configuration kept breaking with new updates. I spent more time fiddling with my config files than being productive. I love lisp and the idea of emacs. B
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by xedrac 4y ago
Sorry to hear that. I certainly don't think Rust is ideal for every use case. And it is definitely hard to learn. I think people get a bit too zealous promoting it, simply because it has solved a lot of painful problems that many of
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by xedrac 4y ago
> So, I can't help but feel that all these languages are trying to solve that last couple percent, and paying a huge price in perf or programmer productivity to do it I'm the first to admit that Rust has a steep learning curve.
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by xedrac 4y ago
> With Python it's much easier to become proficient and remember everything you need to know. That translates to more time being productive writing code instead of reading documentation Until your python program reaches a certain si
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by xedrac 4y ago
I believe productivity and work are essential to human happiness. However, I also think we need to dial it back a bit. What's the point of all this work work work, if you never have the chance to balance it with creative pursuits and
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by xedrac 4y ago
Not to mention the human tendencies to align with certain ideals. For example, does it use 1-based indexing like Lua and Julia? If so i just can't bring myself to use it.
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by xedrac 4y ago
It's like having you very own computerized phone attendant. As if I didn't get enough of that the last time I called Comcast. Except this one spies on you and injects things it thinks you should care about.
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by xedrac 4y ago
I think a likely answer is "moderating". That would explain why Elon was ok letting so many go so quickly.
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by xedrac 4y ago
Just ordered this book. Thanks for the recommendation.
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by xedrac 4y ago
Any particular reason? I was thinking about reading this.
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The Hiding Place. It gave me a much better perspective on life, and made my own problems feel small and approachable.
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by xedrac 4y ago
The line between moderation and censorship is rather subjective to the moderator's own biases, don't you think? I'm not saying we should be free of moderation, just that it's very difficult to keep it completely objecti
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by xedrac 4y ago
Except you often need `Result<T, Box<dyn Error + Send + 'static>>` if you go that route. At the very least, you should create a type alias for it. I very much prefer the use of `anyhow` and/or `thiserror` depending o
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by xedrac 4y ago
> Rust? It's much more painful to use than C++. As someone who has used C++ professionally for two decades, I disagree. Rust's pain is superficial and all up front. C++ pain is death by a thousand paper cuts, especially if you
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by xedrac 4y ago
I'm always curious to see stats on changes in employment. Here are the types of questions I'd like to answer: - How many of those jobs are below the poverty line, especially considering recent inflation? - How many of them come w
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by xedrac 4y ago
First few suggestions all sent me to sites that were down... also the search seems to not work great. I searched for: "Eat & Run Scott Jurek", and it couldn't find the book. But if I search for "Run eat run",
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I love Racket. It was the first language I learned at the University of Utah, and is easily my favorite dialect in the Lisp family. But I'm hesitant to use it for anything beyond toy projects, mostly because the future of Racket seem

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