Ask HN: Endgame for the World's Data?
Every day we have enormous amounts of new data being created. What's the endgame? Just keep collecting and store until the end of time?
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Re:People Who Claim to Work 75-Hour Weeks Usually Only Work About 50 H...
on Thursday April 25, 2019 @09:19PM (#19754053)
Reminded me of this Amazon video about life as an SDE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX1P-gGqNjo
All of them seem tired, with strong dark circle under their eyes.
Re:Ask HN: How to foil terrorist attacks if everything is encrypted?
on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:23AM (#19542229)
You have to closely monitor the suspect once you've identified them to be a credible threat.
How do you track their whereabouts and communication channels if everything is encrypted?
Re:Ask HN: How to foil terrorist attacks if everything is encrypted?
on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:09AM (#19542146)
How do you monitor encrypted digital communication?
Ask HN: How to foil terrorist attacks if everything is encrypted?
Ask HN: How do you relax without drugs/alcohol/sex/exercise?
Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work?
on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:56PM (#19120614)
Sounds like a nightmare. I'm very social but despise the constant efforts to add extra social fluff (team lunches, movies, etc.), much rather prefer learning on my own and don't like "startup culture". I want to work how I want to, where I want to, whenever I want to, no ridiculous team ceremonies, no useless meetings. I just want to do an excellent job and go home early.
It's just work.
Re:Ask HN: So what if my personal information gets stolen?
on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:14PM (#18829464)
How prevalent is it? Any examples when a breach has had a real, significantly damaging impact on an average person?
Ask HN: So what if my personal information gets stolen?
Are there any real consequences to having your data leaked in a breach? If yes, what?Assuming not passwords. Things like name, address, passport number, etc.
Re:Big ol’ ball o’ JavaScript
on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:40AM (#18823318)
Quoted from the article:
> We need to address the undervaluing of HTML and CSS for what it is: gender bias.
I find it baffling how some people can make such ridiculous statements to fit their narrative and insecurities.
Re:Riving, a Viking-age woodworking technique
on Friday July 20, 2018 @05:31PM (#17579122)
Where do you guys come from? How do you know all this stuff?
It's so interesting and I'm often surprised at the diversity of knowledge, experience and backgrounds on HN. For even the most esoteric of subjects folks here will have interesting input. I love to try and experiment, and like people who are passionate about things.
Just wanted to get it off my chest. I love this place and it makes me appreciate life and its peculiarities more. When I was in high school I dreaded only observing greasy nerds interested in techy stuff. It's been a while but HN has really shown a different side of the world to me.
Thanks!
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Like many here I suppose, I've always loved technical stuff and been hacking around since a kid. But I can't explain that feeling well.I enjoy the feeling when I learn about some cool concept, when I engineer a robust system for production, when I learn about the nitty-gritty of some interesting implementation detail, when my dev process just feels really solid and frictionless, when I read the...