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Re:Extended BPF: A New Type of Software [pdf] on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:18AM (#21712981)
The presenter expresses BPF has become a technology name for this type of kernel application and is no longer an acronym
Re:Verb-Noun vs. Noun-Verb on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:57PM (#21277922)
I don't enjoy balancing parentheses in Python so I tried to bring Clojure's threading macro into the language...

  def do(x, fs):
      for f in fs:
          x = f(x)
      return x
Which allows left-to-right style programming

  do(list, filter, partial(map, int), sum)
I haven't put this into production code yet, but love pipelining scripts with do
Re:Ask HN: Books you read in 2018? on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @08:33AM (#18663693)
Between September and October I put down my usual collection of science fiction and cookbooks to read books from female authors. I strongly recommend each:

1. Pride and Prejudiced by Jane Austen

2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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It's fun to set Oracle up as a punching bag, but this sentiment is what Danluu is discouraging in the blog post.

If a resume came across your desk with Oracle as the primary work experience what would you do?

Can an individual programmer be help culpable for Oracle's issues?

Re:The Depression Thing on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @09:22PM (#15454974)
>I am running away and trying put enough stuff behind me that it can't catch me.

I'm a runner with depression. I track my mileage, diet and general mood very closely and have started to brace myself for a depressive periods after major races.

I need redundancy with coping mechanisms, and the OCD nature of distance running is potentially setting people up for a fragile system should an injury occur or low-mileage phase crop up.

Re:Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @01:22PM (#9963101)
I spent three summers life guarding at a US state park and would like to give my personal experiences, even if it doesn't give a definitive answer to your question.

Always trust yourself. Any suspicion on your part is more than enough reason to go help. These guards have excellent reactions and don't try to make a judgement call between distress and drowning. While new to the job, I hesitated trying to verify patrons needed a rescue instead of going in immediately.

While this is anecdotal, I also found that poor treaders often made attempts to move to more secure depths. Struggling is no fun, and most people swim to have fun. The dangerous cases were people who did not know their swimming ability chasing family into the deep end.

Lastly we didn't allow floaties in the water, and I think everyone who sees this video should notice the trend and think twice about them.