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Re:Ask HN: Great Blogs by Programmers on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:54AM (#30246487)

https://matt.might.net/articles/

Not strictly a software engineer, but a computer scientist (and so many other things), and an extremely smart person in general - worth reading even if you're not interested in academia.

Re:Work Stress: How the 42% Rule Could Help You Recover from Burnout (... on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:24PM (#29826504)

I agree with everything you said, but that doesn't change the fact that the post to which you're replying is also true.

If I always rode my bike, but didn't have a car, I couldn't really say "riding a bike is as much fun as driving a car".

Re:Ask HN: Have you found something you love to do? If yes how? on Sunday December 26, 2021 @01:47PM (#29695134)

Did they confirm the offer _during_ your interview?

If yes, then it was a dick move and you definitely dodged a bullet.

I'm asking because I know of some cases where the salary range was listed in the job posting, but after talking to the candidate, the company decided to offer them a number that was below the lower bound, saying that the level of the candidate not enough compared to what they had in mind when they were posting the job.

Re:The mother of all crashes is coming and it won’t be fun on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:29AM (#29613119)

This. More people should realize that the accuracy = hits / shots, and Michael Burry keeps shooting out predictions on a regular basis now.

His "proven track record" would be less than 10%, I'd imagine.

Re:Mac the Knife on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:17PM (#27199634)

Yeah, reading my response now, it kind of did sound as if I was implying that the video game character was original "Mac".

I wanted to mention the game as a possible inspiration because of who the author of the article is, and the website. Still doesn't rule out multiple references, as you said.

Actually I wasn't aware of the songs, so TIL, thanks!

Re:Mac the Knife on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:58AM (#27196463)

The title is a reference to Mack the Knife, a playable character in the arcade game Captain Commando developed by Capcom.

MAME is often used to play arcade games on PCs.