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Re:Google fires 31 massage therapists as part of layoffs on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:11AM (#34569372)
Where can I learn more about the claim that GCP is behind AWS and Azure?
Re:How I Felt After Binge-Drinking 'Hangover-Free' Alcohol on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:15PM (#34301514)
Interesting! I’ve noticed less hangover effects when drinking herbal tea before bed as well. I even use unintentionally have a/b(ish) tested this with water and have much better results with tea.

I thought maybe the warm water was doing the trick, but maybe now ill test different tea. So far team with tulsi seem to work well for me.

Re:I quit my programmer job to become a chicken on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:12PM (#33675955)
I was programming at home for my job last week and heard my free reigning chickens make a lot of noise.

Went outside and saw a coyote with one of them in it's mouth.

I chased it away. I'm sick of being in front of a screen all day, but grateful I don't have to worry about being killed by wild animals on a daily basis.

Re:Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:56PM (#33059568)
I got a sauna blanket about a year ago and enjoy it enough (considering the price and space it takes up)

https://higherdose.com/products/infrared-sauna-blanket

Re:Show HN: A piano chord reference tool on Saturday August 27, 2022 @05:01PM (#32623162)
One of my first personal projects when learning how to program was generating sheet music for scales. Maybe I'll try to adapt some of the logic here to do that, someday.

I love the spirit of this. Simple reference tools for mobile devices or tablets, maybe with the ability to print things, could be leveraged more in the world.

Share any tools if you know of them!

Look into Oeufs Brouillés (French Scrambled Eggs) for cooking on stainless steel. Low heat and constant whisking - the eggs are so fluffy and delicious! And cleanup is easy.
What's the search indexing architecture look like under the hood?
Re:Why your daily stand-ups don't work and how to fix them on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:57AM (#32384467)
As a distributed team, I like the live interaction our daily standup provides. To stay focused on blockers, we share the yesterday/today portion of the update in Slack.

This leaves our 10 minute stand up as a convenient forum for announcements and some virtual hallway conversation.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate? on Saturday January 01, 2022 @05:44PM (#29763644)
At Quizlet, we are working on problems in this space.

https://quizlet.com/features/how-quizlet-works

I'm an engineer on the step-by-step Explanations team - if interested in learning more, shoot me an email (scott @ quizlet.com) and we can chat! Maybe this violates the objective of the OP - but it sounds like we'd have fun collaborating. We'd just be getting paid by the same company to do so.

Re:ADHD Accommodations Guide on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:04PM (#29679648)
I have ADHD (probably - I am diagnosed but don't fully trust the diagnosis testing). I think it makes me struggle more with general programming, but I thrive with creative engineering thinking: things like challenging the status quo, sharing motivational energy at the right time, and hyper focusing when I construct an environment to do so efficiently.

I think all of the accommodations listed would benefit a general workforce, and do not consider it a disability accommodations guide, but rather a best practice guide.

When having Discount Tire repair a nail in my 1 year old Model Y tire, I asked if I should get them rotated.

They measured each tire tread and said they are wearing very even, and suggested I wait longer to get them rotated.

Likely something a dealership wouldn't have recommended during an oil change of a vehicle purchased from them ;-)

I do need to replace our cabin air filter. Likely sooner than typical, since we've driven on a number of very, very dirty roads on camping trips.

No other serious maintenance in sight! https://www.tesla.com/support/car-maintenance

> getting a flat fixed because it has a slow leak and the tires have the acoustic foam inside them that prevents using green slime

I had the same issue with Costco and another tire shop refusing to patch a nail in my 2020 Model Y tire.

I tried a Discount Tire - they fixed it within a few hours for free, with a smile. They only asked I consider purchasing from them when I'm in the market for new tires.

Re:Guitar Center files for bankruptcy on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:48PM (#25179874)
Agree that extra online market is not good, but I am lucky and have an awesome, locally owned family shop right by my house (Guitar city / drum land in wheat ridge colorado). They are great, usually beat Guitar Center prices by ~10% via bonus gear or cash discounts, and has a more legit musician feel to the store.

If GC ends up closing, hope more local shops can benefit.

Re:Monolith -> Services: A Sketchy Approach on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:15PM (#24704673)
Kent Beck was one of the first software engineers I admired when getting into the field 7 years ago!

We are undergoing a mono->service shift at our company, and I think for reasons in agreement with this article. The main goals being to handle persistence of high write data beyond stable capabilities of our monolith, build services whose logic perspective deviates from the monolith (recommendations, text generation, search), and add new features that have a clear purpose and boundaries thought decoupled services.

But we still invest in the monolith, and develop all important things on it. It's our camel.

Re:Repl.it Database on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:31PM (#24474139)
We use repl.it in an AP Computer Science course I co-teach. Incredible tool for students who are learning Java, allowing them to code and collaborate on their Chromebooks, no Java local setup required.

The AP CS course exercises and concepts don't require persistence of data, but this could really open up opportunities for students to create more advanced projects!

Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:50AM (#23997026)
What would happen if UBI was instead Guaranteed Work and Wage?

I'm thinking if tax dollars were shared in the form of education, training and entry level exposure to trade skills, and jobs that may not typically pay above a minimum threshold for poverty but are subsidized to make them comfortable.

> no longer reading the papers and watching television

This is what I do, in addition to no social media except for certain personal alerts.

I ask my partner to relay any significant news/events to me.

I do support my local media group The Colorado Sun with a membership and sometimes read through their articles, which don't have advertisements so they are not incentivised to produce click-bait headlines and sponsored/addictive/entertainment content.

Re:Hugelkultur: Raised Garden Beds on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:48PM (#23885788)
It takes nurturing if you want to speed up the process, but this is optional.

If you have long-standing piles of organic matter in a sunny location, make a garden bed there and you'll be blown away by how fertile the soil is.

Re:Hipmunk Says Goodbye on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:48PM (#22048528)
I used Hipmunk ever since I took Steve Huffman's (founder Reddit and Hipmunk) Udacity course.

Not surprised it didn't make money, I would always use it alongside Kayak and then book directly with the airline/hotel/car company.

One of my favorite fundamental books is "The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
After the initial phone screening for a full stack engineer, we send a take home questionnaire that doesn't require any coding - but rather presents a set of questions that span across different domains (development process, databases, product, infrastructure).

The candidate selects 3 questions to answer from the set of questions. We expect them to take ~15 minutes to answer each question using the English language.

Childhood education in the States. Find some teachers in your area and ask them what they could do with x in y time.
Re:Ableton Live Redesign on Thursday June 15, 2017 @10:50PM (#14566315)
Nice work, hope you get the job!
Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:46AM (#13684956)
I really enjoy my aeropress (https://aerobie.com/product/aeropress/) coffee press. The modern take on a French press, price, and availability on Amazon made me realize anybody can have a great idea, print it in plastic, and sell it to people - arriving two days later.

Plus the coffee that comes out is dope.

Re:How My 10-Year-Old Learned JavaScript on Sunday December 18, 2016 @12:43PM (#13206674)
Congrats on sharing with your son! I would be interested to learn how he responds to https://groklearning.com/
But if you drive in the mountains, wouldn't gear simulation in a CVT help to save brakes while going downhill?
Re:Bulma – A modern CSS framework based on Flexbox on Sunday August 07, 2016 @11:06AM (#12242250)
If the name is based on DBZ, then +5 :-)
Re:There Is No Handbook for Being a Writer on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @08:43AM (#12001262)
I was an engineering major and switched to Creative Writing because of noted 'creative draw'. Loved the courses. Useless degree. Now I am a software engineer wish I had only minored in a creative field.

After all, college is just a place to pay for a degree, right? Might as well pay for something that will get you past HR.

Love the podcast. Will most definitely be using this to reinforce Python chops when I need them this Fall.
Re:Composer’s Sketchpad – Rethinking Musical Notation on Thursday February 11, 2016 @08:31AM (#11079958)
Cool. Maybe this will convince me to by my wife that iPad she's been wanting. Excited to check it out.

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