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Re:Has_not_been_viewed_much on Sunday July 05, 2026 @11:37PM (#48800385)
so beautiful
Re:The worst job interview I ever had on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @07:20PM (#48287377)
Name and shame company: Canonical

They make us write essays and life stories and reject in 24hrs.

Felt the exact same frustration.

Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of developments in the AI space? on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @01:29AM (#46441931)
Keep reading HN.
Try something like C where changes come very rarely. Avoid going to Flutter or Dart!
Is there an option to revert back to old UI, like old.github.com, similar to reddit?
Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout? on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:34AM (#23625583)
Sucks. Migrating to BitBucket.
Re:Being Alone on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:53PM (#23597222)
While this is all sweet and positive stuff, my friends mostly are jerks who "Can't talk. WhatsApp only."
Re:Ask HN: An Alternative to Google News Alerts? on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:49PM (#23597211)
You probably forgot RSS.
Re:My curated content shortlist for leaders on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:47PM (#23597206)
You should probably add this to your list,

"Building Secure and Reliable Systems - Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems" by Heather Adkins, Betsy Beyer, Paul Blankinship, Piotr Lewandowski, Ana Oprea, and Adam Stubblefield. One of must read books for young SRE's

Re:Only HTML CSS and JavaScript Is Not Enough on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:44PM (#23597196)
CORS policy is probably the most ignored part by budding devs.
Re:Ghoti on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:57PM (#23589084)
More of such intriguing facts can be found in the book by Martin Jurafsky, Computational linguistics.
Re:Ghoti on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:55PM (#23589070)
This is because in English it's not always that you speak what you write. Pronunciation is different for the same letter in different cases. In some languages (mainly Indian) like Hindi, we speak what we write and we write what we speak i.e. Our letters have a definite and unique sounds.
Re:I am lonely will anyone speak to me on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:51PM (#23589050)
Can't talk, only WhatsApp
Re:Ghoti on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:09AM (#23582770)
One of the core problems of English language.
They have just 27 more years to protest. After that, they will most probably be under the Great Firewall.
Re:Written communication is remote work super power on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:53AM (#23582715)
Sometimes you need instant answer. You just can't move forward. Then it requires documentation written 'properly'.

Honestly finding programmers with good writing skills too is difficult.

Similar to file browser in OS X
Re:Github Is Down on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:53AM (#23572537)
Isn't GitHub decentralised?
Re:Github Is Down on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:47AM (#23572485)
India as well.
r/dankmemes
Re:Ask HN: What do you do online? on Saturday May 23, 2020 @01:11AM (#23280089)
HN
Now that kids can't go to school because of lockdown, the demand for online teaching is proliferating. You can start coaching students online or just kids in your neighborhood.
Re:Ask HN: I just started my first real workday, any tips? on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:16AM (#23245533)
Stay away from HN!!!
Re:Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing? on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:22AM (#23243841)
https://tildes.net

Similar to HN but contains non-tech stuff.

Re:What Happened When I Switched from Mac to Windows on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:13PM (#23229489)
This all looks fine for video editing and stuff. What about Coding? I know only usb-c inputs are a pain in the ass, but I will still choose a mac for coding/programming task.
Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:48AM (#23223934)
Who are getting laid off? Software engineers or management and customer team?
Awesome! Will try this today!!
Re:Ask HN: What to Include in Talk for Kids? on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:08AM (#23222489)
You can also include how important privacy is in the talk.

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