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None of this is surprising. I was a sw engineer at 23andMe about 5y ago. Their backend consisted of some of the worst python/django spaghetti code I’ve ever worked on. There was also no engineering culture whatsoever.

Ask HN: Why hasn't a readily available universal mosquito trap been developed?

Basically the title. Yeah, I know there's mosquito repellent spray, but I'm not keen on spraying noxious chemicals all over my clothes/skin, especially not in my own home.It seems like every few years new technology gets developed to fight/trap mosquitoes, but yet when I browse Amazon and/or my local hardware store for solutions, there are none to be found (aside from the usual snake oil). ...

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there's a solid chance said jobs don't pay equitably either
Re:Homebrew 4.0.0 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:59PM (#34828596)
Apparently they have a malware problem too: https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-mal...
Re:Ventura Issues on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:24PM (#34157523)
System Preferences was rewritten for Ventura in SwiftUI, which is absolutely not ready for production, especially on Mac. Speaking from personal experience, I recently wrote a simple macOS app using SwiftUI. I found the framework to be slow (why does it use so much cpu/memory when idle??), unintuitive, and awkward to use. Despite being in its 4th year, SwiftUI is still very much beta software, and I wouldn’t recommend using it for anything serious.
Re:Hoax email blast abused poor coding in FBI website on Saturday November 13, 2021 @09:06PM (#29214880)
mildly ironic that the FBI employs so many elite hackers but can barely keep its own properties safe
Yes, it’s known as the Russian reversal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia
Re:FireEye Shares Details of Recent Cyber Attack on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @09:56PM (#25354789)
> Matthew in accounting that will open that invoice attachment so he can pay it.

This is painfully accurate. A chain is really only as strong as its weakest link :/

Re:The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries with Fire on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:42AM (#23855836)
Obviously not, but I think it’s pretty straightforward: use common sense. If you think someone might take offense, then don’t say it.
Re:The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries with Fire on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:43AM (#23842373)
The main issue here is that you made a joke about race. It wasn’t funny, and was extremely distasteful. If this is still lost on you, then I suggest you take a moment to educate yourself on the matter and consider why this was offensive to so many people.
Re:The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries with Fire on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:10PM (#23840437)
Sarcasm or not, your post is racially insensitive, hence the downvotes.