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Re:Ask HN: Our lead architect says 4GB is enough for a developer machine
on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:55AM (#11554630)
Run!
Re:Ask HN: How much free time do you get per day?
on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:54AM (#11554626)
Choose and free have different meanings to different people. I chose to have kids. Is the time i spend with thwm free time? Yes and no.
Re:Ask HN: Our lead architect says 4GB is enough for a developer machine
on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:48PM (#11553069)
Good question. I misread the op the first time. So yeah whats the advantage of stuffing more on the thin client. Unless he is also using the thin client to run stuff he cant run remotely.
Re:Ask HN: Our lead architect says 4GB is enough for a developer machine
on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:43PM (#11553056)
Tldr: Put up and shut up
Re:Ask HN: Our lead architect says 4GB is enough for a developer machine
on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:59AM (#11547663)
Point?
Re:Ask HN: Hiring software engineers in '16 vs. prior years?
on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:23AM (#11540837)
Any Australia anecdotes would be heartily appreciated. A falling AU dollar and stagnent dev wages make the US look so well paid. Almost to the point i could get paid more with a remote US job let alone an onsite one.
Re:Ask HN: Our lead architect says 4GB is enough for a developer machine
on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:21AM (#11540823)
Oh dear! Can you BYO laptop?
Re:Ask HN: How were the YC interviews today?
on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:05AM (#11540763)
I heard they went pretty well. Some made it through but others were less fortunate.
Re:Front end tooling is borked big time
on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:58AM (#11540736)
Just use vanilla js! Or neapolitan if you prefer.
Re:Ask HN: Leaking hours and money. I need a tool to keep digital proj...
on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @04:03AM (#11532916)
+1 for the spreadsheet
Re:Norway's $860B Fund Drops 52 Companies Linked to Coal
on Monday April 18, 2016 @03:53AM (#11518340)
Or... once you are rich you can afford a high horse.
Re:Norway's $860B Fund Drops 52 Companies Linked to Coal
on Monday April 18, 2016 @03:52AM (#11518336)
Yes and i dont use Arabic numerals. Whats it in Roman?
Re:Develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatien...
on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:55PM (#11516728)
Even better is to talk to users. They may get raged by different things to me to you.
Re:Develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatien...
on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:18PM (#11516613)
Quick poll: who prefers laziness by default. Who prefers strictness by default?
Re:Study of non-programmers' solutions to programming problems [pdf]
on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:26AM (#11514069)
Im for doing data analysis at least on the code bases I work on but alas would have to do that in my own time.
Re:Apply HN: Over 40% of women leave tech mid-career, help us decrease...
on Saturday April 16, 2016 @05:53AM (#11509984)
Why is it bad if people leave tech mid career? I cant imagine cranking out the hiroglythics myself for too much longer. Especially as non managerial it is low status.
Re:When Lobbying was Illegal
on Saturday April 16, 2016 @05:31AM (#11509941)
How about compulsory voting? We do it in Australia
Re:New effort to study astronomical ‘wow’ signal after almost 40 years
on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:38PM (#11508660)
Yeah but i dont think he was saying no comet implies no microwave oven. Oh i dont know what the ancestor meant maybe we should ask him or her or it.
Re:How to ace a YC interview
on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:37PM (#11508654)
It is like asking who is the organ grinder. Implies that the rest of the team are monkeys. That aint a good sign.
Re:Ask HN: Ever be verbally told you got the job, then no firm offer?
on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:22PM (#11507713)
Damn it i didnt articulate the point very well and got downvoted :-( but i meant the interviewer was arrogant.
Re:New effort to study astronomical ‘wow’ signal after almost 40 years
on Friday April 15, 2016 @05:15PM (#11507668)
I think E.T. refers to alien. If he means from outside of Earth generally ... well that is tautological. So I assume he means aliens.
Re:Apply HN – HireFemale
on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:49AM (#11502832)
Chicken and egg
Re:Visual Studio Code 1.0
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @05:12PM (#11500389)
Seriously try gvim. Not vim where you need a long ass cheat sheet just to create a new tab or move between splits. But gvim where you can be productive and use the mouse and menus when necessary.
Re:Show HN: A Haskell library for web and distributed composable appli...
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:06AM (#11495915)
How does it compare with an actor model?
Re:I'm looking for a roommate/hacker (bay area)
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:02AM (#11495890)
Why do it in pricey SF. Why not Laos you could spend years there for the same money.
Re:Ask HN: How does your job benefit society?
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:00AM (#11495874)
My company bets on betting markets getting an edgd using statistical data. We help provide liquidity to the betting market and keep betting exchanges and totalisers in business.
Re:Ask HN: Ever be verbally told you got the job, then no firm offer?
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:54AM (#11495845)
How arrogant to assume you'd take the job. Implied by 'ive found our..."
Re:Apply HN: HireFemale
on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:46AM (#11495809)
Already submitted : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11463272
Re:Ask HN: Any Ideas for Master's Thesis in Software Engineering?
on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:04PM (#11464499)
Or invent a programming language that gives a lot of the guarantees and robustness of a hard-ass fp lanuguage but is as easy to pick up as Java or Ruby.
Re:Apply HN: Zippy, self driving sidewalk meal delivery robots
on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:00PM (#11464489)
Good. Solve that and i'll invest.