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Re:Ask HN: Best “I brought down production” story? on Saturday June 26, 2021 @05:04PM (#27645827)
Slightly off topic but I think in most cases responsibility for accidentally bringing down production likes with management.

However I’ve only ever heard stories where management lays the blame.

What did you learn from this person?

It would save me two years.

Recycling is forgive the pun …. Garbage.

The best place for plastic is landfill.

Programmers love the complexity of trees.
Re:You Are Doing Too Much: Focus on One Thing on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:25AM (#27615803)
Yeah, but if you haven’t yet found something that works, then do the opposite. Do many many things at the same time.
The thing that really pisses me off is that governments in the past worked SO HARD to argue that renewable energy could never work.
Re:Ask HN: How to learn proper systems programming? on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:06AM (#27577766)
Find an open source project.
Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:02AM (#27569545)
Is it still not self evident that pain is a key mechanism in almost all animals?