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Re:Ask HN: With all the layoffs – how are you?
on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:33AM (#39227173)
I got laid off, then got tonsillitis which turned into quinsy. Three days in hospital, then got Bells Palsy. I’m meant to be resting and recovering but the job search is always on my mind. Not doing great.
Re:Beginner's Guide to Arguing Constructively
on Thursday December 14, 2023 @02:05PM (#38645659)
This is all good but how do you deal with someone that just wants to win and not discuss?
Re:Ask HN: Looking for Music Recommendations for Working
on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:07AM (#38010799)
Tool
Re:HyperPhysics (1998)
on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:02AM (#36677394)
Legendary. Saved my physics degree
Re:What played a significant role in boosting your confidence as a new...
on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:38PM (#36606769)
In python pdb ‘breakpoint()’ is great
Re:Tailwind CSS v3.3
on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:44AM (#35354780)
+1. Learnt CSS through tailwind much faster than I did when trying to learn raw CSS
Re:GitHub: Guide on how to make ChatGPT prompts and a collection of pr...
on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:41PM (#34703831)
I just got this back and it’s hilarious:
Spatula and a Spoon: The second way is by using a spatula and a spoon. The doctor would use the spatula to gently lift the appendix out of the belly, and then use the spoon to scoop it out.
Excellent prompt work Sir
Re:Maintain a Clean Architecture in Python with Dependency Rules
on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:48AM (#34000307)
Can you please give a short summary of why I should give C#/.NET a go for my backend services?
I've been fighting battles in Python backend services to get a nicely decoupled API, logic and DB layers for a while...but sqlalchelmy, alembic and flask/django/fastAPI are my safety blankets
Re:Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums
on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:21AM (#33654170)
Those in corporate areas of stadiums at the tournament will still be able to purchase alcohol.
That's all I need to hear, corruption to the end.
Re:Ask HN: What's the Future of Web3?
on Friday November 18, 2022 @04:44AM (#33652470)
The only people I hear talking seriously about Web3 are non-tech people.
The tech people I know all seem to collectively think its BS.
It's a cool marketing phrase that probably won't come to anything. I'd be happy to be proven wrong though as web evolution will always be interesting.
Re:Twitter alerted employees all office buildings closed and badge acc...
on Friday November 18, 2022 @03:16AM (#33651823)
Is that not Reddit?
Re:Ask HN: Is the world run by badly updated Excel sheets?
on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:11AM (#33636216)
If the debt's interest rate is low (as it is in many situations where spreadsheets are used for long periods of time), then you might never need to get rid of it. If it has a high interest rate (not scaling or working well given the current work load), then it's time to move over to specialized software.
The idea of ‘interest’ on tech debt is awesome. Never heard of it before and will be using this in the future. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What shell are you using, if not *sh?
on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:09PM (#33576530)
I’d use fish if my bash scripts would work in it. Looks awesome
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @09:57AM (#33547371)
The point would be that the commute would be no more than 15 minutes to your office. Ideally walking distance
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:34AM (#33545524)
I'm beginning to think that collective distributed satellite offices is going to be big. Like WeWork but for companies to house their local staff and far less culty. Would help if they had standing desks, folding treadmills, three screens and everything else for a superb dev experience that is a bit of a pain to set up at home.
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:24AM (#33544963)
I get what you’re saying but does that produce the most effective, creative and innovative workforce required to compete in the technology industry?
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:11AM (#33544476)
So do you think he'll eventually bring back WFH for Tesla and Twitter when they want to increase headcount?
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:58AM (#33544380)
True, but the fact that technology is going to reinvent everything, including work seems to be an oversight. I'm not sure an old school factory owner is going to attract the best people in a highly skilled industry
Re:Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:54AM (#33544356)
It seems that Musk at this point is completely unaware that he is a walking contradiction.
On one hand, he is a technologist. Forward thinking and driving towards the future.
On the other hand, he is an old fashioned factory owner. He views his workforce as pure labour and can't accept that he can't force his employees to work under his total control. He also can't accept the gain in life capital for his employees in working from home for his workforce and that the future of work for humanity is probably decentralised offices and WFH, not middle managed, over the shoulder, supervised, centralised offices.
Re:Ask HN: Do you think Meta could become the next AOL?
on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:35AM (#33544184)
Original thread that prompted this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33538742
Ask HN: Do you think Meta could become the next AOL?
Based on some of the comments in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33538742I thought it might be interesting to have a discussion comparing Meta's strategy of owning VR as a platform with how AOL tried to become the internet platform in the 90s.
Re:Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work?
on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:37PM (#32841357)
Same
Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died
on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:04AM (#32777033)
This is exactly how I feel
Re:ErgodoxE EZ – an ergonomic keyboard with open source firmware
on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:02AM (#32777024)
I’ve got a kyria as well. Can’t recommend highly enough. Splitkb.com is great
Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc
on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:57PM (#32726454)
I had a boss that said this in a variety of contexts at least once per week. He was fun…
Ask HN: Did you ever find it difficult to find your “voice” on the internet?
I've always been a lurker on reddit and HN. But recently I've felt that I need to contribute more but I still find it hard to write comments without cringing at my own writing. The same goes for tweets and any other social media submission.Did anybody else feel like this? Did you have any strategies/tips/mindset-shift to become better at contributing?(regular posting is what I'm trying atm}
Re:Ask HN: Which strategies work best to reduce/eliminate alcohol use?
on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:49AM (#32722854)
This is an interesting way to do it. Very simple, and like units we've got in the UK but I like how simple this. Might give it a go
Re:Ask HN: Modern BI stack 2022 for low entry and cheap license dashbo...
on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:48AM (#32722845)
+1 on this
Re:Programming on 34 Keys
on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:11AM (#32659289)
I went Miryoku on 36 keys, learnt to touch type and it’s honestly been the best thing I’ve done for my coding. I know it sounds extreme but I feel like never having to look at the keyboard means I stay in flow and make fewer mistakes.
It wasn’t that hard to learn. Time investment of about 30 minutes/3 times a week for about six month.