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null | Nuoji | null | Depending on your game, reliable+ordered UDP does not need to mean head-of-line blocking.
In a generic RUDP protocol that needs to be true, but for a specific game it does not need to be. My game, inpired by the old Q3 protocol, has no head-of-line blocking despite being reliable+ordered. | null | 0 | 1491752906 | False | 0 | dg1b5jt | t3_60oj5c | null | null | t3_60oj5c | null | 1493926353 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | germanbeer | null | True but I've come to appreciate why.
For any framework with the customisation potential of spring and the almost infinite use cases the abstraction starts to make sense.
I guess you have to go down the rabbit hole yourself and feel first hand the pain and suffering until you start to appreciate why spring exists. | null | 0 | 1491753002 | False | 0 | dg1b7xp | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfycuc3 | null | 1493926385 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bryanedds | null | Nadia is the real deal, trying to do some very essential things for open source. We have a serious sustainability problem in the OSS community, and she's one of the few people to put in the real work needed to attempt to solve it. I recommended everyone interested to read and follow her works! | null | 0 | 1491753055 | False | 0 | dg1b97f | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg0rqck | null | 1493926401 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | izactuallydolan | null | Threaten to outsource their jobs. | null | 0 | 1491753072 | False | 0 | dg1b9na | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493926407 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | G3Kappa | null | I think that we should teach children how to better use the Internet as a learning tool, because I'm sure that 90% of the programmers who started as children didn't do that because they saw it at school. Hell, school itself is becoming obsolete now that there's such a wide choice in what learning materials one wants to... | null | 0 | 1491753103 | 1491753420 | 0 | dg1bads | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg077za | null | 1493926418 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ProfessorPhi | null | It doesn't matter, there are too few of them to get the work done. They aren't 1 in 10. | null | 0 | 1491753134 | False | 0 | dg1bb4v | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ryi5 | null | 1493926427 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xxxmuffinflavoredxxx | null | > No one wants to work with a diva who proclaims they are a 10x programmer.
This hits closer to home than you may know, so I appreciate you taking the time to have this discussion with me.
> That kind of person usually reduces output from a group of developers by a large enough factor to outweigh the supposed ... | null | 0 | 1491753159 | False | 0 | dg1bbq3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0wbas | null | 1493926435 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lechatsportif | null | Not really. Facebooks release first ask questions later policy puts it in a unique position for awfulness. | null | 0 | 1491753165 | False | 0 | dg1bbv7 | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg0z7go | null | 1493926437 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Muchoz | null | I've been interning for 2 months now from 9 to 5 roughly. I don't think I have ever been less productive in my life. Right now I have a week off and I can just work on my own stuff and I finally feel productive. Still less productive because I got a new keyboard and I'm just switching layouts. | null | 0 | 1491753168 | False | 0 | dg1bbyc | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493926438 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | germanbeer | null | Yes. Good documentation is difficult to write because you have to consider your audience.
When you write documentation for your future self you know what is relevant.
Even this is a major pain but a magnitude less than writing it for public consumption.
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null | dbmontes | null | I see. yeah, makes sense
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null | milkeater | null | Not to minimize the value that this article provides.....I HATE when people say, I've got some great advice that I'm going to give you at a high level with just barely enough info....here's a paywall to get through if you want more.
I feel like I just got tricked into reading a commercial. Kinda dis-ingenous especia... | null | 0 | 1491753443 | False | 0 | dg1bist | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t3_64cbsh | null | 1493926529 | 64 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RabbiSchlem | null | Yeah. I worked with one at Google. They're incredibly rare because it's a combination of traits that are mutually exlusive in most people.
Genius level smart, big work ethic with high motivation, and (here's the tough one) strong people / relationship skills.
In quick conversations he could understand complex proble... | null | 0 | 1491753448 | False | 0 | dg1biy9 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ryi5 | null | 1493926532 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | balefrost | null | I dunno, over on /r/Android, a common refrain is "I uninstalled the Facebook app and just use the website, and it has singlehandedly fixed my battery life issues". In terms of overall profit, it probably doesn't matter whether their Android app is any good. But the Android team is surely costing Facebook money, and it ... | null | 0 | 1491753503 | False | 0 | dg1bkcp | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg11b54 | null | 1493926550 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RabbidKitten | null | Yes. IO streams are incredibly slow compared to the C standard library, and have their own gotchas for no apparent reason at all (eg. `std::endl` is a function). Formatting is a pain unless you use some additional library like Boost.Format, and they break internationalisation. There is also no standard way to make an I... | null | 0 | 1491753507 | False | 0 | dg1bkgn | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0txcf | null | 1493926551 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Slackluster | null | In my experience that is not the case. True that if you are a salaried employee most places will not hold you to a specific amount of hours worked per week, though all the companies I have been at recommended 40 hours not including lunch. That being said, if you are consistently getting everything done at a high level ... | null | 0 | 1491753543 | False | 0 | dg1blat | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg15oso | null | 1493926562 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ErstwhileRockstar | null | I gave up thinking about rationality in software development long ago. The market is your dictator. You have to obey. The dictator said UML and I did UML, OOP, MDA, whatever. Now it says Agile and I do Sprints, MicroServices, Angular, whatever. | null | 0 | 1491753573 | False | 0 | dg1bm11 | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg14b6z | null | 1493926572 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | droogans | null | If you're actually new to this particular phenomenon of stupid in JavaScript, might I recommend the following:
Learn Python first. Understand the difference between `==` and `is`. The more Python you know, the easier it is to look at JavaScript and think "that doesn't look ok to me", and side step a lot of the stupid ... | null | 0 | 1491753641 | False | 0 | dg1bnot | t3_64devw | null | null | t3_64devw | null | 1493926594 | -17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LtAramaki | null | JWTs are basically a self-contained encrypted payload that you can decrypt in a decentralized fashion to obtain user info (user id, name, privileges etc.). This is also what makes them dangerous, because they can be forged if you use insecure defaults (which many JWT libraries had until recently, and some still do I be... | null | 0 | 1491753705 | False | 0 | dg1bpam | t3_61bpiz | null | null | t1_dg1ax2u | null | 1493926616 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | saijanai | null | Another *recent* article:
[Apple at 40: Here’s what The Woz had to say about the Apple II and phone phreaking in 1984](http://www.pcworld.com/article/3049885/macs/apple-at-40-heres-what-the-woz-had-to-say-about-the-apple-ii-and-phone-phreaking-in-1984.html)
>"_The best prank I’ve seen with the Apple was played by ... | null | 0 | 1491753737 | 1491753948 | 0 | dg1bq34 | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg0donr | null | 1493926626 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xxxmuffinflavoredxxx | null | How do you feel about the rest of the comments that now say 10x developers drag the team down by being a diva, or introduce technical debt into the code? Do you think it is possible for a 10x engineer to exist without having any of those drawbacks? | null | 0 | 1491753794 | False | 0 | dg1brkm | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0u0y0 | null | 1493926646 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dangerbird2 | null | Certainly don't use it in deployed code, but if you're already using babel and are sticking to a specific preset, it's not going to kill anyone. | null | 0 | 1491753893 | False | 0 | dg1bu1r | t3_64dd29 | null | null | t1_dg1a5tz | null | 1493926679 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MostlyCarbonite | null | > If the blood of the company (the low wage owners)
And that's where I decided to downvote | null | 0 | 1491754041 | False | 0 | dg1bxnu | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg17n1q | null | 1493926727 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TheBuzzSaw | null | I would like to know more about these code grievances. | null | 0 | 1491754079 | False | 0 | dg1bym3 | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg142zx | null | 1493926740 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MostlyCarbonite | null | > noon-ish: Nap for 30-60 minutes
Ding ding ding. I bet this is 80% of the difference between your productivity at work vs. home. A cloudy mind produces poor code. Companies need to get on the siesta train. | null | 0 | 1491754133 | False | 0 | dg1bzz2 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0p3b1 | null | 1493926758 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | IgnorantPlatypus | null | > software is just a mean to an end and this end is making money for shareholders
This is true. But when the software is brittle, it harms the long-term money-making ability -- data corruptions, or the inability to add new features with quality can easily eventually affect the bottom line.
Capitalism doesn't mean ... | null | 0 | 1491754193 | False | 0 | dg1c1i7 | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg161lx | null | 1493926778 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | skulgnome | null | > There are programmers out there who can write code for 12-18+ hours per day.
If they do this to increase someone else's capital, and not theirs, they're idiots. It's no wonder that an idiot would need to work 3/4ths of the day. | null | 0 | 1491754264 | False | 0 | dg1c38h | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0o0ze | null | 1493926801 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PenMount | null | Sure [fetchmail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetchmail) are not gcc or the linux kernel, but it was how many people got there mail in the dark ages of [pop mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol).
Also the [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar) di... | null | 0 | 1491754381 | 1491768161 | 0 | dg1c68d | t3_64ciel | null | null | t1_dg18ak1 | null | 1493926841 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | IntenseArmadillo | null | Pretty sure if a chargeback occurs, all of PayPal's fees are returned too. And that 2% will come out of the final amount. | null | 0 | 1491754394 | False | 0 | dg1c6lg | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg17m5c | null | 1493926846 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | floppydrive | null | Thanks for this. I'll look into it. | null | 0 | 1491754409 | False | 0 | dg1c6yz | t3_61bpiz | null | null | t1_dg1bpam | null | 1493926851 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | norsurfit | null | You simply redefine "programming" as "sleeping". Boom - problem solved. | null | 0 | 1491754509 | False | 0 | dg1c9ip | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493926885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | doom_Oo7 | null | > Eventually the problem will become so bad that the government will have to step in, and nobody wants that.
Politically it seems that the current trend is more about deregulation than regulation. | null | 0 | 1491754518 | False | 0 | dg1c9rk | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1afpz | null | 1493926888 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | boulderdrop | null | Ownership is the only motivation that will allow a programmer to work that much. 20 years of my own software products, I go through weeks of plugging away 12 hours a day, 5 days/week plus 4 hours on each Sat/Sun.
Recently spent a year working for a shop with 50 developers... Fuck that, I was ready leave at 515p everyd... | null | 0 | 1491754553 | False | 0 | dg1caml | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493926900 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | faster | null | In one of my first serious job interviews, I was asked to solve a programming puzzle in an assembly language I'd never used. I kept working to clarify the specification until the interviewer basically wrote it for me. He thought I was a genius!
I don't think I really got the lesson then, but now I would say that my kn... | null | 0 | 1491754560 | False | 0 | dg1catp | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg17y0u | null | 1493926903 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | doom_Oo7 | null | > If a company or group of employees wants to focus on longer-term thinking, that's still capitalistic.
For a value of "longer-term" smaller than eight quarters. | null | 0 | 1491754587 | False | 0 | dg1cbhf | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1c1i7 | null | 1493926911 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | htuhola | null | It would likely bring more problems than what it is worth. But it would be sort of a tradeoff in the perspective of someone who's designing a language. You would have a single number type that works kind of predictably up to Nth index, and would let it easier to treat the number types as a single unit. The distinction ... | null | 0 | 1491754659 | False | 0 | dg1cdbc | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg17zjk | null | 1493926935 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | atheken | null | Oh, you're a plumber? Will you come unclog my toilet? I'll buy you pizza. | null | 0 | 1491754661 | False | 0 | dg1cdcr | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg1612y | null | 1493926936 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hall5714 | null | Pretty sure most companies understand the difference between their webmail app and the software controlling their self driving cars. Google has code quality issues too, but I doubt it's in their cars | null | 0 | 1491754678 | False | 0 | dg1cdsw | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1azj3 | null | 1493926942 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BachePoro | null | I'm happy I'm not the only one browsing the web and goofing off half the time during my workday. | null | 0 | 1491754815 | False | 0 | dg1chb2 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493926990 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Scellow | null | Anyways, if you want to give something, give it, don't ask to handle fees or what ever the shit is called, even if the cause is good, it's just a principe | null | 1 | 1491754857 | False | 0 | dg1ciea | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg1c6lg | null | 1493927005 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | IronOxide42 | null | I had a class in Software Design in my last year of college, and the professor explicitly stated in the first day "If you specify language in a design document, you've made a bad design." | null | 0 | 1491754877 | False | 0 | dg1ciwh | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg12lv7 | null | 1493927011 | 187 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DanReach | null | That is a good number, $5000. I think it would attract young coders and be ignored by older ones. | null | 0 | 1491754882 | False | 0 | dg1cj14 | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t3_64ap2d | null | 1493927013 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | IgnorantPlatypus | null | > For a value of "longer-term" smaller than eight quarters.
This still misunderstands the issue. A company, as a whole, is run by the president, CEO, and board of directors. If those people are all on board with creating long-term growth, at the expense of short-term, that is what the company will do. If the compan... | null | 0 | 1491754965 | False | 0 | dg1cl50 | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1cbhf | null | 1493927041 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | it's kind of different though. In software you have fast iterations, you can distribute at a rapid pace, that there's no 'physicality' to it makes it more risky just from a theoretical standpoint.
I don't know if best practices is a good enough solution. Maybe we need more fundamental changes in languages themselves ... | null | 0 | 1491754965 | False | 0 | dg1cl5f | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1cdsw | null | 1493927042 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | thephotoman | null | A key to my office productivity is that it is a remote, personal office where nobody else on my team even is. They can't rope me into a meeting. Nobody's going to bother me.
Most people, I understand, don't have that. | null | 0 | 1491755023 | False | 0 | dg1cmli | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg10qzd | null | 1493927061 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Apterygiformes | null | Real talk, how come none of these posts can ever use image macros correctly? | null | 0 | 1491755070 | False | 0 | dg1cnru | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t3_64cbsh | null | 1493927077 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Scellow | null | I'm pretty sure she only just doing an investment and is expecting a return (medium monetization for example), the fact that she ask you to handle the transaction fees says it all | null | 1 | 1491755085 | False | 0 | dg1co6a | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg1b97f | null | 1493927082 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | windfisher | null | Oh sales can be super exhausting. I used to be making phone calls all day and pitching people all day just to be able to eat, and when nobody's buying what you're selling in a down period is super stressful. So you have to try harder, and the diminishing returns on your effort get even more frustrating...
I'd rather ... | null | 0 | 1491755102 | False | 0 | dg1coll | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg13bxn | null | 1493927087 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RabbidKitten | null | > Package management is more than just being able to install a package - [..] enabling repeatable builds (can you still build your C++ project from three years ago to target today's server)
Enabling repeatable builds take more than just package management, you need a cross compilation environment at least. To get t... | null | 0 | 1491755108 | False | 0 | dg1cor0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzfl3m | null | 1493927089 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | NoMoreNicksLeft | null | > I'm getting interviewed for a wicked cool job. I'm nervous. I'm doubting my own self-worth and skills. I'm sweating so profusely I could be nominated as an honorary dam. I'm barely able to get my shit together and I'm supposed to guess what you really want to learn about me. I seriously hate that idea and I've had... | null | 0 | 1491755305 | False | 0 | dg1cts1 | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg17y0u | null | 1493927156 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | thephotoman | null | Oh yeah. That's savings I can pass to the customer. | null | 0 | 1491755334 | False | 0 | dg1cuhq | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0xbrc | null | 1493927166 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NoMoreNicksLeft | null | > Sometimes questions are deliberately vague to see if you do this
Sometimes it's a trap, and if you ask more questions they consider you too dimwitted to work there.
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null | Duc_de_Richelieu | null | Why is it then that in Norway where girls have free choice and no financial pressure they have the lowest amount of girls chosing STEM? This trend can be observed in all societies, the more freedom of choice the fewer women go into STEM. Maybe just maybe there is a biological component | null | 0 | 1491755464 | False | 0 | dg1cxsf | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0nl9j | null | 1493927210 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | celerym | null | Google's whole Android platform is rushed and over-engineered, as if Google literally threw a bunch of developers at the problem of "we want in on the phone market, now", without much planning. There's always a "good reason" for what are ultimately design flaws. The sheer hubris of the developers comes through in the d... | null | 0 | 1491755551 | 1491755957 | 0 | dg1d01s | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1bym3 | null | 1493927241 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Vortieum | null | I have this job because of 15 years of IT experience (what I know), a connection made when I had my business 10 years ago that resulted in the good fortune of having a good friend (who you know).
It's all about who you know who knows you know what you know.
That and taking a risk jumping on board with a small compan... | null | 0 | 1491755618 | False | 0 | dg1d1t2 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg1b1s8 | null | 1493927265 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | CyclonusRIP | null | You can make whatever generalizations you want. I've worked extensively in Java and be working in scala for about the last year. I don't really find that most of the scala code I see others writing really lives up the the promises of the language. Most of my code is simply untangling their interfaces.
Try slick for... | null | 0 | 1491755694 | False | 0 | dg1d3q5 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg109b9 | null | 1493927290 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hall5714 | null | Oh I definitely agree. I think a lot of the bad smell code bases stem as much from language issues as they do from anything else. Facebook always seems like a common target, but much of their code base is PHP and Javascript. Languages that have inherently more code quality issues than their siblings. | null | 0 | 1491755784 | False | 0 | dg1d5yg | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1cl5f | null | 1493927320 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | chordial | null | > so that I can jot down some assumptions as type signatures
This is the big thing that I've missed in my 5+ years working with dynamic languages. When I have to describe the problem space in tandem with the solution, my solution has to fit within reasonable constraints of the type system I've defined.
Sure, it's... | null | 0 | 1491755802 | False | 0 | dg1d6ee | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzn23l | null | 1493927326 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | carlfish | null | There is a _really_ common pattern for inexperienced engineering interviewers, or just the ones who never care about improving that goes:
> I want to ask you a question, but asking you directly would give away the answer. So I'm just going to ask incredibly vague questions in the hope you guess the very specific th... | null | 0 | 1491755832 | False | 0 | dg1d762 | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg17y0u | null | 1493927338 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | oneonetwooneonetwo | null | > I'm supposed to guess what you really want to learn about me
Maybe they're really hoping you're able to take a step back and clarify things even under pressure. If they hire you will you ask any questions about what's wanted before trying to design netflix? | null | 0 | 1491755997 | False | 0 | dg1dbc4 | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg17y0u | null | 1493927394 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kraffay | null | Greetings Fellow Developers,
Do you have time to take a quick survey to help me complete my Masters Degree?
I am currently a graduate student enrolled in my final course in Penn State’s World Campus Masters in Information Sciences with a concentration in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
As part of my final ... | null | 0 | 1491756099 | False | 0 | dg1ddwp | t3_64dyli | null | null | t3_64dyli | null | 1493927428 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | StonyPriapus | null | Come on, he might be the Stiffler of Unix but he's arguably a first class programmer.
I hope my CV is half as impressive when I'm his age http://www.catb.org/esr/resume.html | null | 1 | 1491756108 | False | 0 | dg1de4h | t3_64ciel | null | null | t1_dg18ak1 | null | 1493927431 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | itsmontoya | null | === is faster than == in a lot of situations. It's also more correct due to ensuring similar types. | null | 0 | 1491756113 | False | 0 | dg1de9h | t3_64devw | null | null | t1_dg1a0r3 | null | 1493927434 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lucky94 | null | Why would you expect them to? If the mistake only affects one person, it's cheaper to slide the issue under the rug than to go fix it. You're unlikely to sue them, and the companies know this. | null | 0 | 1491756363 | False | 0 | dg1dkl3 | t3_641hyk | null | null | t1_dfyt10y | null | 1493927519 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nakamin | null | I think Streisand solves a different problem. There are many open source projects for setting up VPNs, but they are all easily blocked by governments, schools etc. Streisand aims to circumvent the blocking, and that's why it has so many components, it allows for a higher success rate. I think it's more targeted toward... | null | 0 | 1491756421 | False | 0 | dg1dm2t | t3_64bkny | null | null | t1_dg19hho | null | 1493927541 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | caltheon | null | Somewhere along the line I figured out how to pretend IDGAF when I go into an interview and it's amazing how much better I started being able to interview. I went from "I don't think you're a right fit for our culture" to being able to negotiate 10-20% what they offer. There is definitely something to be said for pre... | null | 0 | 1491756465 | False | 0 | dg1dn5n | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg19pjo | null | 1493927555 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _Mardoxx | null | Image macros. That's a phrase I haven't heard in a long time. | null | 0 | 1491756518 | False | 0 | dg1doib | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg1cnru | null | 1493927574 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _Mardoxx | null | Eh. Just always use ===. | null | 0 | 1491756605 | False | 0 | dg1dqsa | t3_64devw | null | null | t3_64devw | null | 1493927603 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | oneonetwooneonetwo | null | > if you ask more questions they consider you too dimwitted to work there.
Taking the long view, it can't fail. You either show you can use questions to clarify situations before providing a detailed answer or if that's the case you dodge a bullet. | null | 0 | 1491756611 | False | 0 | dg1dqy1 | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg1cvhu | null | 1493927606 | 36 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kcuf | null | You know they bought android, right? | null | 0 | 1491756611 | False | 0 | dg1dqyd | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg1d01s | null | 1493927606 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | foobar5678 | null | I think it's actually the opposite. The juniors appears to get 10x as much done, because they've only accounted for 1/10th of the edge cases. I've worked with junior development who cranked out new features way faster than anyone else. The managers all praised him. But then the code just didn't work, there were problem... | null | 0 | 1491756635 | False | 0 | dg1drji | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg1173x | null | 1493927614 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | carlfish | null | In general, "How would you design X" questions are shit. It's really easy to throw together a plausible design for a system you'll never have to build, and hand-wave all the trade-offs when asked about them. These questions do little more than reward people who are good at interviewing.
I prefer "Have you ever worked ... | null | 1 | 1491756667 | False | 0 | dg1dsdu | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t3_64cbsh | null | 1493927626 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Purehappiness | null | You could try and ask questions like you would a customer.
For example, avoid technical questions, like: "Do you want me to specify a language?", and instead use: "What would you do with this document/design?", and move from there. If they end up telling you at the end that you didn't answer the question the right wa... | null | 0 | 1491756676 | False | 0 | dg1dslv | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg1cvhu | null | 1493927629 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | foobar5678 | null | I'm willing to work 30 hours a week. Hire me? | null | 0 | 1491756777 | False | 0 | dg1dvbu | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg19ayd | null | 1493927665 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SemaphoreBingo | null | ESR has guns and a history of making death threats, everybody interacting with him should be issued trigger warnings. | null | 0 | 1491756787 | False | 0 | dg1dvl2 | t3_64ciel | null | null | t1_dg16yz3 | null | 1493927668 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _axelp_ | null | Lol what? You can write kernels and virtual machines, from scratch, no Google-ing? | null | 0 | 1491756801 | False | 0 | dg1dvxa | t3_637seo | null | null | t1_dfse0jf | null | 1493927673 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drysart | null | >> The key here is to understand what your interviewer is looking for.
> Am I the only one who absolutely hates this?
It's inherent in the process, though. "Design" can mean different things to different people, depending on how far up the chain someone's 'designed' things at before; and the worst thing you... | null | 0 | 1491756810 | False | 0 | dg1dw5l | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg17y0u | null | 1493927676 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | thr731 | null | Thank you actually providing some insight instead of the usuall circlejerk! | null | 0 | 1491756831 | False | 0 | dg1dwqo | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg12lv7 | null | 1493927683 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _Mardoxx | null | Literally no point to use mongo. Even MSSQL now supports json type. And schemaless is practically the only argument for using mongodb. As for scalability... come back to me when your app actually needs to scale. Aka. Never. | null | 0 | 1491756845 | False | 0 | dg1dx44 | t3_649sgw | null | null | t1_dg0y0bj | null | 1493927689 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RagingAnemone | null | This commercial irritates the fuck out of me: https://youtu.be/ssZzXUcvYyk
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null | _Mardoxx | null | Whatever floats your boat | null | 0 | 1491756924 | False | 0 | dg1dz5d | t3_644jqe | null | null | t1_dg0dslr | null | 1493927717 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | idboehman | null | You wouldn't want to work there then, that sounds toxic af. | null | 0 | 1491756997 | False | 0 | dg1e13w | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg1cvhu | null | 1493927743 | 65 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ScrimpyCat | null | She did say if you're international, she'll need to workout the details of the transfer with you. So if it really did turn out to not be worth it you'd just not go ahead with it (though I don't see how unless there's some crazy law, most likely you might just lose a small portion of the $5k, although honestly who knows... | null | 0 | 1491757001 | False | 0 | dg1e18a | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg17m5c | null | 1493927745 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xampl9 | null | > You are typically asked to design Netflix (or another scalable service with hundreds of millions of users) in 45 minutes.
I would follow up with: "You're not Netflix. How does this question apply to the work I would be doing for you?"
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null | SemaphoreBingo | null | Was expecting his other resume: http://www.catb.org/esr/larp.html
(Also look how many of those lines are "credited contributor")
And see also: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond | null | 0 | 1491757052 | False | 0 | dg1e2jx | t3_64ciel | null | null | t1_dg1de4h | null | 1493927762 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | infinitecharger | null | It really is. Without the masses, you would have no raw materials, manufacturing, logistics, or final product sales. | null | 0 | 1491757071 | False | 0 | dg1e31i | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg1bxnu | null | 1493927768 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | skeletal88 | null | Yes. Profit sharing.
Why should anyone work more than the law requires, 40 hours, when they get no benefits from it?
If my hard work would directly result in more money then I'd work more than 40 hours. But only sometimes, if overtime was the norm in a company then I'd leave soon. I have more fun things to do than sp... | null | 0 | 1491757087 | False | 0 | dg1e3gb | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0dita | null | 1493927774 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vplatt | null | I agree that computer aided instruction can greatly speed up the teaching of logic and math, but I don't understand your angle about civics. I agree it's a good thing to study, as is history, but IMO they are secondary to the more critical thinking skills. | null | 0 | 1491757101 | 1491778429 | 0 | dg1e3tv | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0jd1v | null | 1493927779 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ifatree | null | > Were [sic] did you hear it?
i read thousands of pages of text a month. there's honestly no telling. it's possible i just perverted their shitty but original idea into something that's actually measurable and meaningful on accident on my own. but from what i can recall and the only way i've ever used it in practi... | null | 0 | 1491757151 | 1491759685 | 0 | dg1e54c | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg15szq | null | 1493927796 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mattluttrell | null | Netflix system design is a 5 minute question. | null | 0 | 1491757213 | False | 0 | dg1e6re | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t3_64cbsh | null | 1493927818 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | werdnum | null | That sounds like a great way to be passed on. | null | 0 | 1491757229 | False | 0 | dg1e75m | t3_64cbsh | null | null | t1_dg1e1py | null | 1493927823 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kenfar | null | "rewriting queries like that"? You don't have to rewrite what isn't broken.
Seriously, you don't need postgres to pushdown predicates if you just simply put the predicates in the subquery to start with. This is true of most of the other cases as well.
The only cases I'm aware where you need the database to suppor... | null | 0 | 1491757255 | 1491761284 | 0 | dg1e7tp | t3_647ghi | null | null | t1_dg0xivx | null | 1493927832 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | xampl9 | null | Or to dodge a bullet.
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null | PenMount | null | > and a history of making death threats,
Do you have anything to back that clam up? all i could find was the other way around http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=290 | null | 0 | 1491757312 | False | 0 | dg1e9a5 | t3_64ciel | null | null | t1_dg1dvl2 | null | 1493927852 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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