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aato

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About aato

meet.hn/city/ca-Old-Toronto

Socials: - linkedin.com/in/alexalksne - github.com/aato

Interests: AI/ML, Art, Fitness

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    Came here curious to see if you'd post; was not disappointed.

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    Can you elaborate on how Jira helps you estimate?

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    The John Carmack interview with Lex Friedman - it reminded me that becoming a specialized IC can be a viable terminal career state; that moving into management needn’t be the ultim…

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    Nest Wealth | Toronto/Remote | Full-Time | https://www.nestwealth.com We are empowering financial firms and institutions to provide better advice to more people than ever before. Y…

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    Nest Wealth | Toronto/Remote | Full-Time | https://www.nestwealth.com We are empowering financial firms and institutions to provide better advice to more people than ever before. Y…

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    I might get a lot of flack for this, but the one option no one ever seems to mention in discussions like these is to “simply” cancel both your wifi and data plan. I did this almost…

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    Very broadly speaking, I would say yes. Again this is just my take, but I argue that different sets of behaviours are indicative of different identities. For example, at work I may…

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    Interesting! I would say that I am living both normally and abnormally since "I", in this case, is referring to two entities which are indistinguishable in terms of their behaviour…

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    Comment #14939715

    This kind of stuff is fun to think about. In my opinion identity is based on behaviour, not composition. So long as an entity matches a given behaviour profile, then for all intent…

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    Hey All! I spent the last couple of months building Mosho.ws. Essentially Mosho == Bitly + Emojis + SAAS. Specifically it's a service that can shorten a URL into a link composed of…

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    Last week I saw a comment by @runnr_az re: his emoji domain registration engine ( https://xn--qeiaa.ws ). I was immediately excited by the prospect of building something novel and …

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    Comment #12135816

    Out of curiosity what would be a healthy RPS range? I've always assumed anything over 1000+ is acceptable.

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    Comment #12135651

    I'd be curious to know what kind of image recognition software the author used to detect relevant images and if it came with a significant performance hit.

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    I would say a developer who writes good code is one who: 1.) Uses comments & documentation as a last resort. 2.) Tailors the complexity of their code to the intended audience. Ther…