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commonlisp94

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    Comment #37448899

    I bet you did.

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    Comment #37441737

    It's not about hard drive space, it's about start up time. The 10x LOC (despite being a huge exaggeration) is also the fixed cost, not the marginal cost. You're only forging main l…

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    Comment #37381241

    It's a tradeoff. You lower stability and increase earning potential (and stress).

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    Comment #37381193

    I just mentioned this elsewhere. But everyone in freelancing and agency feels the same way. If only they could get that sweet passive income they could relax and have a stable buis…

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    Comment #37380839

    > switched to products This is always a temptation for agencies which almost never works out. They underestimate the effort to build a product. They also typically don't have the s…

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    Comment #37374045

    It's also often sexual or suggestive content. inb4 it's just showing me what I like. In icognito mode go to YouTube and watch a single video that might suggest you are an 18-45 yea…

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    Comment #37372847

    > Relations are functions. That is how they are defined in set theory based math. The mathematical definition is not the only meaning of a word. When when start to talk about the p…

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    Comment #37363464

    Both of those examples have weaker unions that play less of a role. Also the poster above suggested that the union as opposed to the management could measure performance. That does…

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    Comment #37362656

    > one possible union architecture It's the one used by all the major ones: airlines, auto manufacturers, and teachers. What institution do you know of that has a greater emphasis o…

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    Comment #37362175

    unions don't measure productivity. They group people based on credentials + experience, and treat everyone as interchangeable within those buckets.

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    Comment #37357809

    No, the comment above mine is the one being pedantic. We can absolutely talk about physical correspondence of mathematical concepts, even though there are multiple equally good log…

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    Comment #37357769

    Let's recall your original comment. You said we can't talk about reality correspondence of math because multiple logical systems can describe physical space equally well. A triangl…

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    Comment #37346312

    This is not true. They are incompatible sets of axioms, but they can describe the same set of shapes, although one system is going to be a lot more inconvenient than the other. The…

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    Comment #37346284

    > Climate change is killing it. How so?

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    Comment #37346279

    I hope you're joking with me.

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    Comment #37346269

    Then get ready to throw out most of history, because that's all we have. It doesn't mean it's true, but it's more information than nothing.

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    Comment #37331844

    You can cache them on disk. The DB blob is just the source of truth.

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    Comment #37321550

    > the people of California and Florida want insurance so they can build matchbox houses in high risk disaster zones, This has always been the case in Florida. Insurance simply cost…

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    Comment #37287518

    > It's no better than any other evidence of effort I think one thing that's better is it has a hard IQ floor that can only be compensated with a huge amount of memorization and pra…

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    Comment #37284464

    > the conflation of grinding leetcode with growing understanding is a problem. It's understanding something, even if it's not the job skills. Can you imagine someone who performs w…

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    Comment #37282820

    > higher code to meeting ratio My experience is the opposite. In small companies I become a source of expertise that must constantly participate in hiring, marketing, etc.

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    Comment #37282790

    > biased towards people who have time to practice these problems That sounds like a bias towards people who make time to learn, not to mention interest and academic aptitude. I don…

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    Comment #37282771

    I don't think anyone is arguing the owner (as an individual) is immoral. Denying the daughter that won't change anything, and teaching his daughter life skills is an even higher re…

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    Comment #37282734

    gitlab community