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loarabia

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About loarabia

https://github.com/loarabia https://www.linkedin.com/in/loarabia/

Built UI Frameworks for Microsoft for a few years (WPF, Silverlight, UWP) and later Developer Platforms (Windows SDK then Azure SDKs). Now working on Infrastructure at Meta (Facebook).

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    I think we do use this turbine but with thicker liquids and in reverse as a pump -- maybe it was in oil or some of the chemical industries?

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    Currently I’m a GTPM at Meta and this is the expectation we have for onboarding to a new team unless you’re early in career. I’ve seen this be the case for SWE and other roles in t…

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    This should be the music rework. http://www.medievalfuture.com/precursors/music.php

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    For Japanese go server, I'd suggest IGS aka PandaNet. It's hard to say how much larger it is than OGS. OGS has an enormous population of correspondence players but generally smalle…

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    Comment #27216305

    If I recall correctly, these are actually used today but with more viscous fluids like oil and in reverse as a pump.

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    Comment #24757448

    Most of the buildings I spent time in for the last 7 years didn't have private offices any longer. Studios A-D had hybrid models where leads and the most senior engineers often had…

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    Recalling my time there, one tweak-- EVP > CVP so those are backward. There are a hand full of EVPs but quite a lot of CVPs running around. TBH Past Partner (68) I'm not sure the l…

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    I do agree on avoiding electron if possible as users do notice. I've seen folks who perhaps don't know the intricate details of software run into performance issues. A public examp…

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    Comment #20259771

    I wondered the same thing. Apparently a Scheme to C translator. http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/5/Getting%20started

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    Edge fails in the below code on TrimEnd with this message Microsoft Edge 44.17763.1.0 Object doesn't support property or method 'trimEnd' : function createTemplateArr(number) { ret…

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    Comment #18194134

    Did Netflix allow you to work remote? I was under the impression they are pretty strict about engineers being in Los Gatos or LA.

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    Comment #17494498

    Can you shed more light on doing one thing at a time? Is this about removing distractions while you're trying to learn or is this as much about picking one topic to learn at a time…

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    That's awesome. It just seems to need a todo app sprinkled in somewhere. Maybe somewhere around 1st job?

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    Comment #15466523

    There were the below two items [0], [1] which are runtime and tooling pieces. I've used them years ago in side projects and they were helpful but haven't kept up with them recently…

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    Two Projects 1st Problem: Went through a round of interviews a while back and was talking with friends about the feedback or lack thereof and thought, wouldn't it be cool if you co…

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    I think he touched on this a little in a follow-up he did: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ricom/2016/01/04/64-bit-vis... My interpretation of the shift from So the question might…

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    Given the recent discussion on Apple's earnings, this bit seemed to be interesting new data point: "historically a new MacBook Pro has usually helped improve Apple's Mac sales sign…

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    Comment #13502742

    What inference should I draw from the comparison to Apple docs? Also aren't you comparing a blog post to docs? (Apples and Oranges)

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    Comment #12314881

    It looks like they're a little different for now. See the note under here. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/ena... Full Disclosure: I am a MSFT employee.

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    Comment #11066625

    I'm not sure what that statement means. Do you mean they only added ANSI colors and not VT100 sequences?

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    Comment #10950782

    Because of this post and these comments I'm now wondering if M:tG is Turing complete.

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    Comment #10798256

    Nice site. That seems like a surprisingly fast depreciation rate. I would have thought Teslas would hold their value longer compared to other cars.

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    Thanks for sharing. I've heard numbers like these quoted before with respect to other small or medium sized businesses like franchising a fast-food chain and a question just occurr…