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Hackerman gave me the most impressive interaction I've had so far. I asked it to give me a script to retheme the chat client, and it obliged. I asked it what kind of theme it would…

Roadtrippers (Togo Group) | Frontend and Backend Engineer (React/Rails) | Chicago, Cincinnati or REMOTE | Full-Time | https://roadtrippers.com/ Togo Group is creating the leading t…

A distributed trust network is a really interesting hard problem but does seem solvable in some ways (as seen by blockchains, though they have their own issues). I've wondered if a…

Seems like another one (based off the article) is ease of use as well. I'm not familiar with either algorithm, but sounds like OT is less complex and easier to understand, which IM…

FWIW this is called the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem

To me, the value in TDD is the same as testing in general. It's not so much for initial feature development but rather later in a project or application maintenance you see the val…

I would like to see those numbers. Even if it's evened out with I'd be curious if there's more churn now, which anecdotally seems to be the case.

There's hybrid cases though, where you can use automation/business logic to lower the skill floor required for some work. That's pretty much the business model of the company I wor…

I'm of the opinion that some (not all) of this is driven by forces similar to why dollar stores are doing so well, especially as laid out in the NPR article. From https://www.newsw…

Yep. Really the only city with a transit system on par with New York/Metro IMO is Chicago. And even then the Manhattan subway system has much better coverage than the L. I prefer l…

> Noise/smell/bugs from neighbors is awful to deal with, crummy stairwells (never an elevator), fighting for a parking spot and hauling groceries was a hassle. That's unfortunate. …

And I've seen some articles/papers suggesting that protectionist policies can make sense for an emerging/developing economy to make sure that established/developed economies don't …

You can definitely get alcohol w/o a membership. I think it might be a state-by-state thing, but in some states it’s illegal to require a membership for alcohol purchases, so you c…

While it's not the same, one of the best development setups I've worked with was really low tech, literally ssh-ing into commodity pc's running our app in a closet (production and …

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Snapsheet | Fullstack/Data/Mobile Developers and UI/UX/Product Designers | Full-time | ONSITE | Chicago, IL At Snapsheet, we work with the auto insurance industry to provide a bett…

Ah, my bad. I misread the article. Still interesting that someone would choose to say that publicly.

> 2. On the other hand, there are signs of technological underemployment – robots taking middle-skill jobs and then pushing people into other jobs. Although some people will be “pu…

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When I was in Oakland I was able to get Webpass with my building. $500/yr and 200mbit, though in practice it was actually higher. Never had a problem real with them, and their serv…

It's totally different but I think Dollar General is benefiting from a similar play. They've really doubled down on rural areas, mostly playing off of the fact that people don't wa…

I've been playing since Season 3, and there's def been some ridiculous bugs. It's gotten better over time, but the spaghetti code and 'coded as a minion' memes are still just as po…

I'd love to hear about what you had to do to get connectivity to your house and what was involved with being your own ISP.

> Or perhaps more idiomatically you can "return callback();" when both the callback and the calling function return void At least in JS I think that is idiomatic, it's an option fo…

For one, there's cabotage restrictions. From wikipedia: > Cabotage rights are the right of a company from one country to trade in another country. In aviation, it is the right to o…