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I agree, the guys clearly legit. I was just indulging some recreational morning pedantry before actually getting some work done.

I mean it, he's a more accomplished engineer and mentor than I'll ever be. That's why I added the edit.

One thing I sometimes point out to software engineers Im tasked with mentoring at work is the importance of showing other engineers that you care about the code and the questions y…

(Incomplete) Summary > Personal pride in home properties, tradition of businesses volunteering some of their employees to regularly clean their neighborhoods in organized / shared …

Spoiler alert, it thinks I should.

Couldn't agree more, anything and everything by Liu Cixin. Although now that I think about it Three Body / Dark Forest / Deaths End are the only works of his Ive read where theres …

Deeper origins / info: https://www.google.com/amp/s/hekint.org/2017/01/25/the-model...

Is there any career overlap between software engineering / data science and fighting climate change? Was hoping the article would touch on it.

Is there any career overlap between software engineering and fighting climate change? New to the field and not sure where to start.

This might be a dumb question but curious what the issues are with discord? Im a little concerned since I just finally got convinced to start using it.

its down :( anyone got a link?

I agree he makes a couple important points and misses a couple important points as always but Im more struck by his general affect. I used to find Chomsky refreshing and motivating…

Thanks for the considered responses, this was all super illuminating! And thanks for the hot tip on Firefox containers too :~I

Im just curious, what are the motivations for a company to make this move? It seems like a death sentence to me but I cant think of any examples off-hand.

I love the founders inspirational story beginning of "When my wife and I bought our second home in lake tahoe..." (paraphrase)

Well, Im a shameless imposter masquerading as an employed software engineer. Thats one. Or two maybe assuming you are?

Interesting (also funny), I never thought of HN from that angle. Does this feel true to HN users or is it more a joke? While I was transitioning to a software job I found myself ch…

There are some great points being made here and Im really glad to see the generational issue come up. Wondering what role people think California boomers are playing in these probl…

Just to be clear this is referring to Amazon Game Studios employees, not all Amazon devs. Interesting regardless tho.