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t0mbstone

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    Comment #35280078

    The answer is simple: Companies should be hiring people on a contract basis to perform REAL WORK. This work should ideally be the very type of work they would be doing if they were…

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    Comment #35146876

    You can self-host Sentry in a docker container. It's pretty easy to get running, and essentially free.

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    Comment #29574102

    The trick to pair programming is for each dev to have their own workstation with two screens. Then, you simply use a screen sharing tool to share and collaborate on a code editor o…

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    Comment #29284121

    You need to be using RubyMine. Simply command-click on ANYTHING to jump to the definition, even if it's nested deep in a gem that your project uses. RubyMine, and the "jump to defi…

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    Comment #29283841

    Automated cows. Wow... I honestly never thought I would hear of such a thing. It totally makes sense though!

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    Comment #29261476

    I have hired quite a few interview candidates that did AMAZING on the interviews and code tests, but turned out to be terrible programmers when it came to real world problems and/o…

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    Comment #29261385

    Hero in the comments!

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    Comment #29255595

    I have a 5 year old son. He has access to an iPad and all of my old game consoles (a Switch, my old PS4 Pro, and my Xbox One X), but he mostly prefers using the iPad. The iPad is l…

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    Comment #29234245

    Wormhole.app appears to actually be uploading the file to a remote server though?

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    Comment #29234199

    And it'll be easily blocked by someone wearing a face mask and sunglasses

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    Comment #29234136

    I'm using NiceHash on Windows, since it automatically switches between mining the most profitable cryptos. It always seems to just mine Ethereum for the most part though. The reaso…

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    Comment #29113455

    No, the seller emailed me a copy of his purchase order and receipt from Best Buy, so I'm fairly certain it's legit.

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    Comment #29101931

    I make about $10-15 a day from mining with my RTX 3090, while my electricity costs are around $2 a day from mining. That's still very much a profitable endevour. My video card has …

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    Comment #29089381

    Check out Crystal https://crystal-lang.org/

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    Comment #29089310

    meta (adjective) pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its own subject or features, often in the form of paro…

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    Comment #29072199

    Thank you!

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    Comment #28922629

    A background check that includes even a cursory review of the candidate's public social media presence would probably go pretty far in terms of weeding out the most extreme right o…

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    Comment #28911183

    Maybe companies should adopt a practice of only hiring middle-of-the-road rational, calm, level-headed people, instead of people who are far left or far right?

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    Comment #28910879

    That's absolutely bonkers. I can think of 20 different ways to provide a decent web cam without having a notch in the screen. I would have preferred for them to leave the webcam of…

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    Comment #28872516

    Yeah I just tried it out and holy shit it's light years better than the default camera app when it come to letting you adjust manual focus and what not. I signed up for the trial. …

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    Comment #28859127

    Keep in mind that this article was posted 4 years ago, and if the butthurt author had actually exercised his $4K worth of options, he would be a millionaire now.

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    Comment #28725483

    You don't solve racism by tearing down people, regardless of their color or privilege. You solve it by lifting up those who are disadvantaged.

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    Comment #28725447

    This looks useful, but I'm hesitant to give a third party access to my production databases. What assurances do I have in regard to the safety of this tool and whether or not it wi…