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pbpaste and pbcopy to read and write to the clipboard and then combine with your favorite grep, sed, tr, cut, etc.

Got hired by a startup in 2011 via one of these threads. Hired someone from another thread a few years later. Thanks HN!

Bodyweight workout. Gym and equipment not required.

Sounds a lot like Michael Crichton's Congo

CS fundamentals like algorithmic complexity. This can also help in interviews where Leetcode-like format seems to be the norm. Aim to work at places that are flexible on the experi…

I got hired at a startup posted here in 2011. I also hired someone from HN a few years later.

https://www.thestrangeloop.com/index.html

Bombed more than one technical interview but here's one example. Phone screen interview with Google. Interviewer asked about how I would keep track of the nth highest value in an i…

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The 2% Way by Myron Rolle

"Have everything in writing, complete with date and signatures" It is possible that the executives won't take it well to all of the formality here (writing and signatures). How wou…

Compared to REST APIs, I like how it eliminates the coarse-grained vs. fine-grained decision for designing queries in APIs. You can just spec out the model and let the clients deci…

My Arris modem/router combo didn't need a cloud account.

Great question! Some mechanism to significantly improve intelligence. This could be in any form: book, coaching, game, etc. Some examples of benefits: - Avoiding making mistakes th…

Yup! Also enjoyed the other two docs (Long Way Round and Long Way Down) but those were using non-electric vehicles.

Rivians were featured in the Apple TV+ documentary series A Long Way Up which was pretty good for those looking for travel/adventure stuff.

- Finding a life partner can be really hard for some (and that some might include you). Ain't going to happen for some of us. - You'll become more self-aware over time (what you re…

Can't vouch for this but the podcast TechMeme Ride Home has been promoting weworkremotely.com

Yeah, this seems like a more realistic perspective for most people. Find something you can like with tolerable downsides.

Yes, I got a job from one of the Who's Hiring threads. Beyond that, it is a daily news source. I check it multiple times a day to just get a sense of what smart people are talking …

Interfaces can also provide read-only references of a instance. Consider interface Foo with accessors only and a MutableFoo implementation with accessors and mutators. The creator …

A job that I've had for years and 2 people that I hired via the "Who's Hiring?" threads. Beyond that, a sense of what smart techies are talkin' about via the headlines and some com…

Acquired. It's about acquisitions and IPOs.

Was made aware of this when listening to the Starbucks episode of the Acquired podcast ( http://www.acquired.fm/episodes/2017/4/3/episode-34-starbuck... ). Great podcast and great …