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whiskey14

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    I got laid off, then got tonsillitis which turned into quinsy. Three days in hospital, then got Bells Palsy. I’m meant to be resting and recovering but the job search is always on …

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    This is all good but how do you deal with someone that just wants to win and not discuss?

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    Comment #36677394

    Legendary. Saved my physics degree

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    Comment #36606769

    In python pdb ‘breakpoint()’ is great

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    Comment #35354780

    +1. Learnt CSS through tailwind much faster than I did when trying to learn raw CSS

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    I just got this back and it’s hilarious: Spatula and a Spoon: The second way is by using a spatula and a spoon. The doctor would use the spatula to gently lift the appendix out of …

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    Comment #34000307

    Can you please give a short summary of why I should give C#/.NET a go for my backend services? I've been fighting battles in Python backend services to get a nicely decoupled API, …

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    Comment #33654170

    Those in corporate areas of stadiums at the tournament will still be able to purchase alcohol. That's all I need to hear, corruption to the end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footbal…

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    The only people I hear talking seriously about Web3 are non-tech people. The tech people I know all seem to collectively think its BS. It's a cool marketing phrase that probably wo…

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    Comment #33651823

    Is that not Reddit?

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    If the debt's interest rate is low (as it is in many situations where spreadsheets are used for long periods of time), then you might never need to get rid of it. If it has a high …

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    I’d use fish if my bash scripts would work in it. Looks awesome

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    The point would be that the commute would be no more than 15 minutes to your office. Ideally walking distance

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    I'm beginning to think that collective distributed satellite offices is going to be big. Like WeWork but for companies to house their local staff and far less culty. Would help if …

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    Comment #33544963

    I get what you’re saying but does that produce the most effective, creative and innovative workforce required to compete in the technology industry?

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    Comment #33544476

    So do you think he'll eventually bring back WFH for Tesla and Twitter when they want to increase headcount?

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    True, but the fact that technology is going to reinvent everything, including work seems to be an oversight. I'm not sure an old school factory owner is going to attract the best p…

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    Comment #33544356

    It seems that Musk at this point is completely unaware that he is a walking contradiction. On one hand, he is a technologist. Forward thinking and driving towards the future. On th…

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    Comment #33544184

    Original thread that prompted this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33538742

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    Ask HN: Do you think Meta could become the next AOL?

    Based on some of the comments in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33538742 I thought it might be interesting to have a discussion comparing Meta's strategy of owni…

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    This is exactly how I feel

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    I’ve got a kyria as well. Can’t recommend highly enough. Splitkb.com is great