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whobar

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    Comment #30568250

    Who can blame readers for supporting an author they know can produce good output that they enjoy. Maybe there are good books by other lesser known authors out there, but then you h…

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    Comment #29137749

    I think it's easier to recall the "idea" of each algorithm, than visualizing the flow of the code. There's normally also some key implementation detail that's helpful to remember. …

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    Comment #27823045

    This is just a project someone made to put in their portfolio, it's nothing serious.

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    Comment #27750500

    Having seen amazing movies on Prime, when I struggle to find anything decent to watch, I blame it on the fact that Prime is only listing a small fraction of movies that exist, not …

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    Comment #27649739

    > nostalgia is pretty awesome.

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    Comment #27605308

    > (Question: Why is Netflix in that group aside from the unfortunate new acronym?) Because they pay massive salaries, at the same level of the other companies.

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    Comment #27475145

    I thought 6-8 hours was considered the "normal" range, so there is nothing wrong with your 6.5 hours.

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    Comment #27351941

    The author seems to wear his extreme disorganization as a badge of honor. Also from the article: > having 500 tabs open in mobile Safari, which I always do, doesn’t hurt my system …

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    Comment #27085035

    Apple aren't doing this to eliminate malware from their systems. Probably just gearing up to the point where it's impossible to run any application that Apple isn't getting a cut o…

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    Comment #27084978

    If you meditate then ironically you're trying to achieve the state of mind this man has achieved and lives every day.

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    Comment #26658083

    Ever thought that these executives are not as dumb as you think they are, and maybe that they are aware that individual developer productivity may drop, but there are broader benef…

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    Comment #26582710

    Any warts when using it with Doom? I only recently switched from vim to Doom, and I love it, but it can be a bit laggy when using it with some of the C/C++ IDE features turned on.

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    Comment #26374994

    Perhaps your method of dumping the water works fine for you, but it is a very inconsistent method. There's a video on Youtube[1] of a "coffee brewing champion" who uses this method…

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    Comment #26231091

    Reminds me of "The Knowledge", pitched on Dragon's Den (UK's shark tank) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf4zNLxJZnY

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    Comment #26212473

    You are erroneously conflating investing with gambling. Astute investing in index funds is essentially risk-free if your retirement is far enough away. As you get closer to retirem…

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    Comment #26105096

    I think you can't judge whether TSLA is overvalued or not until they are no longer instantly selling out of all their products. People are bullish on TSLA because they have a produ…

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    Comment #26103688

    Hedge fund managers are never going to publicise an impartial view about anything, especially not something they are heavily invested in. Forming a positive opinion about Bitcoin b…

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    Comment #25960320

    > With its sudden uptick & strong Reddit community, really curious what you all think will happen next with its price? I thought the same when I bought a bunch in 2014. I held for …

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    Comment #25942391

    Just looking at this from a technical perspective, it'll be pretty exciting if all this ends up leading to an explosion in the take up of self-hosted social media platforms. The qu…

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    Comment #17608897

    Hm, drone doesn't support AWS CodeCommit where my main repo is hosted, so I don't think I can even consider it. Had a look at self-hosted GitLab, there is immediately a warning at …

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    Ask HN: Recommended CI System to run on cloud server

    I'm the single developer of a medium sized project. Currently I'm using a Centos 7 droplet on DigitalOcean to run a collection of scripts using systemd services which makes up the …