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JBReefer

2,559 karma · joined September 20, 2015

Full stack Tech Lead in NYC.

JS, C#, Go, cloud stuff.

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JBReefer··on Facebook fires employee for publicly scolding a colleague
I feel like “will” in that statement should be “has”
JBReefer··on We can no longer ignore the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat depression
Wow, can you elaborate?
JBReefer··on Cannabis and Frankincense at the Judahite Shrine of Arad
Cannabis seeds and hemp seeds don’t contain thc
JBReefer··on Show HN: PgTyped – Typesafe SQL in TypeScript and Postgres
So basically Dapper TS? I’m very interested!
JBReefer··on Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust lawsuits against Google
Apple has 10% of the market, depending on where you look. The high penetration in NYC and SF is an aberration.
JBReefer··on Twitter Direct Message Caching and Firefox
Why? It’s not in the spec, how am I, the developer, supposed to know that the browser is being non-compliant?
JBReefer··on Twitter Direct Message Caching and Firefox
Mozilla Hacks continues to be the best webdev blog
JBReefer··on The global oil market is broken, drowning in crude nobody needs
The US is the worlds largest oil producer
JBReefer··on Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
Go always feels like an amateur language to me, I’ve given up on it. This feels right in line - similar to the hardcode GitHub magic.
JBReefer··on BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X
Don’t mobile OS’ prioritize perceived latency above all other resources (besides battery)?
JBReefer··on Free of Heavy Metals, New Battery Design Could Alleviate Environmental Concerns
Why aren’t they saying what’s in it?
JBReefer··on Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas
Austin is significantly larger than SF lol
JBReefer··on First electric ute engineered in Australia for use in mining and agribusiness
Look up Rivian
JBReefer··on The Navy's Patent for a Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Who’s Bob Lazar? The guy from that hokey Netflix documentary?
JBReefer··on WeWork cofounder demanded employees be fired because she disliked their 'energy'
Cults usually make money, though. This seems more like a cult-flavored scam.
JBReefer··on Hydrophilic disc uses solar power to separate salt from water
You sell it, salt is required for mammals.
JBReefer··on Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic
Isn’t that majority opinion in America? I only see opposition to free speech in niche communities.
JBReefer··on What Is Zig's Comptime?
Good!
JBReefer··on The Last Robot-Proof Job in America?
The models not doing anything, it’s a straightforward e-commerce play. It’s the relationship and curation that matters.

He’s barely using the software.

JBReefer··on Researchers Develop ‘Trojan Horse’ Drug That Tricks, Then Kills Cancer Cells
What’s that like? I’m sorry that happened to you.
JBReefer··on Airlines are finally fixing the middle seat
409 mm on what revenue? The airline industry is insanely competitive and generally has tiny margins
JBReefer··on If aliens call, what should we do? Scientists want your opinion
Apparently Amazon thought so, they just paid a billion dollars for it
JBReefer··on YouTube Lets Users Override Recommendations After Criticism
I watch these videos religiously, for what it’s worth.
JBReefer··on Hong Kong’s Clout as a Global Financial Center Clouded by Uncertainty
How much longer will Taiwan choose to be an independent country? They seem to be getting pretty cozy with the mainland.
JBReefer··on Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow
It also causes more people to drive, which will cause more people to die. When’s the last time a person was killed on an airplane in the UK - Lockerbie?
JBReefer··on Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement
Waxed paper bags
JBReefer··on Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending America's supermarkets
People outside the US tend to not understand how unbelievably wealthy the country is. I’ve posted stats, you can check my history, but accounting for cost of living and taxes there are no states as poor as wealthy EU countries on average. If you ever find an Italian, talk to him about life in small towns. People are just tired of hearing about the USA because of our cultural domination, and because the media only plays bad news.
JBReefer··on Ford to put $500M into electric vehicle startup Rivian
Isn’t Peoria today more or less a Caterpillar company town? Seems like Rivian getting big would be amazing for the city
JBReefer··on Omscs: The Revolution Will Be Digitized
Yeah, people who think online ==== easy will not have a good time. I love OMSCS, I'm about to start HCI this summer. It's great because I have a mortgage and a career - the amount of debt to go full time would be staggering, and the cost of attending private classes would ruin my long term financial goals. Also, I just really like it.
JBReefer··on Show HN: MЯO (ORM backwards) write SQL then generate its host-language wrapper
Wow I love this with my full heart. Is this C# only or do you have plans for other languages (like Typescript? Please?)

I bet this idea blows up - ORMs are such a PITA, and I love tools like Dapper that just wrap the contrapositive of this behavior - this seems even better to me.

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