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angry_napkin··on Styled Components v3.0.0
I really enjoy using this library. Thank you team!
angry_napkin··on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
Where advice would you offer to someone with long-running R-Scripts? Spark?
angry_napkin··on Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
It’s suspiciously alt-right in tone. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn he posts or follows t_d
angry_napkin··on Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
I’ve seen several people miss the point on this termination.

You don’t make your boss look bad. That’s it. California is an at-will employment state.

angry_napkin··on What every PhD should know before interviewing with a tech startup
This really did not seem like an appropriate interview for a PhD.
angry_napkin··on Judges refuse to order fix for court software that put people in jail by mistake
Unit tests, while not the prescription for everything, do tend to be important in some domains.
angry_napkin··on Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers
Just because you can raise money doesn't mean you should. I find video extremely distracting on a daily basis and avoid it at all costs. You may not feel the same.
angry_napkin··on Making plain water taste similar to soda or juice
Are you locked into their ecosystem or have you pursued alternative means of adding CO2? I've read an article here and there that attempts to prove simply buying the water from the store is cheaper over time.
angry_napkin··on Elon Musk is boring a tunnel to skirt gridlock
If you know 285 has an extra lane now, you'll go ahead and run that errand at a certain time that perhaps you wouldn't have otherwise. Fascinating stuff.
angry_napkin··on Elon Musk is boring a tunnel to skirt gridlock
I get the feeling we're supposed to be breaking up with Elon Musk. Slowly of course.
angry_napkin··on Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post”
Let's not pretend this "Free Press" is made up of a collection of idealistic self-starters with permanently furrowed brows.

Good for him on calling out purveyors of Fake News such as CNN.

angry_napkin··on Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
I hate almost everything relating to culture. I have bills to pay and I don't particularly care that you have some flavor of Street Fighter II. Tell me what stack you use, the pay, and if you'll pay for my gym membership.
angry_napkin··on How to Close a Gender Gap: Let Employees Control Their Schedules
The answer to this "problem" isn't fair to a generation that was never taught life isn't fair. So we'll continue to get articles like this I guess.
angry_napkin··on Silicon Valley Is Using H-1B Visas to Pay Low Wages to Immigrants
Because being in the Valley is magical for your company, or something.
angry_napkin··on Angular vs. React
It was an interesting read, but I've not had great luck scaling large apps in ng 1.5. State management gets out of control very quickly.

Can it be done? Absolutely! Did it stop me from switching from React + Redux?

Nope!

angry_napkin··on Want to come to the US? Be prepared to hand over your passwords
This is a lot of hyperbole given the revelations of the last administration.
angry_napkin··on [dead]
How can I filter these out?
angry_napkin··on Billionaire Peter Thiel makes fortune after sweetheart deal with [NZ] government
It appears that was the point. It's not like he sailed in and viciously took advantage of everyone. I suspect this is on HN for a very specific reason.
angry_napkin··on Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?
HR Tech in the Southeast.

I don't have anything to offer in the way of specific tech skills. I simply look for someone that is inquisitive, extracts satisfaction from solving problems in elegant ways, and has a strong motive to better themselves.

These qualities, and a few others, tend to transcend tech stacks and techniques of the week.

My most successful interviews have come through chatting with a candidate in an informal setting, presenting hypothetical situations that were actually challenges we've faced in the past here and there in the conversation.

I dropped the whiteboard and puzzle thing a long time ago and I've never had better engineers.

YMMV

(I do ask to see some code beforehand)

angry_napkin··on Evernote Employees Can Read Your Notes
There are significant differences in the two companies and how they approach privacy, so yes.
angry_napkin··on Evernote Employees Can Read Your Notes
I've very much enjoyed Bear.

Evernote? I don't think about you at all.

angry_napkin··on [dead]
They're in Qatar.