dlphn___xyz

46 karma · joined April 23, 2019

“i woke up one day and realized - at what point should you ever stop trying?”

dlphn___xyz··on How Do Developers Promote Open Source Projects?

online forums like HN and reddit aren't useful for meaningful feedback - seek out local meetups and pitch your idea

dlphn___xyz··on How to Make Custom AI-Generated Text with GPT-2

the bulk of ML research is content generation which will eventually be used for nefarious reasons

dlphn___xyz··on California bans private prisons

why does the healthcare discussion always regress to capitalism vs socialism? everyone cites canada as the ideal model of social healthcare but forget to mention the long wait times and the fact that their population is only a fraction of the US. i think our system could use some tweaks but throwing it out altogether for a socialist program is not it.

dlphn___xyz··on Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House

its doesn't seem too far fetched given the history of israeli spying in the US - citation or not.

dlphn___xyz··on Harvesting LinkedIn data for fun and profit

this seems pretty useless...

dlphn___xyz··on Goodreads Is Broken

its not even that - the content on medium is largely spam

dlphn___xyz··on Goodreads Is Broken

‘medium is broken’

dlphn___xyz··on Are there some disadvantages to working remote?

its an expression in the US meaning someone has hit the peak or full potential of their career and there is no room for advancement

dlphn___xyz··on Are there some disadvantages to working remote?

i feel like you are trading any sort of career advancement with the ability to work from home. the only remote jobs i see are for temps or people who’ve hit the ‘glass ceiling’

dlphn___xyz··on The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the remote workforce

which is worse over time - developing automation to take over certain jobs or staffing certain jobs with offshore contractors?

dlphn___xyz··on The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the remote workforce

we have identified what could be automated but we haven’t taken any real steps to implement it. there is a lot of resistance when it comes to automation in the workplace.

dlphn___xyz··on What’s Up with LIGO?

“The Nobel-Prize winning figure. We don’t know exactly what it shows.”

nice

dlphn___xyz··on Whatever happened to Six Sigma?

agile is the new cool methodology

dlphn___xyz··on Tired of Stack Overflow

i like how SO takes moderating so seriously- you need to keep a certain standard otherwise you turn into quora or reddit.

dlphn___xyz··on Burnout is real – how to avoid it

poor leadership always leads to burnout

dlphn___xyz··on U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain

i wonder how psychiatric drugs effect the developing minds of children - pediatricians prescribe them to children as young as 10 and most stay on them throughout their teens

dlphn___xyz··on Ask HN: What type of restrictions does your employer have on side gigs?

where do you work? this is one of the major deciding factors i have in a new employer

dlphn___xyz··on Ask HN: What type of restrictions does your employer have on side gigs?

my previous employer was extremely tight with IP - so it pretty much barred any technical side projects or research

dlphn___xyz··on A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10 seconds (2018)

“the truth is like poetry and people hate poetry” -steve carell as mark baum

dlphn___xyz··on Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling

why didnt purdue pharma face any charges?

dlphn___xyz··on I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job

if youre studying perspectives and color theory all day but never paint a picture then whats the point?

dlphn___xyz··on Ask HN: Best Blogging Platform

jekyll, ghost, and wordpress are the easiest to setup and customize

dlphn___xyz··on U.S. tech companies are building a Chinese-style social credit system

just wait til the red flag law gets passed

dlphn___xyz··on I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job

seems like a waste if youre not applying what you learn to anything practical.

dlphn___xyz··on I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job

unless you're working towards a phd or freelancing why would you waste your entire day doing this?

dlphn___xyz··on Why Finland leads the world in flexible work

im pretty sure scandanavia leads the world in quality of life

dlphn___xyz··on ‘They Get Fired All the Time. And They Have No Idea Why’

autistic or not - who would willingly add more work on their already packed schedule? this is setting yourself up for failure

dlphn___xyz··on Software architects should be involved in earliest system engineering activities

i think its because tech is seen as a trade (like plumbing) and not a profession (like finance).

dlphn___xyz··on Software architects should be involved in earliest system engineering activities

this is how it works in finance - but doesn't carry over into tech for some reason

dlphn___xyz··on Anyone else thinks that Whiteboard interview is just covered ageism?

you're being subjected to these entry level assessments because you haven't proved that you can apply your software design skills across different paradigms - build a portfolio or maintain a github

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