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fellellor··on Data Race Patterns in Go
https://youtu.be/-bCkha6U70o?t=787
fellellor··on GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
UnsubscribeNotificationWorker has been queued. :)
fellellor··on GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
Sometimes fixing a typo would be a new coder’s first open source commit. It’s pretty stupid to assume every new PR would be a major new feature or bug fix. It makes OSS unnecessarily hostile to get into.

Although this commit in question isn’t even that sadly.

fellellor··on GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
The worst part was that even unsubscribe to the thread does nothing and I kept on getting emails. However, this was fixed for me by creating a new email address and pointing all epic organisation emails to that one. … I wonder why unsubscribe didn’t work.
fellellor··on Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content
I used to hoard data too until I realised that most movies and TV shows are crap most of the time.
fellellor··on My experience getting a tech job with no degree or relevant work experience
>The hardest part of coding is not technical or even getting the job, it’s liking the job.

You wouldn’t know you hate it until you really hate it.

fellellor··on I sold 640 copies of my book in one year
My intention for bringing that book wasn't to say there are more pages. In fact I like that your book has less pages and more focused. I was comparing the typesetting, nicer fonts and such. Some pictures are always nice. Thanks for writing the book, and I hope you would keep improving it.
fellellor··on I sold 640 copies of my book in one year
I bought your book. I am just starting out as a backend developer. Titles like these are badly needed. But your book needs a lot more polish. There were typos in a lot of places. Also it would have been great if you could cover Ubuntu. It's a lot of effort to map fedora commands to that.

Finally, compared to what you are charging for your book, The Unix and Linux System Administrator's Handbook costs 60 USD, covers way more, in better detail, and has much better presentation. The advantage your product should have is much more focus on backend deployments but it falls short in the quality of coverage and by extension, ease of use (for newbs).

fellellor··on The Onion has been permanently banned from Twitter
It’s a sad day for journalism indeed that Onion decided to shill for, and defend the festering trash heap that is Twitter.
fellellor··on Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days
Now is your chance to “I run arch btw”.
fellellor··on Back to India
I didn’t say it’s not a problem in India. I clearly didn’t say that.
fellellor··on Back to India
I’ve never declined to dine or drink with anyone of whatever caste. Most people I’ve seen in cities across India don’t care. Basically Caste in India is as much of a problem as racism is in the US.
fellellor··on Back to India
You should go visit other countries and talk to more people. He’s a Jain. Jain is not a caste. Not all Jains are filthy rich. In fact, his being Jain has nothing to do with his finances. Having worked in Tesla is more indicative.
fellellor··on Why income share agreements did not work out
This is a one sided thread not taking into account the bad behaviour by the boot camps themselves. There are plenty who just point their “students” to the Odin Project and go, here’s your reading material. Then they pair untrained kids with each other and call it a day. Where is their skin in the game?

I’m talking from experience. There’s one, which I won’t name, roping in kids from South Asia, Africa, and South America and tying them up with ISAs. I wouldn’t call them scummy but don’t feel great about them either.

fellellor··on India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities
If Russia is India’s “friend”, they’re the type of friend you’re better off without unless you don’t mind having your life ruined over that friendship.

There are no friends here. It’s a juvenile idea. The point is that India is a poor country with big energy demands. This is a good deal. Passing it up over “moral” reasons is pretty stupid.

fellellor··on No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
This is dumb. Do people have nothing better to do with their time than devise obscure etiquette rules that others must follow because "it's 20XX now people"? Issue a fatwa if you want to be taken more seriously.
fellellor··on The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
This is one of the best beginner books on DSP. Many “reference” textbook authors can learn a lot from the quality of writing and presentation in here.
fellellor··on Twitter Banned in Russia
People like garbage. Even if it’s harmful to them. I don’t think people running Twitter are taking one side or the other. Like Facebook, Twitter is simply evil and tries its best to funnel the kind of content to you that would keep you “engaged” and angry. Only know, instead of stupid kids, and jobless schmucks, the people being kept engaged are politicians, influential scholars and journalists who think that nukes are just another type of bomb and nothing to be afraid of.
fellellor··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
The greatest injustice in the world is the total lack of consequences for intellectuals who get it this wrong.
fellellor··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
This is idiotic. I don’t want to die in a nuclear blast, or because of the following radiation, or get beaten to death in the mad max world that follows all this idiocy. I empathise with Ukraine and understand anything they do or say to make sure their country and freedom survives. But i sure as fuck don’t care enough about them to invite the apocalypse. Screw Gary K. Screw Putin. Screw NATO. And most of all screw Twitter and may god damn it to hell.
fellellor··on Reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation
Man, even if you watch the news you’re quite likely to be affected by the media hype. It’s shameful the kind of control they have over us. What’s even more alarming is that absolute racists can hide themselves easily just by being on the right side of the media hive narrative. Look at how common Russians are being treated by sections of western society just for the crime of being Russian when they probably just escaped to the west from a life under Putin.

Capitalism is great, but unrestrained pure profit motive capitalism in some sectors - like journalism - does not look like it’s in public interest. Companies like Twitter just serve up content that can rile people up, with no concern for what it’s leading to. All they care about is engagement.

fellellor··on Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
It’s just a desire for revenge. Whatever solutions this approach promises are imaginary.
fellellor··on Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
This is total ignorance of western history. Even the French Revolution only succeeded because it pitted the incumbent nobility and high clergy against the very rich merchant class, who in spite of not being nobles by blood, ran all the factories and the French colonial settlements abroad. For source read the relevant books by the Durants, on both Rousseau and Napoleon.

Broad based sanctions assume, completely wrong, that Putin’s (or any dictator’s) power comes from the common Russian people. Wrong! And that’s why sanctions will only hurt the common Russians and keep Putin and his cronies in power for decades. In reality, he draws his power, like all other dictators, from an inner circle. These would be the oligarchs, heads of military and police and some others. This is where the sanctions should be targeted if the intention is to effectively change the regime. Hurting the population does not mean the pain will trickle up to the inner circle.

fellellor··on Vim – Minimal Setup Explained
It’s pretty easy if you don’t think about it too much.
fellellor··on Understanding the War in Ukraine
This just shows you have bad listening skills. No one in their right mind would justify Russian aggression right now. I can’t even imagine Russians would given the possibility that they have to live in a country that will be isolated from the rest of the world. But Americans and EU ‘s incapability to analyse their own mistakes is pathological and hopeless.
fellellor··on Understanding the War in Ukraine
Communism in civilised countries results in their criminalisation and collapse of the rule of law. To such an extent that even long after the communists are gone, the state of criminalisation persists. A poor undeveloped state like Pakistan or India may also not have much by the way of rule of law, but at least the rulers don’t have the sophisticated bureaucratic tools in place to enact widespread oppression of people either. Some anarchy is desirable when most of your leaders are selfish despots.
fellellor··on Understanding the War in Ukraine
So there is no Munroe doctrine in place? Cuba has the right to station nuclear weapons? The hypocrisy of any great power is mind boggling and it’s sad to see individuals buy into that.
fellellor··on Vijayanagara – The Last Emperors of South India [audio]
I have a copy of sivagamiyin sapatham. I’m going to use it to learn to read Tamil. :)
fellellor··on The Factorio Mindset
I would have failed college if this had come out back when I was a student.
fellellor··on Rebranding FLoC Without Addressing Key Privacy Issues
At least you get paid for having your privacy treated as a commodity. If these people are selling indentured labor, then google is straight up promoting slavery. Brave is obviously the lesser evil.
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