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futureastronaut··on Wall Street’s Trading Desks Endure Worst First Half in a Decade
I'm not sure the crowd here is technical enough to use your advice. Or at least that's my conclusion after seeing this same whining thread on every. single. submission.
futureastronaut··on Wall Street’s Trading Desks Endure Worst First Half in a Decade
And doubly wrong by implying that said crowd would place politics over money. We're approaching "Not Even Wrong" territory here.
futureastronaut··on As U.S. 'superstar' cities thrive, weaker ones get left behind
That's cherry-picking though. The Gobi desert is expanding very quickly, as is the Sahara into Sudan. The Chihuaha desert also is expanding in Texas, I'm sure there are many other examples. Maybe deserts will in general become greener, but for human aspirations they still seem to be deserts. The greening is problematic because it raises dew points and makes theses areas less habitable for humans.
futureastronaut··on As U.S. 'superstar' cities thrive, weaker ones get left behind
> makes uninhabitable deserts verdant

Is that likely? I wasn't aware of any predicted reversal of desertification. It may render some tundra provinces verdant however.

futureastronaut··on Ask HN: What have the past 12 months taught you?
You're probably being too picky. There are lots of women who would practically throw themselves at somebody like you describe, no matter how shy you are, if you faintly returned their interest. We all have our standards, but it's a bit disingenuous to claim that you're cursed to a lifetime of virginity.
futureastronaut··on As U.S. 'superstar' cities thrive, weaker ones get left behind
That map is confusing, regions are colored grey that are clearly in the top 20 MSA, like the entire urbanized northeast. Also the article's mostly about Nashville, not its title.
futureastronaut··on Setup VS Code for Efficient PHP Development
That's a pretty good excuse actually, we're running out of people.
futureastronaut··on Forget Silicon Valley, It Still Pays More to Be a Doctor in America
Regardless of local cost of living, it's a bad offer becasue Wal-Mart can afford to pay better. That's "company town" pay right there.
futureastronaut··on Why are there so many JavaScript frameworks?
We have a winner. There are so many JavaScript libraries and frameworks because there's so much JavaScript being written. It has nothing to do with anything about the language, apart from perhaps the thin standard library.
futureastronaut··on Substack
Even worse than having Golang replace your Go language!
futureastronaut··on Alan Cooper on the “10x” Programmer
Being a 10x programmer or whatever isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not like they let you work 1/10x, or even 1/2x. You're expected to deliver that 10x 50 weeks a year, it's impossible to not get burned out. The "velocity tracking" craze is killer. A very strong developer and regular in #python on IRC was working as a janitor for a while. I didn't get it then, now I totally get it. It's hard to muster the motivation to continue working in software.
futureastronaut··on Avoid Artificial Stupidity
What if I told you that you could be hobbled by inconsistent, scattered state in a system not expicitly designed to be distributed. There's no point in jumping to the conclusion that they are using a design you're familiar with.
futureastronaut··on React Native 0.60
Second one has no comments, not much of a discussion.
futureastronaut··on Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks
I think there's a large overlap between image-conscious Mac users and image-conscious developers, for whom laptops are an expression of self or something like that.
futureastronaut··on A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking space for ten bicycles
If I recall correctly, they were dressed like ODOT workers to appear official.
futureastronaut··on A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking space for ten bicycles
Ten years or so ago I recall a story about some guys in Eugene unbolting an entire rack full of bikes from the asphalt and loading it into a truck. Can't find the story now.
futureastronaut··on A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking space for ten bicycles
Temporary/incremental bike racks are common? I've never seen this before in any US city. Pretty cool idea.
futureastronaut··on When bills pile up, young people turn to strangers on Venmo
My point was about the usefulness of generational constructs as cultural boundaries, not "damn kids got no culture!". And according to sibling, I have "denouncements" to rebut. What a thread.
futureastronaut··on Ask HN: How will your society react when the ocean rises into houses?
It's not easy to lift furniture quietly, but yes, like any other move, because the flooding will be gradual. As far as how society reacts as a whole, look at how the Houston and Baton Rouge metro areas absorbed refugees of hurricane Katrina, a sudden event. I'm only speaking for my country as you asked. Things won't be so peachy in Bangladesh.
futureastronaut··on Ask HN: How will your society react when the ocean rises into houses?
In places where sea walls aren't built, people will move uphill. You can prepare by purchasing currently undesirable properties that are at higher elevations in affected metro areas.
futureastronaut··on When bills pile up, young people turn to strangers on Venmo
I don't think there's such a thing as "millennial culture."
futureastronaut··on Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro
Opposite here, the magsafe was a constant nuisance, always disconnecting. I like being able to drag the cord with the laptop.
futureastronaut··on The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
It's some AMD Radeon with 8G so reasonably beefy. Not sure about the driver, I choose AMD for Linux graphics to not have to think about that I suppose, Nvidia used to be (still is?) a headache on Linux.
futureastronaut··on The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
I would love to use Wayland, currently I only use it to watch movies without tearing. Anecdotally, everything feels brittle when using Wayland, applications crash... I really hope it matures.
futureastronaut··on Myths about Perl 6
It's more like saying "the conventional P5 runtime is about as heavy as the distributed P6 one", seems fair to me.
futureastronaut··on Myths about Perl 6
Agreed, "Perl 6 is slow" is a ridiculous takeaway from a benchmark of process start times.
futureastronaut··on Myths about Perl 6
The prominent mascot is more of a reflection of the times when Perl 6 marketing materials were written. It was during the heyday of whimsy and _why's Poignant Guide to Ruby. It feels a little forced to me.
futureastronaut··on The Growing Risk of a 2020 Recession and Crisis
Yes, and we see this in disproportionate demand for software developers, and also in envy/resentment towards tech workers, who have benefitted the most in the recovery.
futureastronaut··on The Growing Risk of a 2020 Recession and Crisis
I thought it was common knowledge that the recovery from the 2008 recession is largely driven by growth of tech stocks, especially Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-03/if-this-i...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/half...

futureastronaut··on YouTube engineer in critical condition after rampage during bad LSD trip
He's the subject of the story, and occupation/employer are a major part of our identities. This is not "YouTube user goes on drug-fueld rampage," which would be superfluous.
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