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scombridae··on Ask HN: Please Help, Should I Quit My Job?
Man up and be professional. Your (trivial) work isn't a romantic relationship.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Have you dealt with a real life pathological liar(s) in tech?
Every programmer distorts the truth to preserve code he's already written. It's not pathological if everyone does it.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Is there a job where you're paid to implement well-defined tickets?
Yes, a teaching assistant / course grader does exactly this.
scombridae··on Ask HN: How to have productive meetings with talkative co-workers?
Accept two facts. One, everyone assumes you know and care about what they're talking about. Two, nothing that you or they do on a weekly timescale matters in the slightest to the bottom line.
scombridae··on Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?
Besides two chicks at the same time? Nothing. I would sit on my ass all day. I would do nothing. -- P. Gibbons.
scombridae··on Ray is the next generation ML framework
it is your passion to make markets efficient

... said no one ever. Incidentally, Ray is certainly among the better funded outfits, but by now, everyone can see generalized MLOps is never going to happen. Nature of the beast calls for bespoke hardware and in-house dev.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Why doesn't HN celebrate people's achievements before they die?
We don't do it for them. We do it to to bring closure for ourselves. Outside of death, it's usually "What have you done for me lately?"
scombridae··on Alan Kay on web browsers, document viewers, Smalltalk, NeWS and HyperCard (2021)
I dunno who this Alan Kay guy is, but he needs to get to the point faster.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Why aren't there CS degrees with only 3rd and 4th year CS subjects?
A two-year MS in CS is precisely that.

Most American universities allow precocious high schoolers to graduate in three years, but unless tuition money is a concern, a fourth year to soak it all in is worth it. Your working life is long -- one year is nothing.

scombridae··on Ask HN: How should we split up equity?
Have him borrow 75k from you, then split equity 50/50.

Most likely you'll lose your shirts, at which point, your buddy better translate his motivation and quick learning skills into 75k plus interest.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Why don't you live with your coworkers?
Many twenty-something co-workers do co-habitate. Then they get married, and that's the end of that.
scombridae··on Ask HN: What is your experience with dual licensing?
don’t see this type of licensing often.

That's because it relies on people ignoring a $20 bill on the sidewalk.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Why Read Books?
What would life be like if there was no electricity for six months?

My pacemaker would stop ticking, and I'd die. So no, I'm gonna go to as many bars, cinemas and video arcades as possible, and books can go suck it.

scombridae··on Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I feel slow and dumb
Try being less verbose. Waste not, want not.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Why Read Books?
I only remember 10% of what I read, so I agree it's not efficient, and certainly not fun. But reading is the only way to become a better writer, and that's still worth something in my circles.
scombridae··on Sex offender can't get a job. Completely out of ideas. Help?
We didn't need that level of detail, and we can't help you.

Tend bar, drive uber, or deliver Amazon. Accept that your crimes have you set you back for life, and a white-collar job might be out of reach for many years.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Have you lost social anxiety after a romantic breakup?
It's called an aging libido. Your social circle never expected much from you, but it takes all of your 20s and 30s for the little brain to relent to being average.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Are Ideas Worth Nothing? Is execution worth everything?
I just had a robust discussion

Truly robust discussions sometimes lead to published papers. Your discussions are ones struck up and quickly forgotten by fifth graders.

scombridae··on 10x C++ Editor
It's hard to imagine a C programmer so professionally ignorant that he's yet to realize C++ is a superset of C.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Is it still worth learning Kubernetes in 2023?
imply that it’s among the best we’ve got.

If this and GP's response are inception-level sarcasm, then I'm outclassed.

My initial reaction to GP was intended to cast a light on its vacuousness, what with all the hedging and credentialling.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Is it still worth learning Kubernetes in 2023?
My take - Kubernetes isn’t perfect

Good to know. When I ask if a technology is worth leanring, I always assume it's perfect. I was also relieved to discover a new platform might but also might not surface to overtake K8s.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Best Way to Learn Chinese?
If you had a six-figure job, would you bother getting a college diploma?

Similarly if you had a Chinese girlfriend, would you bother studying Mandarin?

Be honest with what you really want before wasting time.

scombridae··on Ask HN: How to recruit good CS teachers?
You don't need teachers nor exams. You need 10 problem sets, and 15 hours of a graduate student's time to get you past hurdles.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Who Remembers “Abort. Retry. Fail?”
As a kid I didn't see the point of abort, fail, and ignore. How about something simple like "Retry? (y/n) ".
scombridae··on OpenShot 3.0 Released – Stability, Performance, and Usability
This is huge. Avid user here (not Avid[TM] the company).
scombridae··on Ask HN: Is doing a Master's worth the opportunity cost
The answer is yes. When you get to my age, two years is truly an inconsequential amount of time. And AI/ML is a deep enough subject that a proper grounding requires a full-time MS.
scombridae··on Neovim Conf 2022
Frankly? I don’t care that Neovim forked from Vim.

I don't mind your indigination -- you've given neovim v. vim more thought than most. I do mind when pointy heads say "I don't care" when they clearly do.

scombridae··on Ask HN: Are things getting more convenient but less satisfying?
This is not new. It's always been more gratifying to eat what you kill than what someone else did.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Is it possible to remain anonymous and run a successful business?
CTO or COO is what you're looking for. For the CEO spot you need to be out there meeting customers and making it rain.
scombridae··on Ask HN: Where are all the rockstar developers?
Where are all the rockstar developers?

We're still here. We avoid identifying ourselves so 1x'ers like yourself don't know who to blame when they're made redundant.

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