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throwaway_dcnt··on Some Assembly Required: An approachable introduction to assembly
Yes please
throwaway_dcnt··on Some Assembly Required: An approachable introduction to assembly
Or? MOV DX, 200 / INT 27H
throwaway_dcnt··on Tell HN: The loneliness of a pretty good developer
I used to be in a similar situation (smartest, most innovative person in a team of nearly 2000 developers), then I jumped ship to a smaller but way more competent team. One one hand, now I occasionally get schooled by some of the smartest people around and love it, on the other, I (very rarely) miss being the king of the hill. I have since come to the conclusion that happiness is not (and should not be) tied to your work identity, what matters is people, friends, family and how one contributes to increasing the beauty of the universe. Sounds lofty and a little vague but that is by design, you have to find what motivates and excites you.
throwaway_dcnt··on Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of elegant software?
https://vertx.io and https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/
throwaway_dcnt··on Please Don't Say Just Hello in Chat
Some of us already deal with issues initiating and carrying social interactions, additional protocols around just saying hello seem unnecessary. This in itself is not rude as such but I have seen people responding to hello in a chat with this URL <- That I think is rude and counterproductive. Remote work is difficult as it is, don't be like this to people who have to spend significant amount of their lives with your pompous ass.
throwaway_dcnt··on The Ford Mustang Mach-E and the danger of electric cars
The author makes some valid points but I would like to live in a world where we can all get what we want without imposing our choices on others. With synthetic fuels and efficient combustion engines on the horizons, I applaud and am excited about the choices we will have and I am happy to do my part to counter the negatives (by using mass transit when I can, using electric cars for commutes and school runs, planting trees). In return, I would like to own and use my exciting ICE cars on race tracks, for fun trips and even grocery runs occasionally. Let's find the balance, without imposing our ideas on everyone.
throwaway_dcnt··on Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
The reason for my current user name here at hn was this exact form of racism. It is the first post I made when I created this throwaway. I was assured that my experience was unique and not widespread. I am both sad and happy to see this, sad because it exists, happy because it is getting some attention here at HN.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that everyone of us needs to be vigilant about this type of racism. One thing I recommend to my hiring managers is to not allow people from frictioned backgrounds to manage and interview people from the other side. Example problematic pairs for candidates/interviewers (not including the cast situation) include: Indians and Pakistanis, Serbians and Bosnians, Greeks and Turks, Chinese and Japanese.

One way I solve this is by introducing an independent observer/participant when situations like this emerge. This is costly but it has really worked to not only address this problem but also created an amazing diversity in my teams because it takes care of some of the implicit bias we all have to some degree.

throwaway_dcnt··on The Dubai Debt Trap
Interest is punishable, debt, not so much.
throwaway_dcnt··on Bash Pitfalls
Hahaha, I think you have it inverted. Dang is the person, PG is the bot.
throwaway_dcnt··on StackOverflow: Sunsetting Jobs and Developer Story by April 2022
This^ is not me but I am curious. Why is this being downvoted?
throwaway_dcnt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)
I just applied for data engineering role and after completing the submission, got an instant (automated) rejection via email. I currently work for a FAANG as a lead data engineer and was willing to consider manchester based role for family reasons. An instant, automated rejection after a post to HN tells me everything I need to know about your organization.
throwaway_dcnt··on Ask HN: What are these low quality “code snippet” sites?
I spoke to a VP at google in 2006 in london and discussed using a combination of curation and entropy to flush out duplicates. He seemed pretty excited by the idea but I don't think anything materialized. Which is another way of saying this is not new - in those days these sites were copying newsgroups too.
throwaway_dcnt··on Too big to cover alone: Newsrooms team up
I am alarmed that the media in its pursuit of clicks and eyeballs would amplify the divisions using such collusion. An example article put forward by a main stream news organization: https://abcnews.go.com/US/type-gun-us-homicides-ar-15/story?...

The topic is already quite sensitive and divisive. Was it really necessary to use the image with a gun covered in american flag? If this is not fanning the flames of divisions, what is? And now they want to collude?

throwaway_dcnt··on America is substantially reducing poverty among children
If this statement has elements of truth (I mean maybe it does?), may I please see the evidence?
throwaway_dcnt··on 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?
Do we think security theater is symbolism? It has had some positives over the years just as masks have a huge positive health impact during COVID but on both sides of the issue, people treat it as a signal as well, no?
throwaway_dcnt··on A Limitlessly Scalable Transaction System
Can someone explain to me why ordering matters at all in financial systems? Transactions are idempotent by their nature and in this domain, I just don't see the value of imposing any kind of order. Am I missing something?
throwaway_dcnt··on Former college professor accused of serial arson is denied bail in California
The corrupt developers don't like to publicize their corruption. I happen to know this because I know some of the players (and was even offered opportunities to invest in land before the decision to build a new highway was made public).
throwaway_dcnt··on Former college professor accused of serial arson is denied bail in California
Some of this was done out of greed and political corruption so that developers could build more unaffordable housing for the wealthy - I would say the gp has some merit in their comment.
throwaway_dcnt··on Archegos was too busy for margin calls
PB is probably prime brokerage, it is a managed service offered by large institutions to other large institutions.
throwaway_dcnt··on Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention to fire Flex workers
When I first read Mana (https://marshallbrain.com/manna1), I didn't even flinch. I knew human greed would definitely lead to this future, what I did not anticipate was its arrival in about 10 years.
throwaway_dcnt··on I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled
decarceration, even for repeat violent criminals and no penalties for property crime.
throwaway_dcnt··on LaMDA: Google's New Conversation Technology
They sample it every few minutes or seconds.
throwaway_dcnt··on I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain about developer shortages
Try scala and implicits!! or c++ template metaprogramming in late 90s and early naughts.
throwaway_dcnt··on LaMDA: Google's New Conversation Technology
Why do you think they are NOT listening? Whatsapp and facebook messenger/chatter thing both have mic access for a lot of people and it is truly bizzare how topics of conversations, even the first time they are broached, end up in facebook ads.
throwaway_dcnt··on Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?
A fully featured feature store for our machine learning platforms to plug into.
throwaway_dcnt··on A World Ruled by Persons, Not Machines
What if I choose to stay natural?
throwaway_dcnt··on Show HN: I wrote the book Building Mobile Apps at Scale
Congratulation on the publication. I remember meeting you in Amsterdam Uber offices for a casual chat and coffee and really enjoyed our conversation. It was pretty neat that you were willing to nerd out with a rando from US over distributed systems and payments :)
throwaway_dcnt··on Survival Capsule
Are you okay?
throwaway_dcnt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)
Thanks, this is cute.
throwaway_dcnt··on Never Pay for Online Dating (2010)
Why?
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