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cocoa19··on Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me
And many of us prefer simplicity in languages.

When a language like typescript supports too many obscure features, or multiple ways to do the same thing, the curve becomes too steep to be proficient.

cocoa19··on Study disproves the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health
And C)you relax from a stressful situation by drinking, like going to the bar after a difficult day.
cocoa19··on ‘Housing in ‘07 wasn’t a bubble” is a true statement that almost no one believes
Zillow shows ~650 houses (sfh+town home) in Phoenix in the last 30 days.

It seems the median list price is 1/5th of bay area prices.

cocoa19··on Ask HN: Are there techniques to cope with acute anxiety?
Deep breathing and guided meditation audios or videos. For me, the guided meditation is especially effective for falling asleep.

The easiest thing you can do is go to YouTube and search for guided meditations. I've recently been listening to Jason Stephenson sleep meditations on YouTube to fall asleep.

You should also consider consulting a psychologist. A good psychologist should give you the tools and techniques to manage anxiety.

cocoa19··on Useful Shell Prompt (2020)
If you love this, you should try ohmyzsh.

The default prompt with the status arrow and directory are awesome. You can also extend ZSH functionality with plugins. I can't live without git and timer plugins anymore.

cocoa19··on Ask HN: Where are all the cool architecture diagrams?
Probably Visio

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-azure-diag...

cocoa19··on Night Sky Map and Planets Visible Tonight
Try Sky Map app. It's fun to go on a walk when the sky is clear and identify constellations and planets.

It was originally made by Google, then open sourced in 2012.

https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid

cocoa19··on My Job Offer Was Rescinded After I’d Given Notice
Even if you think the reference will help, I'd still decline.

There's no reason to risk your current job until the new job is secured.

cocoa19··on Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Banking target for 2023
Mint and Quicken are end user applications, Plaid is not. Plaid is an API provider to access financial information from multiple institutions.
cocoa19··on Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?
Aha, that brings back memories of Zelda's characters named Bagu and Error.

So that's what's up, Zelda II programmers were having fun with names.

cocoa19··on Scientists make discovery of dead zones where nothing can live on two US coasts
High quality loose leaf teas taste great on their own.

If you get your tea from a grocery store, chances are you're getting the lowest grade of tea (tea dust).

cocoa19··on U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, new Gallup report finds
Your comments are spot on.

I wouldn't say either one is good or bad, I've learnt to appreciate the differences.

Having lived in latin America and the US, US feels more concerned about individualism, achievements and efficiency and it shows in friendships. Outings are organized days in advance, people are expected to show up on time, calendar invites are not unheard of.

In latin America, life is more about family and being happy. You can call a friend the same day and enjoy a cold beer after work (some time after work, punctuality not required). I think people would laugh in my face if I tell them I'll send them a calendar invite.

cocoa19··on Show HN: CRM for Your Job Search
Awesome application.

One feature suggestion would be to add an export feature. This feature gives me peace of mind if the business flops, I didn't waste hours/days adding data to a black hole.

cocoa19··on Dave Ramsey sues former employees for making blog posts about leaving company
This hits home, and probably most people here which are very logic driven.

While buying a home and cars, I felt like too much emphasis was put on the "monthly payment" and how much you can afford. I was more concerned about the interest rate, opportunity cost of downpayment, car depreciation and total cost of ownership.

cocoa19··on Google Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men as It Addresses Wage Equity (2019)
The most unfair part about it is more productive "loyal employees" have to train new employees that come at a much higher pay.

This problem would be mitigated if salaries were open. Glassdoor and levels.fyi somewhat help with this problem.

cocoa19··on Text editing hates you too (2019)
Pretty cool. It would be nice to have one entry for computer science.
cocoa19··on Ask HN: How do I learn Data Structures and Algorithms
Algorithms by Robert Sedgewick.

It covers the basics and compared to CLRS, this book is very easy to read.

cocoa19··on Will Linux phones stay around this time?
It might also be illegal to throw away lithium batteries in the trash, depending on where you live.
cocoa19··on Stock Market Returns Are Anything but Average
General consensus is to invest using dollar cost averaging so you don't rely on timing.

Invest the same amount of money each pay cycle. If stock is expensive, you'll be able to afford less stock, if stock is cheap, you'll afford more stock.

cocoa19··on IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal email address
That's a fair point about clean room implementation. However, I can see IBM shooting themselves in the foot suing a kernel developer over an email address change, if said developer quits beforehand.

Such an action would only decrease developer goodwill towards IBM. Needless to say, IBM is already not one of the "cool" companies to work for.

cocoa19··on AWS EC2 Having Issues
Interesting, I just noticed today Glassdoor changed the Negative Experience chart color from red to a more neutral bluish color.

Maybe it's a recent trend in the industry to distance themselves from negative traits? Amazon doesn't want you to think they're bad, Glassdor doesn't want their customers (corporations) to be seen in a bad light?

cocoa19··on Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee
What's next, Adobe? Are you sending people to collections if they don't pay up?

This scummy behavior is not OK.

cocoa19··on In Support of Richard Stallman
I hope this is not flagged into oblivion like other Stallman threads.

RMS was truly beyond his time, even when everyone thought he was crazy. It's sad to see a legend go down because a misinformation campaign.

cocoa19··on Barrier Reef doomed as up to 99% of coral at risk, report finds
I feel we're focusing on the wrong thing here. The primary reason we want healthy ecosystems is so they can sustain human life in the long term.

Personally I don't care if I ever see the reef, the Amazon or any other ecosystem. I'm pretty much interested in sustainable ecosystems to ensure human welfare.

cocoa19··on Voltswagen of America
Americans swear by Asian brand names for small to medium size cars (Toyota, Honda and to a lesser extent Kia, Hyundai, Subaru).

German cars have a bad rap in the US for being unreliable and expensive to fix.

cocoa19··on Bitwarden_rs: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust
I do use KeePass for work, since we're not authorized to put passwords on the cloud, but device synchronization and browser auto fill is a pain.

For personal, Bitwarden is much better. Browser plugins just work, android auto fill just works, passwords synchronized across devices, support for auto filling payment information. 2FA support.

cocoa19··on Italy demands €733M in fines from food delivery platforms
Because unicorns are playing price dumping with venture capital
cocoa19··on Show HN: Alert yourself after a long-running task in terminal
I use ohmyzsh with the bgnotify plugin that does the same.

I combine it with the timer plugin to print how long the command takes to complete.

I'd argue that most developers should become familiar with ohmyzsh, it has a bunch of useful plugins. My favorites being fzf, git, timer and bgnotify, and I love that tiny green arrow that tells you if the last command was successful.

cocoa19··on Free for Developers
I disagree. I rather have people post honest, thoughftul opinions rather than pander to a crowd with low quality feel good posts to get freebies.
cocoa19··on Thinking too much can be bad for you (2012)
"civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them"

Similar concept is applied to programming, we call that concept abstraction.

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