joeblow9999

even the most pessimistic IPCC predictions don't go that far

as a point of order documentation is different from commenting. commenting your code is essential.

couldn't agree more. the Intellij fanatics have the strongest religion at least in my experience

this is an example if why generally 'bio ethicist' and 'medical ethicist' means that whatever you hear next can be safely ignored..

its easy to launder coins. this is more about the optics if being able to say they 'did something'

ill take the warren buffett position

thank god im not the only one

during the dot com bust of 2001 it was a slaughterhouse. forget about value of RSU decreasing, there were no jobs. people were talking about the end of the tech sector entirely. you needed to know someone to get a job. and the pay was definitely lower than your last job.

it can get bad

i do not agree. those are some big sweeping generalizations you're making.

because San Jose is pkagued with gun violence by registered gun owners. /sarc

it is the same thing in the end

this is not only old news, but fully expected and predictable

strange article. "i am the only doomsdayer who's ever been right" is a major theme.

study after study has been conducted on this. the answer is a clear 'no'

the modern usage of 'regulate' has eviscerated much of the constitution especially the commerce clause which now days is generally interpreted as literally the opposite of its original intent

i feel like he may have learned the wrong lesson here

thanks for this article link. very good

yes

its a cornerstone of the deug war

you could always just not use Facebook products...

to be fair, thats how it seems the 'constitionality' of most laws is determined..

i just want to give you kudos for use of 'On the gripping hand'

this is a well written and reasonable (i.e not religious) take on monolith vs microservices and the tradeoffs and considerations.

also, Conway's law is the biggest factor and he touches on that without saying Conway's law explicitly

buy gold and bitcoin. not a lot but just to hedge. its very hard for the typical person (including myself) to understand how the last 20 years of USA monetary policy WONT debauch the currency.

im constantly surprised it hasn't happened yet. but i cant go all in against the dollar so im just hedging with some alternatives

how does one even get funding without having an MVP in place? just a detailed mock up? honestly, im shocked you can get funded with just a detailed mock up.

i can protect my own privacy from facebook abuses by not using facebook

she's a partisan. if a D were prez she'd be talking about how all the recession fears are overblown and some Rs would be acting panicked. wait 5 years the messages will flip again

drivers pay a fairly sizeable gas tax and also the cost of construction and maintenance per mile of freeway is inordinately less than BART

you can get great young engineers who are very smart and work hard for early stage (ie crappy) wages. but you need at least one seasoned expensive grownup in the room and they will be extremely hard to attract even with competitive wages because of work hours and stability.

'I once worked at a company where a product manager said that the difference between a senior engineer and a junior engineer was the ability to provide accurate estimates. '

I once had a manager ask me 'can we be more aggressive on these estimates?' my answer was "absolutely. i can give any estimate you want" he shut up after that.