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justbaker··on Occultist father of rocketry 'written out' of NASA's history
The entire situation was cult fuckery.
justbaker··on Occultist father of rocketry 'written out' of NASA's history
It’s not black and white; this was 80 years ago, and a 17 year old. Now, that is definitely stat rape. Then, it was the norm. You’re certainly right that holds no water today, but it’s not today.
justbaker··on Netflix’s bad habits have caught up with it
Sadly I think both are in their decline(and have been past few seasons) Both were the worst seasons of the series… South Park lost its edge where they poke fun at anything and everything without fear of backlash. The “tolkien” episode smelled of wokeness. The tegridy episodes are getting old, you can tell the two creators just don’t care as much about the show anymore as the IRL tegridy.
justbaker··on Sunset of libspotify
Don’t drop your weights or the alarm will go off!!!
justbaker··on Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
> Now if I was asked to write a front end today, I'd have to sit down and properly learn react + typescript (because javascript is awful without sensible type checking), and that would add to the time to ship, but is the correct thing to do.

It really is enjoyable working w/ react+typescript. :)

justbaker··on Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
I hope your username is accurate.
justbaker··on Erlang/OTP 25.0 Release
> SQL databases are better than ever and the NoSQL crowd has largely died out

Especially with json types in Postgres for example. I can store data that’s suboptimal to use traditional databases to access (think complicated and varying form data) but retrieve it and reference it from table relationships traditionally.

justbaker··on Ask HN: What is the best language/framework for getting things done on the web?
No. How is that anything more than a front end framework?
justbaker··on Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix make fewer originals of higher quality?
I mean it’s a joke in my household how bad a streaming service’s originals are. A lot of the time it’s reboots. Other times just a lame premise too targeted that won’t have a large amount of fans.
justbaker··on Deno.js in production
OP code would throw an exception. ^^
justbaker··on Ask HN: WFH – will I be outsourced?
The mythical man month !
justbaker··on Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work
I think of that song every time I see Bukowski quoted.
justbaker··on Singapore Government Tech Stack
Something similar to what you mentioned, but for the state of Michigan

https://digitalguidelines.michigan.gov/

justbaker··on Show HN: I'm building the “chess.com” of speed cubing
Basic gist is solve the middle 2/3 edges to look as if they were a 3x3 edge, then solve like a 3x3, accounting for parity issues. Beginner method at least
justbaker··on Ask HN: What's the best biohack you've found?
It’s the best way to wake, pre coffee of course.
justbaker··on Ingredient in Cough Syrup Could Work as an Antidepressant: Works Like Ketamine
Laughing so much right now.
justbaker··on Georgia to mandate personal finance education
True, will they directly use a degree in philosophy though? The path to a white collar job is much shorter with other degrees.
justbaker··on Georgia to mandate personal finance education
But.. there are. I’m not saying working in a factory is a glorious, all-fulfilling career but it’s work. The best thing the American educational system could do is teach trades rather than leave young adults in tens of thousands to hundred thousands in debt to begin their adult life. Having a “nuanced” understanding of the world will do little to change that.
justbaker··on Georgia to mandate personal finance education
One of those will help career wise and the other aids in that. A good pair
justbaker··on Georgia to mandate personal finance education
Funny how being a dumb compliant factor worker has a better chance at making a living than someone with a philosophy degree.
justbaker··on Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?
I’m failing to see how my comment was random. Yours seems more random.
justbaker··on Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
By what he’s saying someone should kick his ass if they have opposition. More power to him
justbaker··on Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?
Sounds like a generalization of the SEO problem.
justbaker··on Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?
Webmd is an awful reference
justbaker··on PSA: React 18 calls code twice in strict dev mode to detect side effects
> I can’t just drop it in an existing website.

I mean.. should you though?

justbaker··on Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
Is there some sort of equivalent for division?
justbaker··on 1 in 10 Americans say they don’t eat meat – a growing share of the population
That’s 10% more steaks for me then.
justbaker··on Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline
I’ve seen cheaply made kids toys for exactly what they cost brand new. Goodwill has been going downhill. I’ve seen on numerous occasions employees breaking fragile items on drop off, no regard. I might as well trash them that give them to someone else to do the same.
justbaker··on Transgenic glowing fish invades Brazilian streams
>Being against transgenic animals is a form of xenophobia - they have as much right to exist as older species. The additional genetic diversity is fantastic and a great chance to improve nature. If they are inferior they will die on their own, if they are better they will prosper, the most fair outcome. Nature isn't supposed to be a curated and fragile garden.

Not at all, it’s being concerned about the effects of releasing genetically engineered species into the wild, both purposely or accidentally. It’s not questioning “is it right/wrong because they are different genetically” but “is it ethical to potentially change the environments of other species without understanding the ramifications”.

justbaker··on Ask HN: If you're in a 100% remote role, should you turn your camera on?
It can help with creating the “I’m a person not an entity on a computer” perception. I went remote only with Covid and I occasionally turn my camera on but I’m well familiar with my team, we meet up and have lunch occasionally, so they know me well. If you’re a newer addition I’d say it’s a good idea but you don’t really need to feel compelled after that point unless you want to.
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