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robodaleon The AI of GoldenEye 007

I remember that as well, and made for a very exciting experience.

robodaleon Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?

I've read Master's of Doom 4 times...and loved each time through it.

robodaleon Fast key-value stores: An idea whose time has come and gone

Somebody please hard-code this comment to the top, because it is spot on.

robodaleon Ask HN: Stuck with an unpronounceable product name

FogBugz

robodaleon Slack Is Going Public at a $16B Valuation

They will be if they inject ads in between your messages (free version only).

"Rid Belly Fat NOW! Click Here!"

robodaleon Things I learnt the hard way in thirty years of software development

> Learn when you can't code anymore. Learn when you can't process things anymore. Don't push beyond that, it will just make things worse in the future.

I cannot agree more. (18 years developer here). On those days I just kept pushing, I mostly ended up correcting my poorly-created code the next day. When you know you're done, be done, or at least switch to the lowest mental energy task you can do. Sometimes staring into the screen is that lowest mental task.

robodaleon Show HN: PugSQL, a Python Port of HugSQL

Watch your naming - pug is also a template engine for npm.

robodaleon Walking Away from the Product I Spent a Year Building

I walked away from mine only after 8 years. It was difficult realizing it had to go. Taking something that was a part of your life for so long out behind the metaphorical barn with a rifle is tough...

robodaleon How a cheap, brutally efficient grocery chain is upending America's supermarkets

Yea...I have an Aldi just a stones-throw away from my house. I was mailed a "grand opening" coupon for first time shoppers. I skeptically took the bait. It was a sad, awkward experience.

Weird knockoff names for popular brands, especially their beer and wine. They look like popular brands, but If I'm going to put alcohol in my body, it better be effing good.

I prefer to go to my regional grocery chain. Much better selection and quality, marginally higher prices...but I don't care. I grab a cart. No hassle and NO QUARTER (who the hell carries change?) I bring my own bags, but if I forget I can use their paper or plastic ones (plus bring back the bags for recycling if I want). I can also order online, pickup if I want or have them deliver. That's what I want, not the shopping experience Aldi offers.

I get it. Millions of people disagree with me. This is my data point of one, Me, but that's the only data point that matters to me.

As Travis Tritt said: "Here's a quarter, call someone who cares..."

robodaleon Fasting Affects the Brain

The Simpsons have parodied corporate-sponsored education for years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR_4h5A5z_A&t=1s

robodaleon To ORM or Not to ORM

After having written queries to populate whatever platform data structures take the result...to mothership-sized ORMS that keep you as far away from SQL as possible, I have to say a middling ORM like Dapper is optimal for me.

It's lightweight when you want it to be, but if you want to do some heavier/generic use...it can take you quite far.

robodaleon Serving Vue.js Apps on GitHub Pages

I don’t see the point to bother with react, when I’ve been able to do so much with vue.js

robodaleon I Can't Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money

I write software, both professionally and as a "side gig". I spend a decent amount of time behind my house doing yard work and general maintenance. I don't really look forward to those (non-IT?) activities, but when I am doing them I have realized how nice it is to be doing something other than staring at a screen and be able to look back at a physical object (new plant, fixed deck railing, etc) and say "I did that". It's an unintentional hobby, but it does serve the purpose of taking a break from the keyboard.

robodaleon You Don’t Need All That Complex/Expensive/Distracting Infrastructure

Thanks for the "A Company of One" book recommendation. I just ordered it.

robodaleon Can't focus on your goal? I am building an app to help you focus on the goal

FEATURE REQUEST: I'd like to order my Goals after I create them.

robodaleon Can't focus on your goal? I am building an app to help you focus on the goal

I really like the fact you are looking for feedback early in your development loop. Also, I notice your favicon is the Vue.js logo...nice choice!

I signed up and will be using this over the course of a few days. I'll post back here with suggestions, questions, etc.

Again, nice work!

robodaleon Full-stack developers are in fact stuck at mid-level. Don’t go down that path

I think having the skills to understand business goals combined with the ability to design and develop solutions where you're flexible about what tech stack is used is much more valuable to businesses.

Very well-said, and needs to be repeated here every time someone posts on HN "What language, framework, shiny-new-object should I learn to get the best job..."

robodaleon Are Mail-Order Meal Kits Doomed?

...and then they discover they can get "recipes" from any number of "websites", for free, and without even buying a cookbook!

robodaleon Show HN: Stand-Up/Meetings in VR for Remote Teams

Just a note on your video - I scrolled right past it without realizing the embedded video was there. I scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the page and thought "what...no video showing what this is?".

I suggest a little more contrast on the default video image, plus the "play" icon in the center could be more pronounced.

robodaleon 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty Debuts New 'Godzilla' 7.3-Liter V8

Yea, why didn't they just round up and make an 8-liter V8...one liter for each V, to make it easy for us Americans.

robodaleon Ask HN: How Would You or Did Convince Your Boss That You Can Work Remote?

Everyone pay attention to this comment. All of us here have this option.

robodaleon SleepyHead Project Is Shutting Down

I am pretty sure you know the answer to that.

(it is "yes")

robodaleon Fully managed PostgreSQL databases

Using fancy words like egress does not change the fact you are gouging.

robodaleon Trump to sign border bill, declare emergency: McConnell

I'd say there will be martial law shortly after the declaration of a national emergency to build the wall. Riots in the streets! Outrage he could do such a thing!

...but all I hear from people around me (I live in the Midwest USA) is he is a hero to stand up and deliver what he promised.

While Rome burns, Bread and Circuses.

robodaleon Ask HN: What's it like to work in the same company for decades?

Ideally, yes...I don't want to be working full time in 10 years. A few more ~year long gigs, and I'll likely put myself out to the 1099 pasture.

robodaleon Ask HN: What's it like to work in the same company for decades?

Eventually I could feel my skills stagnating. Yes, I was able to do more impactful work, but keeping up with high-level industry tech changes became difficult as I was spending more time on a whiteboard than at a computer.

robodaleon Ask HN: What's it like to work in the same company for decades?

I worked for a company for 10 years. Never doing that again. My works history is 5 months, 1.75 years, 1.5 years, 10 YEARS, 1.75 years, 6 months (will be leaving asap).

robodaleon Huge Cavity in Antarctic Glacier Signals Rapid Decay

Here's what a ~3 meter rise in the ocean would look like for the Miami-area of Florida.

https://ss2.climatecentral.org/#8/25.738/-80.398?show=satell...

robodaleon Stealing the Enemy's Urban Advantage: The Battle of Sadr City

"Tired of Sticky Infantry Concentrations Clogging The Movement of Your M1 Abrams Tank?"

robodaleon Table-Saw Kickback on Camera (2012) [video]

This exact thing happened to me as well in High School "woodshop" class. The entire class and even the teacher called me "kickback" for rest of the year.

I don't think any of us realized at the time just how close I was to injury.