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selfhifive··on 90% of software engineering done today is integrating poorly documented APIs
Agreed. It feels like fitting pre-cut puzzle pieces. Reading code/documentation has become the most important skill.

The amount of working software engineers who don't understand basic things like paging or the TCP/IP protocol or file systems is unnerving.

selfhifive··on No one expects young men to do anything and they are responding by doing nothing
And? Isn't overpopulation a major concern? Why would you want higher birthrates? Already there exist more people than required for jobs in the economy.
selfhifive··on Little rant about GNOME's file manager (a.k.a. Nautilus)
Tried Dolphin?
selfhifive··on m.u.g.e.n. 2D Fighting Game Engine
I'll have to thank you for contributing to my childhood memories I guess. Used to play DBZ Mugen edition with my brother for hours.
selfhifive··on Ask HN: I'm interested in so many disciplines, but what can I do with that?
It's hard to do anything with broad interests. Maybe start a podcast? People with wide interests can do well investing if you read up on that and keep all the other stuff going. Or you could get a main job and do the intellectual stuff for its own sake on the side.
selfhifive··on Ask HN: How do I develop focus?
Do core exercises.

Develop muscular endurance in the spine.

Do yoga or something that allows you to move your spine and stretch hip-flexors.

Sitting in one place is endurance work. Mostly our body gives way before the mind does.

You can apply other things suggested too but the physical component of focus is often ignored.

And of course develop the endurance to sit for long periods by sitting for long periods. 3 to 4 hours is usually ideal. (According to Cal Newport in Deep Work)

This is more micro than what you wanted but I guess it can work in a bottom-up manner.

selfhifive··on Ask HN: How do I develop focus?
I don't think it's nonsense at all. It sucks until you get used to it.

After you get in the habit of it, the time available in a day feels almost doubled.

And there's (I suppose) the benefit of working fasted which generally enhances focus.

selfhifive··on Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
That could end badly because you don't want to have too many gatekeepers. I should be allowed to not be part of a group and work as I see fit. Unions are hit-or-miss. Bad ones have too much petty politics and corruption and that's why some people genuinely don't want to be in a union. Enforcing unions more strictly can make the good better but it can also make the bad worse.
selfhifive··on Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
It's a feel good sentence. Both pro-union and anti-union people can agree with it.
selfhifive··on When I was labeled a ‘troubled’ teen, I obliged
I was neglected and it has made things difficult for me. I learnt how to smile by practicing with a mirror and have no reference point for what a genuine relationship is. Never been hugged and still am terrified of getting touched affectionately. Anti-social and feel lightyears behind my peers in social aptitude. Don't know how to respond to affection and tenderness and have responded with angry outbursts in the past. It's a hole that takes some getting out of.
selfhifive··on Disabling automatic refresh for Snap from store
If you're a programmer I'd say Arch or Debian then configure as per your needs. As long as you don't do things blindly it will be very stable and blazing fast.
selfhifive··on Disabling automatic refresh for Snap from store
The linux community isn't a big fan of Canonical. Everyone starts with Ubuntu, distro hops, installs Debian or Arch configured according to them and tries to bring Ubuntu back from the dark side.
selfhifive··on Windows needs a change in priorities
Windows with i5 or less plus HDD with about a year of use (which leads to bloat) is painfully slow.
selfhifive··on Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
DDPY also known as DDP Yoga.

That's a very good system to lose fat. It helped me more than daily runs. And I was already in decent shape so I imagine it will work better for you.

No impact, at home, and easy to follow instructions.

selfhifive··on The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)
Charging every last peripheral is annoying.
selfhifive··on It’s time to admit quantum theory has reached a dead end
I agree. EPR states and Quantum teleportation gave us a reality check during our QC course. The university I come from did however teach linear algebra, ODEs and PDEs, etc as mandatory courses.
selfhifive··on It’s time to admit quantum theory has reached a dead end
While I do get what you're trying to say, it has to be said that many CS people have been exposed to Quantum Physics.

Quantum computing is an elective at every half-decent University.

To think that programmers have zero understanding beyond high school math is just ignorant.

selfhifive··on YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denying election results
Users can't tell misinformation and information apart when the dislike count is hidden. Who would've thought.

Removing the dislike count was YouTube's renunciation of democratic ideals.

Now it's a media outlet just like the others.

selfhifive··on YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denying election results
Or, if you don't like it, don't watch the channel or leave a dislike or comment why the claim is wrong.

This isn't even a call to violence or targeted harassment. It's the opinion of a man about election results.

selfhifive··on Why I will never buy another Samsung device
Not the point of the article but being a stock or nothing guy and saying there's no innovation is not very smart.

Eg. Samsung's brand of Android has floating multi windows. Split-screen app pairings. There's also Samsung Dex.

Pixel and Nexus are probably the most basic Androids you can get.

selfhifive··on Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices
I have met people who can't and people who won't. Also, a lot of people in their 50s and above aren't solving this.
selfhifive··on I have never read a business plan or balance sheet
The question is not about the general utility of business plans. It's about whether they're good for early stage startups.

These kind of organisations need to move fast and try a lot of stuff in a short amount of time to see what works. A business plan then seems expedient because the future direction is not set in stone anyway.

That's the logic behind the argument.

selfhifive··on Scientists raise alarm over ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane
Quite frankly a lot of people in India and China don't even have the resources to generate emissions.

ACs, Refrigerators, and cars are still unavailable to the lower middle class. Even the middle class can only have 2 out of those 3.

A large chunk of public transport in the big cities in India and China is CNG and electric.

selfhifive··on The End of Uber with Cory Doctorow
Places where cars and motorcycles/scooters arrived at the same time have more people using motorcycles/scooters.

They're cheaper, more fuel efficient, and easier to park.

selfhifive··on The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii
I'm always impressed with how much risk they take from generation to generation.

N64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, and Switch.

GB, GBA, DS, 3DS, and Switch.

All of them feel like a generational leap instead of the incremental improvement model of other companies.

selfhifive··on Facebook loses users for the first time
It's not friends.

Facebook's boosted content/recommended content is what it is.

Having a friends only feed would actually save the product.

selfhifive··on Who cares about plagiarism?
But in academia we need to know the source of the idea in order to research the roots of an idea. I look at citations like hyperlinks of academia so using ideas without citation doesn't sit well with me. And the more reproducible/legitimate a paper is the more citations it usually has, that is an important metric for judging the quality of any research paper.
selfhifive··on Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter
That's a great description of software consultancy firms. Most people are fresh college grads who leave after their first contract is up or earlier.
selfhifive··on Man found guilty of ‘grossly offensive’ tweet
And trash his job.
selfhifive··on Foundations of Computer Science
My university started with digital design using gates, real analysis, and introduction to programming using C. Then in the next 3 semesters we did computer architecture, data structures, algorithms, microprocessors, ToC, OOP, OS, Linear Algebra, Graph theory, so your approach is actually followed in the real world.
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