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thenoblesquid

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thenoblesquid··on Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Broke IT Recruiting (2018)
What kind of results is that producing? Or what's the biggest difference you've found using the internship model for hiring?
thenoblesquid··on Will AI replace software engineers in the near future?
New TNS Weekly Survey Wants to Know What You Think: Generative AI has wedged itself into our workflow. Is it a threat, a useful tool, or accelerated ignorance building the latest giant ball of mud—only faster?
thenoblesquid··on Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other
Definitely checking that out. I've stopped eating Octopus. They are just on another level.
thenoblesquid··on Redfin cuts 13% of staff, shuts down home-flipping business
We have waited the last couple years, so it's no sweat to wait another year or two for the prices to correct and interest rates to come back down to Earth.
thenoblesquid··on Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse clicks, keystrokes
I started working for a company that was using this tracking technology. Struck me as an invasion of privacy, so I discontinued their of the tool. There are other solutions out there for getting useful into on sticking points, crawl depth, etc. that don't expose individual user behavior.
thenoblesquid··on As countries try to attract digital nomads, locals say ‘not so fast’
I'm still in favor of remote work, but I think those who go to other countries (heck, even other cities) need to be conscious of their impact, make wise choices, and strive to be a positive member of the communities they are immersing themselves in. Governments and law makers can also do their part to minimize the negatives, because like it or not, remote work isn't going away.
thenoblesquid··on 94% of Tap Water in the U.S. Is Contaminated by Microplastics
Do standard water filters (like Brita) have any ability to filter out microplastics or are they too micro?
thenoblesquid··on A Redesign for the New Stack
Had a bit of nostalgia for the original design, but I have to say, this is a good looking update. Nice work!
thenoblesquid··on As countries try to attract digital nomads, locals say ‘not so fast’
Seems like this is an inevitable growing pain of becoming a global society.
thenoblesquid··on Bitwarden: Avoid at all costs (outage issue)
Bitwarden: so hot on HN right now. This is fresh on the heels of the article that was on the front page about their $100 million VC news.
thenoblesquid··on Optical Illusions of the Year
Way more changed than I thought. I was only focused on the ceiling panels and the curtain.
thenoblesquid··on JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution
Have you not heard of the new programming language that's gaining traction? Moist
thenoblesquid··on Kids Yell “Poop” at Alexa, and These Musicians Profit
This is the kind of news I didn't know I needed.
thenoblesquid··on Why do some humans love chili peppers?
The YouTube show Hot Ones opened me up to a whole new world of hot sauces that bring the heat along with great flavor.
thenoblesquid··on Swastika Mountain in Oregon may have a new name soon
"I suspect that if someone had proposed a new name, it would have been changed long ago," Tymchuk said. So it never occurred to the people that did know about the mountain to just go ahead and give that name a refresh?
thenoblesquid··on Ask HN: Is it just me or Facebook is being bombarded by spam?
Seeing very similar things in my feed. 4 out of 5 posts are now an ad or "recommended" which only further douses my already very small desire to use Facebook at all.
thenoblesquid··on It's easier to manage four people than one
Even if they don't assume the manager is a good one, I think it's common to have cultures where first time managers are expected to just figure it out for themselves, because their manager had to do the same thing.
thenoblesquid··on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol
(checks notes) Yes, yes it does.
thenoblesquid··on Surprising things learned about hackers at Black Hat
I wonder if any young hackers have posters in their bedrooms of the hackers they idolize.
thenoblesquid··on Thinking with pen and paper
Even a simple to-do list. Crossing an item off with pen on paper provides a much more satisfying feeling of accomplishment than deleting the task or striking through the text in an app.
thenoblesquid··on The Schedule for KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America 2022 Is Live
very exciting!
thenoblesquid··on How to Thrive as a Woman in IT: A Comprehensive Guide for 2022
According to Gartner, only 31% of IT employees are women.
thenoblesquid··on Map showing birthplaces of "notable people" around the world
Does Pablo Escobar belong in that conversation? Or am I like many others who have just been exposed to the show Narcos which makes up the entirety of our Colombian experience?
thenoblesquid··on Engineering Management During Wartime
I can't even imagine. Props to these people for holding it down and pushing forward.
thenoblesquid··on Creating a Safer Internet One Hacker at a Time with Marten Mickos of HackerOne
For HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos, leadership lessons can come from anywhere—including a public restroom.
thenoblesquid··on DEF Con Cloud Village and Black Hat USA: See New Unit 42 Cloud Research
Over the past year, Unit 42 discovered multiple vulnerabilities in public cloud infrastructure, caught previously unknown threat actors, and identified unsecure misconfigurations.