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Literate programming making a comeback! (If it was ever in vogue anyway?)

It's not really time. Seniority here is more of a quality than it is just something determined purely by time. So "Senior Software Developers" are those with some of the correlated skills in the article.

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7년 전discuss

Bit off-topic, but love that the URL is just the straight up path to the file on the Windows machine.

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7년 전discuss

This seems like one of the best uses of computers for educational media, one of the ways digital instruction can really shine through compared to physical text which can often require supplemental videos or help from a teacher to elucidate a concept.

Feels very reminiscent to me of 3B1B videos [1] on topics that use visuals to elucidate math topics more clearly as well.

[1] = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

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7년 전discuss

It seems ironic to me that the HN crowd seems to support these circumvention of Apple's insular app distribution strategy, but on the other hand also supports Apple's clamp down on efforts to stop privacy violating apps.

For my part, I guess I would prefer that Apple at least open up iOS devices to both the app store and allowing users to install non-App Store apps, the Android model. This would probably satisfy both casual and more tech-savvy users. Unfortunately, I don't see Apple doing this any time as they are all about profits, and this strategy has been working very well so far.

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7년 전discuss

Nice little Daft Punk easter egg in the panel with the "Nothing Found" example page (https://genius.com/Daft-punk-digital-love-lyrics), and the ending statement "We are humaaan after all." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_After_All)

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8년 전discuss

For people who use YouTube and would like to remove distractions, I use the simple CSS script below along with the CSS styler extension Stylus to remove distractions and stop me from jumping mindlessly from video to video.

  /* Hide the Distracting Comments */
  #comments {
    display: none;
  }

  /* Hide Livestream Comments */
  #chat {
    display: none;
  }

  /* Hide Related Videos */
  #related {
    display: none;
  }

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8년 전discuss

It seems so incredibly generous of this that I caught myself being so cynical as to doubt any ulterior motives at attracting just more companies to YC overall. But it seems to me that these resources and advice are made in earnest, thank you Sam Altman (and Gregory Koberger!) for the contribution of these materials.

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8년 전discuss

This man Winston Sterzel [0] has been predicting something like this will happen in China, as they have no tolerance for drugs due to the horrors of the opium crisis.

[0] = https://www.youtube.com/user/serpentza

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8년 전discuss

I would recommend for you to read and implement the organization/productivity system from Getting Things Done by David Allen [0]. It discusses essentially your main problems of dividing up your life into projects and timing yourself. The system also includes sections for putting some of your ideas in an 'Incubate', basically putting it off for another day once you get through what you have. Having a running list of all your commitments and projects like the system does I think will help you to analyze your time usage and realistic expectations for your productivity and stuff you want to engage in.

[0] = https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Produ...

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8년 전discuss

It's not the fact that Mozilla sanitizes or does not sanitize the ads to prevent user tracking. It's the fact that there was never any explicit knowledge that ads like this would even show up on the browser homepage, which violates further trust in Firefox and Mozilla.

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8년 전discuss

To clarify any misunderstandings from the title, the people paid but never actually got to fly, so they (fairly) want their money back.

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8년 전discuss

Instead of the sarcasm, please elaborate on the harmful effects of complete mosquito removal (those that carry diseases) from the ecosystem. These bugs cause an immense number of death and suffering every year, and eliminating them seems a good solution in that it removes the carrier of the diseases, eliminating the disease without having to worry about finding cures and expanding health care access in a lot of the impoverished places where these diseases strike the hardest.

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8년 전discuss

The facebook/linkedin AR, personally, does not sound so exciting... feels far too dystopian to me.

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8년 전discuss

While these web-app things may be nice for quickly trying out these programs, for actual long-term use on my machine and workflow besides all of the other programs, they don't stand up to the test unless they are truly revolutionary and needed.

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8년 전discuss

Here goes sadly one of the last remaining examples of a respectful and dignified politician, no matter the political party of the other.

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8년 전discuss

The funny thing is, even if Google does go back into business in China, it won't be long before its IP and servers are looted in exchange for the bolstering of native Chinese businesses. Where's the long-term vision on this one?

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8년 전discuss

For many of us whose use of these blue-light emitting computer and phone screens is necessary, what can we do about it?

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8년 전discuss

I'd recommend anyone who would like to clean the air of the home to use products from SmartAir [1] which is as inexpensive as just a fan attached to a filter, both of which they sell (although you can just buy the filter by itself and attach it to a fan you already own). I visited their office in China and received a complementary filter, which when installed in my hotel room in Beijing, definitely cleared the air and there was a noticeable difference from such a simple mechanism. Recommended for both price and effectiveness.

[1] = https://smartairfilters.com/cn/en/?r=global

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8년 전discuss

I would think that would be generally harmful for the point of thoughtful discussion as you are essentially labeling a person from the get-go with a certain bias.

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