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I just started a new job and they're a bit stuffy so I can't really browse SA during work so I thought "oh I can probably check out some tech sites when there's downtime, that's at least semi work-related so I decided to start poking around HN in earnest. holy poo poo this place sucks man. is this just like pure distilled tech bro culture or is there something specific to this site that makes it particularly awful? edit: 
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FCKGW posted:I just started a new job and they're a bit stuffy so I can't really browse SA during work so I thought "oh I can probably check out some tech sites when there's downtime, that's at least semi work-related so I decided to start poking around HN in earnest.
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Mar 14, 2022 17:02
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I know the thread title will never change, but hn thread: as one of the highest performing team members in every organization I’ve been at rings in my head
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Mar 14, 2022 17:19
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FCKGW posted:I just started a new job and they're a bit stuffy so I can't really browse SA during work so I thought "oh I can probably check out some tech sites when there's downtime, that's at least semi work-related so I decided to start poking around HN in earnest. It's wantrepreneurship mixed with a healthy dose of techbro "I can code therefore I'm an expert in all other fields" attitude. Sprig of thyme. Pop in the basement for 25 years. Serve on Graham crackers.
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Mar 14, 2022 17:30
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Armitag3 posted:Graham crackers holy poo poo
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Mar 14, 2022 18:12
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DaTroof posted:holy poo poo lol
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Mar 14, 2022 20:28
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I want to die https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30677466
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Mar 14, 2022 22:52
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well, good news
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Subjunctive posted:I know the thread title will never change, but Wait, they let mchurch come back?
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Mar 14, 2022 23:50
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Let's play "Guess the article topic!" quote:somenewaccount1 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–] US Senate unanimously votes to make daylight savings time permanent
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lol, from that same thread: lostcolony 5 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] "Auto update from a standard list" - please point me to this standard list. Note - I need to know for a given user at a given location what a millis from epoch equates to in local time, for times that could be before or after this change, so I need timezone conversions AND what dates they were in effect for. I also need some SLAs, and ideally someone I can pay; not much, but enough to feel confident I can get support and/or that it'll be around a decade from now. reply this is literally something published by the iana at no charge
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Mar 15, 2022 21:34
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sure but that's just a text file. i need it in javascript, please
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Mar 15, 2022 21:38
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wolverine876 36 minutes ago | prev | next [–] It feels like we live in such a post-truth world, even the clock will now be an untruth. Couldn't we just use standard time, and let people wake and sleep when they choose, instead of creating an illusion for them?
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Mar 15, 2022 21:46
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I realize now that he just means standard instead of daylight but I immediately was thinking of Grimes’s description of “sidereal” and abolishing time zones.
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Mar 15, 2022 21:51
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hn is unironically the character obsessed with time zone fealty from Eastern Standard Tribe but for very specific months
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Mar 15, 2022 22:13
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hobbesmaster posted:I realize now that he just means standard instead of daylight but I immediately was thinking of Grimes’s description of “sidereal” and abolishing time zones.
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Mar 15, 2022 22:15
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which of the insufferable characters i'm referring to is an exercise left to no one
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graderjs 10 hours ago | prev | next [–] It may be a stupid question...but why doesn't a country simply use something like "LSD gas" or "psyilocybin gas"? The assumptions are: 1) it renders people temporarily crazy and docile / compliant, 2) it will wear off in a day or two, 3) people will fully recover, 4) while they are gassed, you can just gently shepherd them out of their dwellings / fortifications and onto buses to take to refugee camps or something, while they have an out-of-body mystical experience and comprehend the totality of existence. Everybody wins. It seems that a non-lethal / no permanent disability hallucinogenic agent would not violate the treaty against chemical/biological weapons, would basically achieve passive area denial, with create zero casualties, and would (if it actually worked as intended) probably be a heck of a lot of fun (ignoring all the un-fun aspects of war like "these new people now own this territory and here are the consequences for everyone who used to own it".) Note: if a gas is impractical as delivery mechanism (hello, gas masks), be creative: a 'contact agent' (skin absorption ~~ like DMSO), cheap 'cluster darts' sprayed from drones, etc, etc.
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Mar 16, 2022 01:18
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one weird trick to disarm your opponents military, the Geneva convention hates him!
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metadat 4 hours ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Goroutines and channels seem comparatively simple compared to the representational symbolic changes involved with generics, which make the code look and read more like Greek. The beauty of Go is (was) largely in its simplicity and python-esque (or maybe better than python) readability. With generics, reading and reasoning about code becomes [even] more challenging. Personally for me, at this juncture I'm finding that for new projects I might just as soon spring for Java or maybe even prefer it to Go. For the straightforward mvn-style dependency management, if nothing else. It's all moot now, though. There's no going back, this puppy is cooked! reply My favorite language got a new feature I don't like, so I'll switch to a different language that got that feature 15 years ago? 
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FCKGW posted:I just started a new job and they're a bit stuffy so I can't really browse SA during work so I thought "oh I can probably check out some tech sites when there's downtime, that's at least semi work-related so I decided to start poking around HN in earnest. i feel like it’s especially bad now because the tech sector has completely run out of even marginally plausible ideas to hype, so you’re just left with guys arguing endlessly about blockchain, whining about the bay area, or how leetcode sucks but there’s no other possible way to do interviews
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Mr.Radar posted:metadat 4 hours ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] C still exists if you hate features I guess
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Mar 16, 2022 07:03
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man in the eyeball hat posted:one weird trick to disarm your opponents military, the Geneva convention hates him! too fanciful and complicated. we should stick to simple, plain, salt-of-the-earth nonlethal weapons designed by serious military labs, like gay pheromone bombs
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Mar 16, 2022 09:37
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NihilCredo posted:too fanciful and complicated. we should stick to simple, plain, salt-of-the-earth nonlethal weapons designed by serious military labs, like gay pheromone bombs Make hot sweaty man-love, not war. I see no downsides to this.
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hobbesmaster posted:C still exists if you hate features I guess 
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elmerfud 1 day ago | next [–] This is not at all shocking to me and actually makes a lot of sense. I'm single, middle-aged and I live in a neighborhood that is not representative of my educational or income status. Living alone my household income is roughly seven times the average household income of the neighborhood. I actively go out of my way to meet people that are fundamentally different in their income, education and other factors. When it comes to dating people in my neighborhood there is two general classifications of people that I come across. The first is one that is difficult to have any kind of meaningful or deep conversation about anything on. They are so addicted to their phone and taking selfies and fluff pop culture that there is no foundation to even build a relationship around. The second is the person who you can have an interesting conversation with on many topics but once they find out you're a software engineer or have another job that they assume is well paying (regardless of how you dress or live) all they become interested in is finding how to take money out of your wallet. Literally trying to push buttons as if you're an ATM machine. When I date people of similar education backgrounds similar work experience and socioeconomic levels it's totally different. It's a totally new set of problems but it actually gives the hope of someone to have a long-term relationship with. Because they have their own money and they don't need constant affirmations from their glowing rectangle. One other thing that I have discovered from traveling the world is that it's not like this in all cultures. Especially having traveled around Southeast Asia there are many women of all ages that are seeking to better their lifestyle and it's a natural assumption that when you were a tourist there you're probably better off than they are financially. Unlike the people in my neighborhood though they are willing to engage in an actual relationship in order to better their financial status. They understand the concept of either marrying into it or being a long-term partner in a relationship to get that financial advantage.
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yes, there is no reason to read a book other than the ending. none at all. if the ending is bad then nothing matters tsimionescu 29 minutes ago | parent | context | flag | favorite | on: Entitlement issues (2009) I don't know The Kingiller Chronicles so I'm not going to comment on that, but I don't think you can call A Song of Ice and Fire a masterpiece until you see it's ending. A lot of the quality is in the intricate plots it implies, but it has yet to resolve the vast majority of them, and if it falls flat, a lot of the majesty of what was started will turn put to have been smoke and mirrors. This is what the Game of Thrones TV show proved: overall the show should not be considered a masterpiece, even though the early seasons seemed good at the time, since the stories they were telling mostly led nowhere. Sure, it had its excellent moments, but that's about it - overall, it was a show about the good guys winning easily, women being irrational and just kinda forgetting, armies fighting without consequences, and so on. The fact that the early seasons made you think it would be a different story was proven an illusion by the end.
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mystes posted:elmerfud 1 day ago | next [–] jfc
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NihilCredo posted:too fanciful and complicated. we should stick to simple, plain, salt-of-the-earth nonlethal weapons designed by serious military labs, like gay pheromone bombs IIRC the actual proposal wasn't pheromones, but aerosolized MDMA, to lower the enemy's inhibitions so they're too busy having sex to fight. Which always kinda feels like projection to me. "If I had the chance and lost my inhibitions, I would gently caress all of my coworkers." E: mystes posted:graderjs 10 hours ago | prev | next [–] Serious answer: Ignoring the difficulties in making that kind of knockout gas, there are a couple very good reasons nobody (serious) uses them. 1. Knockout gases are unreliable WRT dosing, and can very easily knock somebody to death. See also the Moscow theater siege, where 170 people died as a result of knockout gas the Russians pumped into the theater. I expect this would be a particular issue for LSD gas, since AIUI the average dose for that is measured in mcg, so gas will be super variable. 2. If you can target somebody well enough to drop a ton of knockout gas on them, or hit them with "cluster darts", you can drop a ton of explosives on them and deal with them much more easily and effectively. darthbob88 fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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mrmcd posted:jfc im sending that guy to jail.
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mystes posted:graderjs 10 hours ago | prev | next [–] im not reading this thread anymore.
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mystes posted:elmerfud 1 day ago | next [–] please buy a copy of my book, "dating for advantage"
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alexandriao posted:yes, there is no reason to read a book other than the ending. none at all. if the ending is bad then nothing matters you're supposed to post things that are wrong
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WaxedChewbacca 1 hour ago | parent | context | flag | favorite | on: Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations... Meanwhile, back in reality, ivermectin is associated with 70%-ish reductions in hospitalization and death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz4adJXLHgA reply It's a pity Ivermectin doesn't work on brainworms because then we might have an effective treatment for HN'ers.
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Mr.Radar posted:It's a pity Ivermectin doesn't work on brainworms because then we might have an effective treatment for HN'ers.
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at the start of the pandemic i watched that dude’s videos now and again, he analysed case numbers and compared patterns from country to country etc and it was fine. then he got a bee in his bonnet about vitamin d and it kind of broke his brain and he started talking like a conspiracy nut. sad!
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jesus WEP posted:at the start of the pandemic i watched that dude’s videos now and again, he analysed case numbers and compared patterns from country to country etc and it was fine. then he got a bee in his bonnet about vitamin d and it kind of broke his brain and he started talking like a conspiracy nut. sad!
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maybe he’ll start thinking engagement metrics cure covid 
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Mar 18, 2022 20:07
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bleach cures engagement metrics but only when injected
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Mr.Radar posted:WaxedChewbacca 1 hour ago | parent | context | flag | favorite | on: Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations... pibechorro 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [–] Nor should you from any politically influenced or funded talking head. Unfortunately, the whole thing became political when lockdowns, forced vaccines and massive tax funding (and legal immunity) where given to historically sketchy pharma companies. Thankfully, we have this forum for intelligent discussion without the rampant censorship we saw on more mainstream platforms. reply
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