bphogan
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Comment · 1 year ago
I haven't met too many people who share this condition. Nice to meet you.
Comment · 1 year ago
Where? Even thick ones are super expensive here. Over $250 a lens. I'd gladly pay $75 more for a significantly thinner lens. Point me in the right direction please.
Comment · 4 years ago
Hey, author here. Thanks so much for the kind words! I love Hugo, and I wanted to give people a real-world tour of how to build something concrete with it.
Comment · 5 years ago
I think you're missing my point. I have tons of MIT code out there, including a node.js project used by lots of companies. I don't care about people using my code for money because I open sourced it under a permissive license. So I'm not really objecting to that.
But what's bothering me about this is that it's not a small company doing this. It's a company that's got crazy amounts of cash, who has been trying to trade on a "we're nice now and we love open source" image in the last few years, now taking all the open source code and balling it up in a closed-source app they will charge us for.
I'd be fine if I got to use it for free, extend it to whatever editing platform I like through its open API, and it was a part of an open project.
But right now it looks like they'll charge, and that bugs me.
Comment · 5 years ago
Hi HN. Didn't really expect to see this tweet make it here of all places. But that's cool.
Comment · 6 years ago
Hi! I work on the "Write for DOnations" program at DigitalOcean and I want to thank you for your kind words. Your comment put a huge smile on our faces when we saw it. Glad to hear we were able to help you along your journey-that's what we're here to do.
Comment · 7 years ago
in office or not, managers and teams should be monitoring contributions
Your version control system and ticketing system should be able to identify things like this.
If not, then nobody's minding the store, and that's why things aren't working. Not cos people are working remotely.
Comment · 7 years ago
One thing that always gets lost is this:
Some humans do not think on their feet. They often need time to digest thoughts and new ideas. If you start observing this behavior, you will notice that an impromptu brain-storming session often results in a couple of people talking and many others observing.
It ends up being highly productive to the people talking, and very frustrating to those who are observing.
If you don't see this trend, your hiring practices may be optimized for finding only one type of person - extroverted people who can say things quickly.
Consider that you may be missing out on some very good ideas from people who aren't comfortable with quick context switches and immediate requests for feedback on ideas.
Comment · 7 years ago
I saw them at least 3 times in the early 1980s in Wisconsin, but never since. I had an uncle who was very much into stargazing, so we'd often go out in the middle of the night to see meteor showers or the northern lights.
Comment · 7 years ago
Sure, a live coding talk without preparation is gonna get people to check out. But honestly, if you throw up 45 minutes of slides you're gonna put an audience to sleep too.
According to audience feedback I've collected, my talks where I do a lot of live coding are engaging and fun. But that's cos I practice, and I put effort into the talk.
The key to a good presentation is to polish it and engage the audience. It's part teaching and part performance, and if you don't do both of those well, you'll lose people. Ask the audience questions to get them involved at key places. Practice so you know the timing of things.
If you just show slides or just live code, you're probably better off recording a youtube video, tweeting it out, and spend conferences enjoying the hallway track. :)
Comment · 7 years ago
But it is an issue because it's tax dollars, and people don't like paying taxes.
Comment · 8 years ago
Hi! I'm a member of the Community team at DigitalOcean. I wanted to thank you for your kind words about our tutorials. This kind of feedback means a lot to us. We're glad we could help you get your web site set up.
Comment · 8 years ago
They are also great in demonstrating knowledge in a new field. For example, if you do C# at your day job but you want to move into Go. Showcasing side projects can demonstrate some experience. This helps sidestep the "well, I don't have Go experience" issue.
Comment · 8 years ago
IRC is an open protocol. Messages like what you see can be hidden by the client or suppressed by the server. And free intermediary servers can keep logs.
It's amazing to me how people think Slack is this amazing tool. If someone had thrown millions of dollars at IRC, it wouldn't suck.
But instead, you'll fork over your personal info and insist I do too.
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