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Comment · 4 years ago
Since code is typically stored in files, I hope that new programmers would be expected to learn what a file is.
Comment · 4 years ago
I am thrilled. Burn it all to the ground. The only way this ends is with serious systemic reforms, and a massive crash will force those to happen sooner.

Maybe in a decade or so, property ownership will be within the reach of middle-class families again.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Honestly, the sort of hiring managers who rely on heuristics like that might not be the best ones to work for.

Even juniors can structure their resumes as a narrative. Mine has a brief "felt stagnant and decided to try #vanlife for a year" section.

People like a story. The trick is to avoid automated hiring funnels.

Comment · 4 years ago
That's a great idea! Some news websites do offer low-bandwidth options, like NPR:

https://text.npr.org/

You also used to be able to interact with Twitter solely through SMS. I think there are two big reasons why this sort of design philosophy is uncommon:

* Addiction to heavy JS frameworks and libraries.

* More bandwidth = more ads.

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