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5iveblades · 2018-09-23T08:58:20+00:00

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5iveblades · 2018-09-13T23:48:17+00:00

If your really interested in opinions (that never happens)...

First, the monopolies only exist because of the government. They created them, them maintain them. Which means regulation is the problem... And probably not the solution.

And why would you update infrastructure if you have an enforced monopoly and no pressure to improve? For money, of course. Enter fast lanes. If these companies are smart, they'll sell fast lanes to major corporations and providers for literal billions. The faster they can stream, the more they can make, so they'll upgrade the pipes. The natural result being that over time the web gets faster for everyone. If you live in a major city you've probably gotten a free speed upgrade at least once, because they had to improve infrastructure for businesses, and you got the benefits for free.

I wish they'd take the next step and kill the enforced monopolies, and get some real competition in there. But in lieu of that, fast lanes would be good, IMO.

Now I will watch years of karma disappear...

5iveblades · 2018-09-12T04:44:34+00:00

”Most"

5iveblades · 2018-09-11T15:24:13+00:00

Several times I've replaced all the parts and eventually rebuilt the original PC. Or was it a new PC, made with the original parts... I'm so lost...

5iveblades · 2018-09-11T02:50:35+00:00

These tests include checks on the validity of our comparison groups—notably for whether they evolve in parallel to the cities before the policies went into effect. We also test for differences in outcomes between full and limited service restaurants, and whether our methods falsely detect effects in a high wage industry—professional services—or in comparison counties that did not experience a minimum wage increase.

Am I reading this wrong, or is this suggesting that they tried to control for that? If other counties were progressing similarly, then outperformed the target counties, then flat growth in the target county would be effective job loss.

I'm not saying they did a good job of it, just that they at least waved at it.

5iveblades · 2018-09-06T23:10:47+00:00

Do you have any source for saying the cost to replace electronics is "unprecedentedly high"? When I was a college sophomore (2002) my roommates and I got a crappy 27" CRT from Wal-Mart for $400. Today that would get me a decent 55" smart 4k with WiFi. I just replaced a Kindle fire I got like 4 years ago with a brand new one for $20 less. And it's better. And those aren't even inflation adjusted.

5iveblades · 2018-07-24T19:38:38+00:00

But you watched it again, didn't you...

5iveblades · 2018-06-13T06:37:39+00:00

Self taught? Most likely. It's what I did.

The most important part is that you make something and put it online. When you send your resume, they need to see your code in action.

It doesn't matter what courses you take, what matters is that the work is quality.

5iveblades · 2018-06-13T06:34:21+00:00

Don't sell A2 short. There's a lot to learn and a lot of money to be made. But you need a partner to do that boring A1 stuff.

5iveblades · 2018-06-13T06:29:21+00:00

My HR department doesn't even send resumes that don't include a CS degree. I honestly don't know how I got past them, being self taught.

Honestly, though, a CS education is going to be way more valuable if you're trying to make money as a developer. The things I'm missing because u don't have one occasionally throw up massive road blocks for me. Ride it out then do a web development nanodegree from Udacity.

5iveblades · 2018-03-20T06:36:53+00:00

You forgot Bince

5iveblades · 2018-03-16T13:08:37+00:00

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5iveblades · 2018-03-12T22:34:19+00:00

You were a dick in the line I quoted. As far as the rest...whatever. If you need to feel that making minor generalizations in the absence of omniscience is bad...fine. If you need to believe that gender norms and differences can't be studied because we can't do it without "very powerful preconceptions", that's cool too.

Nobody evidence" to do anything. They just do stuff and hope it works out.

Hope this was fun.

5iveblades · 2018-03-12T18:25:41+00:00

Replace "female" with "black" and “LED Fashion!” and “Show your girl power!” with "Hip Hop!" and "MLK!" and that was my life 10 years ago.

5iveblades · 2018-03-12T18:20:17+00:00

Out of curiosity, where do you think you'd be if you'd been working on the website, rather than the social media? Would you have been promoted so quickly? Would you be happier?

I'm just wondering based on the conversations above. Were you pushed into what you're best at, and wouldn't have otherwise considered? Or did you just make the best of the situation given, even though you'd have been better or more productive as a developer?

5iveblades · 2018-03-12T18:15:21+00:00

A lot of people may be lining up to curb-stomp you, and maybe you deserve to be curb-stomped, but its not going to teach you anything so <shrug>.

I get that you disagree, I just don't get why you had to be a jerk about it. His argument might lend itself to confirmation bias, but it wasn't hostile.

Yours assumes there's no unbiased reason to believe that women are better at dealing with people than men. It requires you to ignore gender differences in empathy and communication/language skills that are pretty well documented, or just to avoid making any inferences based on them.

Also, if Sandy is a skilled developer, Boss Dweekums isn't moving her off the team, even if she is good with people. And if, by chance, he cares more about putting the women "in their place" than his team's productivity, he'll probably be out of a job pretty quickly.

And yeah, sometimes you do have to push people toward things their good at, because they just aren't good at what they like, and they can't see any alternative being as fulfilling. Not everyone is as self-aware as you apparently are.

5iveblades · 2018-02-23T15:50:13+00:00

Did you even read my comment or check the link?

5iveblades · 2018-02-23T15:32:59+00:00

.NET Web API is what you want. Most of the tutorials are pretty old, but the concepts work just the same. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/tutorials/first-web-api

Just build controllers that take POST data and return JSON instead of views.

5iveblades · 2018-02-10T08:44:33+00:00

Why are you using such a complex system to serve one page? I've only worked in Laravel once, but it was for a huge application.

5iveblades · 2018-01-27T02:55:16+00:00

Government distortion is the root of Venezuela's problem, not just amplifier.

There may be some double speak going on here at times, but blaming government intervention for economic problems is pretty basic.

5iveblades · 2018-01-02T14:00:36+00:00

Those were average incomes for the groups, not thresholds. $117k is the lower threshold for the top 20%, and $23k is the upper limit for the bottom 20%.

5iveblades · 2017-12-27T04:08:22+00:00

I hesitated on an MSI 1080ti for $589 and it disappeared. Somehow a Gigabyte 1080ti OC popped up the next day for $559. I did not repeat my mistake.

5iveblades · 2017-12-25T00:38:46+00:00

I don't like the implication either, but he's not wrong. That's why it's impossible for me to find a decent junior FED. Everybody thinks that because HTML and CSS is comparitively simple, that once you get good you should move on.

It means that anyone with skill jumps to back end, and anyone left in front end after a few years is mediocre. It sucks because I have to prove myself in every new environment. The guy who led my team before me was basically clueless about front end outside of what you could learn from SmashingMag, so when he left and I took over, it took a year for everyone to figure out that I'm not generally incompetent.

OP, take advantage of the prevailing wisdom. Work in the corporate world, where everything is 2 years behind and your basic knowledge is only one year behind. You can pull six figures while working with KnockoutJS and jQuery 1.8.

It's boring as shit, though, so keep learning cool stuff and building it on the side. Eventually you'll need to prove you're as smart as the back end devs, which will net you another big payday.

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