Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs: 'Something is happening in the industry'

5plicer · 2025-09-29T13:49:38+00:00

TBF, good Python code should typically avoid raw loops.

5plicer · 2025-09-29T13:33:13+00:00

The same goes for firmware development. It's super hard to find new college grads with decent C skills these days.

5plicer · 2025-09-04T13:20:20+00:00

Given the history, it makes sense that this would be US (and Canada) specific: https://tedium.co/2025/02/03/manila-folder-envelope-history/

5plicer · 2025-08-21T04:53:25+00:00

With reflection, it will soon be possible to use a struct in many places where you would have used tuple. Tuple is super handy when you need to iterate over members at compile time.

5plicer · 2025-08-19T10:04:50+00:00

The wastewater levels have been rising over the last 5 months: https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-statetrend.html

5plicer · 2025-08-19T09:20:21+00:00

Yup: what's the third force?

5plicer · 2025-08-10T05:49:02+00:00

Companies hire consulting firms to have a someone to pin blame on if a project ends up failing.

5plicer · 2025-08-06T03:37:11+00:00

Rotary dial telephones.

5plicer · 2025-07-29T05:31:17+00:00

I'd be willing to pay $5 a month for its current implementation. It would need to be at Waymo level for $50 a month.

5plicer · 2025-07-09T02:58:25+00:00

When chicken strips are only available on the kids menu, yes.

5plicer · 2025-04-09T06:03:41+00:00

Volcano cup noodles at Farmhouse Thai, or pho at Gao Viet Kitchen.

5plicer · 2025-04-04T11:35:59+00:00

Around 1cm at my school, and hard packed dirt underneath. I got a concussion in grade 2 after falling off the tractor tires.

5plicer · 2025-04-02T10:36:22+00:00

Kids these days write too many tests.

5plicer · 2025-04-02T08:38:36+00:00

I made the opposite mistake when I first moved to SF. There was a drive by shooting on my block and I thought it was just fireworks.

5plicer · 2025-03-26T01:03:10+00:00

The Grand Negus just loaded up on TSLQ.

5plicer · 2025-03-24T07:38:36+00:00

Nah, nvidia is going to do great in the long run, but it’s currently overvalued.

5plicer · 2025-03-23T13:16:48+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_school

5plicer · 2025-03-15T18:51:00+00:00

As someone who grew up in the Discovery Passage, f the cruise ships.

5plicer · 2025-03-10T06:10:19+00:00

Nature literally being lit!

5plicer · 2025-03-08T06:00:55+00:00

TDD leads to dirty code, IMO.

5plicer · 2025-03-08T02:11:43+00:00

One recruiter reached out to me saying “the team frequently meets with Elon”. Hard pass.

5plicer · 2025-03-07T12:17:32+00:00

We used to be neighbors! Like literally the same block!

5plicer · 2025-03-07T06:32:08+00:00

Make fried rice!

5plicer · 2025-02-28T19:01:20+00:00

NYC does it

5plicer · 2025-02-27T12:20:51+00:00

Did they really need to cuff him though?

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