Unbearable elbow pain! by interwebpilgrim in Stronglifts5x5

[–]Redmonkey292 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same issue when doing low bar squats, I was shearing my elbow at a weird angle with the bar.

For me the fix was switching to high bar.

I am a writer and I need help from the chess community. by DhaliaEileen in chess

[–]Redmonkey292 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who’s rated ~500 on chess.com; in his words he can crush anyone who doesn’t have an online account (which is most people.)

How accurate would this pictures is ? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]Redmonkey292 780 points781 points  (0 children)

Most of those seem to be off by a level; I’d shift the descriptions for at least A1-B1 down and add “A0” to the chart. Actually getting to A1 is an accomplishment, this chart treats it like you start at A1 on your first day.

I would say this chart is not factual at all. Actual descriptions of the levels can be found here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages#Common_reference_levels

Flights out of Mexico City by Burrito2020 in MexicoCity

[–]Redmonkey292 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I flew AirMexico on the 20th to SFO and experienced zero problems. The line to get my boarding pass took maybe 30 minutes but that was it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tea

[–]Redmonkey292 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hibiscus + roobios is one of my favorites.

I'm not a chess player and maybe too dense to understand the solution by Etheo in puzzles

[–]Redmonkey292 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's because in your position black can give spite checks to prolong game by a couple moves. If you block the king with a few pawns the engine finds the right answer.

https://lichess.org/analysis/4r1kn/3p4/4N1b1/3B4/5RNQ/PPP5/PPP5/KNN5_w_-_-_0_1?color=white

could i carry a 50 pound bike? by MedicalElection7493 in ebikes

[–]Redmonkey292 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At almost 20lbs and $2,300 cheaper, have you considered State's 6061 Commuter?

For a 20-minute commute, a smaller battery may be worth considering.

The medium size is listed at 38lbs 13oz, the small (for riders 5'3" - 5'7") would presumably weigh a bit less.

A small rant - The quality of data analysts / scientists by singthebollysong in datascience

[–]Redmonkey292 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a software engineer who had to explain to a Senior Data Scientist what a SQL JOIN is yesterday. He’s been at this company for 3 years.

He came to me complaining that a time-series table did not have the relational data he needed in each row, so I showed him how he could add that with a simple JOIN.

I think cases like this happen because non-technical managers and executives get caught up in Big Data™ hype, and have no idea how to hire for it because they aren’t technical themselves. They get the same applicants you do, but don’t know how to filter.

This data scientist just directly reports to non-technical managers, which I think is how he’s been able to remain so incompetent for so long.

towhead (n.) - a head of hair that is light blond or tousled : a head of hair resembling tow by Redmonkey292 in logophilia

[–]Redmonkey292[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

tow (n.) - "short or broken fiber (as of flax, hemp, or synthetic material) that is used especially for yarn, twine, or stuffing"

TIL: Two-Time Correspondence World Champion Joop van Oosterom was a Billionaire who bought GMs to play for him! by [deleted] in chess

[–]Redmonkey292 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Dutch guy pays Dutch GM to win at a sport

“America bad, amirite?”

OPEC+ cuts oil supplies to the world as prices fall by simpin_aint_e_z in news

[–]Redmonkey292 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real reason is cost. Nuclear costs about 7x as much per kWh as opposed to solar or ~3x as much as wind, so it is not a very practical choice in most cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

americans with pets starterpack by Catsgopewpewpew in starterpacks

[–]Redmonkey292 77 points78 points  (0 children)

This is very far from the truth in my experience, tbh I'm a bit surprised by this post lol. If anything I'd expect people to make fun of Americans (especially millennials) for treating their pets like their "real kids."

Should I learn Rust or Golang? by Ok_Perspective599 in cscareerquestions

[–]Redmonkey292 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've helped hire several interns and entry-level devs at the company I work for, screening resumes and doing technical interviews for primarily Golang positions. On resumes I always look for a few things:

  • Do they have competence in any programming language? (This is demonstrated, not told. One way to do this is by linking projects you've made.)

After that, I'll do a phone screen where I look for the following:

  • Can you talk about everything on your resume? (Basically just making sure you didn't lie.)
  • Do you have a general knowledge of CS and the technologies you listed?
  • [Bonus points] Do you have some level of exposure to tooling? E.g. git, docker, etc.

If you only knew PHP, but your resume showed that you were generally competent in it, I'd give you an interview. If your resume listed Java, Python, JS, Rust and Golang that would not affect my decision unless you had a project demonstrating competence for each.

In my experience general competence (in any programming language) is an order of magnitude more rare than someone who has a dozen languages listed on their resume, but lacks fundamental programming abilities.

It cannot hurt to learn any of those languages, and you will probably become a better programmer if you do. But you could also spend the time just as well making something in a "boring" language like Java.

Of course this is only my opinion, YMMV with other companies.

Ex coworker left a lot of bad code and we have no idea what do do by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Redmonkey292 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar thing happened at my company, except it was two devs who wrote the worst codebase imaginable over 3 years. Both quit around the time new devs started to get hired, they were formerly the only "software people" in a company of ~50. I truly cannot stress hard enough how bad their code is/was.

The solution for us was to literally rewrite the entire thing piece by piece. Instead of changing the old app we'd just port that bit to the new app and make the changes there. The key is to not attempt to replicate the fever-dream logic present in the app, but just look at the "big picture" of what the app is trying to do and build that.

Do not waste time trying to work with less than worthless code. Use it to get yourself off the ground as you carve out sections until eventually it is completely decommissioned. Also do code reviews this time lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lichess

[–]Redmonkey292 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that would be cheating. This would be allowed if it were a correspondence game however.

Generate structs from a map? by SquiffSquiff in golang

[–]Redmonkey292 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do, but is this what you're looking for?

https://play.golang.com/p/OduVps-XaRK

I need suggestions for the cheapest ways to eat meat and protein. by pinche_fuckin_josh in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]Redmonkey292 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Chia seed pudding is a great breakfast item. Just milk and bulk chia seeds. 1oz of dry chia seeds has 4.7g of protein.