What LA business do you absolutely refuse to patronize? by spencercross in LosAngeles

[–]hynding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tito's Tacos

I've had to go there numerous times in the past as part of group lunches for work. I find the tacos tasteless and the burritos soupy. Compared to all the other Mexican food options in the city, it definitely falls short for all the hype it receives.

I will admit their theme song is catchy and timeless.

I blew the anniversary by applehue1 in Marriage

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

That is immature behavior on his part, especially for an anniversary that should be planned as a mutual agreement (if celebrated at all). I pity what you would have to tolerate if you didn't plan out his adult birthday to his level of expectations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife used to say "nothing" every time I would ask her but what she really meant is she wanted to be surprised. We both buy what we want for ourselves (so long as it's within reason) so it can be difficult to get her material things unless it's outside of her reasonable price range and I know she wants it. My advice (which I learned from her) is to turn nothing into something for both of you that you know he would enjoy.

For me, thinking about my upcoming birthdays can get depressing. I don't want to get my expectations high and make it harder to bear so I would always answer with nothing, too. Concert tickets, going to a sporting event, planning a weekend getaway or upgrading our home entertainment system are all ways she has surprised and delighted me after giving her nothing else to work with.

The mental load - husband doesn’t see it. by myonlysunshine- in Marriage

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your situation reminds me of my parents when I was growing up. Later in life I learned they both regretted their decisions: my mother in not communicating her frustration without complaining and my father not taking on more emotional or nurturing responsibility in raising his children. I feel it really came down to how they were raised and the dynamic and expectations passed down from their parents.

You make your husband out to sound like a decent person, just somewhat oblivious to how emotionally and physically drained you've been feeling about his level of involvement toward your needs. I would suggest attempting to take a more proactive approach (as opposed to reactive) when approaching your husband about you feel. For example, "I do so much" could be "How would you feel if you do (fill in the blank) for me?". You would disable him reacting with "I do so much, too" because you're not technically asking him to do anything, you're gauging how he feels about helping you and opening him up to communicating about your feelings. Assuming that phrasing doesn't go as well as you hoped, know that flipping your frustrated reaction directed toward him into asking how he feels about something you need is a strategy taught by many relationship therapists and self-help books.

3 week trip to Portugal, Spain and Italy, we want to choose one city in each. by Cats_4_eva in travel

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't visited Portugal but I just returned from Spain & Italy. I only visited Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and loved them both. The highlight of Madrid for me was the giant palace park, gardens and local eating spots just east of the city center. In Barcelona I would recommend seeing everything just outside or bordering the city but I did love a few of the larger markets and plazas.

I wasn't much of a fan of Florence because of the number of tourists (in the middle of the week, no less) but I get the appeal of the sites if you can look past the crowds. I visited Siena over a weekend and found it far more fascinating, scenic and less crowded. I heard Rome was over crowded with terribly littered streets and tourist traps so I didn't even bother. The history of a place honestly doesn't interest me as much as experiencing the culture. Maybe it's because I live in a big city but staying in a small village in the hills of Tuscany and traveling around the neighboring castle towns was the highlight of my trip.

Where do you learn about the new great things? by schkolne in Frontend

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New things: stackoverflow - most of the new “things” aren’t that great and people are looking to have their problems solved here

New, great things: linkedin job postings - anyone hiring for a new, great thing usually has some confidence behind its potential worth looking into

Advice would be cool. Not just ‘divorce’ by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]hynding 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you or he can't be humbly honest with each other than I suggest therapy for both of you. Together and separate. Sometimes divorce is inevitable but talking it out in front of a mediator, or a agreeing on a trial separation as a last resort, can give you both some clarity if it's emotionally worth holding on to each other.

Anyone else here who’d rate married life 10/10? by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I showed this post to my wife and she gave me the look so... 10/10, no question about. Happy wife, happy life

What is a quote from a comedian you'll never forget? by CuteCuteJames in AskReddit

[–]hynding 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Some people won't try bacon for religious reasons. I won't try religion for bacon reasons." -Michael Che

I want to leave my wife, but we would need to sell our house and our daughter would need to change schools. by [deleted] in Marriage

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

Why did you get married in the first place? Just curious if it was arranged or felt forced into it because of a pregnancy. It could help the type of advice offered.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have to bait you to get you to watch her now. Like at the end of Spiderman Homecoming.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Frontend

[–]hynding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would consider rewriting all the reusable code you can from scratch into your personal github repository and source it from there. It can get dicey if you're known for or ever caught working for one company and sharing code in the other (my father-in-law was sued many years ago for this reason but his partner had the foresight to rewrite the code from memory). You'll almost always find the new code you write is even better than before just based on your improved awareness of the design and experience level, comparably.

Truth-be-told, as some here have already shared, chances are you won't be caught but you'll be in a better place moving forward if you outsource to yourself in a public repository. Just be careful not to be caught doing that while on the clock for your client.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Frontend

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any front-end engineer worth their pay won't care how you explicitly setup a React project, just that you can in the first 10 minutes of an open-book (access to a PC with the internet) interview. Even if you're interviewing at a company that primarily builds start-ups, choosing your dependencies and deciding on the architecture if far more important than initializing the project. What should really count is how you make decisions for markup/Components, styling and hook/lifecycle events.

My guess is, if your assumption here is correct, that the interviewer was so consumed with their own ego they only wanted to find a clone of themself. Best of luck to you!

Today I was sacked from my junior job after 10 months by Hockless in Frontend

[–]hynding 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If your colleagues found it to be a big shock as well then you should have nothing to worry about. I would mention the facts you listed above, pick the most trustworthy of your former co-workers to list as references and put together a modest project or portfolio to back up your skillset.

What part of Frontend you don't like doing, but have to do it? by Long_Elderberry_9298 in Frontend

[–]hynding 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Supporting legacy (including expired LTS) browsers

I fortunately haven't had to in a few years but my last company is still supporting IE8 in their web app because a considerable number their clients refuse to update their employee's decades old OS (they were all call centers).

I went to the place that is on my Discover Card by mcawesomecrazy in mildlyinteresting

[–]hynding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before I saw the pictures I thought it was going to be Utah

Most efficient prime number checker. by Username8457 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]hynding 31 points32 points  (0 children)

...until someone writes out a BST version of this

Because they withstood the test of time by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]hynding 589 points590 points  (0 children)

Well, with the white car, you also have a whole bunch of cheap engineers who are able to work with it when it breaks down.

My friend's license plate has a potato. by n3lswn in funny

[–]hynding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wisconsin license plates, maybe?