alexandercrohde

Reading between the lines, the author actually feels this: "Stop making a new language every month. The ones we have are good enough, and it fractures inter-developer cooperation when we don'…

This 100 times over. I cannot estimate the amount of time otherwise brilliant engineers have wasted over aesthetics that really aren't a meaningful part of the code and should be rendered distinc…

"Conjoined triangles of success." Enough said. (note I'm software engineer and a business major)

As somebody who has made things (projects/blog posts) that have garnered mixed reviews (i.e. some insults) I think it's important that we as a community don't turn this into a "saf…

I don't think anybody is arguing that DNA testing could never be useful. What this piece is exposing is that a system we trust to be 99% accurate (because the science, if properly executed is) be…

I don't like this attitude. In fact, some whistleblower protection laws already exist (whistleblower protection act). I'm sure there are forces that act on politicians other than loyalty to …

This could do a lot more harm than good: spambots, or even worse, recruiters. Not saying it couldn't be done right, but it might be involved and go against the HN minimalist philosphy.

I think EFF really understands our ethos [i.e. the prevailing attitude on HN] (I'm not sure there's a name for it, perhaps Pirate Party?). DRM is a farce, nobody who uses those services you …

I think there's often a way to use understand what motivates the "trouble-maker" (I dislike that label here) and use it effectively that doesn't take a lot of effort, just getting …

---Disobey authority. Say “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” and change jobs. Challenge authority, but don't be an ass about it. Simply try to help them understand that you are doing them a …

So my coworker, let's call him "Justin" woke up less than 2 weeks after midnight to two voices and somebody sticking his foot through his open window (lives in tenderloin, with his gf).…

I live in SF and when I first showed up here, I too was really unaware of how bad the problem was. My car was broken into 6 times, once for only the change in my ashtray! (I can only assume, there was…

Big deal man. I work in SF, at a unicorn, and most of the engineers I work with don't read HN or consider themselves a "community." They're just people who code for work and don&#x…

Um, it's not fair to liken yourself to hacker news when you refuse to give me a podcast without entering my email. And appear to be full of ads. {Edit: Intensify discontent after trying to use)

This sounds pretty extreme. I would love to know both sides of this story. Without independent objective data I can't tell if this is a desperate plea for help from a lucky individual wrongfully …

I think this title can be misleading, be sure to read the article closely. From the article, what when they say "error correction," all they mean learning a new task while under the influenc…

Unfortunately that is not the only question worth asking. Let me turn this question around to help illustrate. Do you think there is a correlation between IQ and candidate quality? Any correlation,…

Or, there's a 1-million times better way to do this with a good library. In javascript for example FA('0...11'.split('')).chunk(8) .map(x => parseInt(x.join('')…

The one thing that really doesn't resonate with me is the undertone of bitterness. First, I bought Punch Club on steam, and enjoyed it. But I think the assumption that's easy to make is &quo…

This is an amazing source of salary information. This must be a great when job hunting (especially as H1B) to see what ranges companies you apply to hire at.

http://alexrohde.com/zennish/index.html A programming test build around the long term. Can you write code that adapts well to the unknown?…

Meh, I for one deleted (not just disabled) my linked in a few months ago. I realized I never made any connections on there that served me in any way. The shit wasn't bad enough to stop me from si…

I feel like this article is an angry criticism on a situation which I am unaware of. If he knows a company breaking the law then I propose he whistle-blow, rather than right a legal guide on a blog an…

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why it's still considered "okay" to write C for security-dependent code these days? Processors have gotten order of magnitudes faster, spee…

On the criticisms of PHP on swap, those are way out of date. Swap in php: list(a, b) = [b, a] Multiple return values: [a, b] = function(){ return ["one value", "another"];};

I think this really illustrates one of the biggest concerns with concentrating software power in the executive: what if a totalitarian seizes control? How much damage can they accomplish? Last time, l…

It's unfortunate that such a callous performance has to become the icon for his case. Living in SF, I agree there is a problem. In fact there are two. 1) There are the schizophrenics who need som…