Hacker News: AvocadoCake

New comment by AvocadoCake in "An interview that disappeared – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022"

AvocadoCake — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:45:14 +0000

It's not reasonable to compare the mortality rate of working people to the global average across ages, disabilities, etc.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "An underrated idea: the priority view"

AvocadoCake — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:19:12 +0000

Your memory is very close. Here is the relevant scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pU-uZztJEcQ

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Use forums rather than Slack/Discord to support developer community"

AvocadoCake — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:08:21 +0000

ProBoards exists and is nice to use, but it's not obvious to me it does anything better for software than Github issues.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "How much faster is Java 17?"

AvocadoCake — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 02:38:00 +0000

In my experience, going from 11 to any version above it is quite trivial. 8 to 11 can be tricky, but I believe even that is easier than it was two years ago (thanks to improved library support).

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Netflix is not a tech company (2019)"

AvocadoCake — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:50:24 +0000

Having used Paramount+ recently, it has really made me appreciate Netflix as a tech company, in addition to their FOSS contributions and other innovations. I think it's silly to say that only a company that directly sells tech (whether that be software or hardware) is a tech company.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Clickbait is unreasonably effective [video]"

AvocadoCake — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 16:58:42 +0000

Furthermore, it would allow me to turn off my ad-block for certain creators, without making me suffer through ads on videos made by creators I'm not willing to support in that way.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Hire for slope, not Y-Intercept"

AvocadoCake — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:55:57 +0000

I think a large part of learning faster is having a better willingness/eagerness to learn. That's something that can be gauged to some degree during both the technical and non-technical sections of the interview.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Senet"

AvocadoCake — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:51:06 +0000

I found the game strangely addictive: http://www.playonlinedicegames.com/senet

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Police destroy Bitcoin miners with steamroller in Malaysia"

AvocadoCake — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:58:48 +0000

Yeah, but this is the equivalent of bulldozing a house because someone committed a crime in it. Sure, I get you're serious, but I also get you're being wasteful.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "How to Work Hard"

AvocadoCake — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:34:52 +0000

Good health and proper nutrition is the not the baseline, as over 40% of children in the US are overweight, obese, or severely obese [1].

Two parents, let alone parents who "don't suck", is also not the baseline, as 25% of children grow up in single parent households [2].

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obe... [2] https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/543941-americas-single-p...

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Solve software problems by adding more"

AvocadoCake — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:43:55 +0000

Whenever I make a PR for a bug fix or a change in behaviour, I'll check the LOC delta. Given all I'm doing is changing an existing thing, rather than adding a new feature, I would often consider it a soft red flag if the LOC has increased substantially. Now, obviously sometimes I'll stop and think about why it went up and decide that it's inevitable, but sometimes it will help me realise I wasn't properly utilising code/logic that already existed in that service. I might not be able to have low-code/no-code, but I can attempt to avoid high-code whenever possible.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Parentheses Are Just Typechecking"

AvocadoCake — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:04:47 +0000

>Then an expression like (Foo bar (Baz qux)) could be rewritten as (Foo bar Baz qux)

Until you want to pass Baz as an argument of Foo. I understand the value of sugar in a language, but I also think that sometimes you don't need more than one way to skin a cat.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Security Issues with LastPass on Android"

AvocadoCake — Sat, 29 May 2021 16:46:09 +0000

I used SaaS pass at work for a while, and it made my day a little bit worse every time I had to use its 2FA. The app's login on push notification thing was very slow, and would fail too often (maybe 5-10% of the time). I ended up using the QR code scanning for 2FA more often than not, but even that was slow, not even accounting for for the time it takes a human to unlock their phone and open the app. Doing thing multiple times throughout the workday was a real drag.

It's a shame, because I think the idea of it is nicer and no less secure than Google Auth, but I'd much rather enter 6 numbers than wait for the app.

Disclaimer: This was around a year ago, perhaps it's improved since.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff"

AvocadoCake — Sat, 29 May 2021 11:26:17 +0000

I agree, but if you're feeling tired or overwhelmed, taking a day off is in everyone's best interest, and I don't think standing in a vertical coffin for a few minutes is an adequate alternative.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff"

AvocadoCake — Sat, 29 May 2021 09:05:59 +0000

I know my expectations of worker rights are skewed by living in a country that isn't America, but that's what annual leave/sick leave/mental health leave is for. If, after all that, work is still unbearable, there's a bigger problem with that specific workplace.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?"

AvocadoCake — Mon, 10 May 2021 01:13:39 +0000

The 81st hour's productivity might not be 0, but if you worked 81 hours last week, that will impact your productivity in the current week, including reducing your productivity in the much more important first 32 hours.

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Playlist for iOS"

AvocadoCake — Fri, 07 May 2021 00:39:29 +0000

Brave already blocks ads on YT (on mobile and desktop).

New comment by AvocadoCake in "Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal"

AvocadoCake — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:33:06 +0000

https://wire.com/en/security/#audits

Yes, with published reports, but it looks like they haven't published new ones in a few years.