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New comment by adonnjohn in "On Comments in Code"

adonnjohn — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:41:03 +0000

Should my 'why' comment go further than a Jira number?

New comment by adonnjohn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020)"

adonnjohn — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 20:01:55 +0000

Are you still interviewing for this role?

New comment by adonnjohn in "SeaMonkey 2.53.1 Beta 1"

adonnjohn — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:44:00 +0000

Living a bit under a rock here. Can somebody help me understand the utility of SeaMonkey in comparison to FF?

New comment by adonnjohn in "Ask HN: What will become possible by 2025 in your field of expertise?"

adonnjohn — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:16:30 +0000

Any projects or murmurs alluding to tangible progress in that space?

New comment by adonnjohn in "We Can Choose an Internet Without Surveillance"

adonnjohn — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:22:15 +0000

Anybody know of any other privacy-oriented Dropbox/Drive alternatives?

New comment by adonnjohn in "WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO"

adonnjohn — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:52:05 +0000

What pumped up their stock so much in 2015?

New comment by adonnjohn in "Ask HN: Have you known any devs that become great CTOs with no leadership exp?"

adonnjohn — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:53:23 +0000

Any tips on do's and don'ts of #1?

New comment by adonnjohn in "Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battling Comcast"

adonnjohn — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:09:58 +0000

Not getting my hopes up but oh do I wish that Denver could/would follow their example....

New comment by adonnjohn in "Stellarium: A free open-source planetarium for your computer"

adonnjohn — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 04:54:28 +0000

Stellarium is the reason I passed my astronomy classes in college. Mad props.

New comment by adonnjohn in "Ask HN: Is an MS in Computer Science Worth Pursuing?"

adonnjohn — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 02:13:16 +0000

It's probably worth it in your case, but you'll need to be very careful about planning how it directly gives you an increase in return on investment. College is ridiculously expensive in America nowadays, and I would be very hesitant to go back if I wasn't certain it would lead to a drastic increase in income.

New comment by adonnjohn in "WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants"

adonnjohn — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 21:48:19 +0000

Who isn't nowadays?

New comment by adonnjohn in "WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants"

adonnjohn — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 21:39:35 +0000

Except they're not really a tech company.

New comment by adonnjohn in "28Gbps Microstrip with Pepper Jack Cheese as Substrate (2016)"

adonnjohn — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:42:46 +0000

This of course begs the question: which cheeses act as the most efficient substrates, and why?

I wonder if there's any organic materials that would work even better.

New comment by adonnjohn in "The phpCE 2019 conference in Dresden has been cancelled and won't be continued"

adonnjohn — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:21:16 +0000

Agreed. And as a result, more information is needed on why that turned out to be the case.

New comment by adonnjohn in "The phpCE 2019 conference in Dresden has been cancelled and won't be continued"

adonnjohn — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:20:39 +0000

Sorry for my lack of clarity. I believe that the ratios should align for sure, and I believe that if they don't, that due diligence wasn't done, potentially with some direct or indirect form of prejudice (which cannot be discerned without knowing the details of how recruitment efforts took place). I also don't mean to derail the importance of human rights or equality on any particular playing field, I literally just meant that tech is what people are going there to discuss and learn about. While human rights and reflecting community proportions is certainly a part of it, I highly doubt that the intent of any tech conference is to primarily give keynotes on human rights.

New comment by adonnjohn in "The phpCE 2019 conference in Dresden has been cancelled and won't be continued"

adonnjohn — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:55:32 +0000

What a weird and frustrating circumstance to be in. It's definitely disappointing that the organizers could not work through this. I understand that women candidates may be disproportionately hard to line up, but is there any evidence that the promoters put in the extra effort to find them? More importantly, should they be obligated to do so in the first place when the aim of the conference is quality in technology: nothing more, nothing less? Optimizing for non-sex factors, you would expect the selected lineup to more or less match the proportions of notable men and women in the space. If that holds true, then the issue is much further up the line in this case: there are still not enough women in technology. Do we cancel future events solely on this premise? Seems like a terrible idea to me.

New comment by adonnjohn in "New publisher Modern Wolf declare commitment to “ethical game development”"

adonnjohn — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 02:54:52 +0000

I wish I could say the same. I seem to be the only one of my friends willing to take a hard stance on these things. They view the situation as it still being better than just not playing a new video game, even though they might be getting screwed over. It’s really frustrating to be honest, because I can tell I’ve ended up ostracizing myself over it.

New comment by adonnjohn in "Why this 63-year-old teacher ditched the US to retire in the highlands of Panama"

adonnjohn — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:50:30 +0000

It certainly doesn't strike as a surprise that an American teacher would hit her breaking point with the system and venture elsewhere. Teachers have largely lost control of the autonomy required to do their jobs successfully. There's more and more paperwork every year, and both parents and public admin seem less satisfied with the output on their pupils in the process. Seems like a recipe for disaster: a recurring loop of deterioration.

New comment by adonnjohn in "Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is an Economic Indicator"

adonnjohn — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:45:00 +0000

Every Popeye's experience I've had seems to be a greasy, soggy mess. I keep giving them new shots for some reason, and I keep getting disappointed.

New comment by adonnjohn in "Oracle directors give blessing to shareholder lawsuit against Larry Ellison"

adonnjohn — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:46:00 +0000

The Reuters article is a much better explanation, thank you for sharing it.