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New comment by comeonseriously in "After years of setbacks, NASA’s SLS moon rocket is ready to fly"

comeonseriously — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 01:20:44 +0000

Elon?

New comment by comeonseriously in "Ask HN: How should I use my $2000 training budget before end of year?"

comeonseriously — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:15:53 +0000

>Buy all your engineers an arduino kit with sensors and blinkylights and motors.

I would love this.

I mean, it's basically what my job is (write code to make hw do blinky stuff - gross simplification, but yeah...) anyway, but I would find getting that to be really cool. Of course, my SO would just see it as yet more HW taking up residence here (I'm remote and my company sends me all sorts of HW that I need).

New comment by comeonseriously in "IRS: Stolen property must be reported as income on taxes"

comeonseriously — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:59:30 +0000

Maybe that depends on if the rightful owner deducted the stolen items from their taxes.

New comment by comeonseriously in "IRS: Stolen property must be reported as income on taxes"

comeonseriously — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:57:37 +0000

> Why does anyone think it's OK to pay less on money you made with money you have?

The venn diagram of people who make the rules overlaps with those who benefit.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Every DoorDash employee, from engineers to CEO, will make deliveries"

comeonseriously — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:03:37 +0000

> "As the company grew, the founders wanted everyone to experience different parts of the product so we could get closer to all our audiences and understand how the product works," a DoorDash spokesperson said

Does that mean delivery persons get to be an engineer or a CEO for a day?

New comment by comeonseriously in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

comeonseriously — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:54:05 +0000

This is not a good thing. I have an old phone I put my sim in when I go fishing, boating, beach, etc.

Apple keeps making it very difficult for me to want to keep purchasing their products.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech"

comeonseriously — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 03:21:19 +0000

"Sorry Fred, you meet, even exceed, all of our expectations for the position, however you prefer to stay too long, so fuck right off."

Seriously? This is absurd.

New comment by comeonseriously in "DIY Off-Grid Solar Power"

comeonseriously — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:58:43 +0000

> Look at nearly every 12v car or boat battery. You don't see those being replaced every 3-5 years.

Yes, yes you do. All the time.

New comment by comeonseriously in "The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated"

comeonseriously — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 23:20:47 +0000

Home Depot can rent you a truck for 4 hours with a CC, DL and a handshake. In/out in less than 10 min.

Renting a car can be this easy. It just isn't.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Your Next Mac"

comeonseriously — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:10:18 +0000

Or it might just be some nerdy tech that a very small percent of people in the tech community feel the need to try and convince others that it is the future. It is not.

And no, seeing clearly is not a value. It is a necessity.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Your Next Mac"

comeonseriously — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:41:10 +0000

Value? No, they're a medical device that I have to wear.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Your Next Mac"

comeonseriously — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 19:48:42 +0000

No. I'm not going to put one of those on my fucking head just to use a computer. I'm NOT. I already dislike wearing glasses (and contacts, etc).

To think people are going to do this in mass, it's just stupid thinking.

Edit: Okay drive-by downvoter(s), I get it, The above didn't "add" anything to the discussion. But you know what, this has been discussed and THE MASSES AREN'T GOING TO WEAR THAT SHIT.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows"

comeonseriously — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:35:34 +0000

Is there a shortage of polyglots?

New comment by comeonseriously in "All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)"

comeonseriously — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:09:43 +0000

Yeah, you have the average programmer who spends so much time worrying about what FE framework to use, then you have the programmers at the level of the two you mention who just put out so many working projects. All the cargo culting most devs do is just waste.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Tesla Light Show xLights Guide"

comeonseriously — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:52:08 +0000

Of course, but I am positive plenty of "look at me" types will drive around with it[0]. And I'm sure you know that, too.

[0] If possible. I don't see where they explicitly say you can't.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Exiled from the Metaverse before it even started: Facebook bans are for life"

comeonseriously — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:42:47 +0000

How can I get banned? This sounds great!

New comment by comeonseriously in "Tesla Light Show xLights Guide"

comeonseriously — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:40:19 +0000

Is this legal? Seems a great way to distract other drivers.

New comment by comeonseriously in "How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs"

comeonseriously — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:13:11 +0000

> Nobody is making $300k as a junior engineer. And certainly not getting promoted to senior engineer within a year on top of that. Stop talking out of your ass.

>>Well I do know someone who pulls that as a junior but he also has a PhD in inverse kinematics simulation and that job was really needed.

This is the problem with using words like nobody, always, etc. Someone will usually (see what I did there?) come along with one single piece of anecdata and think the original statement is invalid.

New comment by comeonseriously in "Step Away from Stack Overflow"

comeonseriously — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:38:49 +0000

>Yup. This looks awful — and is error prone and slow and probably wins some kind of award for being unPythonic — but it works. And I wrote it and I can read it. We can improve tomorrow.

That's the key takeaway. Write it once to get it working and understand how to solve the problem, then write it better.

"Hence plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow." - Fred Brooks

New comment by comeonseriously in "Technology Behind the Lilium Jet"

comeonseriously — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 02:55:12 +0000

I get a Magic Leap One vibe from this company. Promises, promises, promises, then reality doesn't quite meet expectations.