Hacker News: firemancoder

Linux Distribution for Beginners? Arch Linux

firemancoder — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 06:01:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jeremymorgan.com/blog/linux/best-linux-for-beginners/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055906

Points: 4

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New comment by firemancoder in "IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency holders"

firemancoder — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:57:31 +0000

And for the record, all my bitcoin dealings have been this year (late starter) so I have nothing to worry about with unclaimed income. (Thank you flying spaghetti monster)

New comment by firemancoder in "IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency holders"

firemancoder — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:56:13 +0000

I got a notice that registered mail failed to deliver from the IRS. Since I have no other dealings/reason for them to send me mail, I'm assuming I'm one of the ones. Will find out Monday.

You Can Get the Source Code for Apollo 11 and Take a Course on It

firemancoder — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:26:14 +0000

Article URL: https://dev.to/jeremycmorgan/you-can-get-the-source-code-for-apollo-11-and-take-a-course-on-it-2gdi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20476378

Points: 2

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Pluralsight just released a course on the code of the Apollo Guidance Computer

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:10:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/moon-landing-apollo-11

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20474870

Points: 1

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Forget what you've heard, now is the best time to become a coder

firemancoder — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:52:52 +0000

Article URL: https://dev.to/jeremycmorgan/forget-what-you-ve-heard-now-is-the-best-time-to-become-a-coder-3i39

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20443914

Points: 1

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Azure DevOps Pipelines with GitHub, Introduction

firemancoder — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:11:33 +0000

Article URL: https://dev.to/omiossec/azure-devops-pipelines-with-github-introduction-43mi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20179035

Points: 1

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New comment by firemancoder in "Google’s Shadow Work Force: Temps Who Outnumber Full-Time Employees"

firemancoder — Tue, 28 May 2019 18:47:31 +0000

Lots of companies do this (SV and others), if it makes good business sense for them to do so why do we care?

Transforming Your Organization with the Andon Cord

firemancoder — Wed, 15 May 2019 06:16:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jeremymorgan.com/blog/devops/andon-cord-in-devops/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19916862

Points: 1

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It's Time to Pay Attention to Intel's Clear Linux OS Project

firemancoder — Mon, 13 May 2019 22:32:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/05/13/its-time-to-pay-attention-to-intels-clear-linux-os-project/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19904672

Points: 3

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New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:46:02 +0000

>When I read the above, the first reactive thought I had was "What about Ralph Northam? He is in his college yearbook either in blackface or a Klan robe. What about Justin Fairfax? He's been accused of multiple sexual assaults. Both of them are still in their elected positions"

Therein lies the danger of bias and silencing "one side" of a politicial conversation. Because the mainstream media does not blast the story everywhere and call for their heads, bad people are allowed to do bad things, even if they're members of a party that does a lot of good things.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:42:01 +0000

You asked a question, and I gave you the answer. If you choose the believe the far left is harmless and has never killed/hurt anyone, there's nothing I can do to stop you. Enjoy your day.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:34:50 +0000

As others have mentioned, the Las Vegas shooter is one recent example. Congressman being shot down on a baseball field. Dismissing facts by calling it "rambling" doesn't make it any less true.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:29:21 +0000

It's not that conservatives don't want hate groups banned, every reasonable person does. It's because of the ever expanding definition of what hate speech is.

I'm no conservative, but I definitely see their point when "I love America" is hate speech, yet "Straight White Men should die" is not. Look at Twitter as an example.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:26:54 +0000

I blame the internet for much of why politics is the way it is today. This is why I too like HN, it doesn't seem to take a side, as far as I can tell and I can ignore most political stuff if I want.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:25:35 +0000

Yes.

It doesn't get as much publicity so few know about it. That's the problem with today's bias, and muting one side.

New comment by firemancoder in "Facebook Bans Far-Right Groups and Prominent Hate Figures"

firemancoder — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:23:43 +0000

Many platforms have been doing this. It's likely because the majority of tech folks are left leaning, whether leadership in the company or audience. It's basic marketing.

I'm not sad that some of these really hateful people are blocked, that's a given. But choosing sides is dangerous. Not every conservative is spewing hate speech, in fact many from the left (even celebrities) post what could be considered hate speech.

New comment by firemancoder in "At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees"

firemancoder — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:44:32 +0000

They say "anonymous" but right after signing up with my work email they followed me on Twitter. The two are only connected by my name. Could be coincidence, but probably not.

Also, the community there is pretty toxic. I understand it's mostly the design of the app to be a place where people can say what they want, but I think it attracts a certain type that I'm not terribly interested in getting close with.

New comment by firemancoder in "DigitalOcean launches its container service"

firemancoder — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:58:18 +0000

I used to view Digital Ocean as kind of a play toy, good for experimenting and not much else, but these days they're a key player for sure and they've been a super reliable VPS host. Can't wait to try out some container stuff.

New comment by firemancoder in "US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science"

firemancoder — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:47:23 +0000

Notice the president was mentioned in the article. Tells you everything you know about it.

This has very little to do with actual science, and more to do with hatred of Trump.