Hacker News: marmot1101

New comment by marmot1101 in "Anthropic bans orgs without warning"

marmot1101 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:59:23 +0000

That's why I internally push to use Bedrock. If AWS flakes or bans the company account I've got bigger problems. Putting more eggs in the same basket is a counterintuitive solution to the problem of someone else holding my fate in their hands, but at least it's a platform that's been around > 5 years.

New comment by marmot1101 in "The Real Name Fallacy"

marmot1101 — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:13:00 +0000

I have 3 modes of redditing in order of importance/frequency: 1. custom fp with many defaults removed, 2. r/all, 3. rarely, but sometimes default fp.

I find that it works. r/all is a lot of memes and time wasters, but can be fun for a quick look at what's going on outside of my bubble. I've found things(like rick and morty) that I wouldn't have found if I hadn't punched up r/all once in a while.

New comment by marmot1101 in "The Real Name Fallacy"

marmot1101 — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:11:00 +0000

spez talked about how a lot of users(myself included) do in fact browse r/all. And yes, it has been fixed which is a good thing.

New comment by marmot1101 in "The Real Name Fallacy"

marmot1101 — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:27:54 +0000

That's all well and good when it was subs like FPH that were easily ignored. The thing that threatened to chase me off of reddit was the_donald. Not because I was "offended"(the new code word for calling someone a pussy), but because it was shitty content that pissed me off. And they figured out how to jack the algorithm to make their sub the most prominent content. I joined reddit for the science and tech, not to be a hit count on some shill's advert campaign.

Losing your target audience is a problem for any company. Free speech is a right insofar as the government cannot ban speech. Private property is a right. Reddit cannot ban me from saying what I want in real life, but they totally have the right to not allow me to say it on their property.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Our parents discovered leisure, we killed it"

marmot1101 — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:36:01 +0000

I'm in the middle of the spectrum myself. I'm happy to say hi, shake hands, but I need my alone time. I have plenty of friends and they all get it. I could disappear off the map and be a hermit if that's what I really wanted to do. But in the interest of not being without friends I make time to do both.

My son is in college and it's a struggle for him. He wants friends but doesn't want to gladhand to meet people. I get it, but you can't have met friends without meeting people.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Ask HN: Will programming continue to be a lucrative profession in the future?"

marmot1101 — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:51:13 +0000

I'm the youngest senior where I work at 36. Our leads are approaching or past 50. This may be a localized problem.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Ending the open office epidemic"

marmot1101 — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:17:32 +0000

I thrive in the small group office. You get the flow of ideas that are trying to be achieved with the open plan, but without as much of the noise. And it's easier to call out one or two people for being difficult to work with than it is many. I hated a private cube(big effin cube with high walls and all) because I felt like I was in solitary. Sometimes I want to bullshit about what I did over the weekend, or discuss a philisophical question about what I'm doing. Seems weird to pop into someone else's private space to do so.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Why do MOOCS have low completion rates?"

marmot1101 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:33:03 +0000

From my personal experience: It's the first thing off the island when my schedule gets pinched. I can't cut back on work, don't want to cut out family or rec time. The MOOC suffers first, particularly the deliverables. I've started with the intention of turning in all assignments only to end up only watching the lectures.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?"

marmot1101 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:05:08 +0000

Work related: Inspired by Mary Cagan, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson

Non-Work related: The Supreme Gift and Warrior of Light by Coelho.

Soft skill musings for a new developer

marmot1101 — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:07:56 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.joshorr.us/2014/07/my-bros-going-to-be-programmer-episode.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8011619

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by marmot1101 in "The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking"

marmot1101 — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:03:35 +0000

In my personal experience there's no way to truly blunt the sting of failure. If I go in optimistic and fail unexpectedly or pessimistically and fail as expected the pain is the same. I don't see the use in torturing myself in the meantime.

New comment by marmot1101 in "I don't care about your code challenge"

marmot1101 — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:49:56 +0000

I'd say that's a much more fair way to go about it. If you're going to ask someone to do work for you, that should be a paying gig, and it should be a task worth doing. If you're looking for a free sample a public repo or a task that fits within the parameters of a normal interview time would be better alternatives.

Why the Hell Are We Teaching Excel to 11 Year Olds?

marmot1101 — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:21:55 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.joshorr.us/2013/10/why-hell-are-we-teaching-excel-to-11.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6569432

Points: 19

# Comments: 25

New comment by marmot1101 in "Google security exec: 'Passwords are dead'"

marmot1101 — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:59:30 +0000

The problem with a hardware token security is that it relies on every user having one or not leveraging the security. That's something that can be difficult for an IT department to coordinate across an organization, thus would be herculean for a Google scale company to legislate across its user base.

Online Coursework: Focus You Effort on the Discussion That Matters

marmot1101 — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:18:06 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.joshorr.us/2013/08/a-students-perspective-regarding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6259416

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by marmot1101 in "Why the Only Real Way to Buy Bitcoins Is on the Streets"

marmot1101 — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:56:15 +0000

Not a mac. Mouse buttons and a windows key. I imagine that the QR code is to facilitate transactions.

The Authentication Platform of the Future is From the Past

marmot1101 — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:10:30 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.joshorr.us/2013/07/the-authentication-platform-of-future.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6109912

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Encryption, Privacy and the Trust problem

marmot1101 — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:13:48 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.joshorr.us/2013/07/encryption-privacy-and-trust-problem.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6013069

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by marmot1101 in "Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act"

marmot1101 — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:23:18 +0000

I like the prop 8 ruling for the fact that it bars interest groups from fighting constitutionality rulings in the future. This basically eliminates the possibility of 'Citizen's-united-ization' of the court system. Otherwise interest groups could dump hoards of cash into fighting court cases that they would otherwise not be a party to. While I would have liked to see a stronger ruling on Prop 8, I'm even happier that the court provided an avenue for keeping money out of the last government institution that has a fighting chance.

New comment by marmot1101 in "Ask HN: Can we please slow down the stories about Edward Snowden?"

marmot1101 — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:05:50 +0000

I don't have a problem at all with the volume of stories, I just think that we need to honor Snowden's wishes. He explicitly asked that focus remain on the content of his leaks rather than about him personally. Let's talk about his leaks and how we are going to create a future without the need for them rather than about the man himself.