throckmortra

Where did he make the connection?

Where was he arguing for Communism? Do you believe pro-labor == Communism? Your post reads as knee-jerk and paranoid

Yes but it doesn't matter, it's a skill you gain and lose with repetition. I have seen many people without formal compsci training pick it up quickly

They clearly layout their interview process and even have a video series on YouTube explaining how to pass it. It is not difficult but time-consuming to learn their interview "language"

Leetcode screens are a matter of grinding for a couple of weeks

Source: received an offer from them in March

This is a strength of theirs. They have a very strong maintenance program called TechOps

I agree that McKinsey sucks, just pointing out that it's the only one with a facade of prestige (anecdotally)

The only consulting firm I've ever heard spoken of somewhat favorably is McKinsey (and then only by ex-McKinsey people)

Anecdotally: a lot! I find it very useful for practicing IFR procedures and approaches. You can connect it to an external comm service like Vatsim and a real human will even give you vectors and clearances! (They, too, are using it for realistic practice for a job with air traffic control)

Thank you for this. I wish this community was a little more skeptical

What is up with all the alt-medicine spam on HN?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5346970/

"The likely false activity of curcumin in vitro and in vivo has resulted in >120 clinical trials of curcuminoids against several diseases. No double-blinded, placebo controlled clinical trial of curcumin has been successful."

but it's an objective fact they've pushed the boundaries of what I knew was possible with games.

what are some of the ground breaking things they've come up with?

My first winter in NYC was very rough and I didn't understand why at first. I got a blood test at the doc and he said my vitamin D was very low. I committed to walking in the sun at least a half hour a day, weather permitting, and I never really had issues again. Part of the issue was I was spending a lot of time walking outside but not in sunlight due to the tall buildings. Just my anecdotal 2c

How many hours a month do they work!

The level of craftsmanship they brought to this game really blew me away. Many open-world games have a feeling of emptiness or a lot of pointless content to fill in their map. Not so for Elden Ring - every area feels like they added something meaningful and interesting. Exploring is very rewarding

I appreciate this comment. I understand that there is a lot I'll never know or understand because I'm on the other side of the wall. I agree that much of the blame lies with Russia/Putin but I still feel that there is more that the West could have done to prevent disaster. Putin is a mad dog with nuclear capabilities and there's no telling where the future is headed now

Please don't sink to ad-hom on hackernews. Nowhere in my comment is apologia, merely context. Ukraine should be defended and helped in any of way we can (without causing nuclear war) not in spite of our history of saber-rattling, but because of it. It is now our responsibility to clean up a mess that we are partially to blame for. People far more intelligent and credible than both of us are making these arguments so I think you're going to need something a bit stronger than sticking your fingers in your ears

I don't like these kinds of comments because the intent behind them always seems to be some sort of justification for the deaths of Ukrainians and annexation. The spirit of my comment, that I hope is captured by the reader, is that NATO/USA could have avoided war and loss of lives by being more careful in the past.

But we have the present and must deal with the immediate consequences with our best foot forward. The Ukrainian people are blameless and deserve our help - more so because we are partly to blame for not exhausting every option of diplomacy available to us. Please don't try to throw them under the bus.

Let's confront this tragedy while acknowledging context so that we don't make the same mistakes again

You're assuming that Russia would feel like it needed to conquer its neighbors in a peaceful world. Again, analysts argue that we propped up the imperialist ideologues of Russia and created the current climate

Edit: I think most of you aren't really engaging with the substance of my comment. The idea being that all this bloodthirst that Russia currently has is due to conditions that we knew about and could have avoided.

Also, Russian government of 1991 =/= Stalin

Most would not agree with you. From Chomsky to Kissinger, political analysts and historians have been ringing alarm bells for decades on NATO expansion eastward. TL;DR: we had a west-friendly Russian government at the fall of the wall - but pushing east allowed hawks/imperialists to rise to power

Edit: I see a lot of you really struggling with this idea. The good news is you don't have to take my word for it! Please read analysis from both of the mentioned authors and more. They're much better sources than me and other hackernews posters

happens all the time actually. Especially seasonal locations like areas surrounding ski resorts

* no 3rd party recruiters * won't respond if compensation isn't posted up front

My simple rules of engagement

From the exhaust or skin contact?

How is avgas poisoning people?

Wouldn't take advice from that guy https://www.avweb.com/news/pilot-arrested-after-airport-inci...

How do I quit smartphones?

got any sources for that? I would think that any credible, conclusive evidence of nootropics actually doing anything would spur a great deal of fanfare

After a couple of tries with "headhunters" I decided I would never work with them again. If a recruiter, directly employed by a company, reaches out to me for a position in said company, I find it agreeable to look at their proposition. But this is only because the incentives are correctly aligned in this case. Headhunters are incentivized differently, to your detriment. We should be looking to abolish the need for headhunters in the tech industry.

Stoner by John Williams and Crime & Punishment. I love TBK and other of Dostoyevsky's works but C&P really resonated with me

Blood Meridian is a top 3 book for me. Just fantastic. With one of those endings that takes the book from a 4.5/5 to a 5/5

Many of his ideas were ill-conceived:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign