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jgoodknight | 1 year ago | on: I am sick of LeetCode-style interviews

I personally fight against this trend by almost entirely indexing on problem solving approach when I give leetcode interviews at my BigTech. For me at least it's possible to get a strong hire recommendation even if you only get a brute force solution. I only care that I think you could get to a solution eventually, and are professional in the way you get there.

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record

This is my second favorite HN comment of 2023

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: A study of Google's code review tooling (Critique)

That was my experience getting Java readability too! Only 1 time in 20 did it feel like they were making the code better

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: A retiring consultant’s advice on consultants

There's a lot of negativity in this article and the comments. I'm married to an almost-partner at a prestigious consulting firm and they truly do care about their clients and has genuinely solved a lot of problems for them--well into their 30s I will add! So clearly the advice here is to only hire good ones, say maybe my spouse? ;)

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm

The graph really makes it seem like the small practices are getting screwed on reimbursement rates, but once PE takes over, they are in a better negotiating position to get higher reimbursement rates from insurance companies.

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

This is fascinating; I love hear pumps! Can you comment on why this might not have been done before? Maybe new materials make it possible, or it’s marginally more expensive but can be done with clean energy, which people have a premium on now?

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Threads, an Instagram app

I am actually a huge fan of Snapchat, but they don’t monetize your younger sister very well because only stories has ads

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Harvard professor believes he's found fragments of alien technology

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

Throwing molten lead down a tall tower was how round musket balls used to be made, so melted meteorite in the atmosphere being really super round by the time it gets to earth seems normal to me…. Those shot towers are all around Harvard

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Threads, an Instagram app

Snapchat is not dead…

jgoodknight | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What non-programming skills have been crucial in your tech career?

Being comfortable saying 'I don't know' and admitting when I'm wrong.

jgoodknight | 3 years ago | on: If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance

The problem with studies like this and why they lack credibility is there probably wouldn’t have been a headline if the model didn’t spit out the result that wealth is created primarily by luck. They either wouldn’t have published the result, or they would have come up with a new model.

jgoodknight | 3 years ago | on: If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance

They had me until they said “computer model” halfway through the first sentence. This study thus puts forth an interesting theory but hasn’t proven it, so the headline is hyperbolic.

jgoodknight | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What good sources of information on ovarian cancer treatments?

Consider trying to get an online second opinion from a hyper-specialist doctor at a fancy research hospital. For my own recent medical foibles, I have found it extremely easy to get second opinions at any hospital because now consultations for illnesses that don't necessarily require a physical examination can happen online. Furthermore, records transfer has gotten pretty painless. So perhaps once you've found an interesting paper or find a specialist at a prestigious research hospital, try to get your mom an online consultation with them. It doesn't even have to be nearby you!

I wish you and your mother the best. Over 20 years ago my mother succumbed to Ovarian cancer but there have been so many advances in cancer treatment since then it's a much better time.

jgoodknight | 3 years ago | on: Inside the Proton

My main takeaway from Quantum Field theory in grad school was that the proton (and electron, etc really all subatomic particles) is just a useful fiction; much like a spherical, frictionless cow. It's just that in particle accelerators where it breaks down so it's a quite useful fiction. Renormalization[1] in field theory is really trippy...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization

jgoodknight | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

I just started on wegovy last week and it is amazing: hunger no longer rules me. TLDR on the study: average weight loss of ~15% compared to a control group. I had to fight through some insurance prior authorization issues but now I get it for free as a preventative medicine.

jgoodknight | 5 years ago | on: Testing a few new designs that don't show the public dislike count

good luck getting videos of the hong kong protests with a ByteDance YouTube!

jgoodknight | 5 years ago | on: 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016)

Anti-GMO groups maybe? I certainly hope in 50 years we have embraced their ability to improve human and environment health

jgoodknight | 5 years ago | on: Programming for Cats

there's got to be a good python joke for cats but I can't think of what type it would be

jgoodknight | 5 years ago | on: Programming for Cats

this is purrfect, I love it can't wait to have the full book: good luck finishing it!

jgoodknight | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

I had an opportunity to ask Jeff Dean what his favorite Jeff Dean joke was and he said: "When Jeff Dean opens the profiler, loops unroll themselves in fear"