blunte
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- May 15, 2013 (13y ago)
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I leave now, and in the small scheme it is irrelevant. In the grand scheme it is also irrelevant because there are truly deadly scenarios on the near horizon.
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It seems I am shadow-banned, but not with balls. It's more a passive aggressive thing where I post occasionally and get a response "you are posting too fast, slow down". Not true. Be honest. If you don't like my content, own up to it. And explain how I gained the karma I have if my content is sh*t.
HN is becoming like every other corporate money interest. It is unwilling to pay for human consideration, and instead it exists to promote goals that favor investors of one sort or another.
Before HN I had many years on slashdot, and 186k karma. Either I'm exceptually influential, or sometimes stuff I say has value. I don't get paid to be on HN, an...
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If you could describe your ideal future, what would it be? Based on your ideal, how do you feel about your current path?
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Another job listing has appeared which promotes multiple daily deploys as a positive bullet point. Is this really beneficial? Has there been any meaningful analysis of the use of CI/CD - in parts or in whole? My limited…
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