Note to self: maybe have a second separate number for business concerns so you can turn it off and still be contactable for personal reasons
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Feb 2019
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Wow, this week’s #TheOrville was fantastic
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Reply to 'r/theydidthemath' on /r/Philippines:
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Repost from nathanwpyle:
if you’re just joining, this is part of a ✨new series ✨
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TBH i was a bit worried with Marvel would fumble their first female-led movie, but these early reviews look great! Happy to be wrong
Quoted FredTJoseph's tweet:First reactions to #CaptainMarvel are in, and they are stellar! I’m hoping this will influence even more people to head over to support a #CaptainMarvelChallenge campaign to send children to see the film.
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declaring early isnt good strategy anyway. past three presidents declared their candidacy late, duterte almost on the deadline, pnoy after his mom died less than a year after elections and even gma initially said she wasnt running, changing her mind oct before elections
Quoted legallyzen's tweet:Why are you conditioning the minds of the electorate? @cmfr
2022 is years away, the important news is this 2019 elections, and the pressing issues on hand, like vaccinations, corruption, drugs, wps etc. https://twitter.com/PhilippineStar/status/1097985275714629632
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When you post something on the internet but don’t include a lol, haha, emoji or gif
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What does “chat boxes” mean here
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Wow. Just wow.
Quoted DuterteWatchdog's tweet:1/3 OMG, a friend from Berlin has sent me this. Locsin again makes Hitler comparisons in public. This is a (surprisingly good) Google translation from a blogpost of the most renowned news programme in Germany, ARD Tagesschau. https://translate.google.com/translate?Tagesschausl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ard-hauptstadtstudio.de%2Fphilippinischer-aussenminister-bekraeftigt-hitler-vergleich%2F
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Repost from nitashatiku:
Move slow, make things: welcome to the Artisanal Internet https://www.wired.com/story/soothing-promise-our-own-artisanal-internet/
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Nah, I like living here, in spite of everything, and I’m programming avails me a good living naman. I’ve worked abroad on short stints (pinadala ng company), but TBH, I had never even considered leaving the country long-term, but I started looking into it after 2016. Hassle for me na ma-uproot and to try to start over elsewhere.
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Wait, what do you mean? Web services are like web pages, except they’re endpoints that usually do only one thing and return some machine readable format like JSON or XML instead of HTML that can be rendered and viewed by a human in a browser. Basically you send them an HTTP request and they maybe do some processing and spit back an HTTP response that you consume.
Some types are simpler than others - REST-based web services are usually very simple for example, and can sometimes be invoked directly via the browser address bar. Some follow more complicated protocols (SOAP) that support things like authentication and signing and so on.
Web services are developed the same way as normal web pages, with the usual backend processing and stuff (but there are some frameworks to make this easier, especially for complicated protocols like SOAP), but the client program (the one calling the web services) does not have to be another web application. It can be a mobile app for example.
One of the typical usages would be third-party integration. For example, Philhealth I believe currently has some kind of e-Claims web services in development (maybe? IDK the current status), where the idea is to allow third-party systems to submit Philhealth claims electronically. The idea is that individual hospitals have their own medical records systems, those systems can send HTTP requests to the e-claims web services in order to for example check whether a patient is eligible for a claim.
Ok, sorry I know that explanation doesn’t really work for a 5-year old lol
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Reply to a comment by getmeoutofherealive- on 'Afternoon random discussion - Feb 18, 2019' on /r/Philippines:
Shifting careers from IT support isn’t an unreasonable proposition, but you need to already know your stuff before going in for interviews. You will also still need some basic level of programming knowledge. A lot of things you’ll need can be learned on the fly/on the job (like usage of specific languages or tools or libraries), but you need a good basic foundation to build on.
If I’m interviewing someone coming from a nonprogrammming background, I’ll basically be treating her as an entry-level candidate. You will need to be able to justify why I should hire you over say, a fresh grad who still remembers his java programming from his college days. The interviewer will need to know you’re not trying to BS your way into the position. Having some work you can show off (side projects or whatever) can be a big help. You can also cite anything you’re doing in your current domain that might show off some related skillset. Like, if you did some minor scripting to gather support statistics, something like that? IDK if IT support people do that kind of stuff. See my other interview tips in the other answer elsewhere in this thread too.
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Ah, honestly have no idea, as I’ve never been involved in recruitment for those positions and I have no real interest in management.
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See my edit above. It’s hard to give an average. At 15 years, I’d certainly be expecting a six-digit ask at least. I did interview a dude once who was older than me, but his asking salary was below 100k (I think he was running some side business or sth so he didn’t care too much). The range would also be highly dependent on skillset and the client and the position - at 15 years it’s not unreasonable to be CTO of a small-medium-sized company. If you can get a remote job (working for US companies or such), a few hundred thousand a month wouldn’t be unreasonable. Sorry for the non-answer
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Why do people keep asking about salary? That’s not really a programming or software dev question. I am a freelancing consultant at the moment, so I can’t really give a simple answer to that anyway (it’s almost always “it depends”)
I will answer the experience one - 15ish years in the industry (yeah, I’m old).
Edit: Also, there is a high range in the salaries of software devs in this country (not sure if the same elsewhere, probably), because:
- some people are better at selling themselves than others
- some devs are way better than others (and thus are more valuable)
- each dev’s career path and growth is often unique, so it’s difficult to compare, especially once you rack up some years of experience
i.e. for a given number of years of experience, the salary band will be quite wide.
I get that when you’re starting out, salary is a big deal, but honestly if you’re a decent enough programmer, you can get into any place with above average salary. You can grow your salary a bit faster by hopping jobs every so often, but too many hops looks bad on a resume.
Anyway, my advice is that once you get to a decent salary range that is good for you (i.e. you’re not starving), focus less on comparing yourself to other people, and more on increasing your own value and managing your work/life balance. Money isn’t everything, beyond basic survival.
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I’ve technical interviewed a lot of entry-level/junior level devs. Honestly any kind of project would probably be okay, as long as you’re able to explain what role you played, bonus points if you’re able to discuss technical decisions you made (why was this choice made, and why not this other one etc) or specific technical challenges you were able to overcome. That kind of stuff. Really, if you can demonstrate that you really worked on a project (and not just coasted by on teammates help etc), you’re already an above average interview.
Entry-level candidates might have more trouble since they often won’t have a portfolio, but the quality of candidates is a bit low locally, so if you can demonstrably do simple stuff like loops, recursion, stacks, etc you’re probably already an above average interview. Bigger companies will have written exams to filter out peeps who can’t do that though.
More random technical interviewing tips, even though you didn’t ask for that: being able to communicate well is a big plus, mandatory even. Lack of confidence makes the interviewer worry that you don’t really know what you’re talking about. Sometimes I’ll slip in something I know to be wrong “Diba pag cinall mo yan, ganito mangyayari?”, and see how the candidate reacts
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I’m a bit bored. Anyone have any programming or software dev questions? I’ll answer them.
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Man, that last match was tense. He really shouldnt have changed characters for the last one. Probably should have changed after the second match loss before the reset
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Repost from ANCALERTS:
@alvinelchico @iamkarendavila #Harapan2019 Gutoc: Books not bullets, Teachers, not terrorists. We need to have no tanks anymore. We need schools. Ang ating i-address sa Pilipinas ay kahirapan.
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Is there anything more satisfying than thinking you were dead on the board, then realizing you had an out and then stabilizing and clawing your way back to victory?
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Quoted mistervimes's tweet:- I am a white, straight male over the age of 50. I have been reading comics since 1972 and playing ttrpgs since 1979. I don’t recognize nerd culture anymore. When I was young we were outsiders. Our voices were silenced. We were ostracized. We had to find our own “safe spaces”
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Repost from JWonggg:
Phillippines vs Pakistan Tekken 7 Grand Finals. Tekken 7 is the best game
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Hmm I wonder how I can get one of these lol
Quoted AgentM's tweet:Hey @gameovergreggy, this Transformers x Ghostbusters toy is DOPE! #AgentMLovesToyFair
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It’s from CW Sunstreaker
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Power of the Primes Battletrap
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I managed to side-watch all the Family Guy episodes on @Netflix_PH. I’m not sure this was good for my mental health. The show also still has that thing where they let some gags go on just a tiny bit too much
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Can you imagine what the conspiracy theorists of today (Antivaxxers, flat earthers, Marcos supporters, etc) would be doing post-Thanos snap? They’d be looking for patterns and claiming the dusting wasn’t random at all
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Someday I’ll win something in one of these social media giveaways lol
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Repost from BandaiNamcoUK:
Jump Force is out on Friday, but just in case you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know what it is, here’s #JUMPFORCE explained in 60 short seconds!
Pre-order now: http://bit.ly/PLAYANIMEJUMPFORCE
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Forward, ever forward
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Repost from jnery_newsstand:
History’s lesson is clear. “In any clash between the government and the free press, the government wins in the beginning. But the free press wins in the end.” - Mahfuz Anam, the legendary longtime editor of Bangladesh’s Daily Star (2016) #StandWithMariaRessa #DefendPressFreedom
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I get the common (and highly likely) speculation that the funds are coming from the government. There are some worse scenarios though, what if they’re coming from a foreign government?
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Reply to MaoiArroyo's tweet:
@MaoiArroyo Not sure if “useless” was typo or intentional :p
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Reply to JoeTabs's tweet:
@JoeTabs @XavierFiles Where is this clip from?
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Reply to meowlivia_'s tweet:
@meowlivia_ @CodePen this is neat!
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Stickers on your laptop: yay or nay?
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Ah yes, wondering why your local changes aren’t reflecting no matter how many times you refresh, only to later realize you were looking at prod…
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Reply to SeresaTagAraw's tweet:
@SeresaTagAraw meron pa ata isa next week
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Repost from zeddfrost:
Marvel house ad for The Phalanx Covenant with art by Joe Madureira, Terry Austin and Dennis Calero (1994).
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Reply to momblogger's tweet:
@momblogger Hasnt the official campaign period already started? Why is it still showing
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sigh
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Unpopular opinion I guess, but I have no qualms about the Will Smith genie in the new Aladdin
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I took a 2hr post dinner nap. Now to stay up late wondering why I can’t sleep
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My speakers of like 20 years may have just gone kaput :(
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State of emergency as more than 50 polar bears invade Russian town https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6687731/State-emergency-declared-50-polar-bears-invade-Russian-town.html
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Repost from comicbookcovers:
Recursion
Happy groundhog day!
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Repost from TEDTalks:
If your mind is spiraling with doubts about starting your next big project, this perspective can help: https://ideas.ted.com/if-you-want-to-tackle-big-problems-try-thinking-like-a-bee/
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Repost from gchaslot:
YouTube announced they will stop recommending some conspiracy theories such as flat earth.
I worked on the AI that promoted them by the billions.
Here is why it’s a historic victory. Thread. 1/
https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/01/continuing-our-work-to-improve.html
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long yet excellent read.
Quoted michikokakutani's tweet:Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America:
When the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Washington bet on the global spread of democratic capitalist values—and lost.
by @FranklinFoer via @TheAtlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/how-kleptocracy-came-to-america/580471/
