Arubis

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by Arubis 4y ago
N+1. B.S. ECE back in 2006, worked hard for long hours in the industry right out of college, called it quits and did some other stuff, came back to software for twice the pay.
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by Arubis 4y ago
It's new for someone! https://xkcd.com/1053/ (Playing HN on easy mode: grab almost any top story from a few years ago and repost it. It's not even bad if people are interested.)
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by Arubis 4y ago
Without disagreeing that folks would want an all-in-one solution, a potential alternative is to use a service like https://nextdns.io/ in addition to your VPN.
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Thirty Years of Projects(seths.blog)
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by Arubis 4y ago
This sounds closer to Shape Up/appetite over estimates. It's probably too late for OP to respond and adopt right this moment, but is a great approach going forward. I wrote up a tl;dr on this at https://dylanfitzgerald.
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by Arubis 4y ago
A reductive approximation: engineers estimate at 50% confidence (on average it will be done on this date), management and leadership hear that at 90% confidence (it will be done by this date to near certainty). Making these assumptions exp
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by Arubis 4y ago
Hm; how so? The interface is a little clunky; the + button at the bottom of the estimate component list adds three items, one of each type, and then I remove the ones I didn't mean. There may be better tools out there, and I'd be
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by Arubis 4y ago
I endorse this answer; it's more concise than I would have given.
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by Arubis 4y ago
- Call it a forecast, not an estimate. - Supply confidence intervals. (“50% likely it’ll be done by date X, 90% likely by date Y.”) Estigator.com is great for helping construct and illustrate these. - Demonstrate understanding of client&#x2
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by Arubis 4y ago
This is true, and a great reason we should have treated the destruction of trust in the telephone system as the public health threat that it is. I tend not to answer, because it is _always_ an unwelcome interruption.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Right move, too late. Everyone I know has largely abandoned the possibility of answering unknown numbers.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Is the answer _definitively and future-safe_ "Yes"? It is not. Thus, no.
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by Arubis 4y ago
I strongly suspect that many (most?) folks purporting that attitude outweighs competence have significant tailwinds: inherited money or connections, or similar. You want to stack as many unfair advantages as you can. Attitude and knowledge
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by Arubis 4y ago
There’s plenty of good work out there with whatever language stack you already have. If you’re reasonably competent, by which I mean “can ship a code change to a familiar code base without being told what to do for every step”, you’re fine.
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by Arubis 4y ago
The NYT uses this style (to … from …) deliberately as well. It’s a little bumpier, as you mention, but avoids confusion with describing a range.
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Another unexpected one: Celine Dion is INCREDIBLY popular in Senegal and The Gambia.
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I agree that that appears to be the tactic in use. The Court could choose to act with the knowledge that Legislative won't do things, and so behave as the last bastion of relative non-partisanship across the Federal government by allow
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by Arubis 4y ago
> All Congress needs to do… And therein lies the problem. We know Congress is too deadlocked to be effective. Does the Court pushing back on them have a shot at getting the legislative branch to do their jobs?
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by Arubis 4y ago
I'm pleased the coming Part II purports to point to `reflog`. For a tool that _looks_ like it's fairly advanced, this is one of my favorites to show juniors, because it works so well as a "get me back to where I was" hac
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by Arubis 4y ago
> "all that goes to show you is some people would spend their last day giving you stupid advice". That is brilliant. I'm stealing it immediately. Thank you for a bright moment early in the day!
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by Arubis 4y ago
Sneakemail.com remains online 22+ years on.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Maybe those rocket clubs would benefit (in the narrow, ignoring undesired side effects sense) by classifying their toys as munitions and seeking support from the NRA. I know there's folks that've wondered the same about protecting
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by Arubis 4y ago
I use and love Pinboard, plus the Instapaper-like read-it-later integration Paperback (readpaperback.com) set as my home page in my mobile browser. It’s a great combo.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Yes, it should. EVs make great standby power sources.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Well, that’s quite a vote for nature over nurture.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Browsers seem mostly to operate under the principle that they're the only program the user wants to interact with, and probably the only userspace program running. For most folks, they're right.
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by Arubis 4y ago
My only concern with Mullvad is that, as their profile and reputation increase, they become a bigger target. That’s mostly a vote of confidence, though the concern is a real one.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Short of implementing a Logan's Run-style system of government, the existence of individuals tends to get determined a couple decades before they'd be available for hiring as developers.
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That's Lariam, yep. I can vouch for "a bit nutty", among other unpleasant mental issues. It's also inexpensive and dosed weekly rather than daily for chemoprophylaxis.
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by Arubis 4y ago
Fascinating. Note that a low-dose daily doxycycline is an effective and common malarial prophylactic as well, with a different (I'd argue less severe) side effect profile than Lariam/Mefloquine.

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