GlickWick

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by GlickWick 3y ago
Was confused by that as well. Regulation is usually what keeps utilities from really out of band demand-based pricing like this. Maybe they meant deregulation?
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by GlickWick 3y ago
That's painful, feel bad for folks having to deal with that. This is why regulated utilities are important. A bit concerned about this website though. Appears to be a despair-themed blog focused on convincing people we're doomed i
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by GlickWick 3y ago
dontdiecollectloot.com An odd mashup between Diablo, old arcade shooters, with a splash of Vampire Survivors style progression
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by GlickWick 3y ago
They make heat pumps with backup gas systems now.
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by GlickWick 3y ago
I switched in New England when my freon system hit end of life. I wouldn’t recommend doing it beforehand, but as a replacement it’s been incredible. All the ductwork and infrastructure largely remained the same. Pulled out the furnace, evap
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Anecdotes are absolutely a contribution. Regardless, the reason is exactly what I mentioned, it’s esoteric, specific, and not backed by a community of knowledge.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Assuming you need something beyond basic JSON, a well-understood scripting language like JS or Python. Bazel if you want something more build-focused.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
My employer (who I don’t speak for) used this for a long time. Im not normally particularly opinionated about tech choice, but I can very strongly say do not use jsonnet unless you enjoy adding an esoteric unsupported language to your job c
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Would you say the commonly-used random level generation algorithm in gamedev, Wave Function Collapse, implies it’s using quantum mechanics? Most people would disagree with you, I suspect.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Read the article. You get banned again if you make a new account. They likely have some complex digital fingerprinting that lets them re-id you. Maybe if you used entirely new hardware etc you might be able to pull it off, but the average
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Yep. Read the article!
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by GlickWick 4y ago
On average, yes. However, this is a dishonest comparison imo. Skill-based matchmaking aims to find a “good” matchup for you by putting you up against an opponent of a similar skill level. Over time you land at 50% due to this, but if you im
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by GlickWick 4y ago
1 is pretty incorrect according to modern metabolic understanding, no? A large chunk of LDL production comes from the liver, and complex carbohydrates tend to leave the most LDL behind after running through the liver. Reductions in sweet pr
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Competition at the low level is going to be rough. However, it's pretty hyperbolic to say experienced people are going to be dropped under 100k. Are the days of 750k TC due to stock appreciation over? Prolly. Do engineering staff tend
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by GlickWick 4y ago
Definitely seems like that, outside of the crypto space. The industry still is treating 10+ YoE engineers like rare finds. I do expect competition for entry-level is going to be fiercer than ever, though.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
It's really going to depend on your experience. Low years of experience or a poor resume/CV? Yeah, I bet it's a bit harder than usual. 10+ years or a great resume/CV? You're still getting flooded, although Amazon an
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by GlickWick 4y ago
There likely won’t be one. They have other ways of reducing headcount.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
You’d be wrong about that.
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by GlickWick 4y ago
No.
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by GlickWick 8y ago
These are averages. SF/BOS/SEA/NYC/etc all have higher salaries. It also is a bit vague as to what a "tech worker" is, and these articles tend to include all of IT in that.
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by GlickWick 8y ago
I think that's just pedantic, to be honest. The people behind those companies and those who work there are certainly making a ton of cash. Even if the companies go bankrupt, everyone involved (except for the VCs) will have been enriche
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by GlickWick 8y ago
The MBTA is also just beyond ridiculous. I work (in the Seaport) approximately 3.9 miles from my residence (Somerville). I can walk home faster than the T will take me there, and Uber/Lyft will also get me there ~4x faster than the T.
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by GlickWick 8y ago
Public transport would be ideal if there were better ways to manage it. Infrastructure problems and rampant corruption stifle it, so innovators moved in and stole their lunch. I know it's more complicated than it seems, but check out T
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by GlickWick 8y ago
I know it's only an anecdote, but myself (and many other colleagues) in Boston switched to periodically using rideshares to commute due to the decline in public transit quality. The tech boom in the area completely overloaded the syste
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by GlickWick 8y ago
Think about all the times you've told a recruiter/hiring manager your previous salary (don't, btw). Think about the HR teams and such at your company that have access. Shrewd people can get this data, especially if they'
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by GlickWick 8y ago
Not that weird. There are lots of employees and the big bosses tend to only see birds-eye views like project/staffing budgets. They care if a team of 10 costs 2.5m/year. They don't dig into why unless they have a problem with
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by GlickWick 8y ago
That's almost never the case. It's not some evil cabal in a boardroom deciding to do bad things. It's almost always a combination of tons of societal and cultural factors that compound on each other. You can imagine that thei
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by GlickWick 8y ago
I'm honestly somewhat surprised that you-know-who is asking DP problems with that degree of complexity. Are you applying for a research/math-heavy role? If you're unlucky enough to see DP, usually it's pretty basic and m
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by GlickWick 9y ago
I suspect it's less hard-coded and more a case of the algorithm realizing that there's a huge influx of riders every day at X location at Y time, and just auto-surges until there are a number of days without said influx. It's
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by GlickWick 9y ago
The people trying to get out of Vim probably don't care about having to press one extra key to escape it.

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