LarryDarrell

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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
My main client works in the reservoir exploration space in the Oil&Gas industry. I'm prepared for it, but I can tell that I'm going to have to replace a big chunk of income very soon.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
True, but now you are in the No True Scotsman weeds. Government bailouts have been happening regularly for most of our lifetimes. We are incessantly told the US is a Capitalist country. So in the minds of the average citizen, either bailout
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
My own personal opinion is that the Great Recession and it's repercussions (inequality, deaths of despair, the hallowing out of middle American economies, the opioid crises, Flint water crises, etc) over last 10+ years have really ramp
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
I have my own anecdotes, but maybe some one here knows more... Is the tech stack in Silicon Valley that's used by the most recession vulnerable companies wildly different from what "boring" companies are using? I see C#/
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
B2C idea that might be robust: Subscription based flu mask delivery service.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Everyone on HN is a Top Performer who is consonantly held back by the mediocrity that surrounds them. Also, the hiring process is broken. Also, older workers have a hard time finding work. Also, I have work 60 hour weeks. Also, I have to be
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Assuming this is true, now is the time to form a union. Not when they are no longer in high demand. There's a lot of hubris in the tech field that high salaries and a plethora of available jobs is the norm and will forever be that way.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
It takes time, but you'll find that most of the ambitious and motivated people you'll meet are also mediocre. The successful ones tend to also have had luck on their side.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Suddenly I feel like a wimp with my TR 1950X.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
For the most part, most of our rules and traditions are there to make sure the poor and people of color stay disenfranchised.
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Anand Giridharadas: “The Elite Charade of Changing the World” – Talks at Google(youtu.be)
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
I don't think Anand Giridharadas will be invited back at Google Talks. https://youtu.be/d_zt3kGW1NM?t=2900
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
My city of roughly a half million was mostly developed post-WW2. Even the denser areas are not really walkable. They tried painting bike lanes on existing roads, but that has just increased the number of bike fatalities. Maybe expanding bus
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Like the sudden urgency to throw 700,000 off food stamps with work requirements.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
That's way too much nuance and understanding of the local setiment for Tom Clancy Strategists (or real generals, judging from the WaPo article today) to grasp.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
It seems like hubris is an inescapable trait that most countries/empires exhibit before their collapse. A trillion dollars is not an insignificant amount of money. The wealth squandered and potential unrealized will be a sad epilogue i
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
So we'll just have the Post Office run a national ISP then.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
I would think the Postal Clause in the Constitution would provide enough authority to the Post Office to create and run an ISP.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
The Constitution literally has a Postal Clause for the expressed purpose of creating interstate communication through "Postal Roads". Despite their small-government bona-fides, a reliable communication network was something so imp
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Jim Hackett badly needs a win more than he needs to preserve the reputation of a loved brand. Since they've run just about every other brand name into the ground, Mustang is the last one left that will attract eyeballs. If they called
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
I feel like a system that discourages young, healthy and educated citizens to not have children until they are much older... is screwed up. Especially since many of those with student loans are not finding jobs that would pay them off befor
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Same here with a 1950X. I use a Noctua NH-U12S and it usually operates around 45-50C with a few VMs and a IDE running. Mine is crammed into an old SUN Ultra 24 case with a few mm's to spare.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Quitting. Especially effective in the Midwest U.S. where jobs are more scarce and employers tend to take you for granted.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
There is lite.cnn.io as well. I wish there were more.
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
My only question with corporations is: what checks and balances will be in place this time around to prevent corporations from: -Rampant corruption: (i.e. funding anti-global warming, pro-tobacco propaganda science, etc. Bribing governments
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Same! Mine's a 30 year old Volvo wagon and a 32 year old sedan. Besides oil changes, I've spent about $2000 in the last 5 years of ownership. I was only left stranded once, but that was because the NAPA in the middle of Nebraska d
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
I can only speak about the Midtown Detroit where I lived from 2002 to 2008. It was a group of students, artists, musicians and old-timer bohemians that made that area great and interesting. The only common denominator was that nobody had mu
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
Play XBill and write manifestos with LaTeX?
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
>"The shift to lower wage jobs for entire groups of workers is similarly problematic. Working full time while earning much less than in the past has profound ramifications. Entire industries have been disrupted, and often employees
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by LarryDarrell 7y ago
My worry is that without premature organization, the next recession is going to make the "tech worker shortage" a permanent thing of the past. We'll never have as much negotiating power as we do now. If say there was a Tech W

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