Zelphyr

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by Zelphyr 5y ago
that’s the sort of selfish glutton bully of a nation we are The author just alienated all the people he is trying to convince.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
My best friend of many years and I were talking yesterday, reminiscing about the job we both had right after high school when Beevis and Butt-Head first came out. He remembered me cracking him up with a weird laugh that I randomly starte
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
That's like people who say, "I don't have anything to hide, I've done nothing wrong." to which I reply, "Ok. Take your clothes off right now. Remove the curtains from your bedroom window and the door off of y
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
My understanding is that they can spend it however they wish, no strings attached.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
"There are a variety of payroll taxes, some paid by employers, some by employees, and some by both." https://www.paychex.com/articles/payroll-taxes/employers-gui...
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
I just finished The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. It is a fantastic piece of alternate history science fiction that I highly recommend. I mention it because the premise is that a meteorite hits the earth off the east coast o
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
All the critics lobbing cynicism against Bezos, Branson, and Musk saying, in essence, that their money is better spent here at home reminds me of a wonderful scene from The West Wing when one character asks why we have to go to Mars: "
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
> "I don't know why it hasn't been done" I hear so often, "I have this amazing idea and nobody is doing it yet!" and my first thought is, "There could be, and likely is, a reason for that: nobody will p
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
They really, really do.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
I've had the "I have an idea!" pitch happen so many times I can't count. "You're a programmer? WELL! I have this idea and if you partner with me to build it, I KNOW it'll make a million dollars as soon as
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
Over the last 18 months I have been working to get that back. I remind myself at the end of the day that what I did was productive and useful and so far that has worked well. I realized that it is really easy to fall into the "but wha
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
I applaud the author for choosing to use the "Risp" portmanteau over "Lust".
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
Or playing the beginning of one song over the end of another. Or talking over the last 15 seconds of a song.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
> Are you sure that time spent on product does not affect sales? It may have, but not dramatically. The product wasn't what we were known for. Customers came to us for other services that we were known for (and, I should add, this
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
All I've heard for the past 12+ years is "engagement". The singular focus on that one word to the exclusion of everything else is astounding to me. As if it is some magic incantation on the part of BizDev (or whatever they&
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
Do you have any recommendations for a Lisp Machine emulator for Mac?
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
I agree somewhat with your assessment of “Code”. I read it first and then “Elements of Computing Systems” and I found reading them in that order was great because the latter puts into practice what the former simply describes.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
“ Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software” by Charles Petzold and “The Elements of Computing Systems” by Noam Nisan and Shimon Shocken are both a great introduction.
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Sounds like you were doing the right thing for a company with terrible management.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
Don’t feel too bad. My grandfather had the opportunity to buy some land in Atlanta in the late 60’s/early 70’s and turned it down because it was shanty town and the guy offering him the opportunity was a known crook. Shortly after that
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
At my first real technology job I worked at an early web hosting company. Cutting edge stuff in 1996. We hosted full domains for $60/mo and tilde domains (e.g.; domain.tld/~myname) for $25 or $30 per month. We hosted on BSDi, a pr
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
Can someone provide a ELI5 for this?
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
I'm all for taking the high road and not escalating but sometimes, with people like this person appears to be, you have to get in their face when they attack you. They perversely respect that.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
It sounds like Clojure just isn't your cup of tea. Both of those problems exist in every other language I've ever used.
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
When interviewing with a company who demands commuting say, "I value my time as I'm sure you do. I will commute if required but I charge a premium for my commuting time. My rate is $x/hr and since I will be commuting 2 hour
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...there’s also the notion that some bosses, particularly those of a generation less familiar to remote work, are eager to regain tight control of their minions. “They feel like we’re not working if they can’t see us,” she said. “It’s a bo
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by Zelphyr 5y ago
If you want to suggest this wasn't the forum to bring up the topic of parents discussing sexual situations with their children then, fine, I'll concede to that. I believe the subjects of parents educating their children can coinc
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"Son, I want to talk to you about something. You're getting older and obviously you're interested in sex. Being sexual is a healthy and normal part of being human. Know that I support you if you are gay, straight, non-binary
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It wasn't my intention nor do I believe that's what I'm doing. I'm simply using this event to highlight to other current and future parents like myself that we need to overcome our discomfort with discussing sex with ou
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> Did you ever deal with an instance where your kids started telling you "no" in response to demands you felt were reasonable, twisting your original explanations to use against you, for things like eating, cleaning up or hygie

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