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   by _chap 3y ago

   Rails supports multiple threads: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/threading_and_code_execution.... Rails has some tooling to help with query bloat: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html#e.
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   by _chap 4y ago

   I’m sure it’ll be in my neighborhood. Let me know if you’re in town and we’ll throw a party for competitors, staff, and fans at my place.
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   Not-a-Boring Competition 2022-2023(boringcompany.com)

   1 points by _chap 4y ago|2 comments
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   by _chap 4y ago

   > The Boring Company is excited to announce the second Not-a-Boring Competition which challenges teams to come up with tunneling solutions and answer the question, “Can you beat the snail?”. The challenge this year comes with a couple o
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   Poll: Has your interest in work at a Musk company changed in the last month?(twitter.com)

   2 points by _chap 4y ago|0 comments
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   by _chap 4y ago

   The Boring Company didn't install a legal septic system for the families living at their HQ in Texas. And it goes downhill from there: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/elon-musk...
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   by _chap 4y ago

   The Boring Company's latest test tunnel was about 1034 times slower than a snail (their current stated goal). https://www.reddit.com/r/BoringCompany/comments/xugxdl/comme...
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   by _chap 4y ago

   What an incredible legacy you're creating Nick. Keep dropping those breadcrumbs for the rest of us to follow!
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   by _chap 4y ago

   I got this email from an information request with the City of Kyle. From Brian Gettinger, "Tunnel Evangelist and Business Development Lead" at Elon Musk's The Boring Company: > Wanted to keep you guys updated on progress h
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    The Boring Company's secret plan to tunnel between Austin and San Antonio(old.reddit.com)

    3 points by _chap 4y ago|2 comments
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    Drone Footage of the Boring Company's New HQ in Bastrop, Texas(youtube.com)

    3 points by _chap 4y ago|0 comments
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    by _chap 9y ago

    I've been really impressed with Particle easing that transition from Arduino to production: https://www.particle.io/
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    The Problem of Bolt-On Acquisitions in a Digital World(hbr.org)

    1 points by _chap 10y ago|0 comments
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    by _chap 11y ago

    http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html
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    by _chap 14y ago

    I like where I live and I don't want my landlord to be thinking about how easy it is to replace me.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    I think https://stillalive.com/ will do what you want. Their landing page is a little weak but I dig their UI for setting up tests.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Nope, he was joking: "As to what kind of product ideas he wanted to play with, Mr. Lodwick was coy . “It’s called mydunks.it...”
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    by _chap 15y ago

    As someone who's been doing mockups in Pages/Keynote for a while, I found it to be a great resource of nice looking widgets and templates and well worth the $.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Nope, suppose to be white. I'm guessing you're browser is automatically creating a link to that phone number and using some default stylesheet. What browser are you seeing that?
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Agreed, some questions are more easily answered through chat and #RubyOnRails on freenode is a great place to get help. However, I think the cool part is that it's not text. Personally I've find it to be really helpful when I'm stuck just t
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Copy+Pasting your awesome response above...
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Thanks for the call! I love the idea of sharing recorded calls to help more people.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Good to talk to you too.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    We need to make that more clear on the site, we don't entend the volunteers to get paid, but rather rewarded with discounts, early access, and recognition from the communities they help.
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Thanks! Obviously, some questions you're going to need to work through the code, so we can always move the conversation to text. So far lots of the calls have been about documentation and best practices which are pretty easy to talk through
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Sorry man, was helping somebody else. Call me now!
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Thanks! If anybody else is interested in getting a community hotline setup, we've been working on making that really easy. Shoot me an email: chap@pockethotline.com
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    by _chap 15y ago

    Thanks for the ups guys. As I said on the site I owe a lot of our success to the generous spirit of the open source community and wanted to give a little back. If you're interested in volunteering to take calls: http://www.railshotline.com
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    by _chap 15y ago

    I use to think this way, but I'm agreeing with Joel. If the 2 founders can't make a contentious decision as a team, they're not much of a team.
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    by _chap 16y ago

    yes.