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   by a3n 6y ago

   I interviewed with a company near Boulder CO some years ago, they make gas flow meters and such for the oil industry. They use DITA for their various tech manuals and documentation.
2. 392.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   Does anyone Crossfit? Ski instructors?
3. 393.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   I wonder when "worker dorms" will come to these high priced areas. I remember a story years ago that Boulder CO streets couldn't get plowed in a particular storm, because the plow drivers can't afford to live nearby.
4. 394.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   You could do the problems in rust, locally, and bask in the glow of accomplishment without communicating your results to the site. People self-study text books without sending in their solutions to the publisher.
5. 395.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   "What should I say ...?" Not much, and enjoy the rest of the day.
6. 396.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   These sonification efforts are cool. Especially the recent spider web one. I wonder what it would sound like to sonify selected aspects of human range sound data: voice, wind, road noise, breathing, digestion, birds, crowds, ...
7. 397.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   Anger, a B player, and rage quitting a job when I was old and didn't have a new job. No interviews ensued.
8. 398.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   If, for some reason, you don't have Word, just write it in text format, and use ".doc" as the extension. Whoever opens it will automatically have it magically transformed into commentable Word format. Word readers are availab
9. 399.▲
   by a3n 6y ago

   Having a door that I can lock at night has always been my number one priority. I have done almost anything in the past, when necessary, to have that. Without it, that really is a big hole. Doing a job that doesn't satisfy your pride or
10. 400.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Since you're scared ... You can drive a semi-truck. That was my solution for pay and health care, after destroying my software career. Most large trucking companies either have their own CDL school or contract out. Driving a semi-truck
11. 401.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    I predict some day that we won't be able to buy clothes, strictly rent.
12. 402.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Yes, this. I've had my own domain for about 20 years. I've used that domain at gmail, a brief attempt at self-hosting, and at fastmail for most of those years. I've considered proton, but I'm happy with fastmail. Moving
13. 403.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Is it gonna gonna be like tow trucks in the Northeast US and Canada, where they (literally) kill each other for territory?
14. 404.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    I believe this should be taught in school, starting in the seventh grade.
15. 405.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    I had to turn it off. It's mesmerizing, and I have things to do.
16. 406.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Ironic that the text is too small to read on my phone, and reader mode is not enabled. Do you have to do something specific to enable, or disable, reader mode?
17. 407.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Nah. As their lieutenant governor said in recent months about covid, there are more important things than living. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=texas+%22more+important+things+tha... Winterizing would have cost money. The facili
18. 408.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    > ... instead of properly weatherizing infrastructure is absurd. But effective. If you're a politician. No politician cares about sounding absurd if that's what his primary voters want to hear him say.
19. 409.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    It's no less a word than perform or performance. Is its meaning knowable? Yes? Then it's a word.
20. 410.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Just based on the use of their customer site
21. 411.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html
22. 412.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    You could consider trading stocks and other assets in an automated way. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=day+trading&t=fpas&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=swing+trading&t=fpas&ia=web https:&#x2F
23. 413.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    The people at Wells Fargo seem to be coasting.
24. 414.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    That's been the way forever, the players just change over time. It used to mean prison torture and death to criticize the church. So people didn't. Now they do.
25. 415.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    Unless we get to demonstrable herd immunity, with asymptotically decreasing deaths and cases, and effective treatment, I might never stop wearing one, vaccinated or not. If for no other reason than to trigger the Freedom Fighters.
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    by a3n 6y ago

    And of course there's: Action Item, Professional Superhero! https://professionalsuperhero.com/
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    by a3n 6y ago

    Came here to say this.
28. 418.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    That the date rolls over. Processors and memory will get fast enough that we can afford to have the date infinitely accumulate in both directions, rather than count up to a limit. I think.
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    by a3n 6y ago

    Physics-like answer: There is no flipping at all. Each point on your body is reflected back from the mirror at the location where where the light from that part strikes the mirror. E.g. draw a "ray" from your left hand to the mirr
30. 420.▲
    by a3n 6y ago

    I think when someone tosses jargon at you, particularly if they're senior in some way, it includes a mild attitude of dismissal and alpha doggism.