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by aljgz 3y ago
Throughout my career, I spent too much time trying to change organizations. I later realized that changing culture is prohibitively difficult when one person or a minority are trying it. I now know that it's better to "choose my b
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Count me in as well. I only use Google Chrome for Google meet calls, as some feature are not working on Firefox (I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that Google makes both chrome and meet ;)
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We talk about friction of tires on Asphalt, or engine noise. Nobody seems to do something about exhaust modification. This is big win with little effort. The logarithmic scale of DB hides how serious the issue is. A 95db modified exhaust cr
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by aljgz 3y ago
This. There are just too many ways to spoil a carefully planned experience.
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That's why having a choice matters. To me, In a rare movie/show that's well produced, I want to feel what the authors wanted, not to read it from the screen. A lot of the times, the experience has more layers than just being
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by aljgz 3y ago
As someone who rarely watch movies/series, I was paying ~100$/month worth of subscriptions until I cancelled most recently. Why? Content fragmentation is mentioned by everyone, but to me, the main problem was that I could never ge
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There are actual benefits to a product like Supabase being opensource, some are: 1- Peace of mind. You might not choose to host it now, but you have one more way out, if you don't like their service (of course they also should provide
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by aljgz 3y ago
Is there any tool to make animated diagrams by declaring them in code?
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Staying consistent matters. Once I joined a new team and my first task was to take care of a large code reformat everyone was afraid of taking over. I had done a similar thing many times, a super easy thing once you know git and are focused
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The growth mindset is incredible for expanding when your product is in its early ages. But there should be a "sustain" mindset at some point. First you push to grow the market, or your market share. When returns on your efforts be
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Nice. Added to my google calendar by subscribing to: 9t07jqib63if4kecndchr1nk74@group.calendar.google.com
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I just had my unexpectedly smoothest OS major version upgrade. My desktop is a tricky machine, set up by myself, with all the usual troublemakers: Nvidia 4090, External Audio interface, multiple monitors, many different development, gaming
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Tell HN: I just had my unexpectedly smoothest OS major version upgrade
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> Graphics-intensive games like Myst have incredibly realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections, thanks to the next-generation GPU of M3. I'm just out of words for this.
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I'm using a Framework laptop since November 2021, as my everyday laptop. I don't treat my laptop with too much care. It has been working really well. I also have an M1 MBP, and an xps 13. They both feel more solid, but I don'
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by aljgz 3y ago
Placebo effect, maybe?
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Could America’s economy escape recession?(economist.com)
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Ton 618, 40B solar mass(en.wikipedia.org)
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by aljgz 4y ago
Nasta`liq is a fabulous calligraphic style. Artists have perfected it and they sometimes make illustrations like [0]. This translates to: "I wish for such a dance in the center of the ring". This is a second part of a verse from R
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by aljgz 4y ago
I set an email address in my profile. Please send me a message. We can find a better means of communication.
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Thanks
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Hello, I'm a software engineer in Vancouver, Canada, looking for cofounder(s) and ideas. I'm working with my friend in Germany on choosing something to work on. He is more focused on marketing. Please let me know if you are intere
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by aljgz 4y ago
Physics for future presidents by Richard Muller of UC belt Berkley.
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People don't know how brutal oppression can be. Go and read what's happening now in Iran. Random people are being killed in streets. Teenager girls are kidnapped and then when they're released many days later they're rap
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Evidence found that man was not the first being to master fire(cbsnews.com)
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CBS: "A momentous discovery in South Africa has the potential to turn our understanding of human history on its head. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta speaks with paleoanthologist Lee Berger, who has found evidence that a pre-human
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by aljgz 4y ago
I've been a Windows user from Win98 until Win10, until I finally migrated to Linux and had to use mac for some time as well. The good, bad and ugly of windows: The good: - It works out of box in many more cases than Linux. Mac is, of c
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by aljgz 4y ago
Designing your life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. How applying the principles of design thinking to our life can help us have a better life.
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A math prof had a brilliant blog and one of the subjects he covered was Gödel's incomepleteness theorems. I really loved his style (and his wife's illustrations). Too bad he stopped posting. https://infinityplusonemath.
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by aljgz 4y ago
> is there some sort of special license or permission required to get access to computing resources Mostly not. Censorship works by elimination, not by requiring initial permission. The main exception is internet access to blocked servic

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