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by astockwell 3y ago
When you say “He told me which tool I could use”, did you mean the doctor told you, or was that a typo and you meant that ChatGPT told you which tool and walked you through it? Seemed like the latter, but was too ambiguous to assume.
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by astockwell 3y ago
Sadly, humans would remain the weakest link (in terms of PWNing defenses).
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by astockwell 3y ago
Barrier to entry/market penetration meets the 10+ year amortization schedules of six/seven/eight figure machinery.
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by astockwell 3y ago
One suggestion: Give it time. Many (myself included) are “slow boils”. Probably every manager I’ve ever had was kicking themselves for hiring me 6 months in, but past the 12 month mark and things have turned a corner. Anecdotal for sure, bu
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by astockwell 3y ago
My years on this blue ball have repeatedly taught me that technical solutions meant to "correct" human interpersonal problems don't usually work out how they're intended. They initially _work_, but humans rebel against t
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by astockwell 4y ago
Indeed, SWEs often glaze over Ops, Analyst, and PM roles, but those usually (broadly-speaking) have a lower qualifications bar than SWE, and pay much, much better than McDonalds. Plus it gets you in the door somewhere to start hacking on so
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by astockwell 4y ago
This doubly bears repeating: within the grace period for COBRA enrollment (for me, it was 60 days, but check with your (former) employer's HR ppl; they will still talk to you regardless of your now-non-employee status), you can even br
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by astockwell 4y ago
And that is OK, as long as you recognize your position of extreme privilege there.
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by astockwell 4y ago
How often is your fast food order 100% correct?
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by astockwell 4y ago
If they are accurate for ~80% of the questions, they will be as accurate as any 1st or 2nd line help desk.
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by astockwell 4y ago
By inferior, do you mean you’ve switched to a different “brand”? Or to a generic from a “label”, or..?
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by astockwell 4y ago
I got this message this morning as well. Dropbox, like gmail, has been a service I've used for (feels like) 10+ years, and it's served me well enough to both PAY FOR IT, and ignore the warts (nagging me to use it for pics, passwor
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by astockwell 4y ago
Golang does this with hashmaps, it deliberately randomizes the keys’ order so that you can never depend on it. People hated it for a few months, but now it’s just another known idiom.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Ah, no wonder there's no common daily uses of it yet.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Can you elaborate more on your process, and the venue/focus of the writing?
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by astockwell 4y ago
I recommend considering unusual "investments" like solar panelling your roof: if it costs you $25k outright, but saves you $150/mo 4eva, that's a 7% ROI, better than a lot of more risky investments. Then if you convert y
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by astockwell 4y ago
What an absolutely asinine situation. Attention all companies: don’t be at all surprised when your employees give fewer and fewer shits about you, your goals, and loyalty to any of it.
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by astockwell 4y ago
SFO is commonly a shorthand for San Francisco, LA for Los Angeles, SD for San Diego.
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by astockwell 4y ago
That’s the secret. More employers would benefit from recognizing it.
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by astockwell 4y ago
This is the first example I’ve seen of truly what distributed automation can do. Once the “network” reaches a critical mass of participation (think of early Facebook), it becomes exponentially more valuable. This is the true promise of thin
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by astockwell 4y ago
Very interesting to see all these CEOs delivering very similar messages to their employees with VERY different tones (Shopify, Klarna). Definitely making some notes for future employment choices.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Anyone who wishes for a civil war has never seen war, full stop.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Don't Look Up ;)
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by astockwell 4y ago
The one I have used is https://github.com/anchore/syft
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by astockwell 4y ago
With no sources, and only a second-hand anecdote, I’ve heard that fasting from anywhere between 3-7 days can have some crazy effects on sleep (apparently you have tons of energy at odd times, ketones, etc etc). Anyway, might be worth a shot
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by astockwell 4y ago
“Prove you had a miscarriage“ Shudders Sounds a lot like “if she floats she’s a witch”
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by astockwell 4y ago
This. Both sides of the political spectrum are somewhat correct in their "arguments", but for the wrong reasons. Gas and water (re: the water issues rampant throughout the southwest USA) are two heavily subsidized utilities that t
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by astockwell 4y ago
To believe that there is a single, easily-distillable "reason" to a very complex, country-wide (or wider) economic concern, should be an indicator to re-examine one's own depth of understanding on said issue.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Nope. Barriers to entry in the market (securing capital for initial expenditures, rising rents, rising malpractice liabilities) will make providers take positions at the PE-owned practices. Monopolization works in both directions.
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by astockwell 4y ago
Unfortunately the public within the states that benefit most from federal spending are constantly told the opposite by their leaders. Similar situation with water rights, and several other tragedies of the commons.

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