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by bbarn 9y ago
Most engineers I know welcome dissenting opinions - especially those based on facts. If I wrote the code that issued tickets, and someone pointed out a math problem, I would thank that person and get it fixed. This has NOTHING to do with e
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by bbarn 9y ago
No, but in smaller groups, it's been a tool to get things organized for teams, then big ERP rollouts happen and managers start saying "stop using trello, use this instead".
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by bbarn 9y ago
Trello. In the last few jobs I've had there's almost always been a developer who has their own personal to do list on a trello board, even if we had robust tracking systems like jira and rally.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Swiss army knife is a good analogy. Sure, it does lots of things, but if you want to do really big work, you'll probably want a chef's knife, or a saw, or a pair of scissors, not miniature versions of each designed to fit in a sm
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by bbarn 9y ago
CSO/CISOs are basically there to be the fall person in the case of a data breach. Your job is basically to implement process and policy to the point of nearly breaking productivity, then get fired when that wasn't enough.
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by bbarn 9y ago
It's about half the cost of the cheapest flight I could find to SFO from ORD. Personally, I wouldn't do it - I'm just saying greyhound seems like an even worse choice than a train.
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by bbarn 9y ago
I don't know how Greyhound is still relevant. Most of the time you can get comparable if not cheaper tickets on Amtrak, and it's an order of magnitude better experience than a greyhound bus. I just did a sample from Chicago to S
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by bbarn 9y ago
Heaven forbid we don't protect our trillion dollar insurance racket.
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by bbarn 9y ago
The article states that those with inability to pay were able to get their licenses back by entering into a payment arrangement. This is targeted at negligent non-payers, not people unable to pay.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Yes, student loans are a disaster in this country, but of all things.. nursing is used as the example here? Nursing is one of the easier ways to get value out of an education. A fresh graduate with a 4 year BSN can make ~70K to start, and
551.
by bbarn 9y ago
I don't disagree, the original question was how to vet an API though, and I think it's a valid thing to look for.
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by bbarn 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Why does anyone not read the first paragraph before asking this question every time they see a link they don't care about? Short answer? Because other people on this si
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by bbarn 9y ago
That's only if all calls are isolated to simply modifying state of objects, and not causing events. For example, if doing a PUT on a user to change their email kicks off an email to verify the account, then it's not idempotent in
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by bbarn 9y ago
I sat down with my daughter and very clearly explained why college for her was a bad idea. Her grades and ACT scores weren't good enough to get into lucrative fields, so I suggested she join the military with a specialization that ope
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by bbarn 9y ago
https://wccftech.com/destiny-2-ahead-predecessor-activision/ Self confessed D1 junkie, currently one of the legion of "meh" induced D2 players that gave it up quickly. Put a bit of time into Warframe too. Fr
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by bbarn 9y ago
When I was in the military, between boot camp and going to our first school, we were en masse "volunteered" to be patients in a mass casualty drill at a hospital in Chicago. I'm not sure if it was really worth the trouble.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Confluence is not worth using with Jira. It's true ability to shine is in how well the two can integrate. You can effectively have design doc driven project management with a few clicks and save a ton of duplication of effort between
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by bbarn 9y ago
Because the people buying it and driving up the price don't care about block chain or alternate economics or anything like that. It looks like stock that keeps going up. Plenty of people are buying it purely as an investment.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Can they though? Isn't part of your contract with your employer how difficult it is to get there? I wouldn't take an hour driving commute for my job now, but if you added 30k to my salary? I'd consider it.
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by bbarn 9y ago
No, it's not a willpower issue here. I bike to and from work 11 miles, and when I don't have a meeting at lunch, go to the gym. Otherwise, I'm actually productive probably 4 hours a day, tops. Most of my time is spent just
561.
by bbarn 9y ago
My biggest barrier to staying healthy isn't motivation or willpower, it's time. A lot of us waste a lot of time sitting in offices when more hours there don't make us more effective or productive at what we do. Give me some
562.
by bbarn 9y ago
I sold my 200 at 40. Something for nothing, right? /facepalm
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by bbarn 9y ago
I think you're going to see a lot of kids knocking them over for fun, at least at first.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Probably because it's the lowest common denominator across all states to follow codes. https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/us-retail-pric... A company the size of Walmart would need to employ many l
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by bbarn 9y ago
Good book, but a little on the repetitive side. It didn't do it for me, but I think that's because a lot of the points he makes are things I already thought of constantly.
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by bbarn 9y ago
No, but smokers are masters of justification and excuses. Almost all smokers talk about with each other is wanting to stop smoking, and how bad it is for them.
567.
by bbarn 9y ago
2 months of using an e-cig/vape box, with a graduated decline in nicotine percentage.
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by bbarn 9y ago
This is obviously my own anecdata, but up until about 2 years ago I smoked for close to 20 years. I've never once heard that B12 did anything to prevent cancer. No smoker I ever interacted with - and I interacted with thousands over
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by bbarn 9y ago
We user both Slack and Screenhero at work. This is not a move I'm looking forward to. Slack's Video/Audio issues are so many that we also still use webex for person to person video chats more often than not. I've been
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by bbarn 9y ago
I've raced bikes since I was a kid. I meet a ton of the "finish at all costs" people in endurance racing, but in anything from a criterium, to a 24h mtb race, the minute I'm not either A. doing well enough to place well

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