bbertelsen

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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Actually we do. They are usually called consultants and have _sold_ a company on their ability to do so.
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
A sales person making $600k probably has a base salary of $50-100 the rest is all commission. Sales can be a grueling slog that requires wit, emotional intelligence and significant research into your target. It's both strategic and tac
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Can you describe one or more use cases?
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
You will get less captchas if you use their socks proxy. https://mullvad.net/en/help/socks5-proxy/
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Everyone has a lot of jobs. We are parents, spouses/partners, employees, and friends. One job that people often ignore is that of self-care. It's another job and you sometimes have to treat it that way. What work do you perform wi
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Are there any OMSCS students lurking that can share their opinions? (I'm a prospective and would love to hear it).
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
It's never too late! Ever. Keep learning.
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
I was reviewing my Steam library recently and thought to myself. How would I access these games without Steam? What happens when I die? Can I sell my Steam library? I realized I don't own anything other than a temporary license to use
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
If you're following Google's SRE all of your infrastructure should be pretty easy to replicate with a sample of production data. You can try to crash it in calorimetry to your heart's content, away from production systems. Yo
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Even if they did lose weight, it would be challenging to differentiate this from the insane calorie pull that happens to your body while breastfeeding.
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Make it part of the onboarding process! Fresh eyes are critical in a way you haven't been in ages - it also doubles as a way to initiate new hires into your processes. If there's a problem - they might even notice it and learn som
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Was that irony intentional?
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
https://github.com/pop-os/shell for the unaware!
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
PopOS needs an honorable mention here for the work it's done with pop shell for linux desktop. PopOS has been my daily driver for 3 years, pop shell is icing on the cake. Nvidia drivers baked in too!
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by bbertelsen 4y ago
Agree, 100%. I was about to comment that this must be a jest - but aiming for controversy is surely the more accurate interpretation.
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
Learn a new language! Be fearless when speaking it even when you know you're wrong. The results are humbling often hilarious and get you accustomed to frequent failure. This is also a good approach for people who are socially awkward o
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
There is no skill on this earth that we can't become proficient in with practice. Stop thinking about interpersonal interactions as if they are some "innate" class of knowledge, they aren't! Drawing, painting, carpentry,
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
Quote: "You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach". Lesson: There are some things you can't change. Quote: "There is no secret ingredient" Lesson: It's just you, keep grinding!
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
I like the concept of a monorepo, but have found it challenging to implement because most developers are only responsible for their part - and there is often a big productivity benefit to keeping them narrowly focused. One trick, has been t
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
It takes some getting used to. There are some rough edges, mainly with the UI and figuring out where things are hidden behind deep menus. Calendar sharing is not as straightforward. Otherwise it's been a good experience so far. I have
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
rclone is wonderful. Really excellent software. Thank you for that!
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
The initial charges against the journalist could have been subterfuge to divert media culpability over recently acquired oversight privileges. I'm not suggesting that teachers aren't tech literate but perhaps there are some that w
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
Jellyfin + tailscale. Easy mode.
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
I love this approach. I think looking at the FAQ for a programming language's tag is also an amazing way to dive into a programming language. Lots of detail, different approaches and people discussing best practices on even the simples
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
If you're giving soul-crushing feedback and not enjoying it like the OP, one problem could be that perhaps you're not providing the developer with enough detail on the task at hand. Communication isn't easy. I have been mento
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
One really cool thing in the analytics space is the adoption of columnar data stores. PostgreSQL and MySQL don't do this. (If they can please correct me!). This is for embedded loads, situations where you might use SQLite, there are no
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
I was involved in a massive study (n=40k) of Canadians related to financial matters. In Canada, just over 50% receive financial advice from a financial professional (advisor, accountant, etc). However, a mere 40% of those receiving advice (
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
In the notes field: Notable, Joplin, and recently been looking a lot at Dendron which has tight integration with vscode. Notable/Jopline are standalone apps. The promise of Geary never really materialized. I think they tried to get fun
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
Apologies for off-topic: Does anyone recognize the blog platform/theme being used?
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by bbertelsen 5y ago
EMBRACE PARQUET.

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