brightball

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   by brightball 4y ago

   That alone is worth switching. Guess it's finally time to make the move.
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   by brightball 4y ago

   Yes. I needed perspective. I took night classes to get my real estate license and was planning to change careers. Seemed like a good idea. After going through the training, getting the license, seeing how brokerages worked and what was invo
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   by brightball 4y ago

   Signing bonuses though? Here's an extra 5-10% of your first year's salary (optional) if you commit to hanging around for 2 years. I don't see the asymmetry there?
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   by brightball 4y ago

   Just as another perspective here: I've also seen employees fighting to avoid paying back optional signing bonus that were given under the condition of staying for a couple of years...not attached to training at all. It's difficult
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   by brightball 4y ago

   I think contact sports in general help people to develop fortitude. Lacrosse, hockey, football, rugby, etc. It’s a difference from just developing a skill in terms of mentality. Within a single sport I’ve always found the offensive line pos
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   by brightball 4y ago

   Yubikeys are so much faster than other 2FA options. Just a quick tap. All of the flavors of "type in this code from your app or that we texted you" are a huge pain by comparison.
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   by brightball 4y ago

   > clearly there is no causal relationship between lacrosse and job performance IMO it could have an effect on "soft skills". Learning to have an authority push you to beyond your known limits. Working and training within a team
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   by brightball 4y ago

   You know, I thought the same thing. Then I encountered 3 over the last month at 2 different companies I consult with. Stuff is weird right now.
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   by brightball 4y ago

   Depends on the job. There’s a growing trend of people getting remote jobs then just hanging out in Slack/Zoom (camera off, never talking) collecting a check til they get fired. In some cases they’ll outsource some work overseas.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Exactly. You kept people employed and on their employers insurance, benefits, etc. You let businesses try to remain as operational as possible during the shut down. The alternative was going to be mass layoffs, unemployment and medicaid&#x2
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Congratulations on the 1.0. Just installed it and everything works great. Obsidian has been a core part of how I go about my day to day ever since I installed it a few months ago. Using it in conjunction with my Dropbox account has been a s
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    by brightball 4y ago

    As a consultant, I am my employer. :)
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    by brightball 4y ago

    My natural state is to become highly emotionally invested in the success of companies I work for. I struggled with this, especially when I was prevented from fixing issues that were really hurting the companies. Everything from going throug
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    by brightball 4y ago

    There’s a video documentary somewhere about a big one in NJ I believe. There’s a company in Canada that specializes in making them too.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Stuff like this is why I want to see more of the plasma incinerators that generate power by burning trash.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Why would this need to be government run?
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    by brightball 4y ago

    This has been my experience as well. Google Docs have a premium collaboration experience.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    You say that, but stories like this will just mean US companies hire fewer Dutch remotes. I’ve already seen it happen, after legal claims using “lines of code” to assert ownership of the code base.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    I’m curious about facilities like the one in NJ that produce power by burning trash. I wonder how viable they would be on a larger scale.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Wrote extensively about this a few years back and it generated a great discussion here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17154355
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    by brightball 4y ago

    I try to get my kids interested in math by showing them how it can help win games. When we see those “guess how many jellybeans” contests, I let them guess and then show them how to work out the formula for volume of the container. I once m
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Didn’t the Citus columnar get rolled into the main Citus extension?
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    by brightball 4y ago

    There’s an entire satire site that categorizes parody articles they wrote which later became reality.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Off hand, it sounds like you're good at trying new things and handling a lot of variety in your work.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    There’s nothing quite like college football in the US. :) https://youtu.be/5py2Ue7LFGY
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    by brightball 4y ago

    The real scenario is the family trip. 4-5 people in a vehicle loaded with luggage or other gear. People driving to beaches during the summer. People going to Disney. People travelling to ports to go on a cruise.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    This problem specifically is why I keep an eye on the Graphene Aluminum Ion battery technology coming from Graphene Manufacturing Group. Graphene has seemed to be the key to rapid charging while maintaining temperatures for over a decade. T
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    by brightball 4y ago

    From what I remember, anytime the price is consistently over $3 / gallon the Canadian oil sands become cost effective.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Agreed. You just have to have a place for them to charge while they're stationary. I don't know if that's realistic or not.
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    by brightball 4y ago

    Just using a drive to Clemson, SC as an example: Charleston, SC (240 miles, 580 round trip) Florence, SC (210 miles, 520 rt) Columbia, SC (132 miles, 262 rt) Charlotte, NC (134 miles, 268 rt) Atlanta, GA (121 miles, 242 rt) People come fro