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by brk 4y ago
I often tell my consulting clients that you are not paying for my by-the-hour efforts, but you are essentially leasing my 20+ years of experience and expertise. My hourly rates are frequently >$1,000/hr, but as you mentioned, that k
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by brk 4y ago
Technically yes, but when? I just retired an iPhone5 that we were using as a "house controller", streaming Pandora, home automation app, etc. I retired it not because the software stopped working but because the battery won'
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by brk 4y ago
I think that many times the people involved are not doing it strictly for the money, but because they feel their side is the one that should clearly be in charge.
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by brk 4y ago
My general mindset is that I survived just fine before apps and notifications were a thing. If they provide truly useful information, I'll use them. If they become spammy or start trying to prod me to drive more engagement I'll di
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by brk 4y ago
When the first Palm VII's came out ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_VII ) I wanted to see how responsive the wireless connectivity was before buying one. The local Staples store had a functional demo unit, but
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by brk 4y ago
No, there were tones that the phone sent for each coin value. IIRC they were fairly brief and somewhat "blippy", unlike the flat DTMF tones. Back in the day you could build a Red Box ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by brk 4y ago
> The governments purpose isn't to make money. The military, police, IRS, USPS, all serve different purposes, some of them make money, some don't. My point is that people are paying for these things today. If we are proposing m
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by brk 4y ago
How does socializing those costs really work? The US Government rarely, if ever, seems to be more efficient than the private market. Somehow those socialized things need to be paid for, where do the taxes come from in a way that does not af
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by brk 4y ago
I am not sure it is so easy to make direct comparisons to other countries. What country that has a similar population, economy, etc. are you referring to where increased social programs result in a net-better environment? Even more locally
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by brk 4y ago
To be clear, I am not saying it is the reason for sure, just that there are a lot more factors to this than the direct wage. Part of "lower wage taxes" would roll down to "less government support", which would theoretica
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by brk 4y ago
Or, employment taxes should be lower. This is really a very complex problem and equation. There is also the question of "worker exploitation" in the sense of "is it reasonable to assume a McDonalds cashier should earn enough
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by brk 4y ago
IMO, having actually worked in a factory (running IT at a Ford plant), I think it makes a huge difference. There was always some amount of friction between salary and hourly workers, but a lot of it went both ways. The salaried workers had
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by brk 4y ago
Glad I'm not the only one. Got down to 20 possible words, but could not think of any that were valid choices given the letter/position constraints I had gotten to.
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by brk 4y ago
No affiliation with these guys, but if you're looking for a good Ethernet/PoE ESP32 board, I've been liking these: https://wesp32.com/
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by brk 4y ago
Of course you can , but not everybody wants to. Right now my desk is littered with ESP32 modules, small breadboards and random electronics related to a few projects I am working on. I could build a keyboard nearly from scratch - I have a C
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by brk 4y ago
So like 1/20th of a cubic fathom?
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by brk 4y ago
What I really want is both, a larger phone (for me happens to be iPhone) for "most of the time" and a smaller phone for occasional use. I want them to have the same phone number and keep data in sync, basically like two extensions
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by brk 4y ago
Sure, there are some movies we like to re-watch, but my point is that they all fit in a relatively small amount of space, a portable SSD for example. My costs to keep them available are almost nil. Much different than storing a local cop
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by brk 4y ago
I'm guessing you may be a bit older than the average demographic here, from a time when owning movies was expensive and thus the content was implied as being very exclusive and valuable. In others, I have seen this lead to the digital
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by brk 4y ago
Our house, built in 2004, has one. We’ve never used it. The closet that has the vacuum in it also has some other equipment and is a bit of an IDF for my home network. Strongly considering removing the vacuum unit entirely and using the duct
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by brk 4y ago
Without knowing details of the severance, non-compete clauses, etc., it is hard to read too much into this. It could be a giant favor, or a giant kick in the balls.
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by brk 4y ago
Most indoor gunshot detection systems use dedicated hardware, with the microphone going into an on-board audio analysis circuit. They generally cannot be used for ambient listening.
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by brk 4y ago
Most CCTV cameras used in professional installations do not have any kind of on-board microphone. Many have an audio input option for an external mic, but it is very rarely used.
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by brk 4y ago
This goes against everything I learned in ECON101.
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by brk 4y ago
It's a thing, yes, but I think the novelty of it makes it get more attention than deserved. IME it is by no means common, or the sort of thing you would expect to come across, but it does occur.
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by brk 4y ago
I think you mean a moo point? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwYpSCrlHU
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by brk 4y ago
It looks like you can add to an existing conversation, there is a link on the right-side.
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by brk 4y ago
I used to use Copilot and it worked well. While I moved out of a function needing this kind of service, I am surprised it is shutting down. IMO the leading product in this space (TeamViewer) is such a customer-hostile product that I would
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by brk 4y ago
I dropped out of college in the early 90s when many of the CS programs were teaching dated material. It was the best decision of my life, no way I'd be where I am if I had waited to graduate before getting started into a career. IMO, c
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by brk 4y ago
I've been wanting to explore doing tattoos to express my creativity, if you're ever in the Tampa area, stop by and I'll take you up on that!

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