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by cbanek 5y ago
I think one of the best things I've done is try a lot of different jobs. Wide experience on how different companies approach problems can really make you a super-generalist. It also keeps your tech fresh as you will learn lots of dif
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by cbanek 5y ago
Yeah, I'm just thinking about how many meetings were had about this.
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by cbanek 5y ago
Now I'm thinking telescope + QR code on the moon, who knows, maybe it'd be a set of lights that could generate QR codes
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by cbanek 5y ago
This just reminds me of the composer Soyo Oka, who did the music for some great games, like SimCity (SNES), SimCity (NES, unreleased), Super Mario Kart (SNES), Pilotwings (SNES), etc. She said that in making the SimCity music she wanted it
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by cbanek 5y ago
I'd suggest reading this: https://techinterviewhandbook.org/ This is a good general website that I think covers the various stages, including what happens once people actually want to interview you. Don't worry a
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by cbanek 5y ago
I don't know if I'd call it cheap, but more a great value. My Aeron chair. Had it for 7 years now, bought it new for about $1000. Best chair ever and has helped with a lot of posture problems.
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by cbanek 5y ago
As much as I hate child abuse (and I really do) I don't like the privacy aspects of this. I feel like this could also be troubling in that people who send you unsolicited images / emails / texts with pictures that might be d
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by cbanek 5y ago
As terrible and backward as this sounds, I wonder if who wants to take the spot next needs to clean up after the first person. Given the limited number of available slots for certain orbits like geosync, it might make sense to send somethi
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by cbanek 5y ago
I feel like we already had another mistake pass since radium which was leaded gasoline. But yeah, there will certainly be more.
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by cbanek 5y ago
As a woman who worked for Blizzard in the past, I have to say, I'm very disappointed. I'll just leave it at that.
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by cbanek 5y ago
> Epiphany Two happened a few months after they met, on June 27, 2003, almost six years to the day after Epiphany One. Johnston’s father had sent him $50 for his birthday. With it, he bought beer, pot, and cigarettes, and then threw hims
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by cbanek 5y ago
Totally agree here. Especially since a lot of the newer projectors and movies I think are digital formats. There's a local art theater here that is excellent that does a lot of older movies and movie marathons. But I think also gett
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by cbanek 5y ago
I don't have any ideas, people are complicated, but that's why there are therapists. Seriously, find a therapist. If you don't like the first one, keep trying. They are worth it to bounce ideas off of. And yes, I have a t
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by cbanek 5y ago
I've actually seen it more the other way - like they ask you what you want, and if you say, then they will be like okay how about 90% of that? I had one job offer where I absolutely nailed the interview and basically walked out with a
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by cbanek 5y ago
Totally agree with this one. And DoreenMichele I think you can totally do it, I love your writing and always notice your comments!
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by cbanek 5y ago
I think it depends if you also consider bad management to be a fire (it's more like a flamethrower though). But in that case, probably at least 50. In terms of tech fires, maybe 5? Although sometimes I get other people's fires.
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by cbanek 5y ago
OBS Studio (runs on linux, mac, windows) has the virtual webcam. This allows you to make your video output into a webcam device to hook up to any video software. Then you can do all the normal stuff like in OBS, like putting images on, ov
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by cbanek 5y ago
I really enjoy the end of the rant where he says he's been in the hospital for a number of hours in the middle of the night. It was a strange ending, but oddly fitting somehow.
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by cbanek 5y ago
Good audio is really important. It's hard to be taken seriously when they can't understand you. And good audio quality definitely gives you more presence and relatability. I feel like it's the modern equivalent of being wel
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by cbanek 5y ago
I think I saw this on Penn & Teller's Bullshit, or maybe some other show with them. There was a blind man using echolocation and the tongue clicking to ride a bicycle. It was so cool!
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by cbanek 5y ago
I got a new bed in a box from Helix. Honestly, quite surprised and happy with the purchase. Also got a lower bedframe with it. The other important thing is a sleep mask to cover eyes if you are sensitive to light coming through the windo
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by cbanek 5y ago
While it's almost more than two years now, get a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphones. I use them normally at home but they really shine when travelling on a plane. I didn't realize that most of the tiredness and stress from
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by cbanek 5y ago
I think what makes me the most crazy is this cult about being a founder. And it's all about the glitz, the glamour, the headshots, the "40 under 40" and all that. It's rarely about results, either business or social.
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by cbanek 6y ago
That buzz just makes me want to curl up into a bear suit.
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by cbanek 6y ago
I feel like this is a microcosm of tech and life in general. I always wonder how toxic people get so far, but then I see the path of destruction left in their wake, and I'm like, oh that's how. I think every job I've had ha
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by cbanek 6y ago
I really want to tell my company that the key to keeping me happy is our lack of communication, and I would know why they would jeopardize that by having me return to an office.
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by cbanek 6y ago
I can only think of The Office: "It doesn’t take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn’t have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would
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by cbanek 6y ago
I use the virtual camera on linux daily. No problem. But I had to install later packages that weren't on apt.
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by cbanek 6y ago
While you're probably right, I always find it oddly weird sometimes how logical these things can be. Like copying tattoos and mannerisms. On one hand, it doesn't make sense to pretend to be someone else, but if you look past tha
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by cbanek 6y ago
Well they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (that mediocrity can pay to greatness). I wonder what this imposter thinks every time he looks down at the tattoos on his hands that will remind him of what he's done for quite

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