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by codemac 7y ago
They allow transfers from Google, rather than a full interview slate. My bet is transfers outweigh anything you're praising here.
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by codemac 7y ago
> Nuclear power is the only solution. How much energy storage do we need to not need nuclear? That seems to be an assumption you're making that I'm not actually familiar with.
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by codemac 7y ago
Are Napa, Atherton, and Malibu filled with environmentalists? I'm so confused by your reaction, are there specific housing policies that are focused on the environment that have had bigger effects than things like prop 13? or cities wi
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by codemac 7y ago
They might mean their website rather than iOS.
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by codemac 7y ago
One of my pet theories is that if you are building a software engineering product, you should never write your own tools. You can't sell them, and you'll just be learning lessons completely unrelated to your product. However; if y
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by codemac 7y ago
Completely agreed that buses need lots of love, especially in SF. However, Uber/Lyft exist, and this divide exists as we stand today. I really hope these are cheaper, and help us drive down the cost of transportation. Secondly, I'
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by codemac 7y ago
Yes, it felt like it was all to hide surge info from consumers. Surge pricing gives the consumer insight into when they're being charged more. Many consumers reluctantly will pay a high price, but will not pay an "inflated" p
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by codemac 7y ago
two pizza team = 8 ICs max reporting every 8 ICs + 1 manager = 9 every 8 managers = 1 director = 8 * 9 + 1 = 73 every 8 directors = 1 sr director = 8 * 73 + 1= 585 every 8 sr directors = 1 VP = 8 * 585 + 1 = 4681 every 8 VPs = 1 SVP = 8 * 4
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by codemac 7y ago
This is what I use org-mode for largely, but I do miss hand written notes for the flexibility and freedom. If anyone is linux/unix minded and has used an eink tablet for writing and loved it, please let me know!
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by codemac 7y ago
> If you can’t disconnect on the ground I don’t see why spending a few hundred bucks to fly to a distant destination should be your lifeline to disconnecting. A plane ride was never intended to provide you with this service. The same l
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by codemac 7y ago
Best reusable earplugs anyone? I've used the silicon moldable ones and the plastic ones that go in the earl canal - but they are not very re-usable, and when someone pops over to chat taking them in and out is a chore.
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by codemac 7y ago
62 is quite young :(
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by codemac 7y ago
> automobile-less since I can remember Sept 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/us/mackinac-pence-motorca...
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by codemac 7y ago
This was calculated by Cisco & Cybersecurity Ventures, who both directly profit from the fear generated by these figures. I do not trust these figures. This is marketing for CIO/CISO's to read so they make sure to add in vario
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by codemac 7y ago
Why was it a big improvement in the 1800's but not now? I don't understand this sentiment -- passing laws looks almost identical today, and I think congress was even more divided (e.g. just post civil war?). I've seen RR used
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by codemac 7y ago
The history of corporations were one wher we started by evaluating if the completed work of the corporation would help society. The government would have to explicitly charter them as a single individual in the eyes of the law. All other pr
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by codemac 7y ago
> Does anyone here actually use voice control commands in public (at a coffee shop, on the sidewalk) like the ads for this are suggesting? If so, does it feel awkward? Most people I know actually use them in the car frequently, but in
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by codemac 7y ago
Are we talking about Taleb or the Farnam Street guy?
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by codemac 7y ago
> it's more likely for your network to be down than for your disk to fail For most people, the network being down means they can't reach the disk. Buffering unsent logs via local disk or RAM is critical due to network flakine
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by codemac 7y ago
Also note that Doc Marten's are reasonably priced compared to many Vegan shoe/boot leather alternatives that are socially acceptable. If you have $500 to spend on boots, it's probably easy enough to find whatever you want. If
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by codemac 7y ago
As a huge proponent of org-mode I completely agree. Collaboration today via online tools is largely required in most jobs now. For personal TODOs, I still use SCHEDULED/DEADLINE in org-mode, but for anything via a calendar, Google Cal
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by codemac 7y ago
The "we" in the sentence is homo sapiens. Neanderthals and Denisovans were not the same species as us. > "Unlike Neanderthals and Denisovans, who had only two diploid copies, [homo sapiens] carry up to 20 copies of the AMY
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by codemac 7y ago
Not just "carbs", but refined carbs & sugar. If I binge on bananas, fruit, and veggies etc I feel stuffed too. In fact to the point where I lost ~30 lbs in 40 days because I couldn't eat enough calories. The "potato
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by codemac 7y ago
You know those are paid for and marketed by your local city's real estate industry, right?
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by codemac 7y ago
If you change the links to june 16th, you'll what they were trying to say: http://www.cammesa.com/uflujpot.nsf/FlujoW?OpenAgent&Flujo%2... http://www.cammesa.com/uflujpot.nsf/FlujoW?OpenAg
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by codemac 7y ago
Joey probably uses ikiwiki, I imagine.
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by codemac 7y ago
I'm surprised at the title. Microsoft only said the database was "unavailable" because someone left the company. Are there any citations or press releases of Microsoft saying it was deleted?
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by codemac 7y ago
"any organization that is not tech first" Then why do all the tech first companies keep getting hacked too?
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by codemac 7y ago
A dollar a minute == $60/hr Or around 120k/yr @ 40hr/wk over 50 weeks, pre-tax.
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by codemac 7y ago
Serious question: what are the substantial security considerations? I've been embedding websites in a tiddlywiki instance for todos as a test run, and I was surprised how much every website now tries to avoid/stop iframes due to t

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