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by comprev 2y ago
Das Keyboard for me too. I have two UK layout keyboards, one for the office and one for home. The lack of RGB lights was a huge plus point!
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by comprev 2y ago
DevOps is _all about communication_ (simply cannot emphasise this enough!) and is not a great fit for those who might struggle in this area. "Clients" can be outside the company or simply internal customers (your colleagues).
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by comprev 2y ago
I can't remember the last time I saw an ad on YouTube. Firefox + uBlock Origin are a great combination.
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by comprev 2y ago
The randomisation feature of iOS was apparently not working for a long time despite Apple marketing otherwise [0] [0] https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/iphone-privacy-feat...
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by comprev 3y ago
Interesting to see this pop up on HN. I once did some work with a large international data broker who had recently acquired a company which specialised on aerial photography and ML for identifying potential insurance risks. I'm an inf
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by comprev 3y ago
Three screens - one internal, two external - is possible on Macbook Air M through DisplayPort adapters. While Apple say it's not officially supported it does work. My work setup is 2x 24" + laptop on the side.
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by comprev 3y ago
Fastmail or Proton Mail. I use the former for personal and latter for business.
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by comprev 3y ago
... it's rock music then? :)
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by comprev 3y ago
In my experience: Freelancer = revenue is mixed up in normal income and you pay the tax bill from your "personal" account. If a debt is incurred your house/assets are in the firing line. Some businesses won't touch fre
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by comprev 3y ago
Your comment about Co-Pilot really resonates with me as last week I easily squashed 5 days of "busy work" into 1. Much of my work involves infrastructure development (Terraform/Terragrunt, Python, Gitlab, Jenkins, Azure, etc
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by comprev 3y ago
Learn to compartmentalise and never cross contaminate. In a way my professional and personal lives are two different identities.
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by comprev 3y ago
My suggestion would be setting up a FreeBSD server via a Hetzner VPS. I'd argue it's more hands-on than Ubuntu and this is a positive thing.
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by comprev 3y ago
Thank you for a trip down memory lane :) Not seen that name in decades!
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by comprev 3y ago
All my bikes are steel because I've cracked & snapped numerous frames over the years from riding them too hard. During my racing years (2005-2015) at least one rider would crack their frame at each race weekend!
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by comprev 3y ago
Bandcamp might be what you're after. It's where I get 95% of digital music especially when bundled in with physical media.
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by comprev 3y ago
A Hackintosh was my entry point to the Apple ecosystem and I'm still here 15yrs later both at home and at work.
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by comprev 3y ago
Lenovo T580 i7/32GB/512GB with Ubuntu 2204. Nice size, great keyboard and everything "just works".
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by comprev 3y ago
Dammit how did I miss her!? She got handed the poisoned chalice by Cameron...
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by comprev 3y ago
In some instances the role becomes much harder instead of easier - for example Margaret Thatcher (love her or loathe her!) demonstrated a woman can hold powerful positions in a traditionally male-dominated environment. Liz Truss then took t
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by comprev 3y ago
If only Docker used a Sperm Whale as their mascot….
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by comprev 3y ago
I remember reading about a large tech company who used torrents to distribute new releases internally.
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by comprev 3y ago
Depending on your budget I recently picked up a refurbished Thinkpad T580 with i7 / 32GB / 512GB for under €500. My first thinkpad and so far very impressed...
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by comprev 3y ago
Out of habit I power down computers I don't use any more. Every workday my M2 MBAir work laptop is booted from cold and shut down after work. Personal MBAir 2017 is the same. Even my TV and XboxSX get properly powered down when not i
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by comprev 3y ago
I always prefix commit messages with the relevant ticket number and write what the change _will_ do. I also use a few verbs: add, del, fix e.g. "PROJ-1234 add: new dependencies section in README. fix: typo in SECURITY"
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by comprev 3y ago
Maybe because they have the budget to poach other Bay Area engineers?
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by comprev 3y ago
Arch users might be the exception to the rule here /s
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by comprev 3y ago
Similar situation for me - 2015 13" MBA - but it's myself I need to justify the expense.... the old MBA does everything I ask...
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by comprev 3y ago
Likely Apple will stick to their usual support cycle of "Current minus N" and eventually x86 will be dropped
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by comprev 3y ago
Of approx 5,000 employees there are less than 20 Macs at my workplace. We're a Dell/Windows shop with Ubuntu as a popular option for devs. Outside of the tech departments staff usually get generic corporate hardware for light des
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by comprev 3y ago
Compile a list of very low hanging fruit - tasks which might take a few minutes each. For example things like code linting, formatting or generating docs. 20mins is plenty of time to execute "housekeeping" tasks related to buildi

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