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by dalyons 4y ago
i mean, sort of? There is some subtly lost in this oft-repeated advice. i've worked at 3 companies now that were initially based on a single RDBMS but have outgrown the scale of what is reasonable to serve off that architecture. They a
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by dalyons 4y ago
this is an interesting take. why do you say that?
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by dalyons 4y ago
Yes and no - the incoming ban will force investment in downmarket EVs, helping make them cheap. If it works as planned then it won’t actually need to be enforced by the time the clock runs out, because EVs will be better all round. Funny li
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by dalyons 4y ago
Well said. You can browse through the replies in the threads on this post, and see where all the cost questions go unanswered. Cost and the basic economics of trying to run a really expensive power source at a fixed high price over 40+ yea
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by dalyons 4y ago
They will become cheap though. As manufacturers move downmarket and the used Ev market grows. Maybe even cheaper than gas in the end - simpler, more reliable etc
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by dalyons 4y ago
Long distance and refueling will be solved by 2035. They’re close now. I’m will to bet all new gas cars are going to be internet connect too, it’s already heading that way, and has little to do with EVs
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by dalyons 4y ago
They don’t want WFH taken away from them, the dog is just an excuse. I don’t blame them - employers reasons for forcing people back are typically equally as weak excuses.
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by dalyons 4y ago
yeah, its sort of the unintended down side of pay equity / transparency movements. Very little room for discretion anymore, gotta be "in band". For better or for worse. I think its mostly for the better, but yeah thats the wa
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by dalyons 4y ago
Hybrids are ok transitionally, but will ultimately disappear due to charging infra becoming ubiquitous and because hybrids will end up being a lot more expensive to build than a pure EV.
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by dalyons 4y ago
Yeah that’s what I was trying to say: > It doesn't seem worth it to me - if you are actually doing BadThings and your account gets closed, i'm sure you know why. Hiding the reason is such a woefully small inconvenience for actu
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by dalyons 4y ago
This is such a tired repeated take. More EVs == more demand for charging stations == lots of businesses and tech rising to fill the charging needs, to make money. It will solve itself, it’s basic market forces.
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by dalyons 4y ago
well im comparing it to a natively distributed database, like for eg dynamoDB. I've worked with truly massive dynamodb "instances" and you really dont have to do much, they arent fragile, they just work. I don't necessa
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by dalyons 4y ago
disclaimer - work for a fintech. Buried in the article is this really important point: > The SARs are largely kept under wraps. Customer service representatives might not know if such a report was filed (or anything about its contents),
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by dalyons 4y ago
It can still be an obsolete practice even if some continue to choose to do it.
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by dalyons 4y ago
Or just change to user_uuid (or similar non int pk)
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by dalyons 4y ago
Yes and no - I think people also underestimate how miserable running a single giant RDBMS can be. Everything gets hard and dangerous - backup/restores, upgrades, online migrations & schema changes. Adding the wrong index can easily
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by dalyons 4y ago
This is why I want to see the data though, I’m not that interested in “feelings” or anecdotes at this stage of the industry-wide discussion :)
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by dalyons 4y ago
> a perennial problem with students in particular. is it? AFAIK kids these days need less storage than ever before, because everything's cloud based. No one has itunes libraries, its spotify/applemusic subscriptions. etc.
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by dalyons 4y ago
ok but that just re-asks the same question - if you remove the people-doing-nothing factor (by firing them) then what is the motivation for RTO?
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by dalyons 4y ago
That's frustrating though. Just put those folk on notice, fire them if they dont improve, or fire their managers if they cant fix the problem. baby, bathwater, etc.
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by dalyons 4y ago
i know that's the generic thing to say, and its not untrue. But in this specific case i am curious what went into this decision, as I still have some small respect for the builder focused culture he created at FB for at least the first
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by dalyons 4y ago
i really wish we could see some of the data that has made him change his mind so drastically.
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by dalyons 4y ago
great question. It was absolutely worth it for me, but let me give some extra context and explain what kind of role i work in now. background: - what i liked about management was leverage, and being able to influence strategy, etc more than
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by dalyons 4y ago
Very few people use SD cards these days, with the massive decline in camera usage.
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by dalyons 4y ago
im not sure if its that in tech - mostly people are pretty motivated. I think there's just more need for manager roles (HR stuff, 1/1s, communication, coordination, etc) than there exists willing talented candidates. So the bar ge
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by dalyons 4y ago
I agree and further - After ~20 or so years in tech (including being a manger myself for awhile) I would guess about 70% of EMs industry wide are your “seat warmers”. They’re not necessarily harmful or bad people, just kind of useless. Thes
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by dalyons 4y ago
Pretty much identical story in Australia - without remote everyone’s forced to live in crazy expensive Sydney and Melbourne.
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by dalyons 4y ago
i think they mean that because of the "subscription revenue" potential of forcing people onto their propriety OS GM will be able to sell the car at a discount. Not that carplay costs more in of itself.
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by dalyons 4y ago
yeah this move just guaranteed i will never buy a GM car from now on!
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by dalyons 4y ago
How is the hospital bill your responsibility in this situation? That’s crazy pants and just evil

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