dingusthemingus

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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I use the cheap new motorola models, currently motorola 2020 model e, Motorola usually has a model they market as the "best cheap android" phone, usually runs for about $100-$200 dollars. They arent very repairable in design, but
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I assume Canada job circumstances would differ slightly than US, also less opportunities i assume so i agree your plan of looking at US makes sense, Just a note, in the US, my understanding is most companies are not planning on offshoring m
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Il just assume you are in the US market. Sounds like you need some guidance on the interview process, you might be applying to the wrong type of jobs, you might want to be more selective/directed with your approach/goals. Maybe yo
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Not sure if youve seen this: https://madewithwebassembly.com/
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
A big part of it ia genetically being predisposed to it. I read a few horror stories of people that get them every 6 months, or people that get surgeries and the surgeries fail to fix issues, But glad to hear you havnt had issues since 30 y
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I had an issue like a year ago, luckily all is well now. I got a pilonatal cyst which is gross (dont google images of it) but it is a relativly common tailbone ailment caused by sitting to much and just being predisposed to it. Its also cal
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I dont really think of my higher up colleagues as smart or dumb, i think that some of them have relevant experience and some dont really, and different managers have different personalities which is what impacts trying to work together to s
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I like the new motorolas, i have a moto e, <200$ off amazon, they are almost always running heavy promotions and have models for 200$ with decent performance, some are designed so you cant take the battery out which is frustrating but yo
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Wikis often get cited in political debates with USA friends, i also think most of the political related subjects are consistently left leaning much like academic thought leaders. But for non-political subjects, wiki is still great IMO.
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Merchandise.. (stickers, coffee mugs...) Selling coupons to devs for money from merchants would be cool...
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Yea this sounded pretty strange to me, Im aware sedation slows breathing down, so some oxygen can be saved if human attached to tank is not hyperventilating for hours, Pretty crazy the kids were sedated and hands bound and feet tied!
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I think if you are going to start as a software dev in a role where you wont be interacting with management or clients, your stellar business experience wont be utilized, and you would be downgrading your career tragectory, If you are able
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I was at a bank/credit card company as a software dev, we were always just warned about it being a cluster fuck for business people that have to make a lot of excel reports due to those kind of issues. From my perspective, if a clien
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I dont think anyone likes the fact that US minimum wage is so low. Seeimg the higher wage offers has been pleasant, but not being able to go in restaurants because they have been unable to hire enough staff hasnt been. Mcdonalds + Amazon wo
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Fed govt set aside cash during covid pandemic to give extra funds to people on unemployment. At the beginning of the pandemic all the states particapated, but not anymore. Critics have accused the fed govt of irresponsibly rolling this out
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I feel like every company is like this, keep slack and gchat open at my work...
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Nice
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I had two bad hotel stays in big US cities during peak covid pandemic, 2 hotels in DC had taken in people who needed housing so smoking could be smelled in the building, cleaning crews were not running at full capacity, bars/restaurant
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
My buddy buys broken Iphones/screens and sells them to China where all the underlying parts are stripped and used for repairing Iphones. This is legitamite not shady at all. Ships hundreds at a time. A lof of the parts used for repair
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Im in a similar boat, most things are free to learn online unless you want to buy textbooks, so the only thing left is certificates and learning courses with teachers. Not sure i want to commit my free time studying for those things. I told
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
I was a subpar non-engineering student at college, never exceleed in any academic pursuit. Didnt know what i wanted to do with my life for career, ended up wasting 4 years of my life working dead end jobs, then transitioned into software en
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by dingusthemingus 5y ago
Roland Fryer mentioned this a while ago while discussing his paper on racial dispartiies in police use of force last year in a YT interview, he predicted an increase of felonies (100k's of felonies including 60k additional shootings i
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
We do have the ability to do sql db dumps but usually dont as that would be pretty time consuming i assume, if i am about to do something that could potentially screw up dev environment db, i would just tell my manager and lead dev of the s
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
I think watching youtube videos together on the black plague, polio, measles, or 1918 flu epidemic would be a good place to start while having a rational discussion throughout watching. I think its also important to educate/comprimise
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
Im a software dev at a big non profit, pretty chill, learning a lot, low stress, mix of old and new tech, freedom to ask for more or less work/what type of projects i want to work on, deployments are biweekly at normal times (not like
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
As someone who never really spent the time to learn Excel or Sheets, ive found when I have to do something more complicated then importing a CSV in either system, Sheets is usually easier to do than Excel. Usually though, before im able to
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
yea it sounds like a reasonable IT person at Parler would suggest preparing for getting booted off these big tools (aws, twilio, etc.) considering Parler sounds like exactly the type of product that would get kicked off these services. One
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
Im an employee at a company (400 employees US) has an article in internal homepage suggesting all employees do, executives do it, most employees dont though
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
Wiki says Parler is a team of 30 people, So realistically, does that mean like 10 devs running a social network with 5-10 million users? I imagine its pretty ceazy there right now after getting booted off AWS, google just banned u off play
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by dingusthemingus 6y ago
In regards to struggling to get interviews, Look for devs who have the job you want, start talking to them asking for advice, ask them for advice on what to learn next, ask them to look over a personal project of yours for advice, i would a

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