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by efsavage 1y ago
I'm on the other of the spectrum apparently, I'm annoyed that I even have to carry a key/fob. I'd rather have a fingerprint sensor or something, with the key as a backup (i.e. when I let some borrow it). I also have a s
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by efsavage 1y ago
The higher up the food chain you can go the more effective this is. Someone who thinks that negotiating is part of their job and/or persona is more willing to call the place they think they can get a deal on rather than the fixed pric
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by efsavage 1y ago
The tone here isn't great but parent is more correct than not. This is why large companies don't use freebie services. They vet companies and partners, sign enterprise deals with support, SLAs, penalties, insurance, even bonds i
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by efsavage 1y ago
Basically the difference between sympathy and empathy. You can validate someone's feelings by simply acknowledging them (sympathy, "I'm sorry you feel upset about that, how can I help?"), or you can participate in that
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by efsavage 2y ago
I agree with you, but that's a hard sell to many people. There's been a large amount of social conditioning over the past few generations in America that says that if even a tiny slice of the population would abuse a program, that
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by efsavage 2y ago
I'm not sure selective is the right word, there were just far fewer choices. A typical record store would have O(thousands) of different titles, whereas spotify has over 100 million. Obviously much of that is trash, but it's sti
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by efsavage 2y ago
> effectively reducing income for artists. Does it though? Revenues are off their 90s peaks, but coming back[1], and keep in mind that in the 90s a _huge_ portion (~50%) of that went to the retail store and physical media manufacturing
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by efsavage 2y ago
For me the line between a small and medium business is if you have HR.
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by efsavage 2y ago
> I never saw a kid that can't ride this instantly. As a data point, we tried this with my son, who is physically very capable if not advanced, and despite many attempts over months, it never clicked for him. We eventually went th
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by efsavage 2y ago
I can't wait for IntelliJ to get where Cursor appears to be. Being able to combine a great IDE with project-level AI coding will be a huge leap forward.
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by efsavage 2y ago
+1, I've had mine for 5+ years and it is still genuinely a joy to use. I went with the "buy your last tool first" approach and splurged on a 5HP ICS and don't regret a single penny spent on it.
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by efsavage 2y ago
They can both be dangerous but one difference is that the band saw _seems_ much less dangerous and people would take it less seriously. In a shop full of adolescent novices I could see this causing more injuries whereas the tablesaw is pro
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by efsavage 2y ago
> === How to Learn in the First Place > > (1) Play with something. > (2) Read the documentation on it. > (3) Play with it some more. > (4) Read documentation again. > (5) Play with it some more. (6)
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by efsavage 2y ago
I think there's more than a quantitative difference between "slightly more convenient" and "with no effort". A centrally maintained list of labelled "enemies" that you get forever with a click is material
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by efsavage 2y ago
There is definitely an obvious fix, just have collateralization be considered realization. You're welcome to have as much money on paper as you want, but if you want to post $Xm in stock against a loan, you need to pay taxes on it fir
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by efsavage 2y ago
Does this mean that you could be prescribed an Apple Watch if you were at risk of apnea? Or even use an HSA?
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by efsavage 2y ago
Is there a German word for the feeling you get where you want the opportunity to apply a hard-won skill, but also kind of don't? I feel that reading this all-too-accurate comment. Like many/most of us, I've been through this
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by efsavage 2y ago
As someone who grew up with a handful of channels and no recording or TV guide besides the one that came in the paper, this experience is pretty accurate* , so kudos on the execution, but in contrast with some other comments, it is not nost
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by efsavage 2y ago
A good handyman is an incredible asset. I've had periods where I had one available, but they are very hard to find, and like most professions, hard to keep as someone else will often outbid you (or offer full time employement in these
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by efsavage 2y ago
It possibly could be, if they were organized as a non-profit that paid them a reasonable salary (which is probably an overambitious goal for most authors). After all, IKEA is a non-profit.
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by efsavage 2y ago
I actually did this not too long ago and observed an interesting phenomenon that I had kind of noticed over the years, but never really tested. I found a pair of shoes that I liked, but they wore out quickly with daily use (3-4 months). I
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by efsavage 2y ago
It's confusing, but if you add a "Site search" and then set it to your default, it becomes a "Search engine".
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by efsavage 2y ago
Predictable, certainly. Consistent, not so much. They seem to start with a decision and work their way backwards through the reasoning, cherrypicking from a versatile and whimsical set of "principles". Originalism not cutting it
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by efsavage 3y ago
Many of these things (E.G. "hardworking") apply to almost any career, or can be trained, but to me curiosity and patience/persistence are the things I think have an outsized effect on whether someone is a great software engin
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by efsavage 3y ago
Counterpoint: I spent several years in construction, and the assistant superintendent on the project, who was at the end of a ~50 year career, often complained that so much had changed he had no idea what was going on. The tools, machines,
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by efsavage 3y ago
In the sense of Sapiens†, yes, copyright is a fiction, but so is money, or any law or contract or agreement. In as much as it affects people's lives and societies and economies it is "real". The question of the article isn&
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by efsavage 3y ago
While I'm always in favor of accountability and transparency, measuring success by counting things that didn't happen is very difficult even under the most benign circumstances. Mix in politics and careers and it's almost
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by efsavage 3y ago
When I see "open" I read it as "I can do what I want with it". I don't read it as any obligation on the part of the provider/creator to incur ongoing costs on my behalf.
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by efsavage 3y ago
I started my career with VB/VBA/Access, but got burned by one of their non-backward compatible upgrades (I don't remember which versions) that derailed an important project. This was around the time that Java was what the co
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by efsavage 3y ago
My father discovered this on a trip to Chicago long ago, and brought a few home to Massachusetts. They were great for playing in our yard, where the fence was too close for a real softball, but these are much harder to hit >100ft so the

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