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by erikbye 6y ago
My bank’s policy is simple: we will never call you.
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by erikbye 6y ago
I block all calls from non-contact numbers, and I have never experienced a spoofing of a contact number, so IME call blocking works very well.
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by erikbye 6y ago
> I think I've successfully managed to "beat" procrastination by adopting the pomodoro technique. Says one of the first commenters. Are you sure what you are doing here now is not procrastination?
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by erikbye 7y ago
> I use Linux everyday. But misrepresenting the desktop experience isn't going to get people to switch. I really enjoy the endless battle with tearing, which sometimes is fixed, other times not. I also enjoy the battle of multi-moni
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by erikbye 7y ago
It's about the same setup for all the other servers.
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by erikbye 7y ago
As for Windows native window management, FancyZones is better than nothing. You can overlay zones, I have split each monitor in half with two zones each, then overlayed a bunch of smaller zones for stuff like terminal windows, etc. https:&
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by erikbye 7y ago
The free version of MobaXterm works great.
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by erikbye 7y ago
His previous novels had many tropes. In fact, most stories do, and it should probably not stop one from writing them. You will be hard-pressed to find stories without numerous familiar tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki&#x2
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by erikbye 7y ago
How do you find HN compares to Slashdot?
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by erikbye 7y ago
While not what you meant, if people with coding skills have free time, it is greatly appreciated if they contribute to open source projects that are widely used. A lot of OSS are critical components in many systems we rely on daily, your co
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by erikbye 7y ago
I ponder these same questions when I think about who voted for Trump, turns out, 4chan has many Trump supporters.
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by erikbye 7y ago
How does it compare to Dispatches?
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by erikbye 7y ago
> I just can't enjoy books (or films for that matter) which require a suspension of, I dunno, basic reasoning. I have found all fiction requires such suspension.
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by erikbye 7y ago
Yes, it is. In my OP I specifically mentioned client (app) settings with this in mind. A lot of times taking 20 minutes to answer is perfectly fine.
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by erikbye 7y ago
Yes, I have also heard that repeated ad nauseam. I think it is highly debatable and individual. I also think a lot of people overestimate how "deep" their own work is compared to others. E.g. a lot of programming is just tedious b
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by erikbye 7y ago
I am the answerer as much as the requester. Either way, it is not entitled to expect helpfulness from your professional colleagues.
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by erikbye 7y ago
> I don't want anyone who's job requires deep, introspective thought on big problems to be constanly distracted by a flashing toast that's probably a non-time sensitive, low-effort inquiry or worse. Who says he needs to? Y
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by erikbye 7y ago
> That first sentence feels a bit like an ad hominem attack to me. There's no call for that here. I meant stuck in the past as in unwilling to move beyond email for primary communication, and that second part of the sentence as in n
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by erikbye 7y ago
I think you are misinterpreting. Besides, it goes way. Where I work, and I will take a guess and say it is like that most places, sometimes people need an answer promptly (might not be life or death, but sometimes, in my line of work, it ca
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by erikbye 7y ago
As someone in ops I do both types of work, and having spent the last six years in an open office environment I know all about how distracting interruptions can be. At the same time, you are at work and cannot expect to behave like a recluse
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by erikbye 7y ago
You seem stuck in the past and project your problems onto others. For many, IM and chat rooms do not cause productivity problems. Different companies use Slack and other tools in their own way, have their own policies as to what is expected
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by erikbye 7y ago
> It'll be interesting to see what changes come as they start eating their own dog food. They use Teams, actually.
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by erikbye 7y ago
Disclaimer: Not a virologist. A virus has to achieve viral entry: it has to find a suitable host cell, and introduce its viral material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_entry Whether an aerosol hits your face, or y
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by erikbye 7y ago
There is definitely a higher risk you inhale enough virus progeny indoors than outdoors, yes. We know from the flu that indoors the virus can stay suspended for many hours. Regular talking can project enough virus from an infected person fo
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by erikbye 7y ago
The TTL might be days. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v...
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by erikbye 7y ago
As in no scaling? Yes.
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by erikbye 7y ago
Not bad, but I think 24” is too small for 4k, I would have to use scaling which detracts from desktop real estate.
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by erikbye 7y ago
What? How about some specifics. My requirements for a monitor is high resolution for plenty of desktop space (minimum 4k) and IPS panels for viewing angle, besides, I think IPS is the least straining panel to look at. When you combine these
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by erikbye 7y ago
The issue is that these bad answers are frequently upvoted.
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by erikbye 7y ago
In the case of Stack Overflow, I would argue its gamification creates a lot of low-quality answers. Many reeks of someone who knew nothing about the question but did some hasty googling to score points. Now they propagate misinformed/w

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