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by hnick 5y ago
For me it's a todo list. If I'm playing a game, researching a topic, and so on I have a window with tabs in it for that one thing. This works well enough and it feels nice shutting the window for closure when I no longer need it.
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by hnick 5y ago
> dial back on the automation and invest manual effort in airgapping the backups Can we please call it The Department of Redundancy Department? Jokes aside it seems that the DR, backups, and system images (i.e. installation including pat
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by hnick 5y ago
Unlimited means limited? What a country! Apologies to Dr Nick
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by hnick 5y ago
R&D tax credits exist in some places, but as far as I can tell one company I worked at claimed it just for writing software they used in-house which seems against the spirit of the idea.
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by hnick 5y ago
In such cases though I always have a nagging suspicion they are fixing things I don't need or gold plating the service. It definitely happens to some people. So, I always feel better with a small amount of understanding to arm the BS d
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by hnick 5y ago
Per her bio: I have a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modeling. I oversee the finances and day-to-day operations of an enginee
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by hnick 5y ago
As a lifelong video game player, I get a strong video game vibe from his works. I think he tells engaging/energetic stories, he makes some nice complex systems and worlds, but the writing isn't particularly well structured, can dr
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by hnick 5y ago
I understand that sentiment. I'd rather not be working at all, but alas.
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by hnick 5y ago
As an outsider looking at this it seems like you can just work a decade in that job and earn what you'd earn in 2-3 decades in the game job. Even more if you can invest. Unless you're truly miserable, it seems like the obvious cho
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by hnick 5y ago
Yep. I had an older thermometer (now tossed) that would tick up in 2-3 degree C increments. It'd take 30 seconds or so to reach the ballpark of cooked meat from room temperature. That's a lot of oven heat lost unless I close the d
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by hnick 5y ago
Well the monthly sub is quite clear, as well as paid expansions. Which I'm a fan of (I play FFXIV a bit). Otherwise, there's no clear price signal. In f2p or bolted on cash shops like FFXIV I'm always wondering, should I buy
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by hnick 5y ago
What is missing from the title is that revenue is up. They are wringing more cash out of fewer players. This could be aggressive monetisation driving people away, either directly due to how it feels or indirectly due to dev resources pushed
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by hnick 5y ago
The feature downgrades of 'bnet 2.0' or whatever they called it that they announced when Starcraft 2 came out was the beginning of the end. SC2 as a game was fine (not amazing for me but plenty liked it) but everything around it w
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by hnick 5y ago
Yeah, I've considered it but the last year meant I pretty much avoided leaving the house. Maybe it's time to look at it again. My sister and mum (in her 60s) got diagnosed recently.
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by hnick 5y ago
I used to enter 15-30 minutes a day on my timesheets for doing timesheets. It was honest but felt rebellious.
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by hnick 5y ago
Many of the offending meetings start with "let's jump on a call to nut it out" so unfortunately it's always a waffle in those cases without much useful prep work, but it's hard to say no because sometimes it really
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by hnick 5y ago
Yeah, this is correct. I don't think flow applies if attention is divided.
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by hnick 5y ago
I am late 30s and do that. I think it is a learned dysfunction / habit / stimulatory addiction. Just last night my wife asked how I can play a game (Path of Exile) and watch YouTube on my other screen. It was a little hard to expl
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by hnick 5y ago
A truly efficient process would be a bullet in the head at birth bypassing everything else. So yeah, goals aside from efficiency are important. Now some efficiency expert is thinking about how we can skip the bullet to save money.
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by hnick 5y ago
> the systems that were designed to take away the need for administrative assistants may once again require an assistant to navigate efficiently This is something that I've lamented over too. Infrequent interactions and setups take
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by hnick 5y ago
Series A is the first round of investment meaning you've convinced someone other than yourself the product is useful/viable.
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by hnick 5y ago
Yes this comes up a lot. If something like 2% of people ever buy a GPU, but 5% of GPU buyers will buy another one soon, then you spend a lot less overall and also get a better conversion rate advertising only to GPU buyers even if most of t
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by hnick 5y ago
Yes Parmigiano-Reggiano. Parmesan is just the generic name for places where we care about DOP qualifications I guess. I do have a jar of red Chinese fermented bean curd in my fridge, but have only mixed it into sauces per recipes. I should
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by hnick 5y ago
Is there a tofu equivalent of something like parmesan or brie? I can see how tofu relates to mozzarella or ricotta and I've reached that conclusion myself before, but there is a wide variety of cheeses. Apparently vegan-cheese varietie
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by hnick 5y ago
Or you can pay an accountant. But yes, I hate it.
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by hnick 5y ago
If that was a quote it seems to have been edited. Anyway it seems to be a common spelling among a few people I met in Singapore, maybe due to this (now renamed) chain, or maybe the spelling preceded it. https://www.asiaone.com&#x
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by hnick 5y ago
> So the naive retailer will say "OMG it now takes 3 months and 2x price to get widgets, I had better order 4 months supply ... and so it goes - an infinite bug methodology. Sounds like how around here our naive consumers bought a f
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by hnick 5y ago
Do we need the whole face? Could it work with a quorum of points? My face unlock works fine with sunglasses. If it detects a mask could it fall back to judging the remainder more thoroughly?
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by hnick 6y ago
Then you'll love what United Airlines used to do (still does?), which had me selecting answers from a dropdown list. Too bad if your 'favourite sport' isn't listed!
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by hnick 6y ago
A shorter sentence may be more effective if the subject is rehabilitated and able to integrate back into society. Coming back after 20 or 30 years would make it very hard to integrate into being a contributing member. We'd have to look

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