jackthetab

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by jackthetab 4y ago
Any suggested reading for #1 ("learn how to navigate \$THIS.")?
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Then don't go to those servers. Isn't that what "freedom of association" is about? Also, is the functionality dystopian or the application thereof?
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by jackthetab 4y ago
I do the same thing using Obsidian and their Sync service, except I just save the file to disk and the magic happens. Very handy.
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Also, his last words were, “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Same here. I recently went to try it again, unfortunately, it kept crashing. Back to Spotlight it is... :-(
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Where are the docs? There's nothing (obvious to me) in the repo. The official site is just the README.md. I installed it via brew; there's no man page. Bash can't find it. Spotlight found it and ran it...I guess. What am I mi
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by jackthetab 4y ago
I remember listening to an interview with PG many years ago. The one thing that still stands out, because it irked me no end, was PG and the interviewer laughing over the reason you hired younglings for the companies you invest in. Sure, th
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by jackthetab 4y ago
In the USA, the term "engineer" isn't protected; the term "Professional Engineer" is. To be a PE requires you to first take the Engineer-In-Training test (making you an EIT if you pass) which is generally taken as p
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Interestingly enough -- well, to me, at least -- I came across this introductory video[1] last night from HBR about the differences between strategy and planning. It's piqued my interest enough to look more into it. [1] https:/&#
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by jackthetab 4y ago
I read that in Chris Rock's voice. :-)
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by jackthetab 4y ago
ELI5? I couldn't make heads or tails out of that or the first linked page.
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by jackthetab 4y ago
Any advice on how to (successfully) get started? I've been trying to do the same only to find the whole thing frustrating af. My goal right now is to A) draw wireframes of websites, B) workflows (similar to wireframes with added arrows
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by jackthetab 4y ago
> Tldr, try going to a ~100 person niche conference in your specific field, Where does one find conferences that small? Everything I've seen (is|seems to be) for large-ish conferences? Large-ish being defined as the ones with the &q
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by jackthetab 5y ago
I've heard of some of these words. :-D
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by jackthetab 5y ago
Possibly, but you're equating "contractor" == "employee" when in reality you have more options. 1. No one said you _had_ to do that job for that client. You don't have that flexibility as an employee. 2. Don&#x
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by jackthetab 5y ago
I remember the sex, tech and sextech journalist had a domain, vb.ly, listed in Libya because of the .ly suffix, much like oreil.ly is today. When the PTPB found out she talked about <GASP!>sex</GASP!> they pulled her domain
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by jackthetab 5y ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat Yes, us olds would, and did, enjoy it. I Was in my early 30's when I read them. Now I'm getting nostalgic and need to go back and read them. Tsundoku
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by jackthetab 5y ago
> (Of course, this plan makes it hard to go bankrupt, unlike all ACA plans. Can you elaborate on this? I'm currently looking into ACA plans and would rather not go bankrupt...
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by jackthetab 5y ago
Oh! I thought that was when he read it, the first quarter of 1984. Off to buy another book...
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by jackthetab 5y ago
C'mon! With a build-up like that and you don't mention the name of the book?! Don't leave us hanging, dude!
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by jackthetab 5y ago
I loved How to Prove It . Not for the proofs - which are interesting in a gazing-at-your-navel kinda way - but rather all the little _practical_ tidbits. "So THAT'S what a partially ordered set looks life in real life!" And
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by jackthetab 5y ago
YES! This is exactly my complaint about math. I find the abstract proof-oriented math kinda interesting (although How to Prove It is an exception that I discuss below) but I _really_ want practical real-word applications of these maths. E
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by jackthetab 5y ago
Have you looked at Open Board ( https://openboard.ch/index.en.html )? I've just started playing with it and I _think_ it has all of those features. But I agree. I've been looking for a whiteboarding program that I c
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by jackthetab 5y ago
Thing the Second: > Well, they've successfully convinced thousands of developers that AWS certifications are worth thousands of dollars and quoting CactusOnFire > I got one of the AWS certifications. I know it's a scam. I to
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by jackthetab 5y ago
Two things. Thing the First: > Instead of actually providing a real technical support team. Apparently you've never used their tech support team. It is by far one of, if not the best, technical support teams I've ever dealt wit
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by jackthetab 5y ago
> vimwiki I've been looking for a Personal Knowledge Base (?) for a while and have started using Obsidian. I love the idea of the tags, backlinks, and Graph view but the editor itself leaves much to be desired (besides the fact that
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by jackthetab 6y ago
You're not wrong to worry (scroll down to "What about Docker Swarm?") https://www.mirantis.com/blog/mirantis-acquires-docker-enter...
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by jackthetab 6y ago
I have experienced them in person. Still don't get it. Looking for an source that can explain it to me.
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by jackthetab 6y ago
> Example: I usually want to use the python:3-slim image, but this doesn't have the tools to compile certain python libraries with C extensions. Generally I will use the python:3 image for my build stage to do my "pip install -
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by jackthetab 7y ago
Yutes, eh?

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