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by jimt1234 3y ago
Thanks for saying this. I think we in software engineering tend to think too binary: either the product is perfect (100% bug-free) or it's shit. There's always room for improvement, but compared to other engineering, overall, I th
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Engineering Explained did a really good video about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMrewRJTow
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I don't always test my code. But when I do, I test it in production. -The Most Interesting Man in the World
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84.2% of the time, this is true every time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VuQHSVnnvs
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IMHO, "fail over" will always fail. Any multi-data-center architecture should actively utilize all data centers, all the time, maybe dedicate more traffic to one or the other. But, if you've got a "passive" data cen
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by jimt1234 3y ago
> At every turn, rude-ass automotive software you didn't ask for clamors for your attention. I love that sentence because it explains exactly how I feel. It's a miracle if I can start my car without at least one message popping
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Tesla Autopilot not responsible for fatal crash, jury says(washingtonpost.com)
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I heard that 3.5" disks were originally marketed as "stiffies" to help differentiate them from "floppies", the older 5.25" and 8" disks. But, as the story goes, someone pulled the plug for obvious reasons.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Disc brakes have been infiltrating BMX, too, which is hilarious because you don't even need brakes in BMX.
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> And they can take your blood without your consent. Ask me how I know. I'm curious ^^^
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Sorta related: What is the current situation regarding testing for being actively under the influence of marijuana? For better or worse, breathalyzer tests have been generally accepted for testing being actively under the influence of alcoh
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by jimt1234 3y ago
This happened to a childhood friend in St. Louis, Missouri. He opened a restaurant/bar and was mildly successful for a year or so. Then some dude came into his restaurant, flashing a badge, saying he needed to pay for additional securi
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Rich Rebuilds talks a lot about the true cost of EV conversions. Here's one good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og1dEaDXbwg
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I had an aux input on the back of my car stereo wired to a Toshiba laptop shoved into the glovebox of my Chevy Lumina. The laptop ran WinAmp with all my bootleg mp3s. There was no power connection, and laptop batteries were terrible back th
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Engineering Explained occasionally discusses hydrogen energy density: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJjKwSF9gT8
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I once worked with a company developing a payday loan app. We interviewed hundreds of people with money problems. It was amazing how many people thought the minimum payment was the payment . I tried to explain to a handful of folks that it
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by jimt1234 3y ago
This reminds me of a job I once had that was about 50% travel; the company required employees to charge travel expenses to their personal credit cards, saying they would be reimbursed. The company consistently dragged its feet on the reimbu
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I think it's even more true in this situation. If you or I owe the IRS $2000, they're gonna come after us and get all their money. But if EvilCorp owes the IRS $200-million, the lawyers will argue about it for 3 years, and in the
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by jimt1234 3y ago
When I was in high school (during the 80s, in St. Louis, Missouri), I had a teacher that was essentially a slumlord. He once told us about how he provided free rent to a house full of bikers, like a biker gang, in exchange for "propert
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Never long-term rent your short-term rental.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
"...to make people emotionally think 8 year old are blowing their brains out." Which is unfortunately happening all too often ^^^ (IMHO, once is "too often".)
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by jimt1234 3y ago
tl;dr = I think we should all be skeptical of any gun-related data in the US. I don't doubt the narrative in the article, but I'm skeptical about the data used. For years, my impression has been that gun advocates in the US have d
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I had a roommate back in the 90s that spent and managed his money like a drunk sailor. Dude had tons of debt. He didn't seem to care, though. He was happy as could be, while I was stressing to pay off college loans and save every nicke
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by jimt1234 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZJKN_5M44
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I was on a Zoom call (~300 employees of a F500 company) a while back, when the "return to office" push began. An executive asked everyone how "return to office" was going. A few brown-nosers commented about how happy the
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Recently my elderly mother's been getting calls where the caller ID is "spoofed" with someone actually associated to her. She's received calls that say my name and a phone number I used in college, many years ago. She ev
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by jimt1234 3y ago
The US government is often the source of the calls. During election season, my elderly mother's landline gets BOMBARDED with calls from politicians. "Hello! This is Representative Blah. I'm calling to let you know how terrib
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Would those procedures cost "six and seven figures" if it wasn't for health insurance? To put another way, would the costs be so high if it wasn't for the current health insurance system , where the "consumers&quot
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Any medical doctors out there? I've read that most doctors are $500K in the hole when they're all finished with school.

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