jimt1234

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by jimt1234 4y ago
This. I've been asking myself ever since this beyond/incredible/whatever fad got started: Why spend all the time and energy trying to make something taste like beef that isn't beef? Why not spend that same time and energ
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Yes! I feel like we used to be the good guys, but we've become the bad guys. I used to be proud of all the change we were providing for society. I used to preach to family/friends all the time: - Find and purchase products on the
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Please don't kill me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB9zPfXqQQ
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by jimt1234 4y ago
> ...is like expecting to win the lottery twice. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/28/delawa... LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
More communication is not better communication. I've met so many people who assume that talking more means they're better communicators. Not necessarily true. In fact, often the opposite is true.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
A mentor of mine once told me to never be afraid to say these powerful words: _"I don't get it."_ I've said that in countless meetings and technical discussions, and I've found 2 typical outcomes: The person talking
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by jimt1234 4y ago
If, in 1 year (or less), Twitter headquarters isn't moved to Texas, I'd be surprised.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeOVbeh2yr0
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I think Einstein's definition assumes people give a shit about the results. LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Feels like when the App Store first launched and was quickly dominated by fart apps, except this isn't being driven by devs polluting the App Store, it's being driven by Apple to an already polluted App Store.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Can you please tell them to come re-pave my street? It's pothole heaven.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I've worked in security for years. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that (security is a nice-to-have), either directly or implied, I could retire. LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Conversely, people often reference "First Amendment" in situations that have nothing to do with government censorship.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I still have a lot of respect for Musk as bold business exec. But my respect for him as a person dropped to near-zero when he promoted the baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
One big thing I remember is how small the community of tech nerds was back then. I used to get excited when I'd meet some rando SWE or other tech nerd. "OMG! You work on VAX/VMS?! Me too! Let's talk about it for hours!&
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by jimt1234 4y ago
My first job, in the early-90s, paid $25K/year. I thought I was rich. LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Yeah, great point. Twitter and profitability have rarely been in the same sentence. LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Free speech has begun. LOL
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by jimt1234 4y ago
So, if Elon turns Twitter into 4Chan, does anyone have any idea how he expects to make money? Big brands will run, and Twitter will be left with ad revenue from boner pill manufacturers. Or, is making money even the plan? Maybe controlling
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by jimt1234 4y ago
My grandpa told me the same thing; he didn't think computers were gonna last. Not sure of exact time, but I think it was late-60s-to-early-70s; Gramps was a business professor at a major university in the Midwest. A team of math nerds
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by jimt1234 4y ago
First of all, THANK YOU for volunteering your time to help out seniors. You are a great human. I tried volunteering to help a few years ago, just with a group of seniors in my mother's circle, and it just became too depressing for me.
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I had a friend interview at "Big Nameless Corp" a few years ago. He said when he saw that the engineers interviewing him all had Windows laptops, he knew immediately it wasn't an engineer-friendly culture. I always thought th
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I was in San Francisco last week for work. A homeless guy show me his d1ck. Another homeless guy in a wheelchair smoked crack in plain view, on the corner of Ellis and Stockton. And finally another homeless guy was screaming at the elderly
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by jimt1234 4y ago
The FBI has used organized crime to help achieve its own goals. One example: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/31/usa.internatio...
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I really think the story of Percy Miller ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_P ) should be taught in business schools. Dude started out as a street-level drug dealer, and ended up becoming one of the most successful r
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Facts
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by jimt1234 4y ago
This looks really cool. However, for regulated industries, auditors will never accept "We're not vulnerable to CVE-1234 in Blah-blah-blah Library because our code doesn't use the vulnerable functions." All auditors are c
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by jimt1234 4y ago
Wouldn't a low-tech ski mask be an easier/cheaper option than a wi-fi jammer or deauther? Or maybe two inches of duct tape over the Ring camera?
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by jimt1234 4y ago
I would. I enjoy working on software, but honestly, the most satisfying job I ever had was a janitor, cleaning office buildings. Seriously. The job was at night - I'm a night owl. The job was performed almost entirely in solitude - I h
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by jimt1234 4y ago
SimpleDB is still running!

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