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by johngalt 8y ago
You've got the right idea behind your assessment, but the pieces in play are a little off. Federal laws (Obamacare/ACA) and federal entities (EPA) are created by Congress. The executive branch (President), can issue executive orde
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by johngalt 8y ago
No one is arguing that a sysadmin job should be protected. The article is more of a reminder that the sysadmin responsibilities don't disappear because we paper over them. Containers are a great tool, but they can trick people into thi
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The following is stated with total compassion not criticism. This reminds me of the fine grained steps that non-technical people will write down when handling computer tasks. Every click and every menu mentioned. Even down to describing wha
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by johngalt 8y ago
In the southwest we have a species of cactus known as jumping cactus. The common belief is that if you get close enough, it will reach out and stab you with its needles. Scienfically we know this doesn't happen. Cacti do not jump. Yet
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by johngalt 9y ago
Dead on. There is also an environmental component in play. You'll find a lot more noise in the hiring pool when the tech field is booming.
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by johngalt 9y ago
This comment is precisely the point. You assume the risks are equivalent but they aren't even close. Roughly 50x as many people die on stairs vs elevators. Yet more people are afraid of elevators. Even subtly in your comment, notice ho
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by johngalt 9y ago
Several comments here making comparisons to human drivers. As if autonomous cars are ok so long as they are at or below parity with humans. This is statistically true but a complete misunderstanding of human nature. Human risk tolerance var
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by johngalt 9y ago
Per the complaint it appears to be four managers in a row across two levels of management. With HR getting involved haphazardly at best. Keep in mind that this is only one side of the story. There is little evidence to support the complaint
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by johngalt 9y ago
Managers inadvertently create this dynamic when they are focused on attacking obstacles rather than creating infrastructure. If <employee> knows how to do something, and that thing is not getting done, then <employee> is the obs
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by johngalt 9y ago
Capability and responsibility become conflated very easily. You start off as the superhero who can fix problems, but that gradually creates dependency. 1st year 'Thanks for your help finding that error that was holding us up.' 2nd
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by johngalt 9y ago
Don't half work on something while browsing HN. If you are going to not work, might as well actually gain the benefit of a break. Try to make it so you are all way "on" or all the way "off". Have a cue that separate
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by johngalt 9y ago
There is a difference between those who actually have money and class vs people desperately trying to project the image of money and class. Anyone concerned about 'class-passing' should be aware that it's not the top that is
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by johngalt 9y ago
SSC had a great article on cost increases in a general sense. One of the more depressing articles I've read. Makes it sound like we are dying by a thousand papercuts. http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/
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by johngalt 9y ago
I agree it's a mess. However, most SaaS vendors realize that the people who have to clean up after them are often not the people in charge of the purchasing decisions. If you end up paying them for years merely because you can't f
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by johngalt 9y ago
I've been bullish on nuclear for as long as I can remember. It's the perfect power source. Safe and dense power generation that scales extremely well. No CO2 emissions as part of normal operation. Not dependent on external factors
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by johngalt 9y ago
It's not just power sources vs communications. People always assume that the future will simply be like present only more so. After two world wars, people assumed the future would be wars of tremendous destruction. When aviation was gr
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by johngalt 9y ago
Terrible advice. IMHO, threats or ultimatums are only useful in very extreme situations.
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The people in this scenario aren't poor. They simply can't find living arrangements that meet their requirements.
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by johngalt 9y ago
Certainly it would be impossible for NASA in it's current state. Don't underestimate the gap between a science/jobs program like NASA vs what happens where there is an acute national interest. A derelict alien spacecraft woul
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by johngalt 9y ago
If there was solid evidence that it was of alien manufacture, we would go get it. No question. Access to something like that triggers 'national security' type responses. Projects under that heading have bottomless budgets and high
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by johngalt 9y ago
The problem with outsourcing isn't what we can or can't outsource. It's the constant friction of vendor relationships. Outsource a function that requires a group of skilled people? The vendor you picked will gradually reduce
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by johngalt 9y ago
I understand the reluctance to trust new technology. If we are talking about the risk/cost of new developments, we should not forget the baseline costs we pay today. Self driving car tech will be the only method that can provide a hund
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by johngalt 9y ago
There certainly was an element of punctuality that has been lost, but it goes both ways. Clients don't want to deal with this either: "Sorry it's 5:01pm. The dev will be back tomorrow morning. Enjoy being down for the next 16
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by johngalt 9y ago
Whenever people ask for fullstack do-it-all seniors with part time devops responsibilities, I assume that means "We have no idea how to create or manage a functioning technical team, and instead want a tech-wish granting genie." Y
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Obviously trains win on raw throughput, regardless of who drives. If you expect to supplant trains with self driving cars, you are doing it wrong. The two technologies aren't in opposition. They are complimentary. If mass transit can h
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by johngalt 9y ago
You are envisioning employees loudly inserting their politics into the workplace. When in reality it is more like litmus tests that if you don't give the right answer you are ostracized.
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by johngalt 9y ago
It is entirely dependent on the subject matter. Talking climate science with republicans is similar to talking about economics with democrats.
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by johngalt 9y ago
Think of trees as co2 batteries. They take in co2 to create wood then release it back when they burn or decay. If you plant a tree farm and use the wood to create buildings you are effectively doing carbon sequestration.
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The bolt is an all electric car not a hybrid.
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And yet there is no reason to bracket that trait with age. There are plenty of people fresh out of school who don't learn anything unless they are told to. I always hear of this mythical tech geezer who has been doing things the same w

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