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by juancn 6y ago
I've done it without a second thought. I just went on vacation for two weeks to the mountains. No coverage and no electricity. I just turned off my phone and forgot about it. I just gave a heads up at work that I was going really off
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by juancn 7y ago
I had a hard drive failure, and on restore Backblaze lost ~70% of my files. They were unable to help. They were just gone (I cared about pictures mainly, roughly 160GB of them). So in my experience they don't check data at rest very of
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by juancn 7y ago
Computation is definitely not free. I spend a lot of my time avoiding non-essential computation as much as possible. I actually would like more control in many of the current languages.
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by juancn 7y ago
It's a lot anyway. Although peak power is not great. Over 5000 years the output would be a few tera Joules of energy. The first prototype used nickel-63 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_battery ) It could
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by juancn 7y ago
It's not an RTG, it's a betavoltaic device. They directly convert the beta radiation to electricity, using a semiconductor also made of carbon.
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by juancn 7y ago
Yes. I workout regularly, go out with friends, play with my kids and have a successful career. The trick (for me) is relentless prioritization. Figure out what really matters in all contexts and invest in the important stuff, drop the rest.
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by juancn 7y ago
Practice. A lot. Learn the whole stack (down to the hardware, understand failures modes and limitations of each layer). Solve many different problems, make experiments and throw away code. Make connections between sub disciplines. You have
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by juancn 7y ago
Cloud gaming is solution looking for a problem. It's not customer demand driven. Nobody want's cloud gaming (at least not yet). They haven't shown anything compelling why this would be a game changer for end users. The games
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by juancn 7y ago
You haven't mentioned exercise. What's your training routine? How many hours a day are you sitting down? Most back pains get better by making your back muscles stronger, less prone to cramping. Even for some types of injuries such
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by juancn 7y ago
Hire a decent IT person, have proper policies installed in the machines and forbid updates that were not vetted by IT. My company usually lags a quarter behind the latest OS, it about what it takes for it to pass certification. You're
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by juancn 7y ago
Definitely, I have done so. It all depends on price vs value for me. I sometimes also donate to great software I use or pages. The beautiful adjective bothers me though. UX is tricky since it needs a benevolent dictator guiding the aestheti
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by juancn 7y ago
Why would I bill based on the time I'm typing? Most of the time is spent thinking. Typing is just the minority of it.
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by juancn 7y ago
It's impossible. Lightspeed doesn't allow for that on websites if you're far enough from the servers. If you add intermediate network gear, it's hard enough to get across half the globe in under 180ms (I'know, I liv
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by juancn 7y ago
Should there be one? Pain is a symptom of something else, treat the root cause. Managing pain should only be a temporary measure.
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by juancn 7y ago
I love them. I even use Fira Code on the terminal. It's a matter of personal preference IMHO.
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by juancn 8y ago
Yes, I'm even close friends with a few. You know like you know in any other context. People usually tell you and show you. I've made many friends at work over the years. The thing is, you have to care about people for them to like
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by juancn 8y ago
I assume you're referring to the Actor model actors not the constrained implementations in popular frameworks, am I right?
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by juancn 8y ago
My experience is that it's bullshit. I had a backup (damn I still have one) with Backblaze, when attempting to restore it, maybe 30% of the files survived restore. The rest are lost in smoke. They don't have any way to detect corr
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by juancn 8y ago
They're forced for example in the context of a business trip.
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by juancn 8y ago
And 10! seconds is exactly 6 weeks.
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Sorting and paging on distributed data(engineering.medallia.com)
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by juancn 9y ago
The failure lies in forgetting that computers are not deterministic machines, they are probabilistically deterministic machines instead. They are physical constructs, not mathematical ones, and as such, verification is inescapable if you wa
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by juancn 9y ago
I wished these guys would use youtube for videos. The streaming sucks.
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by juancn 9y ago
I don't understand societies with no bidet, you basically walk around with dirty asses all day long (or use wet wipes).
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by juancn 9y ago
The experience is dismal, even basic crap still doesn't work. I installed mint a couple of months ago (clean install), right after booting, the mouse doesn't work. THE PS2 MOUSE DOESN'T WORK!!! It's fine for servers, but
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by juancn 9y ago
We need a standard streaming API. I like Netflix's interface, and I would pay for HBO for example, but I want the shows to show using the Netflix interface, not another crappy client.
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by juancn 9y ago
Yes! Don't even ask unless you're WhatsApp web. Actually the browser should auto-deny all requests.
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by juancn 9y ago
Also 10! seconds is exactly six weeks.
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by juancn 9y ago
I do functional training and use any chance I get to do sports with friends (dirty races, soccer games, whatever). Just move as much as you can, as often as you can with as much variety as possible.
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by juancn 9y ago
You mean program in C?

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