jwsteigerwalt

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by jwsteigerwalt 1y ago
Still waiting for better information about whether the judge was uncooperative or lied/misled the agents.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
No, as a society we apparently don’t really care about these inmates. The social justice movement has chosen plenty of questionable causes, but neglected ones like this one.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
On average… but think about the long tail…
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
Love this. Just when you thought you knew all the reserved words, you learn another one.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
There were many true arguments that were twisted into political narratives: “the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow”. What they left out is “the natural gas does not always flow”…
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
There are still plenty of vintage vinyl, cassette, and VHS stores. Lots of runway left for even younger niche markets.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
That’s right. Financial accounting and taxation are not the same thing. Even if you are taxed on a cash basis, it’s prudent to manage your business with appropriate revenue deferrals.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
An experienced software engineer can learn new languages and syntax quickly. I would say the same for the core libraries for a given language. Learning the development environment, productionalization, deployment, and hosting can be daunti
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
I grew up in Pittsburgh. When I was flying in and out of the Pittsburgh airport (usually to Atlanta) during and after college, I would often see Iron Mountain uniformed employees waited for standby seats carrying their little pelicans case
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
There was a warrant in this case. That type of warrant is now deficient and electronic data holders like Google with easily refute future attempts to get data with a clearly deficient warrant. Parallel construction typically means a warra
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
I found it interesting there was no mention of submarine torpedo control by wire in the article.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
The overwhelming majority of US legislators have no concept of what it means to run a business that serves customers what they want. The market has already corrected this situation. Some carriers offer the service free of charge, some don
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
Be benevolent, but ration out your help to those you want to give it to. Also, use it as a network builder and give help to multimillionaires; never worry about a job or resume again. Less chance of ending up bitter about it.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
Can you play Doom on it?
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
Culture is hard. The effort that executives and leaders in originations with good culture exert to maintain it is often underestimated.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
(1) a one time pad is and will remain highly secure (2) blocking shortwave radio (even if you are a nation state) is more difficult then taking down web assets. (3) there are benefits to security by obscurity when its part of a layered app
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
A government solution will surely work.
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
Both times I put someone on a pip it was heartbreaking. They were hired to do X, Y, and Z. Their cv indicated they were capable of X, Y, and Z. Both desperately needed the job. The pip was “you must complete X, Y, and Z each week. I can’t
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by jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
When is the auction? How can you bid?
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
Having worked in technology for direct sales (door knocking) for 20 years, this is not surprising. There are already many platforms out there like Canvass, SalesRabbit, and Spotio. like anything else, these become more valuable with the da
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
Until airlines cease to need a scapegoat, they will keep pilots in the cockpit.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
On the 3rd floor of the ADT security building in Boca Raton FL, there is an impressive collection of early telegraph based fire and burglar alarm hardware. Not open to the public but hopefully someday more accessible.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
It’s about using the best information you have to quantify and systematize risk.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
I think you’re giving the editors too much credit.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
Use hardware tokens!!!!
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
Sales commission sheets that are just text files. Started doing it in 2007 in VBA when it was not a horrible solution. Between mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of that sales org, I have rebuilt that system so many times. Today, a fu
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
He’s a hell of an engineer.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
You can’t beat having a stellar media team.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
I’m not seeing a victim here. They resigned and got a new job (where they hopefully fit better) and their stock vested.
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by jwsteigerwalt 3y ago
Businesses need to make decisions for robustness, reliability, and longevity. Finding a model to maintain a consistent labor force (even if there is high turnover) is part of that responsibility. I was waiting to cringe at the end when the

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