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kcmastrpc
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Perhaps how catastrophic this issue could be while the flight is still in low altitude during one of the busiest phases of operations? The procedure to set the trim manually was the same, but I assume that in most flights the actual flywhee
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If you're used to flying a plane for several thousand hours that's not going to be second nature at all (when the procedure has changed). You really should watch this video just to get an idea of how catastrophic this error is: h
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Nothing is ever feature complete or stable, I know. All software is shit, right? The day RHEL customers stop using the docker runtime is when RHEL will stop supporting it - until then, they'll support it. Case in point: java -> open
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Unless these orgs can replace it with something as feature complete and stable as Docker I suspect their customers will ultimately have the last word.
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> Only if you don't value your employee's time. I don't understand this logic. Time == money. Unless your presence is crucial and you must minimize your time away from your home office this approach seems the most logical
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8y ago
So I can pay several thousand more for business class, or I can arrive a day early and pay <1k for an additional night + expenses. The math here is simple.
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8y ago
Well, I’m guessing a competitor flagged my OP; but I digress, I was just trying to raise awareness to what is actually possible (even if it’s not free, but I’d argue nothing of value is ever free - even open source, you still have to implem
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We have hundreds of customers (and thousands of engineers) who are willing to make the trade-off. It's OK that you're not, but I hope you can agree that engineering observability isn't cheap nor easy - and if you're usin
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There is magic, (caveat: I work here), but Instana ( https://instana.com ) will instrument most major languages and frameworks auto-magically. As in, I don't have to declare a dependency, change a configuration, or anything -
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Sweet!
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The airport/hotel stuff is part of the job. I purposely take a day out of my travels though to sight-see, even if the organizers and/or my employer would rather I be at the event every single day networking. This is me caring for
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probably had something to do with the comment in the end. i agreed with everything up to that point. it's like blaming the car/alcohol for all the alcohol related car crashes that happen. just because some sociopathic asshole deci
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One might argue we are lactose tolerant because of the ridiculous amount of lobbying they did in the 50s and 60s.
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Religion had nothing to do with it. Egomaniacs and sociopaths did, in the name of religion.
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> You're going to lose me at the notion that I'm somehow exercising "white privilege" by consuming/offering alcohol at/around/near work functions or venues. That wasn't the point of my statement re
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It's simply meant to prepare the reader that I've put a lot of thought into this, and that I have a pretty strong opinion. If I reflect upon this, it's perhaps to prepare the reader for the idea that it's going to take a
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8y ago
yea, because having a drinking contest is good for you, amirite?
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You took my sentence out of context, I said you may "CONSIDER" it. Nonetheless, of course it could be. You could say that video games in an office isn't being inclusive.
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You're right, and I won't make that mistake again.
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We can't compare high-risk jobs with IT, for obvious reasons. I'm merely suggesting a correlation between the proliferation of alcohol in our industry, the parties, the trade shows, with the prevalence of young white males in our
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no one complains, and my experience is entirely anecdotal but i've had situations where turning down a drink or the next round was met with, "what's wrong with you?"-esque inquires.
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you're welcome, i saved you both 3 minutes of your life.
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The Tech Industry Has a Drinking Problem and It Is Hurting Diversity
(kevincrawley.io)
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good point, it's also disadvantageous to both women and under-represented groups in this industry.
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try having kids (after school activities, birthdays, etc), spouse (anniversaries/dates), elderly parents and in-laws, a huge network of friends/colleagues whose relationships require constant maintenance (you don't see them a
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No, these tests are carefully devised to target young college graduates who will excel at these types of interviews because the material is still fresh and they have the free time to study. This is age discrimination disguised as "tech
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I remember saving my money for an entire summer so I could play Doom with a Gravis Ultrasound Pro. In retrospect, it was a huge waste of money as the card was rarely supported in mainstream games of that era.
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it's early monday morning for a good portion of their on call staff.
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There's an entire class of drugs which shuts down migraines by dilating blood vessels in the brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptan - it's not a coincidence that these drugs target the 5-HT1B and 1D fam
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9y ago
considering using and supporting the open source bitwarden project instead. https://bitwarden.com/
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