lbotos

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by lbotos 7y ago
Used to work at Linode, let's flip this on it's head: -When the majority of abuse support dealt with was people angrily calling and asking about the fraudulent charges on their cards for dozens of Lie-nodes you consider putting ca
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by lbotos 7y ago
I'm just a young punk, but isn't it cyclical? - Youth Makes money in city - Grows tired of city and wants space, moves out of city - Starts family - Needs supporting culture/services outside of city - Small town grows - Small
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by lbotos 7y ago
My favorite new instagram is https://www.instagram.com/preachersnsneakers/ Clearly a quest to reach "new audiences" but it gives me a good chuckle.
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by lbotos 7y ago
That's the entire point of the legal system. Which is why some lawyers are better than others. The legal system is a "game" in the sense that you want to eek out every advantage you can in the scope of what is allowed in the
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by lbotos 7y ago
I might change the word novelty with "boutique". They are building "fun" interfaces but the korg montron's are more a "novelty".
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by lbotos 7y ago
They already can. I've seen this in 2 cities now. One of the reasons why I prefer Uber/Lyft is to _not_ see the cab ads display.
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by lbotos 8y ago
As much as we joke about this, a google doodle is such a great sticky "come back and see what's new tomorrow, and while you are here, maybe search which will make us money" tactic.
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by lbotos 8y ago
I'm confused at what you mean here. If you want to run things on the host you can run a bash runner, and you have full access to the machine. What do you want to do on the host?
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by lbotos 8y ago
My understanding is you can basically be "month to month" with WeWork, where I imagine other options require you to sign a lease.
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by lbotos 8y ago
I've described it as such: Love is both the emotion and the action. As humans, we should expect love the emotion to wax and wane, and there is beauty in that ebb and flow. But love the action, is steadfast and true, as in we can always
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by lbotos 8y ago
Related: WhatsApp on iOS recently updated, and now will only show phone numbers for contacts UNLESS I upload my contacts. In the UI if I click on a number it will take me to the profile where I can see that users name ~Tom, but wow, wadda
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by lbotos 8y ago
Inspired by Helvetica. I'm not being facetious. For example, this is a "strong" face, but it's not "neutral". https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/this-brutalist-inspired-stencil... Also strong, and no
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by lbotos 8y ago
Seems like you aren't using Vim Then. Caps to escape is a common binding. It's not about hate, it's about ease of modal editing.
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by lbotos 8y ago
Ah yes, but then who controls those servers? A lot of people think that US Government agents own enough TOR nodes to de-anonymize.
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by lbotos 8y ago
Most serious companies have ethical policies that would require disclosure of such a scheme (as in, if you are targeting me, and giving me a gift, I need to tell my boss) and others will flat out deny or disallow such gifts.
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by lbotos 8y ago
I like this thought, but if google can't build edge nodes because of: - GCP - AdSense - Gmail - Internal CDN Needs Then I don't think that Stadia would be a big push for doing so.
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by lbotos 8y ago
Anecdote: A former company I worked for had a negative Glassdoor Review. It "disappeared". Dunno how, but it's not there anymore. I suspect at some point they could be removed. But again, anecdote.
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by lbotos 8y ago
two ideas: - Take an instructor lead figure drawing class. This will teach you to see "line" which is the primary foundation of "form". I suggest this route because any class worth it's salt will give you tasks: 5 m
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by lbotos 8y ago
GitLab (I work there) does allow you to become Staff-Level which is the same multiplier as a manager.
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by lbotos 8y ago
Why do you think that's a strange hill? This is someone who thinks the system is trying to protect itself, and they would like to expose that at all costs. to use 2019 parlance, it seems really "on-brand".
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by lbotos 8y ago
> Volume 1 of the CFA exam books I'm seeing a couple of Google results that are different publishers. Do you have a link you'd mind sharing so I look at the right ones?
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by lbotos 8y ago
> I'm not sure how AirBnB locations can/will be built into HotelTonight - after all HotelTonight is all about ease of use, low friction and flexibility. The very things AirBnBs are bad at (coordinating check in times etc). I ex
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by lbotos 8y ago
The claim was "99% of the population is covered" which I suspect is exactly phrased to be true in light of your claim.
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by lbotos 8y ago
I'm gonna try and coin the term: "The facebook parodox" It's the problem where you have cross-generational social media infused with varying socio-economic levels you find that people online want to align with their trib
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by lbotos 8y ago
Because if companies started auctioning off products (limited or not) people would get up in arms because the company is "completely profit seeking". https://solecollector.com/news/2014/12/how-much-i
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by lbotos 8y ago
I love this extra perspective to my comment! The only thing I'd add: > who "have commit access and can write fixes" will invariably introduce new bugs that will block product work. All fixes by Support Engineers should go
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by lbotos 8y ago
1. Invite support to product/eng meetings where you are prioritizing. Add them to the agenda by default so it's natural to expect them to speak. This is huge and helpful. 2. Consider baking in "Support gets a MINIMUM of X th
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by lbotos 8y ago
Hi, Support Engineering Manager here, who has forgone Dev for a career in Support. In a small company (<10), yes, do this, everyone will level up, and you'll get extreme customer focus. As companies grow 2 things that I think are re
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by lbotos 8y ago
Hilariously I went on this tangent last night, and you can do this with a cooler, to give you "directional freezing" which I also heard people call "lake effect freezing". I'm trying it out this weekend for fun: ht
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by lbotos 8y ago
I think you missed the gist? They are saying if you are saying "this piece needs to be more performant" you need to measure that first, before making your choice of what to make better. You are saying, "you can with an idea i

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