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leetrout
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leetrout
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mrkurt[1] is also active here and has been very transparent in his comments about scaling issues. Similar to this post he commented a week ago: > In a year we'll either be ahead of those, or not growing anymore due to ongoing capaci
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And a plug for the 7 day rouge like challenge which just started https://itch.io/jam/7drl-challenge-2023
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Tangent: Something interesting (and frustrating) ... I went to the LinkedIn assessments to take the Python assessment and over half the questions were specifically about Numpy, it's API and matrix math. Which for me and what I generall
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I plan to record a small (4?) series of videos about starting with Hugo from scratch. Would love to hear any pain points you specifically think need to be addressed.
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Any new hobbies in particular? Or anything you specifically cut out?
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First I have heard of Penpot. Do you have a favorite link that gives more insight on why you want it at the top?
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Bug identified after Alaska Airlines planes bump runway while taking off
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Seems like an opportunity for some sort of automated testing by an isolated system.
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This was always my understanding but IANAL. I brought this up at a startup I worked at when the CTO insisted we change the year in every source file. I gave multiple examples of other code bases at Microsoft and Google and other big compani
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Yep! And the second / late mover advantage. For any that are unfamiliar: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the_second_...
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Subscribing for updates :) Will you be talking about this work openly somewhere?
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> I still run on a boring old 60 Hz 1080p monitor This is surprising to me. I really enjoy 4k for the better text readability.
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Very common password methodology to remember the pattern on the keyboard like that. The NIST guidelines are really good IMO.
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Timeless. Thanks for sharing.
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I have to sit with something and consume content around it and then play with it. Then I do the Feynman method and explain it to someone else. For things that require pure memorization I do spaced repetition with flash cards and katas /
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The RUM part is not specifically defined to match the acronym but it is like the iron triangle of good, fast, cheap: pick two. RUM is Read, Update or use less Memory (space in the article) and you can only pick two that will be optimal.
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Absolutely not. I worked on a team like this who regularly wrote function names well into the 160-200 character range. It was useless.
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re: evidence, I'm just quoting what the article says: The wrongful death suit claims that Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) evidence has "emerged proving that TWA 800’s explosion was not caused by any defect in the airplane, but i
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From that very link you can find info on the recent litigation accusing the government of an errant missile hit. There is enough evidence to bring forth the suit whether you agree it is a conspiracy or not. https://lawstreetmedia
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Something shifted in the last ~5 years in a big way and devs are infantilized in a big way. Product and project managers trying to over plan and over control has been something I have dealt with. Yes the ecosystem is unstable in all languag
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Biplanes have been to 56,000 feet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.161
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That's a very reasonable estimate for the drag a new person, not even just a junior, can put on a team! I like it!
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It also says in Sec. 1.174-3 Treatment as expenses: > Research or experimental expenditures paid or incurred by a taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with his trade or business are deductible as expenses, and are not chargeabl
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> For example, I wanted to do something in 3D the other day and reached for react-three-fiber, there simply isn't something comparable in the non-React world. Respectfully, that is because you dont _need_ anything other than ThreeJS
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Note: the header PNG is 1.8mb and loads very slowly. You can run it through something like tinypng.com and it shrinks to 400k.
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This is Go Workspaces for those unfamiliar https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/workspaces
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My prime membership expired last week.
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There are dozens of us, friend. I think 4 weeks including company holidays is doable. When I was 27 my I had 5 weeks PTO and I have never had that much since. All these unlimited PTO places barely get you 3 in most cases. And unlimited is j
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I just had this conversation with a potential employer yesterday. I have worked hard at not working so hard (seeing a therapist for life coaching) and I am "guarding my calm" with looking for a job.
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CloudEvents is trying to standardize on the messaging https://cloudevents.io/
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