mozman

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by mozman 2y ago
Their primary “donation” is Google. They’re focused on virtue signaling values instead of real work. It’s a fantasy land. I was there for awhile.
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by mozman 2y ago
I wouldn’t mind if those people blasting FM radio used headphones. I don’t believe it’s because they can’t afford them.
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by mozman 2y ago
I love to nap after a brain draining moment. I’m revitalized and ready to go. One of the major WFH benefits.
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by mozman 2y ago
I’m here to communicate not be pedantic. I’m sure you could understand what I meant.
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by mozman 2y ago
The trick is to effectively study subjects you’re burnt out on or no longer have that magnetic attraction to.
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by mozman 2y ago
Oh, flash cards. I’ve never used them but memory is a muscle and it must be exercised. There has to be something more fun, though.
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by mozman 2y ago
There’s nothing wrong with “i’ll get back to you”, provided you do quickly and comprehensively.
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by mozman 2y ago
What’s that?
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by mozman 2y ago
Mostly build tools. I also have a custom script called ip way before Linux made theirs and caused some problems.
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by mozman 2y ago
Default PATH minus ~/bin.
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by mozman 2y ago
But then you start using some tool that expects $0 in the system path and breaks causing frustration and debugging. Pick your poison
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by mozman 2y ago
Wrappers or replacements? If it’s a wrapper do you remove local bin from path or hard code system path?
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by mozman 2y ago
When I read the headline I thought this was going to be a terrible idea but I quite like it, especially the bit about using tab to list all your tooling. Anecdotally I haven’t had many namespaces collisions recently. I’ve also let myself go
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by mozman 2y ago
There’s no value. I didn’t ask them to do anything.
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by mozman 2y ago
I’ve been online for a long time, am I an old curmudgeon who thinks “influencing” isn’t a meaningful profession? Not too long ago people made videos and shared it for fun, to give back to the world. Not to take in profit. Many of these peop
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by mozman 2y ago
find -print0 | xargs -0
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by mozman 2y ago
what’s that output from and how can i understand it? i’m happy to rtfm - just want a pointer. thanks!
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by mozman 2y ago
i’m not sure if i like contextual search. a profile of me is ripe for exploitation and sale
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by mozman 2y ago
More importantly, how’s it block the inhalation of covid?
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by mozman 2y ago
what’s good weather station hw to get? thinking ultrasonic wind instrument and some type of radar
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by mozman 2y ago
I’m already paying sky high prices, don’t make me check out and bag my own stuff too
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by mozman 2y ago
It’s a niche area of interest, I don’t enjoy it because of heavy moderation. My opinion is that it provides value by furthering knowledge of folks in engineering. Heavy moderation is a technique that makes dang’s job easier by perpetuating
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by mozman 2y ago
Removing moderation is the greatest thing you can do. You might not like it, but it’s often the right thing to do as long as it’s legal.
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by mozman 2y ago
They also use the United States Customs to seize repair part shipments to undermine independent repair operations. Louis Rossman has some excellent videos on this.
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by mozman 2y ago
Medical devices and aircraft are the only legitimate exceptions - everything else should be repairable.
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by mozman 2y ago
The search operators makes big difference in result quality, I also don’t like how Google now returns zero results for something obscure. In the past I could find something peripheral and eventually get to what I was looking for.
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by mozman 2y ago
I proactively schedule 1:1s with junior staff and reach out. I weed out the ones with potential and ones who lack ambition.
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by mozman 2y ago
I don’t go to bars very often anymore but I absolutely detest live music. I go with friends to talk. Not to have loud music prevent a conversation.
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by mozman 2y ago
it’s likely the track was weaker than the fuse - and you have long blow/slow blow fuses electricity is lazy it takes the easiest path
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by mozman 2y ago
You can setup emergency bypass, silence unknown calls, etc. I have 98% of notifications disabled both on phone and desktop.

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