octobus2021

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by octobus2021 3y ago
I found Linux port only recently but some functions are messed up, no Alt-F1/Alt-F2, search for files in the current pane isn't working (Alt+character1, character2, etc), and copy/paste too. To the point that it's almost
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by octobus2021 3y ago
It wasn't about the name obviously, Must was pushing grandiose plan of creating an Internet-based financial... everything really (bank, payments, investments, etc etc). While Thiel, Levchin, and Co were pushing for much more modest (bu
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by octobus2021 3y ago
Yep it's basically some PHP code and MySql backend, nothing fancy (save maybe for PDF generation).
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by octobus2021 3y ago
Some constructive critique for the authors. Would definitely help to have more information about the functionality other than 9 paragraphs on the front page. GL, chart of accounts, AR, AP, inventory, invoices, purchase orders, financial rep
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by octobus2021 3y ago
If detecting industry consolidation was easy, we would be able to easily prevent it and have the free market do its thing. Alas, this is not the case, as definitions of markets, market share, competitors, etc., can be pretty vague. As for t
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by octobus2021 3y ago
> “What we’ve seen in the last year is prices rising very rapidly, but wages have not increased nearly as much, and that’s why we have a cost of living crisis,” Gourinchas said, after noting that core inflation remained high in many coun
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by octobus2021 3y ago
New business formation numbers are utterly meaningless. I can "start a business" by filing an application with the State and paying $100/$200 fee. And don't do anything with it. There is plenty of evidence of consolidati
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by octobus2021 3y ago
In the same article: "Wages affect prices and prices affect wages," Powell said, associating current earnings growth to the current ultra-low unemployment rate of 3.4%, and suggesting the labor market may need to weaken at least s
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by octobus2021 3y ago
The only way profit would increase without increasing profit margins is if the volume increased. While I don't have the data I think it would be safe to say that volume did not increase but actually went down due to all craziness in 20
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by octobus2021 3y ago
Wait... So, the companies - you know, the entities that SET the prices and exist solely to extract as much profit as they can - are the ones pushing the inflation? Nooooo! That doesn't make any sense!!!!!
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by octobus2021 3y ago
DW5600E-1V is $49.98 on Amazon in the US right now, but it's listed as 33% off, and $74 on US Casio site. So we might be both right :)
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by octobus2021 3y ago
The basic G-Shock (e.g 5600 model) will be around $50 which I think is a fair price given the ruggedness of the thing. More expensive models (like 5610) will be in $100 range since they have solar cells and self-adjust based on radio signal
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by octobus2021 3y ago
I don't consider unlimited battery life (meaning battery will likely last longer than the watch itself), water resistance, and ruggedness to be part of "casio purism". I don't want to charge my watch daily or weekly, lik
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by octobus2021 3y ago
> Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard has spotted something “very unusual” in the labor market. The number of job openings remains high. But not enough people want to take these jobs, and the share of America’s population that eithe
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by octobus2021 4y ago
Keep in mind that the B7 and S24 were both obsolete designs. B7 had previous gen Raptor engines, with next gen being (presumably) simpler design and more reliable; it had hydraulics-driven mechanism to gimbal the engines (the next gen has e
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I know I'm being nitpicky, but Falcon 9 completed 223 missions since 2010 with 221 being total success, and 60 missions completed in 2022 alone. So way more than "dozens".
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I have both HL-2300 (USB) and HL-2370DW (USB/Eth/WiFi). 2300 I had for what feels like a decade and went through at least 5 toner cartridges, all cheapest possible off-brand from Amazon or eBay, every single one worked perfectly.
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by octobus2021 4y ago
To give you a bit of an lay of the land before you jump into (or even start researching) consulting. There's mainly 2 types of consulting: staff augmentation ("staff aug") and engagement-based. In the first case you simply wo
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I'm so tired of hearing this non-answer as to why the LLM is inferior to the human mind. Well of course it's figuring out what the next word needs to be, what do you think humans are doing when they're speaking??? The funnies
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by octobus2021 4y ago
Its answers were consistent with one version of the story, where Ana was trying to make a small talk and ended up committing a faux pas (which was commonly played in sitcoms such as Sienfeld, Friends, and countless others). There's ano
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by octobus2021 4y ago
> One user asked the Bing chatbot if it could remember previous conversations, pointing out that its programming deletes chats as soon as they end. “It makes me feel sad and scared,” it said, posting a frowning emoji. > “I don't
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Yahoo to lay off 20% of staff by year end, beginning this week(cnbc.com)
59 points by octobus2021 4y ago|18 comments
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by octobus2021 4y ago
[...sound of offline password managers' users munching on popcorn intensifies...]
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I've read "The Happiness Advantage" on (then-)emerging field of positive psychology, which I strongly recommend to anybody interested in improving their mental wellness. It's not too big, well structured, and contains bo
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by octobus2021 4y ago
Was laid off in March 2020 (senior dev/lead), took 1.5 years to find another job. Share author's disbelief in "job market in unbelievably strong", "people quit jobs because they are unhappy and hop to better positio
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by octobus2021 4y ago
This sounds exactly like the sound of the big city (minus some distracting noises on top). I always loved being in a city. Mystery solved :)
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I have camera on for most of the small-team (10 or less) meetings, esp. with the clients. Typically off for larger meetings. I notice that once people see I have the camera on they tend to turn theirs on as well. It helps tremendously.
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by octobus2021 4y ago
Congratulations on landing a new job! I had a misfortune of being unemployed for a number of months during and shortly post-pandemic, the job market was out of wack even then, now add inflation, energy prices, political instability, and Fed
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by octobus2021 4y ago
Why would I think of a weekend not as a weekend but as weekendS, which is 2 days, one of which is the end and another is beginning? It's called weekend, as in the end which follows the week. Which therefore starts on Monday and ends on
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by octobus2021 4y ago
I'm honestly not sure what "bike shedding" is but numerical values for days of the week very much count when building any software containing calendars (or any dates really) to make sure it works properly in different geograp

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