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by phlipski 5y ago
Leave that group ASAP. Things will never get better. Your group is proving to the company that they can deliver without extra resources.
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by phlipski 5y ago
My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia three years ago and then at the onset of at home learning late last spring we realized something else was up. After neuro testing she was diagnosed with ADHD. She's on a daily dose of Focalin and
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by phlipski 5y ago
This is great advice. My father-in-law recently passed and my mother-in-law literally knew nothing about their finances. She's been calling insurance companies and banks trying to make sense of it all. This is more an indictment of
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by phlipski 5y ago
"Document your meetings" - ugh I'm still surprised 20 years into my career at the amount of times people hold a meeting and DON'T TAKE ANY MINUTES!!! I recently asked someone, "Do you not normally take minutes?&quo
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by phlipski 5y ago
Gorgeous photography in that article. Great read. I love HN for posts like this.
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by phlipski 5y ago
2019 Chrysler Pacifica with the advanced driving aids (adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist). I have three kids and the minivan is just amazing. I never thought I'd own one, but I'm a convert for life. The engine has
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by phlipski 5y ago
That robovac (bought a roomba 600 series 5 years ago) saved my marriage! Single greatest home productivity improvement purchase of all time!
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by phlipski 5y ago
One of the things that has consistently shocked me as I've gotten older is how hard some companies make it for people to actually give them money! I'm like, "Hey - I'm waving these hundred dollar bills here for you to t
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by phlipski 5y ago
The similarity between the two probably helps explain the plethora of programming blogs versus the absolute desert that is the hardware/circuit based blogosphere....
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by phlipski 5y ago
I'll hold your beer for you while you do that R&D! :)
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by phlipski 5y ago
Outside of my day job I've got the following: 1. Old boat (1993) - which always wants/needs something. Currently about to rebuild the 350 V8 and switch from carb to EFI. 2. House - slowly just remodeling with a mix of my own DIY
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by phlipski 6y ago
There are plenty of people who have "closed the drawbridge behind them once inside." They don't want to help, or think that you should figure it out yourself or should already know the answer etc.... They forget that they w
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by phlipski 6y ago
And below sea level! I'll be here all week folks!
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by phlipski 6y ago
This got me thinking. If 100 people all pony up $1000, then you've got $100,000 of funding and no equity (as the founder). But if we stretch this idea - say $1000 buys equity in the startup equal to 49% / (total number of backer
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by phlipski 6y ago
I've long wondered the value anyone gets from Linkedin. But it seems as if it's "the least dirty shirt" in a hamper of crap. It would seem that its network effect makes building a better alternative difficult. I'
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by phlipski 6y ago
I would say unless you're building a directly competing product then don't worry about it. Most companies aren't going to spend the time/effort to go after an employee who built a side project and then left for it. Thi
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by phlipski 6y ago
Can you recommend any good primers/tutorials on "Tee's", sockets or pipes in unix/linux? You know - for us "hardware" guys to brush up on? :)
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by phlipski 6y ago
I believe the fire risk can be mitigated through better building codes. Florida solved this problem years ago. California is just stubborn. Sea level rise I think is much more problematic. Houston has had three "500 year" floo
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by phlipski 6y ago
This the engineering corollary of "The grass is always greener". For engineers it's "The other engineering disciplines are always harder"!
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by phlipski 6y ago
This is a good point I forgot to expand upon. The EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry is a hugely import symbiotic relationship to the chip industry at this point. The two sort of go back and forth driving each other forward.
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by phlipski 6y ago
This is like asking, "How do I get into the medical industry?" It's overly broad. There are lots of different jobs in the chip industry. 1. Device engineer - want to build transistors? Grab a physics/chemistry masters
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by phlipski 6y ago
Yes - I would have told Rose to make room on that door for me!
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by phlipski 6y ago
I've learned so much from the Sound Opinions show. It's a weekly hour long music show where the hosts (Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis) interview musicians, producers, historians, and also review albums - both new releases and the occ
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by phlipski 6y ago
The SR-71 fuel tanks didn't fully seal until the plane was at cruising speed. The heat on the airframe tightened up the tanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird If ever in Washington D.C. I h
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by phlipski 7y ago
This is an interesting case - probably the only time your lawyer would RECOMMEND blowing! :)
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by phlipski 7y ago
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. All citizens deserve to know what their politicians are saying behind closed doors.
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by phlipski 8y ago
So 31 is the new "elderly"?
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by phlipski 8y ago
NLP will only continue to improve in the years ahead. I've got a few echo's around the house, and yes the current implementation of NLP is not perfect. It requires some modification of how the user speaks, but the first time you
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by phlipski 8y ago
I hear the phrase, "Not as well built as before" a lot when it comes to housing, and I just dont' understand why that is always assumed. Modern building codes are updated based on sound science and testing. Talk to folks wh
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by phlipski 8y ago
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/desert-storms-opening-shot...

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