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by pnathan 7y ago
There's evidence based works out there, but it's crazy hard to find them. Too much bloviation. As a resource bundle for members, you could offer book packages of known good texts. Possibly also a blacklist of "ideas/work
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> And our support systems have changed dramatically; we’ve often moved away from the close-knit communities and extended families that used to be the norm. And when we go online we see an overwhelming amount of advice that’s often contra
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by pnathan 7y ago
Kubernetes solves very real problems in a way that handles a full suite of them. This is very complex because the problem set is complex. If you're running a substantially smaller system, k8s makes less sense. That said, if you're
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by pnathan 7y ago
If the trade is a SLA for a management fee, that is a reasonable business decision, and largely a rounding error for a decently sized company with a well designed clustering system. Lack of SLAs is a major issue IME with cloud providers.
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Effective change requires shifting the system. Personal choices for coffee cups, cars, etc are largely irrelevant besides wrangling your own guilt. A actual change needed for airlines is to tax airlines at the cost of emissions and pollutio
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by pnathan 7y ago
I saw this at Kubecon 2018 and even got a sweater from the folks there. The idea of an all-in-one soup-to-nuts system is pretty unusual these days. So, this is a fascinating project. I don't know how I'd introduce it at a compan
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by pnathan 7y ago
When I was putting together the build about 2? years ago, dune was not the normative standard.
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It is complicated to figure out a straightforward way to do builds in OCaml. If you're not tapped into the Current Way, you kind of have to read this blog, read that fragment, piece it together. I worked it through for a project of min
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by pnathan 7y ago
the 80s, basically. But, there was a reactionary swell that hit circa 1976ish, propelled Reagan into office and has continued in one form or another ever since.
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Crime is, fundamentally, crime. Particularly for these cut and dried historical elements like "theft". It's breaking both law and ancient custom. SF needs to address this crime situation. So does, for that matter, Seattle. Sh
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by pnathan 7y ago
I am persuaded that invention effectiveness in the market is almost entirely a function of business acumen, and almost completely divorced from the technical capability. Although a total lemon will fail.
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by pnathan 7y ago
It seems clear that Epstein was involved in Very Corrupt Things with VIPs. I don't know that I would say more than there's a lot of arse covering at this point, but it doesn't look good for those who visited his palaces - the
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by pnathan 7y ago
No. That's bottom feeder stuff generally I used to have an Upwork account, to try and swing some cash on the side. Most of those jobs are paid far out of proportion to what they are asking people to do. "Facebook but for XYZ"
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> We need more software engineers venturing out into other industries and identifying and solving problems. this seems to line up with my experience well. But I don't have a good line of sight for me to actually experience those bus
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I've observed this myself. A lot of the computer studies stuff for high schoolers in the 1990s was "How To Use Word", I don't imagine its gotten better since. > Using green text on a black background is not only obno
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by pnathan 7y ago
Super awesome. As a point of curiosity, when did this kind of complete sequencing capability get to the point where it could be turned around in under two months?
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I have never once been able to look at this and think it was a good idea outside of specific training sessions with specific coworkers for specific purposes. I think programmers should be considered professionals who can do their own work q
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by pnathan 7y ago
What's interesting is none of these people are in the US. I feel that the regulatory burden, pay scales, and the political climate are shifting a lot of the scrappy innovation to outside of the US. ed: awesome ideas, I hope to see tons
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Fascinating stuff. Brings to mind the fact that much of earlier antiquity artifacts were plain looted into museums, etc. Mummies were made into artists' paint, for instance.
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by pnathan 7y ago
Strong agreement. JUMP bikes were designed for the hostile environment of vandals and sabotage that exist here. Lime bikes weren't. I LIKE dockless bikeshare. But the bikes have to be safe to ride.
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Interesting. That's a very strange blogpost.
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> I used to think that highly competitive markets with low prices are the best, but now I am not so sure. Those kind of markets tend to push the quality down as well as squeeze the workers. I have also mostly changed my mind here. Largel
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> I feel in this case, waiting for college is too late and the improvements should be done at the grade school level. Only a fraction of the population goes to college and as such even if the education from college was perfected, it woul
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by pnathan 7y ago
A little context from a local (me). Amazon is doing this in part because it gets a ton of heat for its part in the somewhat overheated Seattle land economy. Housing costs post-recession have skyrocketed and it has reconfigured the local h
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it's not a bad deal! The cost I expect for my kid at a state school for a 4 year school is ~~~~150K, given typical cost increases. I'm not averse to giving him enough debt to attend to his finances with care - say, 20-30K in today
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These are my observations/opinions based on both graduate and undergrad school in the US. (1) In this utopian world, college owned dorms would be part and parcel of the free college. This allows control of the costs rather than allowin
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> Public student loans have income based repayment. Assuming you go to a state school and don't live on campus, the debt isn't a big deal. only for very specific programs, doing very specific work. I looked into it. it's n
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by pnathan 7y ago
I sometimes wonder about rpg's notion of a MFA in programming. I think it'd be very valuable - there's a lot of crossover between art and programming, I think.
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This is a good approach for some. I am - and have always been - disinclined to do work I don't really enjoy. Some people - I have a good friend like this! - don't have that bit flipped in them, and for those people, your approach
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> While other parents cheerfully promise that “if you get in, we’ll figure out the money part,” That is literally the worst mindset to go in to this about. I profoundly want to see college be free for all, and debt zeroed out. Failing th

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