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by qes 6y ago
> I know if I e.g. break the USB C port on my phone I just need a new $5-10 sub-board. Compare that to breaking something essential on my washing machine, drier, TV etc., those things are typically easy to open, but a lot harder to actua
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by qes 6y ago
> They're only the same by name which is unfortunate, because it's completely new. I certainly wouldn't say that. Full Framework .Net and .Net Core are _far_ more similar than they are different - they share a very large c
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by qes 6y ago
You've heard of hybrids, right? > put a small gas or propane generator in the trunk I'd prefer you didn't pass out from carbon monoxide poisoning while operating a vehicle on public roads, thanks.
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by qes 6y ago
> cannot argue that bitcoin is anything better than gambling my net worth sure could wanna bet that's true in the aggregate as well?
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by qes 6y ago
What makes you think that after the Armageddon I'd be willing to trade my food for your gold. Wtf am I going to do with a chunk of gold?
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by qes 6y ago
Not for most people.
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by qes 6y ago
> Many of them probably spending printed stimulus money. $1200 issued months ago?
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by qes 6y ago
If KeePass's database file wasn't secure on it's own, then it would be quite useless.
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by qes 6y ago
> I don’t know of a single app I use regularly that is older than a few years. What did you use to visit this website? Check your email? Open a spreadsheet last? If your a software developer, what do you edit code in? Your operating syst
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by qes 6y ago
> For the first time in ten years Had your coolant pressure checked lately? Heat exchanger fins clean, clear, and straight?
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by qes 6y ago
Not sure if MN is a "flyover" state. I lucked into a great job with a good, generous boss that values technical expertise and domain knowledge who also built a growing, successful business with high margin, recurring revenue. I&#x
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by qes 6y ago
AWS Hero, Microsoft MVP.. something about those sorts of recognition seem to attract certain types of people - types seeking the limelight - often not particularly good, ethical, moral, or pleasant types.
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by qes 6y ago
Not sure how you miss the Empty project template: https://i2.wp.com/anthonygiretti.com/wp-content/uploads/2020... With the new request handling pipeline you hardly need a template for a single page diagnostic
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by qes 6y ago
It sounds a bit elitist but I think there's truth to what you're saying. I've seen it clearly in both directions from me - code I've written that I could easily pick out 10 peers I've worked with and be certain that
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by qes 6y ago
In my experience, albeit limited, you don't need anything approaching leetcode challenges to weed out the unqualified, even the good talkers. FizzBuzz became a thing for a reason. Would you consider FizzBuzz leetcode? Would you conside
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by qes 6y ago
> why people feel the need to use software like this The same reason people download executables from the internet that claim it will give them more RAM - personal ignorance and hyper-suggestibility. > They use CCleaner on a new machi
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by qes 6y ago
After building 7 more tables they might actually ROI on the circ saw and orbital sander and consumable supplies. Then they just have to start working down the capital costs of the table saw, router, miter saw, and clamps.
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by qes 6y ago
They do it because they'd lose business by the metric ton if it was possible to irrecoverably lose access to your account. It's probably not even legal.. I would bet it's not for a bank and if it's not for crypto exchang
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by qes 6y ago
I've long preferred New Relic as well - it always seemed the most natural to use; the information that was important was easy to find. Some other APM's didn't even seem to be recording accurate metrics, but ones that did were
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by qes 6y ago
Correct.
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by qes 6y ago
In my universe, I make that (net even, not gross) in half a year with essentially zero responsibility for marketing, taxes, customer support, etc. - nobody can realistically steal my work and cut into my wages with it - far less stress - an
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by qes 6y ago
Ok, fair, but for the 80%+ of the U.S. that aren't high income earners 5x won't be as easy. I obviously didn't include a ton of nuance in my original post.
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by qes 6y ago
I serve near StackOverflow levels of traffic. Similar # of page views and more than 5x the egress bandwidth. Also .Net. Also running a traditional monolith style system. One main SQL DB. Another for some logs. Redis. Blob storage. KISS. We
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by qes 6y ago
> This wasn't all that uncommon in the early days of .net core Good heavens was that a mess. It had been a nice 15+ years of easy-peasy with dependency management prior to that in MS-land, though. It seemed that a fair amount of the
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by qes 6y ago
AMD's only beating Intel with a process node advantage. Whether or not AMD would continue to outperform Intel at a more similar component size is still speculation, but they have not in recent years.
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by qes 6y ago
Nobody is mortgaging 10x their income. You'll have tough time getting 5x.
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by qes 6y ago
> use stop limit prices to guarantee a desirable price in which case there's nothing a hedge fund can do to bump you This is VERY misleading - not sure if you just worded it poorly or if you believe this - but a stop limit is NOT a
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by qes 6y ago
> common wisdom is that this is still the best way to save for retirement Because the tax advantage on the account makes it so largely irregardless of how well you understand it. Also the options available are generally quite limited so
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by qes 6y ago
I'm not in a particularly hot real estate market - decidedly average. It was abundantly clear when we bought that our location would not have a large apartment building built next to it - you can at least to some degree select for fact
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by qes 6y ago
I struggle with the same pattern and worries myself, though mostly internally. My position affords a lot of latitude for it (I replaced the previous lead dev 10 years ago when the company was 5 people). It seems to be (and is said to be) ok

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