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by ravagat 4y ago
Incredible work, I love the ThinkPad 701C and wish for a resurgence of that type of industrial design. Very exciting to see that a transplant is possible albeit not simple
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by ravagat 4y ago
Oh boy, this is true and unfortunately this has been the result of over-delegation that rose in prominence over some, give or take, +-70 years. And I don't mean effective communication but specifically: > the focus on communication
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by ravagat 4y ago
I do agree effective ommunication is challenging. For async remote communication, the one thing I found that personally helps is "Be explicit, don't assume". This can sometimes mean contextualizing and more explaining but it&
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by ravagat 4y ago
Reconsider it, the network effects are undeniable. And if your former coworkers are international, believe it or not your network is even better (in the sense of blind opportunities coming your way). Don't discount LinkedIn just having
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by ravagat 4y ago
This is really the ideal approach especially with the runway you have.
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by ravagat 4y ago
Nice! How was the feedback from the teams been after teaching them?
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by ravagat 4y ago
Never be surprised by the fact that the obvious for you is not as obvious to others. You live long enough and see this more.
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by ravagat 4y ago
I was going to write up another reply after seeing the Haskell reference but this comment will suffice. +1, You're really pitching yourself wrong here. Also you would be unwise to take vertis' offer to talk, please do!
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by ravagat 4y ago
As someone who went through a sabbatical, you must first know and acknowledge that your full time job now is to find a job, which means navigating the processes involved. > Q1. What should I do to get to a point where I feel confident en
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by ravagat 4y ago
The barriers to entry and constant status maintenance are well worth it and are set up exactly the way they are for good reason. I don't think there are any startups that explicitly address these pain points. It's likely impossibl
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by ravagat 4y ago
The only thing I'd value out of the current crop of AIs is whether they could decipher and contextualize other people's code to essentially create comments of context in codebases. That would be worth it. I think the general ecosy
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by ravagat 4y ago
I thought I was the only one doing that style of play with GTA: San Andreas! What a reminder, thanks
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by ravagat 4y ago
I love the message and the sentiment. It's why I value and enjoy coming across personal websites with effort. The biggest thing I've noticed is that while the adoption and ease of use the various social media websites/platfor
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by ravagat 4y ago
I recommend the book by Robert Coram - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. Also Boyd's presentation on Patterns of Conflict.
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by ravagat 4y ago
"Get caught with that, that's just a slap on the wrist"
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by ravagat 4y ago
Funny how browsers have gone from single window to tabs in window and now, in a sense, back to single purpose window with tab optionality
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by ravagat 4y ago
Very happy to see this. I have been a silent advocate for bringing back/investing into in-house "cloud" infrastructure for the many SME I've done some work for. I have already seen corporate (non-tech/startup/s
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Ask HN: What are you doing differently now while job hunting?
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by ravagat 4y ago
Oh then I'd recommend cigar lounges and/or hookah lounges. You don't need to indulge in smoking, most I've been to serve meals, drinks, and especially tea and coffee.
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by ravagat 4y ago
- Your local park - public library usually has rooms of various sizes plus you have the added amenities - local high school gym/auditorium can be rented - if you live in a house, your yard. if you live in an apartment, your rooftop - p
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by ravagat 4y ago
> It's not pretty, but it's zero maintenance. I've been doing that for 10 years now, and I don't think I'd ever go back to a third-party dependency. SSG is third-party dependency in one way.
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by ravagat 4y ago
Absolutely, though my examples are older as I found the language used far more eloquent compared to recent documents. On Brevity, a personal favourite and a classic W.S.C piece: https://policymemos.hks.harvard.edu/files&#x2F
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by ravagat 4y ago
One thing I'd add is that old military documentation especially SOPs are great references in how to write and implement well written and readable strategy documentation. There is an emphasis on brevity which is one thing that is both o
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by ravagat 4y ago
+1 I'd like to add that old military documentation especially SOPs are great references in how to write and implement well written and readable documentation.
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by ravagat 4y ago
Good stuff man. Very happy to see some folks still experimenting and trying things and then writing about it. Thanks for sharing Michal!
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by ravagat 4y ago
What you described is as close as possible to product strategy and not engineering strategy.
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by ravagat 4y ago
> Strategy needs to be tuneable* Yes yes yes!
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by ravagat 4y ago
On the main subject of URL shortening services, I think they work well especially if you set up your own. Although mass-marketed URL shortening services like bitly and tinyurl have also been abused by bad actors I still think they are good
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by ravagat 4y ago
No big deal here, hence they are contractors. Interesting though is the timing of this, I remember reading last week (?) about the inconsistent quality from the Indian factories could be why this was posted
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by ravagat 4y ago
I'm still waiting on Apple to bring those iPad fingerprint power buttons into the iPhone. And I'm still hoping someone is ballsy enough to make a keyboard case for the iPhone. Also I'm hoping Blackberry returns but I know tha

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