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by rb808 7y ago
Of course Russia has had its own version of GPS for decades. Those ICBMs need some way to find their destination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS World Bank has never been important to Russia. You're right t
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by rb808 7y ago
Its a job that takes time, commitment and impacts your reputation. It isn't a trivial title on the side while you do real work.
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by rb808 7y ago
China is a big investor but its just one of many. European companies always had a big footprint. https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersion...
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by rb808 7y ago
Also hiring. I worked with an ex Army Ranger who was by far the best leader I've seen.
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by rb808 7y ago
My org is a battleship lol.
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by rb808 7y ago
Sounds like most the Asian parents in my American middle school. After a while you start to wonder what is normal and maybe just white kids are lazy.
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by rb808 7y ago
Wow your work laptop is up to 10 already? We've started to plan our migration.
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by rb808 7y ago
One thing I don't understand about American culture is thanksgiving and how it interracts with Christmas. If your family meets up for thanksgiving does that mean Christmas isn't so important to meet up with extended family? We hav
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by rb808 7y ago
https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/secrets/pki/index.html thanks
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by rb808 7y ago
Certificate management is such a huge problem for big organizations. Does anyone have guidelines on how to do it properly? You really need a way to track who is using what and how they automatically get renewed a long time before expiry. My
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by rb808 7y ago
Wasn't there one like this already (though used android) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First
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by rb808 7y ago
The other thing I've noticed is emergency vehicles flashing lights are getting much brighter. Sometimes flashing police lights are so intense I feel blinded.
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by rb808 7y ago
One problem with commit messages is that they get overwritten. Often code is refactored multiple times so the original good quality commit messages are hard to find amongst upgrading/refactoring/moving/cleaning messages. Make
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by rb808 7y ago
They had some incident earlier in the year where 100 Mercedes went missing in Chicago. I can't find the article that described it but apparently it was a wild night. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/t
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by rb808 7y ago
Yeah I'd like to see too if you were Russian, Japanese or Argentinian for example what the returns would have been. I doubt the stock market would have been so kind.
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by rb808 7y ago
One problem I've had that I can easily follow my interests and ignore external validation or doing what others think is best. The problem is I've found often that 10 years later I realized I didn't see the bigger picture and
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by rb808 7y ago
There is a big gravity effect with ice sheets attracting water. If/when Greenland melts, water levels nearby will drop a lot, NW Europe might even fall too. https://sealevel.nasa.gov/understanding-sea-level/regiona
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by rb808 7y ago
Its kinda weird that the main reason that US grad schools are so good is that its full of international students who have to be there to get green cards. Its a symbiotic relationship. Take away the opportunity or desire to immigrate and no
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by rb808 7y ago
The back half of this bloomberg video has hardware startup guys going to the market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLmaIbb13GM
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by rb808 7y ago
I don't really understand why its a duopoly, if you restrict yourself to a few basic services surely you can easily switch?
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by rb808 7y ago
Its one reason I avoid doing too much front end work. There are so many bootcamp people now and most are good enough if they're motivated. I don't see how these high salaries can last.
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by rb808 7y ago
Its relevant that the US DoD contracts helped build Silicon Valley in the first place. It makes sense for the government to encourage firms to other regions. https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
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by rb808 7y ago
Its not just Excel. I have legacy bash/perl/python scripts sprinkled liberally around my world and it never gets better.
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by rb808 7y ago
It always seemed silly that people with just months to live weren't allowed to try new medications in case they were dangerous. Surely you should be able to try anything. One protection though is that desperate people will pay for snak
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by rb808 7y ago
Java has changed a lot too. Its a real problem in an old code base as there are different generations of developers writing in different styles making the whole thing inconsistent and confusing.
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by rb808 7y ago
Utah has shown that if you have a small city with lots of cheap land, freezing cold winters, mostly-white population and a religion that expects everyone to do community service you can have a much lower homeless rate. This doesn't hol
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by rb808 7y ago
Its true that online dating doesn't get the respect it deserves. Some points: People are dating around and when they settle down they know what they're doing More young people use Tinder than Facebook Its only worth being on Tinde
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How Online Dating Is Reshaping the Entire Economy(bloomberg.com)
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by rb808 7y ago
I dont think DC wall socket is the problem - its the small electronics that each have their own power pack. Ideally to me every led lamp, settop box, alarm clock, phone, laptop would not come with a power supply box. It would just take a U
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by rb808 7y ago
I buy 100% wind power at home, but its pretty much a scam I think. Of course when there isn't any wind I get coal/gas/nuclear generated power. The 99% of people who dont care dont care and its just a way to get some extra cha

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