rhombocombus

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by rhombocombus 7y ago
It is fast, robust, and frequently far more performant than a lot of modern tools that can be overkill for most data manipulation. I use it all the time in our ETL processes and it always works as advertised.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Folks tolerate many of the features you describe (lane-keep assist, emergency auto braking (edit - spelling)) because they make one of the most dangerous activities we participate in as a society objectively safer. Engine auto stop helps r
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
The installation from the docs on the readme is broken!
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
This is anecdotal, but I experienced a tectonic shift in both my personal success and happiness when I refocused my attention on the "eulogy" virtues. In my experience if you live those honestly the others fall into place rather o
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
That this is even a thing that needs to be said is a ghastly reflection of where we are as a species and a country.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Having worked with folks approaching that level of obstreperousness my advice would be to get as far away as you can as quickly as you can manage.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Plus one on the color laser. It hurt having to buy all of that expensive toner, but the robustness, the long interval between toner change, and the quality and speed of printing has made inkjets a false economy. Inkjets produce better photo
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
That is largely mitigated by the MUCH more reliable turboprop in the M600. They have problems much less frequently than piston engines. Not to say they don't happen, or that it isn't important that pilots train for engine out scen
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I prefer to be subsonic before I let the mains touch down (atleast...)
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I know!! As a student pilot I have zero issues with the drone flight restrictions. It's easy to trivialize the rules as a drone pilot, but in an airplane, hitting a drone could be life and death.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I agree in general, but I am torn; while I find drones in parks and natural areas extremely annoying I am utterly fascinated with the technology.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
That places them on the "companies I probably wouldn't be happy working for" list. Certainly there are folks there who tried to speak up about it who were likely railroaded.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
It's easy to finger wag at supposed entitlement and consumerism when you completely ignore all the other factors that lead someone to decide where to live and work. As the breadwinner in my family I made the decision to live closer to
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I remember, it was such that I despised USB for many years, but then it reached a level of ubiquity and maturity that made it really great. Like you, I think that in a few years this will all be like USB-a in the late '90s/early 2
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I am currently leading a dev team on a project that I would describe as waterfagile/agilefall. It's a highly regulated industry and the product is for a state level client that has rigorous specifications. We operate iteratively,
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
There is a big difference between multitasking and parallel processing. As a former neuroscientist I get rankled when I read gross conflations like this, it doesn't help anyone understand how the brain actually works, nor does it effec
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Having had to shake the proverbial money tree in academia though, I can say that I could have fallen into that trap if an enthusiastic investor wanted to plow money into my project. I certainly don't mean to pat this person on the back
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
This seems like an appropriate response. I was approached by a woman who wanted to merge her lab with mine a number of years ago, I didn't go through with the deal for a number of reasons, but many years later it was revealed that this
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
This is my understanding as well, I remember reading something that said new power consumption is either flattening or decreasing because modern electronics and appliances are getting more and more efficient.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Me too! I really loved PageMaker, and used it for most of my papers into college as well. I moved away from it when they made InDesign...
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Having grown up and learned music on a Schimmel they are excellent instruments. Steinways are also fabulous pianos (undisputed by everyone), but I would actually argue that Schimmel makes a better upright. From a branding perspective, I gue
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Looks like a clear night tonight in the PNW, I will definitely take a look after sunset! I have never seen or heard of these kinds of clouds before, sounds beautiful.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Me and thousands of dollars in periodontal treatments are a living anecdotal testimony to that fact. mechanical disruption of the biofilms in the interdental space is the only known efficacious prophylaxis for gum disease that I know of. Th
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
There is, based on what I have seen, a decoupling between tech screens and the ability to perform in a job. I'm a big fan of a takehome assessment if you're really worried about someone's skill, but these days when I am scree
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
As a former Atlantan (I lived in EAV or near it for 12 years) now living on the west coast I think the trend follows here as well: twenty minutes outside of Portland and you're in the "sticks." That said, the folks who live i
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
So a flexible peltier? I think peltiers are really interesting, they certainly aren't very efficient, but I'm excited that innovation is happening in that space. Heat pumps without moving parts will always be interesting to me.
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
Then you've never watched a loved one get bankrupted by medical bills and skip medicine because it's too expensive. It's a common tale here that is a fairy tale even in many developing countries. We have higher infant mortali
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
I simply can't get behind the idea that having someone whiteboard an algorithm is analogous to either their programming skill or their ability to work within a company. I spend a minuscule fraction of my time writing algorithms in my d
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
While I agree with you conceptually, as a daily DataStage/InfoSphere user, there are plenty of buggy IBM products. I do think a general problem solving test is way more useful for vetting candidates than some stupid algo whiteboard ass
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by rhombocombus 7y ago
You have conflated a shareholder vote with a statutory requirement here. This is a decision driven by the shareholders and not a governing body. I agree that the statutes should be equitably applied across all businesses, but it is a non-se

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