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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
as someone with a pre-existing condition (that I didn't ask for), Obamacare was such a huge relief. Before I got into tech I was teaching guitar lessons and really enjoying things. My condition requires more than a once a year physical
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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
The cost of living has significantly outpaced salary growth. And given how quick companies are to do layoffs, even when things are going well; makes people a little less confident in a job switch. And that doesn't even account for the
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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
I think about this a lot actually. I was playing No Man's Sky this weekend, hoping between galaxy's and was thinking about how we aren't even on a path to making something like that possible. I think the show "For All Ma
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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
they probably used a magnifying glass to help read.
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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
Pythons in SW Florida are found to have dangerously high levels of mercury[0] so it may not be as perfectly good as hoped for. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31256202/
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by rocketpastsix 1y ago
why not?
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by rocketpastsix 2y ago
Arc at work, Safari at home.
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by rocketpastsix 2y ago
I don't think thats on the table right now. Good to have a cut over plan, but I wouldn't stress it right now. It appears the Canadians are aiming their efforts at hurting "red" states, and AWS is based in a "blue&qu
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by rocketpastsix 2y ago
YNAB generally gets mentioned as one of the de factor budgeting options. I used it a lot a few years ago and it works. Their system is a little wonky if you aren't used to the envelope method but they have great docs, a great little po
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by rocketpastsix 2y ago
I would put this up there with Dark Mode. I want your product to work, I could care less about dark mode, light mode, keyboard shortcuts or anything else.
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by rocketpastsix 3y ago
have you met congress? they can barely agree on anything so getting more funding for National Parks is an uphill battle.
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by rocketpastsix 3y ago
Sure I am lonely, but going to an office isn't it. We need more third places that aren't work and home. In Nashville, the options are bars (which if you don't drink that's a bummer) and that's about it. Coffee shops
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by rocketpastsix 3y ago
the current mayor of Nashville, TN is a software architect (took a sabbatical to run for office, was a 2 term city council member).
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by rocketpastsix 3y ago
Build APIs You Wont Hate - Phil Sturgeon.
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by rocketpastsix 3y ago
they aren't curated from one source, they are curated by one source. This site curates from various left, right, and center leaning news sources so you can get a fuller picture.
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
he also body slammed a reporter, so lets not give him too much credit
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
Mark Denney and Nick Page are two I really enjoy lately. Both do nature photography and I personally love their style and the stuff they try to teach.
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
his "get out of debt" advice is fine, his investment advice is pretty terrible. also he is just a terrible person all around. One of his antics bringing a loaded gun to an all hands.
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
yes its awesome to have my work merged, even though Im not supposed to be doing a lot of coding. But what is equally awesome is when the junior developer who I manage does the implementation work I laid out and gets her PR merged. Even bett
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
It wasn't during college (I dropped out) but in 2020 I did the audio version of "How To Win Friends and Influence People" which had a profound impact on how I handled day to day conversations. A few others: The Simple Path to
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
for the lulz
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
openapi.tools has a list, however I havent found anything like Stoplight
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
"How To Listen to Jazz" is phenomenal. I picked it up on a whim, not even knowing who Ted Gioia is but I've loved it so far. Its opened me up to some new tunes I didn't know about.
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by rocketpastsix 4y ago
I've been off Facebook for about 2 years now and I've not seen any damage to my social life. Maybe its because I had a robust handful of hobbies that helped me make friends in the wild or something else I don't know but it so
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
wasn't WW1 supposed to be the "last war"? and then again with WW2?
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
>Meh. We've set up a deconfliction hotline with Russia so we don't start WW3. So far Russia has shown they don't care. They will take this war as far as they can, to make the casualties they have already sustained "wo
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
Unfortunately, yea we do. Now that more people are working from home the lines between work and not work are incredibly blurred. Add the increased connectivity we all have (email/slack/teams/etc on phones, laptops as work com
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
in the PHP community, it has somewhat started. Longhorn PHP was a few weeks ago with an in person event and virtual option.
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
huge plus one there.
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by rocketpastsix 5y ago
I also re-read Into Thin Air every so often. No idea why either.

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