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by rtp4me 4y ago
420 - up in smoke
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Wow - vampire taps. That brings back some memories :-)
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Not sure of any specific resources, just years of running cables :-) Some of my lessons learned: * Whatever you do, be very mindful of future events (repairs, replacements, etc). Spending an extra 5mins upfront when you are in a hurry will
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by rtp4me 4y ago
In my experience, data center cabling is either a huge mess (random cables just hanging everywhere) or is tied down so much you can't do any repairs/replacements (velcro, tie wraps, etc). There is a fine line between cleanliness
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by rtp4me 4y ago
I like the page and have some input: * Showing $$/hr on the first page (summary page) is going to lead a race to the bottom. Most people are fixated on $$ and will immediately gravitate towards the lowest price possible. Not good f
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Honestly, I have found HN’s monthly “Who wants to be hired” threads to be very productive. Since last May (2022), I have personally picked up 3 clients who I would never have known about except for HN. It might not sound like a lot of tra
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Agreed on the time issue. Even with Israeli engineering teams, their work week starts on Sunday and ends on Thursday. Thus, you are given a 4-day collaboration week.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
It already has happened. In the big tech companies I worked for, adding new headcount always seemed to come from outside the US. Even today, many of the senior leaders come from India. Not to mention the people with Visas.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Agree 100%. 20yrs ago I worked with multiple teams from India, and we always seemed to have language, skill, and expectation gaps ("the work is done" did not always mean it was done). Now, the India teams are very skilled, speak
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by rtp4me 4y ago
So, I guess at this point you have at least two options: * Go back to the office as expected * Look for another job Which one will you pursue?
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Don't ask yourself or your neighbor. Ask your company why they want you to RTO. Who needs the RTO? Apparently, the company does. This is why they are asking people to return...
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Agreed. If the expectation was to work from the office when you were hired, you should expect to go back to the office once the pandemic is/was over. Otherwise, why would you take a job in an office if you didn't want to work th
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Serious question for the folks who are not getting many callbacks. Are you looking for remote-only work, or are you looking at both remote and on-site opportunities?
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Ask HN: What type of keyboard do you recommend?
1 points by rtp4me 4y ago|3 comments
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Thanks for this. Yesterday I picked up a new Mac Studio M1 Max with 32G RAM and 1TB NVMe, and today I see the new Mac Mini M2 Pro with 12 CPUs, 32G RAM, and 1TB NVMe for about the same price . Any idea the performance delta between the M1
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by rtp4me 4y ago
I keep an old Windows XP VM around with Java 6 just for this exact reason.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Sorry, but the parent to my specific comment did not mention anything about Andriod Auto/Carplay. Their comment specifically said "Tesla is far behind everyone else on navigation due to the simple fact that Teslas do not have Car
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Mind if I show you my 2021 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid Infotainment system? Utter garbage. Slow, clunky, almost unusable.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Hard disagree on this one. I have both a 2021 Tesla Model Y and a 2021 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid. Overall, the Tesla system is much better than the Toyota Infotainment system. For example: * Tesla maps has a much better zoom/scroll fea
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by rtp4me 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | USA | Remote | On-Prem and Cloud Infrastructure LOCATION: Raleigh, NC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Greetings everyone. My name is Ron Kelley, and my passion lies in infrastructure deployment and support. I am looking
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Awesome, thanks for the tip!
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Switched from LastPass to Bitwarden some time ago. The only issue I had thus far was exporting the contents out of LastPass. Some of the special characters in some passwords did not export properly. I had to add those items by hand. As for
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Cool! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions (contact details in profile). I am by no means a ZFS expert, but I have been doing servers/storage for a long time and can probably help out if you run into an issue.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
The madness ends when you have to sell your home and can't because: * The neighbor to the left has 4 broken down cars in the front yard and a backhoe/excavator in their back yard * The neighbor to the right has essentially a dog p
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Ask HN: How to Negotiate Contract Rates?
1 points by rtp4me 4y ago|0 comments
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Agreed. We have lived in an HOA neighborhood for +20 yrs and very much enjoy the "insurance" the HOA rules provide. We don't have broken/junk cars on the street or yard, neighbors with a large collection of hunting dog
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Interesting, thanks for the perspective. Myself, I treat MDADM/ZFS RAID failure more of a headache than RAID cards. As I mentioned earlier, RAID cards allow for easy hot-swap without any OS intervention. I am always nervous when I h
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by rtp4me 4y ago
My experience with hardware RAID cards (LSI, PERC, etc) is vastly different than the recommendations you heard. I have been running production servers with LSI hardware RAID cards for the past 15 years and have not experienced the items you
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by rtp4me 4y ago
Thanks for reminding me about QBI! I knew there was one other deduction but forgot to mention it in the thread. Last time I checked, the QBI deduction was 20% of the W2 income. Another great example of being smart about your own taxes.
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by rtp4me 4y ago
I have a single-member LLC (with S-Corp designation) in NC that focuses on IT consulting. I track all my business expenses via simple google spreadsheet and hand over the spreadsheet plus the W2 income statements to my CPA at the end of th

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