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by rubidium 4y ago
Because everyone buys your product once and never thinks about it again. Really: I’ve talked to commercial product managers who bemoan the fact that all their customers are perfectly happy with the 10-20 year old instrument they have. There
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by rubidium 4y ago
This is something I’m interested in. There are strong plastics, but a lot of stuff nowadays seems to be the cheapest plastic imaginable. Anyway to know if what you’re getting?
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by rubidium 4y ago
Hunh, I’ll be in that neck of the world next week. Need to look into this…
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by rubidium 4y ago
“ Nothing is really gained by the other party seing my lips move.“ Eh, maybe for you. Hard of hearing folks and more extroverted folks will disagree. Depends on your team.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Does Shortcut have any support for formal requirements management (e.g. ISO9001 support)? The R4J plugin for JIRA saves a ton of headache around that... but Shortcut looks nice so thought worth checking.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Here's they have an example from Portland, OR. Seems.... pretty basic I guess? https://www.arcgis.com/apps/CEWebViewer/viewer.html?3dWebSce... Not sure the pricing.
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by rubidium 4y ago
If you can’t take this sales pitch you need to get out more.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Eh, maybe your company' vpn is better than mine, but I do as little work as possible on the VPN due to abysmal speed.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Yea, I linked to the website instead of amazon, but really just read the book. Don't read the website.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Not a programmer, but new Physics PhD grad in a mid-sized midwest city.... so exactly 0 job board postings looking for my credentials. Resorted to technique of Guerilla marketing for job hunters: https://www.gm4jh.com/ . Ma
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by rubidium 4y ago
Geesh come on. Author is rather idealist. The #1 most important thing in research proposals is making good images. No one cares about the text as long as it fits the proper mold. But the images that concisely convey the novelty of the work
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by rubidium 4y ago
Unless I missed it, your website has no way for potential clients to contact you.
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by rubidium 4y ago
It depends on your appetite for risk. But fintech means you’ll have a job in 2 years (likely). Nothing is guaranteed.
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by rubidium 4y ago
RIF?
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by rubidium 4y ago
Don’t rising interest rates put a downward pressure on p/e as growth (often) requires capital thus loans?
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by rubidium 4y ago
“ I always hated the cost center vs profit center distinction.” You may hate it but ignore it at your peril. It’s how the company sees you.
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by rubidium 4y ago
From the transcript “ I would say 99% of the change that creates value is incremental change, and we’re just adopting faster and better ways of doing stuff. ” No one is doing innovation worship here.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Yea so buy land if you’re so paranoid about becoming Japan. It’s an island nation with a very unique history. Not a great counterpoint to current US and global economics.
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by rubidium 4y ago
It’s simple. If you’re in operations it’s all about increasing operating margin (omx). The simplest way to do that is to cut op expenses until you scrape bottom and op revenue dips. Then you adjust, firefight, and find other op expenses to
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by rubidium 4y ago
I have a statistically very uncommon name (there’s like 3 other people with my name who have showed up on the internet) and I’ve still run into this because I use first name.surname@gmail.com. I can’t imagine what it’s like for whoever uses
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by rubidium 4y ago
Just over 2x standard price it seems given the materials and labor.
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by rubidium 4y ago
Xray and R4J plugins make it pretty nice in JIRA... as far as traceability goes it's MUCH more user friendly than DOORS.
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by rubidium 5y ago
Yes and cranial measurements determine intelligence too… Come on people. We’ve been down this road before. It’s not good.
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by rubidium 5y ago
And then suffer a life on the hedonic treadmill dying smug and somehow all alone.
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by rubidium 5y ago
Invented or discovered is a debate in the philosophy of mathematics
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by rubidium 5y ago
Woah. If you want to read one article to better understand what's going on, this is it. It's hard for people from the west to see things from a different point of view than modern liberalism. This article shows where and why. It a
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by rubidium 5y ago
Except canceling a subscription is easy (for both parties!). Firing an employee is harder. And finance treats them differently.
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by rubidium 5y ago
Enterprise. That’s a cost that just doesn’t matter.
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by rubidium 5y ago
Perhaps, but a big part of the value prop of NewEgg (to me at least) is "better than Amazon at not giving me damaged/fake product."
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by rubidium 5y ago
No relationships, moved multiple times, and never stayed at a job for long. Sounds like a recipe for having no roots or committed friendships/community as you chased the cornucopia of worldly experiences… that has now dried up and been

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