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by runamuck 11mo ago
"All you need to remember for plumbing is that s*t runs downhill" - Tony Soprano
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by runamuck 11mo ago
Every religion (to my knowledge) agrees that true happiness only comes from helping others (and not then not boasting about your help).
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by runamuck 1y ago
The market for High Horology (vs. mass market watches like Rolex) hit high water marks the past couple of years. F.P. Journe, for example, released a (Quartz!) watch, the Elegante that retails for $12k and sells on the secondary market for
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by runamuck 1y ago
Add "sales" to the list. Even if you don't have strong "product thinking, project execution, nor people skills" you can reach out to sales and offer technical advice, or offer to write the tech portion of proposals
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by runamuck 1y ago
I love how you represent each token in the form of five stacked boxes, with height, weight etc. depicting different values. Where did you get this amazing idea? I will "steal" it for plotting high dimensionality data.
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by runamuck 1y ago
I went to Prague and people could not believe that I was American. More than one person said "but you're not fat!" Talk about stereotypes.
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by runamuck 1y ago
Any idea how much it costs to buy your own private train car?
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by runamuck 1y ago
We clearly state in the job posting, and at the start of the interview that we prohibit any AI use.
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by runamuck 1y ago
Just this week I interviewed a candidate for a Data Engineering role. I gave him four simple SQL statements and he got it instantly. He read the instructions out loud and typed the solutions immediately with no hesitation, perfect syntax.
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by runamuck 1y ago
This reminds me of Don Draper's quote: "But what is happiness? It’s the moment before you need more happiness.”
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by runamuck 1y ago
Please don't consider 38 years of age "old." I just turned 48 and thanks to boxing 6x a week for a year I lost about 50 pounds. I now clock in at 6'1", 168 pounds and love to go shirtless at the local public pool.
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The Origin of the $80 Popcorn Bucket(wsj.com)
1 points by runamuck 1y ago|0 comments
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by runamuck 1y ago
Related: Scott Alexander did a survey and provided analysis for Nootropic effectiveness - https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/nootropics-survey-2020-resu...
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by runamuck 1y ago
Me: "Tell me about your favorite tech stack." Them: "(Pause, eyes scan camera, monotone voice) There are many alternatives for a tech stack, each with their positives and negatives. Let's take a look at some of the mo
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by runamuck 1y ago
I hold remote interviews and I can tell when candidates use AI to answer questions, real time with camera on. They repeat my technical question, pause for a few seconds, their voice drops to a monotone and they quickly recite a bulleted li
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Polars Boosted My Algorithm's Speed by 25x(john.soban.ski)
3 points by runamuck 1y ago|0 comments
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by runamuck 1y ago
I also should mention that Bladerunner was not historically accurate for 2019.
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by runamuck 1y ago
For decades innovation died in the "Valley of Death" stage of the DOD acquisition lifestyle. R&D never quite made it to operations, especially if the tech would disrupt lobby heavy "Primes." The (pretty) new org, D
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by runamuck 1y ago
Yes - near fatal. I floated away from my body, and saw myself in 3rd person view about 100 feet up. The vision became grainy, like a VHS tape. I had the same sensation that I have when I wake up in the morning after vivid dreams, and the
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by runamuck 1y ago
I "died" in 2018 and it felt like waking up from a dream. This world just melted away like an amusing afterthought. That helped informed my attitude to life: enjoy it, make life enjoyable for others, spread love.
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The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat (1990)(web.stanford.edu)
1 points by runamuck 1y ago|1 comments
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by runamuck 1y ago
At lunch I drink a plant based protein shake. I noticed that it stops the binge cravings I used to have at night. I lost 43 pounds since last June.
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by runamuck 1y ago
The floating robot makes me smile. Reminds me of 90s silliness. I love it!
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by runamuck 1y ago
"Staying motivated. I found keeping a daily log of what I accomplished works best (I've done this for over a decade). If one day my entry looks soft, I try to do more on the next." - Brilliant idea. I find this works too, y
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by runamuck 1y ago
Perfect! I found shooting baskets alone really gets the creativity going. Perhaps active movement tells the brain to "wake up?"
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by runamuck 1y ago
I only read great literature, classics, history books my whole life. This year (Aged 48) I decided to pepper in a "fluff" book or two. I forced myself to read something I normally wouldn't. I read "The Situation"
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My Childhood Apple II Computer Programs (1986)(john.soban.ski)
2 points by runamuck 1y ago|0 comments
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by runamuck 2y ago
When I had an IC role, I would recommend tech projects and execute them w/ my team (we can solve "problem X" with "tech stack Y"). I also had a lot of agency in creating solutions for tech proposals. When I had th
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by runamuck 2y ago
"Charisma is the ability to influence without logic." - Quentin Crisp
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by runamuck 2y ago
I laughed at the title! My friends and I say the original quote way to much, even 25 years later. (From "Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel says "I live my life a quarter mile at a time.")

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