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901.
by sailfast 7y ago
Banks signing letters doesn't really do much - they're still responsible for making money, and they'll keep working in hydrocarbons. This title is hyperbolic. Further, banks typically "invest" on behalf of customers
902.
by sailfast 7y ago
> Three decades later, he still misses it like hell I can’t imagine what it must be like to go to space as a profession, and then need to leave or retire. A bittersweet thing, to be sure.
903.
by sailfast 7y ago
One could argue they have a higher GDP and population than most countries right now (all depends how you measure “power”) but I’m with you: if it went down tomorrow, I’m not sure what the world would actually be losing, nobody would die, an
904.
by sailfast 7y ago
Find a mission you believe in and use your tech skills to help achieve it. Warning: this might mean fighting bureaucracy, older tech stacks, lack of resources, etc but that is what you are there to solve! Everybody needs help. I’d also seco
905.
by sailfast 7y ago
Similar story. Made a decision to set aside career path in favor of remote work, flexibility and autonomy (I have young kids) for this exact reason. I will never get this time back. I want as much of it as possible to be ours. These stories
906.
by sailfast 7y ago
I'm with you - you prepare for this stuff. You stand ready, but there are two (OK probably more haha) approaches to mitigating the risks in the world: One approach is to ensure that you have relationships / commonalities / co
907.
by sailfast 7y ago
This opinion piece is borderline screed and I'm not sure what to make of it. Part of the piece is "OMG China!" with some pretty dubious assumptions, especially things like their GDP being bigger than the US is an existential
908.
by sailfast 7y ago
The guide goes into this as well with the “LGTM/Comments” approval flow. It is something we’ve done organically but nice to see written up as well.
909.
by sailfast 7y ago
Sure, but “Hey I really appreciated how you did this thing here because it’s tidy / does thing X really well / takes into account future whatever” never hurts to throw in either!
910.
by sailfast 7y ago
The point of the article for me is that all of this capital in one place is bad for contagion, and there’s no backstop to even small fluctuations downward / sell-offs that will end up zeroing out the wealth of most index investors. In
911.
by sailfast 7y ago
It seems like they heard the “critical feature as paid feature” complaint loud and clear which is why they made that part of the application freely available. While it maybe shouldn’t have taken so long to realize, many companies use a simi
912.
by sailfast 7y ago
Online shop only, or brick and mortar? Trade "print" media with an online presence. Online media that doesn't sell all their pixels to Google? Radio, depending on your audience and required reach? Forums specific to your audi
913.
by sailfast 7y ago
Pick a section of a book you like and do an “Adler read” on that section. Identify the main question, supporting points, and conclusion of each of those sections in the margins. Short passages or a couple chapters can be really rewarding. “
914.
by sailfast 7y ago
Americans have a do not call list. People are prosecuted for abusing it. Yet we still get Spam calls. This has nothing to do with lack of regulation, but by ease of abuse and difficulty in preventing these calls without impacting legitimate
915.
by sailfast 7y ago
Thanks for sharing these lessons! I don't use ECS at the moment but this is a well laid out post on how to avoid some performance issues that could have a huge impact. EDIT: Downvoted for expressing appreciation for someone taking the
916.
by sailfast 7y ago
Maybe, but when people working in sensitive positions post their entire history, clearances, and build their own network and all you need to do is pay a nominal fee to become a LinkedIn "Pro" to get access, it makes fishing for th
917.
by sailfast 7y ago
The refinery seems to keep a registry of what they have produced (in the case of the Swiss refinery in the article). As a a result, the forged bars ended up having a duplicate serial number which is how they found out they were getting high
918.
by sailfast 7y ago
Yes. This is how JPMorgan found the counterfeit bar in the article.
919.
by sailfast 7y ago
Enough to reason about what the thing does in a basic manner and potential pros and cons? That seems like a straightforward heuristic but maybe I'm an optimist haha. You don't need to know the ins and outs of the mathematics to un
920.
by sailfast 7y ago
Each time I read an article about this I am convinced that any person contributing to this kind of learning algorithm should have the opportunity for equity in the outcome. (perhaps in addition to the wage for doing the task) If I'm a
921.
by sailfast 7y ago
The challenges of the Iraq War that needed this kind of singular, focused effort were not really super publicized. I would say that counter-IED tech (IED Defeat), armored vehicle development, and possibly intelligence gathering platforms &#
922.
by sailfast 7y ago
I'm not sure that things become more "efficient" resource-wise during wartime, but they do become more focused, urgent priorities. This could be said for any urgent crisis or ambitious goal actually resourced in peacetime. Th
923.
by sailfast 7y ago
I agree that operational policy is important, but you're not going to get that (and you don't want it, necessarily) from the Business Roundtable. Rather, you'd want each company to execute on that kind of policy and share exp
924.
by sailfast 7y ago
What a wonderful historical piece that deals with both the engineering and geopolitical implications of a historic vessel. Glad I saw this, despite it being five years down the road.
925.
by sailfast 7y ago
Traceability is where I'd start. First, ensure your stories are being linked to your code / pull requests / issues. That way you can figure out why something was changed in the future. This is key to determining whether you c
926.
by sailfast 7y ago
When it's only part of the ticket? Some teams call everything a "user story" when it might actually be it starts with the story format then adds a whole bunch of detailed acceptance criteria, the background for the story, etc
927.
by sailfast 7y ago
Yes. Our population densities are lower, school distances are often not walkable reasonably, and schools being public they want to ensure that their students are not impeded from getting to the classroom for any factors related to logistics
928.
by sailfast 7y ago
The ability to route steering, throttle, and other critical controls previously locked to a couple of stations to ANYWHERE in the ship (including, say, the CIC) is a pretty convincing argument to an Admiral, I'd say. Combined with some
929.
by sailfast 7y ago
You know that, I know that, but is that the model investors are using and how long will they throw money at it before it becomes obvious? A conundrum.
930.
by sailfast 7y ago
Agreed, and he probably wouldn't mind. In this case I was talking about name dropping agencies and how they operate. Example: "A Senior NSA Official" in what was likely a classified meeting with DHS officials and state depart

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