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Depends. In library code? Great (probably). In application code? That's a paddlin'.
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Primarily backend... But I had a 2 year stint as a data engineering lead and then led a ReactJS SPA product development team for 18 months. I'm back to the backend now, though, and I'm very happy with it.
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I left embedded for web in 2014 and I doubled my salary overnight. My experience from embedded translated to an ability to troubleshoot problems that baffled others and has led to a lot of personal career growth that I suspect I wouldn'
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Ever tried a cup of Folgers decaf? I'm pretty similar, in that I don't think I've met very many cups of coffee that I wouldn't drii, but that stuff is horrible.
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I have a parser (FIT binary data format) that I've written a handful of times, probably 9 or 10 at this point. I find that file parsers usually provide a decent tour of the language, it's standard library, and sometimes it's
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Rescue insurance isn't hard to come by or particularly expensive for the group of people who spend a lot of time outdoors. The American Alpine club, for instance, offers rescue insurance with a membership, dollar amounts vary with memb
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What does past success have to do with anything? We need to solve this problem. For crying out loud, it doesn't have to look like something else that someone else did. We can be innovative! It isn't our first time!
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Bunch of random, pre-coffee thoughts here... We have 3 kids that are 3 and under (twin toddlers and an infant). I started reading a lot right before our twins were born. I wanted to make it my go to habit vs. sitting at a computer or spendi
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And to be easy on yourself. They don't come with a manual and there's a lot of trial and error involved in figuring things out. On top of that, just about the time you figure one thing out a new one comes along. There will be mist
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East of Eden by John Steinbeck. My favorite piece of literature. I re-read it every few years.
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Not disagreeing with you, but I still think that it doesn't go hard enough to the point of "strong leadership." And I consider leadership here to be not just the CEO but all of the top-level management. Wouldn't strong l
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Same in Southern California. Despite increasing our reliance on our AC system, we're generating 172% (system was sized with an EV in mind that we intend to purchase in the coming year) more than we consume since the system was installe
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I found an article about it because I was also curious. https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-05...
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I'm currently cycling through 4 pairs of Hoka Rincons. They're stored in their original boxes and placed in a stack on my garage floor. I grab the top box and replace it to the bottom when I'm done for the day. I actually thi
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> They're on the market 2 weeks, tops. My last search lasted 9 days from when I put out the signal to having interviewed (for 3 companies) and negotiated an offer and submitted my resignation and 2 weeks notice.
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> Many seniors (actual seniors, not 3-years-of-experience seniors) have a network and can say "hey I'm looking" and instantly have multiple options that won't have them do more than talk to the team and manager for an
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Wouldn't be the first time...
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I would 100% dox myself.
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I won't get super into the details, but... A friend and I co-founded a small startup / lifestyle business in a niche hardware / hobby market. Built a platform around it. It's now inching close to 6 figures in 6 years. No
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At first appearances, I'm not too dissimilar to you though I am younger (in my 40s). > It's not worth the anxiety to not-have. Yes, but having too much stuff can also cause anxiety. There's a line in there somewhere that I
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Who came to LA by way of San Francisco, so it's not as if voters didn't know exactly what they were getting...
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> men are used to working with men who don't take breaks from their career to raise their children. It's not limited to men. I've heard other women throw shade at pregnant and nursing mothers who need special accommodation
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I grocery shop with my toddlers first thing in Saturday morning and our first stop is TJs. I only buy about a dozen different products at TJs but they're all staples in our weekly meals / snacks. Checkout is never a problem early
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> I was addressing your belittling of California's food production and its importance. Again, show me where I did this. I'll continue to wait.
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Most of the alfalfa grown in California is in the San Joaquin Valley. Overdrafting is a well understood phenomenon at this point. No, there is not an efficient loop to be found here without significant investment in recharge infrastructure
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Show me where I said we need to stop growing all crops in the state. I'll wait.
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It's frankly insulting that people still push this line of thought. No, we will not starve to death if California stops growing almonds and pistachios. We will it run out of livestock feed if we stop growing alfalfa and other hay gras
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The show is to distract us from the fact that Sacramento doesn't have a solution to this problem.
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Golf courses use reclaimed water. There are a lot of things wrong with golf courses in California, like pesticide and herbicide use that runs off into the ocean and other water ways, but fresh water waste isn't typically one of them.
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That Tim Couch jersey is really the best photo in the bunch. I'm originally from southeastern Ohio but I was born in Pittsburgh. A Steelers fan living in Ohio notices these sorts of details. If I happened to be back home in Ohio for so
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