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by soulnothing 7y ago
The early portion of my career was python. Coming from OCaml/Haskell. I couldn't really deal with J2EE. But I've seen a frustrating trend recently. Where companies on languages like C#/Java. With a massive code base are
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by soulnothing 7y ago
I'm in Philadelphia. Taxes aren't the best, but not as bad as some cities. For me it hits all the major check boxes. The other thing to me is I weigh cities on how much they give, versus how much they take. * Lower cost of living
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by soulnothing 7y ago
Even the 3000G series is zen+ 12nm. The desktop APUs and laptop lag behind. Which is unfortunate because that is where a lot of the market is.
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by soulnothing 7y ago
2x00u is zen i.e. 1800x/1700x with a few tweaks 3x00u/h is zen+ (2700x,2600x) i.e. not this Zen2 architecture The Zen2 models are rumored to be announced early next year. I have the Lenovo A485 (2700u) it's mostly in line wit
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by soulnothing 7y ago
I just finished a bankruptcy a month ago. Before a tenant fiasco my credit score was ~800. Now that I've gone through the process I'm at ~630. It's not that bad. But when I went to look for an apartment in NYC. I was constant
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by soulnothing 7y ago
Same boat. There is Fios in the building adjacent to me. I see Fios outside quite often repairing lines. I've got 60Mbps/2Mbps (up/down) for 39 a month. I need more upload speed but that price jump to 110 was not worth it to
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by soulnothing 7y ago
Look at the MarketPlace, HealthSherpa, or ehealthinsurance. I'm not sure the rules on posting links. I'm not associated with any of the above. But whenever I'm relocating and working a contract without benefits. I use those t
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by soulnothing 7y ago
I have both a G Suite email and regular @gmail.com address. I noted the same behavior you did. My custom domain no purchase history. Under gmail.com purchase history. Not sure if it can be enabled.
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by soulnothing 7y ago
I mainly use windows + libvirt for gaming. But I also have an instance on a dedicated server for a remote development environment. I would say forget spice + libvirt graphics layer. Use RDP, if on linux remmina work's great. RDP will o
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by soulnothing 7y ago
For me until I got a slight pay bump recently. I have devoted all my savings to an oh shit fund. I was also living pay check to pay check. My definition of pay check is two fold. 1) Having to withdraw from the emergency fund to cover bills&
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Is this using JavaFX or the the noted framework Flavour from teavm?
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I'd argue that the JVM is a good move from python. There are a number of rich frame works on the JVM with great tooling. Also if you use PyCharm switching IDEs is easy with Intellij. I switched from python -> F# -> Kotlin. I do a
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Parsec, allows renting of cloud computers with quadros. Either via amazon or paperspace. It's rented per the hour. Storage costs additionally flat each month. I usually spent about 10 to 20 a month. For several nights a week with an ho
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Having been mobile / traveling a lot. I tried using multiple cloud gaming services. I didn't want to lug around a gaming laptop. The biggest issue I've had is internet. Outside of my own home the internet has been slow, laggy
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I don't like ruby or rails. But I feel not liking it has really hurt my career. The amount of job requests I get for Ruby on rails or ruby is significantly higher than my typcial stack. Additionally a majority of the remote jobs I&#x27
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by soulnothing 8y ago
It is just me and bankruptcy was the way forward. Im amazed at how much harder it is to climb out after. My condolences on the divorce. I wasn't married but went through something similar. And know that suck the life feeling. I agree w
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Philadelphia to Seattle. Philly Team Lead Architect @ 185k w2 contract with health insurance and a week of PTO Seattle System Admin -> 115K (There was an intent to promote, but we didn't agree on my career path).
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Vest means you sign on you get 40 shares, but they become available over a delayed period. 5 vest in the first year 5 in the second 10 in the third 10 in the fourth Vest means become available to sell or trade. You are also given stocks at
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I had made a comment in another thread, where I think my education hurt me, associates. I took about a 50K pay cut up front to go a FAANG. That came with a demotion as well. So I can see the pay cut not equaling responsibility. But I was in
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Honest question has anyone else seen salary decreases. I peaked at ~190k w2 contractor so no benefits. But after death march after death march and canceled projects. I got down to ~105. One of my biggest stress right now is due to money. Co
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I have an associates and did a stint with Amazon. That comes with a caveat. I interviewed for a senior software engineer, and got placed as a system engineer. With an understanding that I'd move to software within six months. That neve
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I understand that. But the Key card can act as a debit card / electronic payment. Without a backing bank account. The whole complexity add of turning it into a debit card. Was so that people without banks could shop at card only stores
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I posted this in the article about NYC going cashless as well. The thing that I find interesting is the lack of septa key being mentioned. Septa key is their new transit card. But it can act as a debit card with money loaded via cash. No ba
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Philadelphia just did this as well. With a higher percentage in poverty there. I see this as beneficial. There are a number of areas where people for various reasons can't get a checking/bank account. I find it partially annoying
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by soulnothing 8y ago
Seconding Delonghi as a cheaper option. I had brought in a DeLonghi espresso maker for my team at the last job. We got a decent coffee grinder around 100. It wasn't earth shattering. But the price to convenience factor was there. First
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by soulnothing 8y ago
For the longest time my high functioning autism, formerly aspergers. Took a toll on me. I was second guessing every step at work. Do I say hi, how do I make small talk. What's the appropriate distance for personal space. I wasn't
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by soulnothing 8y ago
This echoes so much to me. I'm working to start a company so I get paid enough to be able to take a vacation. I feel like if I ever do get to that point. I would just spend the free time recuperating.
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by soulnothing 8y ago
A majority of the bottle necks I've encountered have been ram. Maybe battery life secondarily. This is from a performance perspective. For software development work flow. Not trying to run the entire environment on my laptop. Barring o
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I had an idea for a dating / social app. Using activity pub. The whole dating app scene, could do without monetary incentive. Keeping inactive profiles present to pad results. Lack of filtration on message receival. Keeping people on v
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by soulnothing 8y ago
I have gotten really serious at trying to start a business this year. I devote Monday through Thursday to working on my business. After work I take an hour to an hour and a half break. Then I work for five to six hours, then thirty minutes

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