thedougd

89 ms·

631.
by thedougd 5y ago
Cheap money. Low lending rates are driving people to buy new (to them) houses. You'll also find unprecedented demand for renovations as people take cash out with refinances to fund their improvements.
632.
by thedougd 5y ago
In my region, they mostly run this new, flexible plastic conduit with horizontal borers or a piercing tool. They'll dig holes several feet deep and dozens of feet apart. In one hole they start this tool and it digs its way horizontally
633.
by thedougd 5y ago
Some coastal communities and islands in North Carolina took this route. In addition to beautification, they're more resilient to storms and hurricanes. https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20071122/N
634.
by thedougd 5y ago
Take the opportunity to burry empty conduit with it and lease it to telcos.
635.
by thedougd 5y ago
Many, if not most stations switched broadcast frequency during the transition from analog to digital.
636.
by thedougd 5y ago
Exactly, they're concerned with the systemic risk. As an example, there's no visibility or processes in place to ensure that all these banks aren't sharing the same availability zone. They're likely only looking for ways
637.
by thedougd 5y ago
I'm surprised more video surveillance software does not leverage the APIs of the cameras. Network cameras have built in motion, object, line cross, and facial detection. The work is done in the camera and the APIs allow you to subscrib
638.
by thedougd 5y ago
In a Honda with Android Auto and Carplay, Google Maps on Android will take advantage of both vehicle displays whereas Carplay will not. The next turn and distance until next turn is displayed on the speedometer display while showing the ful
639.
by thedougd 5y ago
Tiller uses Yodlee, so it has comprehensive bank support.
640.
by thedougd 5y ago
I'm not very familiar with Azure anymore, but AWS also offers deletion protection on RDS and other services. This forces a two-phase operation with Terraform. You must first apply configuration to remove the deletion protection, then i
641.
by thedougd 5y ago
Sam's EPS target was the singular focus during that time. Executive management squeezed everything for the last penny during that period, IMO setting the path to failure.
642.
by thedougd 5y ago
IBM once had a deep, deep bench of engineering talent and squandered it away. They failed to maintain the engineering culture while making many strategic mistakes (cloud). Starting in the late 2000s and early 10s, executives were crying for
643.
by thedougd 5y ago
IBM can recover from this with some stock buybacks. Maybe borrow to get it done.
644.
by thedougd 5y ago
Some stopped in the last few years, or at least for certain job categories. It was a wonderful thing when it was around because you could take a vacation with absolutely no remote access.
645.
by thedougd 5y ago
That's great. Reminds me of the warez stashes on public ftp sites. A directory named with null characters or three periods were conventional places to stash pirated software.
646.
by thedougd 5y ago
Ah yes, I had forgotten about this. Routers and access points weren't yet a consumer item.
647.
by thedougd 5y ago
Some fun ones: BBS games started adding virtual currency that you could transfer between players. Some even participated in a network of BBS systems, allowing the movement of game currency from one BBS to another. These frequently didn&#x27