theshadowknows

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by theshadowknows 5y ago
This one is interesting to me https://www.npr.org/2017/04/24/525413427/for-drone-pilots-wa...
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I had the same reaction :) I often think about working to level up my actual programming abilities because I feel that, surely the folks who are pulling those kinds of salaries are working on really interesting problems. Part of my dissatis
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Oh yes I am not complaining by any means. One thing is that I grew up very poor, so honestly I was excited the first time I got a job paying 40k/yr.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
in my org we have basically three levels of architect: enterprise architect (me) domain architect (something like "communications domain") solution architect (like Azure architect) My job isn't to sit down and write code, mos
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I’m wondering if I’m just not worth as much money or if I’m not paid as much because I don’t work in California or both, lol. I work for an enormous company. I’ve got about 8 or so years experience. As of right now I’m a sr architect and I
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Right? Say if you know there will be a 2% chance to have a 1% increase over the yearly average at LocationX on Thursday…what can you do? Add police and first responders? Reroute traffic? Tell people to stay home? I feel like nothing that ca
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
slow clap
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I bookmark it :)
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
We just launched a new product. It wasn’t really new, though. It’s a copy of a product that we used to buy but for some reason decided to build in house. It got rushed forward by a month (the announcement internally was “the new prod date i
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
That makes sense. I was sort of thinking there’s likely something similar with regard to selling national secrets.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I’m no lawyer but I do recall an episode of Cops waaaay back where a guy got busted for selling “weed” except it was actually oregano. He still got charged with something. But I can’t remember what.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Until companies begin just sharing specific parts of their server side logging. I can see a future where all the tracking happens in a fully server-side network of companies just sharing data back and forth or between a central database.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
When I was in middle school I had a science class where the computer was a few feet ahead of my desk. And it always had Warp on the screen. For some reason I couldn’t look at it for more than a few seconds or I’d start falling asleep.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
That’s sort of how things are where I work. The systems are so complicated and the interactions are often algorithmic and machine learning based. We try to maintain documentation and architecture artifacts with as much accuracy as possible.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Yeah as part of my job I often have to work with our DNS team to provision say a subdomain or get some domain verified. They’ve got like…three people…trying to service thousands of teams across the enterprise. I do not envy their job at all
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
There was an Addams family episode way back where Gomez was depressed because everything he did would win big. So he decided to dump all of his shares of some stock that he knew was going to go up. And when news spread that he’d done it the
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I know nothing about how processors work so tell me if this even makes sense. But other than the time and money is there any reason that say a Google can’t create their 100% from scratch CPU and instruction set? Same for apple and all the o
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Yeah I’m a “sr architect” on an enterprise team where I work. I work from home in my home office and I get to see my wife all day or play with the dog. But at the same time I have dozens of people screaming at me over Teams it email or some
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
It’s 12:15 pm and I’ve been working since 3:00 am trying to keep on top of deadlines but in my current role I’m an architect and I’m also the engineer that builds the things I design. And I’m also the only point of contact for testing. And
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I can tell you marketers are freaking out. And it’s delicious to watch.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
One time, many years ago now, I was interviewing and made it through several rounds. The topic of salary didn’t come up until the end when I spoke with the CEO and she asked how much I was looking for. When I told her she laughed and said “
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I agree. And I say this as someone who lives in a house with two iPad Pros, air pods (three pairs)/pro (two pairs) /max (two pairs), home pod, home pod mini, iMac, and two MacBook pros..I’m a big fan of Apple products. But I’m mor
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Wouldn’t it just be easier to dust food sources with tiny probes and then scavenge them from the sewers? That way they don’t need to fly and I’m sure you could build them in such a way that for specific foods no one would notice.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
We’re mad that the Bidens profited from coverups but assume the Trumps haven’t ever benefited from the same type of coverup? Do people really think Trump became a billionaire by just being a sweet person? Do people really think that Trump h
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Extra points for “earth-shattering kaboom” :)
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
It’s so crazy to me that people wonder about this. Maybe it’s people who’ve never had a normal job. But most jobs suck. Most jobs are demeaning and poorly compensated. Most jobs can and will fire you for no good reason and most jobs provide
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I wonder if they left out a few words. The Windows subsystem for using audio. The Windows subsystem for using graphics. The Windows subsystem for using modems. (I made those up…I think)
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I always wonder what it takes to find this kind of exploit. Are the programmers at NSO group just the best in the world? Or are they incredibly lucky? Both? I’d love to know what a normal day at work is like for their engineers. Clock in, s
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Mech Warrior 2 was one of my very favorite games, ever. Right up there with Monkey Island, Myst, StarCraft. Man now I want to go play a bunch of old games. Maybe even Starship Titanic, which came a bit later but was so much fun.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I cringe whenever people describe their app as “beautiful.” For the same reason.

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