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by thisisbrians 5y ago
It looked fake to me immediately. Maybe just uncanny valley since the movements are not very human-like — I'm not sure. But the lighting on the machines looks all wrong to me (although the shadows do look accurate, and the audio also s
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I thought the video was fake. It doesn't look right to me, but maybe that's just uncanny valley?
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Ask HN: Good Postgres Book(s)?
5 points by thisisbrians 5y ago|1 comments
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
As co-founder and CTO of my firm, I agree with many of the other responses: internal would be best, by far, assuming you like the existing team and have solid relationships therein. With that said, shameless plug: if you are a senior-level
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I am also interested.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I agree the restore is lacking compared to Time Machine. But I have a ~fully automated dev machine setup process, so it's not as big a pain for me. However, having been able to find files I deleted but ended up needing has saved my ass
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I, for one, am happy to pay a bit more to keep supporting Backblaze. More than worth the $7/mo to sleep better at night, and the service has worked flawlessly for me.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
CodeShip has finally acknowledged the incident: https://www.codeshipstatus.com/incidents/nm1dmzxz253l?u=0kf9...
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CodeShip Was Down(app.codeship.com)
1 points by thisisbrians 5y ago|1 comments
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I didn't say it was safe — I said it was safer than ethanol. With that said, I appreciate your comment. I didn't know all of this specifically.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted. Both are extremely safe compared to ethanol — in terms of both self-harm and harm inflicted upon others.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
"General" does seem to be a demotion from "Original"...funny enough, I didn't catch this until you made your joke. Should I be offended??
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
To set the record straight: I'm not even an "adherent" per-se, just a tech nerd who follows things closely. My point is that it's arrogant to claim to know the outcome of this grand experiment already. So many folks on b
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
You mean Mighty? /s
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I'm eager to see what ETH's transition to proof-of-stake does for its appeal and adoption. Environmental concerns seem to be one of Bitcoin's biggest problems of late (among many).
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Exactly. The concept of money is a shared belief ("fiction") that we all basically agree on. Bitcoin and crypto in general are shaking the foundations of these beliefs. I'm not even taking sides, just acknowledging that the c
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I agree; of course, entire networks are far more useful than individual apps running upon said networks.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
That's a fun one. How would they have accounted for its potential effects on the US monetary systems?
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Maybe Bitcoin is Netscape and we're still waiting for Chrome. It's still so, so early.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
I wouldn't quite equate "be fierce" with "be an asshole". My take: PG is suggesting that smart people who are formidable and stick to their guns are more likely to change the course of things. If you are overly &#x2
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Status.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
From a humanitarian perspective, when I think about how many unfortunate people half a billion dollars could help, I don't see a win anywhere in here. From an environmental standpoint, it's also a massively wasteful use of materia
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Godspeed, soldier.
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
This. I started my company in my early 20s and had no clue how much work it would be due to my own naïveté. Indeed, we broke the problems down and worked through them one-by-one until we had a functioning business model. On the one hand, it
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by thisisbrians 5y ago
Better educating the masses about dosing and risks prevents some of the worst outcomes (like overdoses). Fostering a culture where the risks are discussed openly in society might help folks make better decisions and avoid addiction in the f
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by thisisbrians 6y ago
Same. As tempting as it is to try and make code/documentation clear for others (which I do), I do it as much for 6-months-from-now me . This practice has saved me hours if not days over the last couple of years, and hopefully inspir
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by thisisbrians 6y ago
The way I think about the waste: for nuclear, the waste can be reliably (and safely) contained in a very small area, far from civilization and habitats, where it can't cause much of a problem. When we burn hydrocarbons, they pollute th
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by thisisbrians 6y ago
Luckily, indeed — but they were already planning for this contingency. Apparently (and unsurprisingly) it was going to be hard to find a large enough crane to move the containers.
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by thisisbrians 6y ago
You are right, these things are nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller
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by thisisbrians 6y ago
They built a computer model to try and manage the stress on the ship as they worked to free it. It was not straightforward as the ship could have broken if they weren't extremely careful. They also had divers inspecting the hull for si

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