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by toddh 6y ago
Lambda isn't enough. You'll get blocked in a heartbeat. You still need a proxy service.
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by toddh 6y ago
It just takes one super spreader to reinfect a population, especially without herd immunity or vaccinations.
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by toddh 6y ago
Problem is the travel between counties, at least in CA. There's a lot of travel that could cause reinfection.
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by toddh 6y ago
People who turn a passion into a side hustle often report losing their passion, so I can only imagine what turning a love into a 20 year career would feel like. The hedonic treadmill that is life cannot be defeated, but it can be out gamed
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One Team at Uber Is Moving from Microservices to Macroservices(highscalability.com)
2 points by toddh 7y ago|0 comments
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by toddh 7y ago
Joyist is the new minimalist.
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by toddh 7y ago
The rule of three is also a decorating rule. You should always clump picture, vases, etc. in clumps of three. The reason always given is balance. Three esthetically produces the best visual balance. Maybe the universe has an esthetic sense?
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by toddh 7y ago
Programs can be very efficient disaster compression algorithms.
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by toddh 7y ago
You have to figure out how sensitive your are. If you feel really crappy after a small exposure then plan accordingly. If you can tolerate some exposure then your life will be easier. Unfortunately, it changes over time so you'll have
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by toddh 7y ago
Not all who wander are lost is a reference to Aragorn who as a Ranger wandered all over in his duties. The poem is about Aragorn ushering in the 4th age. So I'm not sure there are deep lessons here.
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by toddh 7y ago
That's so beautiful!
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by toddh 7y ago
Me too. Still a superior development experience in many ways.
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by toddh 7y ago
Depending on where you move to in CA you can keep your previous tax basis. That's prop 60/90 I think.
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by toddh 7y ago
I cover that at the end. I was just having fun... Oh, and before you complain about the title, most of my titles are boring by design. I finally got a chance to do something different, so I took it
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Moore's Law Is Not Ending Soon and the Reason May Surprise You(highscalability.com)
14 points by toddh 7y ago|16 comments
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by toddh 7y ago
In The Issues We Face at the Nano Scale ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjx48z8Lzs ) the Gray Goo threat is debunked. Nanomachines need a really controlled environment to live. They need the right PH, salt, and temperature
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by toddh 7y ago
It's odd how the free market is never itself subject to selection by a free market. It always must be imposed because people seem to like constraints.
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by toddh 7y ago
Isn’t tax filing complicated because of the tax system? If your income is low enough it is free. Below $66000. You just have to say no to add ons. State filing can be free if you shop around. Free File: Do Your Federal Taxes for Free https
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by toddh 7y ago
Quite the apposite. Love Amazon and a stock holder. That doesn't mean I'm blind to some of their faults and would like improvements. > What do you mean by Kindle exclusivity? I'm talking from authors perspective. To be par
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by toddh 7y ago
Do you really consider kindle exclusivity a VIP experience? Do you really consider replacing organic discovery with pay to play advertising a VIP experience?
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by toddh 7y ago
Cure for what exactly? If you're a T2 you're still a T2. Fasting doesn't mean a T2 can eat a chunk of cake and have a normal glucose response. But being a controlled T2 is infinitely better than what most T2s experience. It&#
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by toddh 7y ago
I use the same idea when stacking firewood.
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by toddh 7y ago
I think it's the hedonic treadmill. We always adapt so even peaks become the new normal, this life is always just about normal.
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by toddh 7y ago
The big problem is a democracy relies upon the political process to counter partisanship, which sounds good in theory—people working out their problems together; in practice the political process algorithm has not proved a sufficient immune
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by toddh 7y ago
Exploiting Google's SEO was the plan from the very beginning. They just did an excellent job of it.
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by toddh 7y ago
That can't possibly work. How do you handle tokens, 2FA, etc?
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by toddh 7y ago
Does this mean we can't have our own login system anymore? If so how will you authenticate with APIs? You need to login to get tokens.
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by toddh 7y ago
Remember Big Cotton during the US Civil War? The south thought england would take the south's side because so much of their economy was based on southern cotton. It didn't work. The south didn't appreciate england's disg
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by toddh 7y ago
Identity is the most important characteristic of OO. Objects have identity.
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by toddh 8y ago
Sure, if all you have is a W-2 and no kids. The rates referenced are only for ordinary income. But it's not just the rates... it's the base. Most people do not understand that different types of income are taxed very differently.

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