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by traviscj 6y ago
Some of my fondest computer memories are working through the LFS guide on a home-built computer in highschool. Wish I still had the time to do stuff like that!
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Feeds Docs(traviscj.com)
2 points by traviscj 6y ago|0 comments
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by traviscj 6y ago
This is why I walked back my claims a bit in my tldr — basically started trying stuff out and had a “whoa not used to the way that looks, but it does _work_...” moment. I think I still have the “wrong” preference, but I appreciate learning
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Interceptors(traviscj.com)
1 points by traviscj 6y ago|0 comments
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by traviscj 6y ago
Doesn't seem like a _bad_ bet considering it lasted 20 years and like 14 versions, though...
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by traviscj 6y ago
I use the gleitz version with ``` alias h3='howdoi -n 3' ``` _really_ frequently, because often the top answer wasn't what I needed.
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by traviscj 6y ago
Project idea: ML-based snafu-avoider that prompts for confirmation when past invocations by other users in the community of that command resulted in manifestations of regret[1]. [1]: screaming picked up by mic; detected maniacal CTRL-C&#x27
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by traviscj 6y ago
Bit of pointless contrarian opinion from a long time cat|'r: > Characters saved with "<"? 3. > Hours lost with accidental ">"? unbounded. Preface: I'm confident on the shell & with my keyboard:
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by traviscj 6y ago
> ... just works as a classic command-line tool. impossible to understate the value in: not frequently fucking up your ability to run the critical/mundane/everyday/musclememory commands you've come to rely on after ma
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by traviscj 6y ago
Chuckles don't meet The Bar. /s
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by traviscj 6y ago
What are they testing for? To make sure you’re taking the ADHD meds or to make sure you aren’t taking other meds?
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by traviscj 6y ago
I read it as “there exists a event schema and some database table for which they can be co-constructed”, not “every database table can be turned into a stream of events.” I don’t have a proof, but For things like state transitions, I’ve oft
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by traviscj 7y ago
> fork? Because it runs contrary to maintainer’s interests?
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by traviscj 7y ago
My guess is that “stateless” means no durable storage. There’s still state, but in-memory (or maybe transiently stored on disk?) and no guarantee about it being there, perhaps?
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by traviscj 7y ago
You’ve got a couple replies saying “not a problem at my office [where I happen to enjoy the use of such a keyboard]” already, so I’ll back you up here: I have neighbors with mechanicals that bother me so bad I’ve had to pack up and go home
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by traviscj 7y ago
I love this take! I’ve been similarly untrusting of a lot of “high tech” approaches to various things, and I derive a lot of joy from products/services/etc that take a “back to basics” or at least minimally- or non-digital philoso
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by traviscj 7y ago
A weekend at most. WORST—-and I mean WORST—case, could crank out a clone during a hack week.
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by traviscj 7y ago
My read was that the _companies_ get the tax break. The employees get taxed to shit, but it's still better than not getting the RSUs.
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by traviscj 7y ago
> put everything we could into the database (work queues and pup/sub included). It was magical. I've been building systems on some pretty similar ideas for the last 5+ years, and have a similarly optimistic outlook on it. Just
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by traviscj 7y ago
This guy taxes. In seriousness, though, how do you build up this level of comfort/familiarity with the tax code? Did you do it professionally?
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by traviscj 7y ago
This doesn’t seem to be the case from the article [1] linked in a grandchild of your original post. [1]: https://www.consumerismcommentary.com/verify-funds-on-that-c...
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by traviscj 7y ago
Why wouldn’t this require just the info on the check (routing + account #), which everyone involved probably already had/needed to answer the query?
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by traviscj 7y ago
I feel like I've noticed a shift in apparent motivation between 2014 and now. I remember a lot of people talking about doing it as a side gig or whatever in the past, but now I hear a lot about drivers working 8+hr shifts, sleeping in
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by traviscj 7y ago
Great point, thanks! Fun story: A coworker and I are in the process of tracking down exactly violations of this in a misbehaving app, due to an accumulation of RPC within transactions across the entire app. (I used to be responsible for it
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by traviscj 7y ago
(No significant experience with either SQLAlchemy or ActiveRecord, but work in Java at a shop that really strongly emphasizes the unit-of-work pattern.) "give up connection after every query" is, IMO, not _less_ of a footgun, but
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by traviscj 7y ago
They probably use their sharklazers emails to sign up.
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by traviscj 7y ago
I think there could be an argument that the personal freedom you mention, when risks are realized, can degrade the experience of the world at large. Lazy example: a botnet running on many machines compromised as described above sending spam
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by traviscj 7y ago
It would seem my insanity wolf idea was only low-tier insanity! Thanks for sharing. I’m also kinda reminded of aws lambda URLs, or I guess URLs in general.
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by traviscj 7y ago
Edict: all future library names must be UUIDs? I’ve been really distracted lately thinking about what things need named handles in my data models/representations, and what they should be handles for, and how to do so, and how to change
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by traviscj 7y ago
Piling on, I’d also recommend against a 15 hour workday.

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