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by trcollinson 6y ago
I happen to be a huge fan of Gitlab, and that is one of the reasons yes. I don't think Github is bad by any means, but I like the Gitlab roadmap. There are a number of really good CICD systems for Github. If you like Github, pick it an
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I am very good at containerizing and deploying projects. So I usually do that part immediately because I have patterns for it and it takes less than an hour to get started. This is how I start a new project: 1) I use Gitlab. So I make a qui
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Is shoplifting ethical and catching shoplifters unethical? I realize there are circumstances that bring people to the point where they feel that shoplifting is the only answer to their problem, but shoplifting is still illegal and for good
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by trcollinson 6y ago
First off, I don't disagree. But I unfortunately think a lot of people will disagree, especially right now. If we increase the interest rate we know exactly what will happen. We will see a decrease in economic growth and spending. Stoc
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I think this is important. You are right this has happened before. 2008/09, 2000, 1987, twice in the 1970's. And history will no doubt repeat itself. But my point is the way our economy currently works doesn't handle a 6 mont
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by trcollinson 6y ago
You seem like you are trolling and trolls aren't well loved here but I will attempt to answer your rather flippant and not useful comment with something somewhat useful. Companies and the economy cannot handle having a 6 month reserve
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Yes, ordinary citizens are different. What is your point? Are you suggesting companies really should keep 6 months of operating capital in the bank? Can you even imagine what would happen to the economy at that point. The US GDP last year w
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Brilliant analysis. Thank you for your insightful words. In reality, there are very few economists who believe that a company should have 6 months of expenses in the bank for emergencies. I realize you are probably about to explain to me ho
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by trcollinson 6y ago
> Employment and GDP contracting at historic rates. A pandemic that is not close to being over. I think you've made my point, this is a short term reality, and a pessimistic one. We don't have a model for the long term economic
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I am not sure if I agree or disagree but I like where you're going. What is economic reality? That's such a tough definition. A pessimistic view of the economy would say it is horrible because we now have a 14.7% unemployment rate
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I keep hearing comments like this yet no real indication of what we should do instead of having the market the way we do. I have a lot of my personal wealth (which is not a substantial number compared to a lot of investors) tied up in two a
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by trcollinson 6y ago
As a few people have said, the stock market isn't necessarily the indicator of the entire economy. One other thing to keep in mind is that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has 30 companies in it. And the S&P 500 has, well, 500 comp
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by trcollinson 6y ago
If you have a role now, start working with the architects to gain experience. Become friends with all of the architects. Learn from them. Then ask your organization to move you to an architectural role. Maybe without any sort of pay increas
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Well, I didn't say I do security alone. The types of companies I work with other have an entire security group. But I can absolutely begin the architecture with proper security principles in mind and I can go through the review process
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I can implement streaming architectures using the latest technologies that can handle throughputs of TB per hour. I can handle the architecture, security, infrastructure as code, and monitoring, as well as the development. I can also help w
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by trcollinson 6y ago
I am not sure what the evidence is of nicotine vs inhaled combustion byproducts, but I do agree that the effects are far less. I don't find my questions irrelevant though, even though you have glossed right passed all of them. The othe
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Potentially. What would be the harm in further regulation? I feel there is no benefit to a lack of regulation. But that's just my opinion. If my legislators were to ask me if I thought we should have more regulation on nicotine adverti
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by trcollinson 6y ago
The parent comment asked for a citation, so I added a citation which is peer reviewed and discusses some of the very points made in the grandparent comment. There are quite a few more peer reviewed papers on the topic.
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Alcohol is legislatively regulated. Here's a study on Caffeine. I haven't read it all the way yet, but so far the effects are not nearly what nicotine is. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Is taking up vaping bad for youth that are under the age of 18? Is taking up vaping bad for adults over the age of 18? And I do mean, when they otherwise were not smokers? If so, has Juul actively tried to market their products to non-smoke
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Yes the very first answer when searching Google for "Nicotine Effects" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/
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by trcollinson 6y ago
Fair enough. I mean if we are talking purely "getting a job as an engineer eventually" then .Net and Java own the market in my area. Though there are plenty of positions in Javascript, Python, Ruby, and even C/C++. I would im
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by trcollinson 6y ago
If you are trying to make money and ship a product, then I have seen far worse than just a Front end and a Firebase. Go for it. Get your product in front of paying people as quickly as possible, then sell sell sell. You'll probably fai
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by trcollinson 7y ago
That absolutely makes no sense. Actuary's regularly start in the $70,000 - $80,000 range and can definitely move into the $200,000 range of salary without dipping into any management. I guess there are jobs which make more. But I don&#
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by trcollinson 7y ago
This is probably better as a "Show HN". Just FYI. I agree with the other comment. You aren't showing any value. And honestly, this looks like a scam to get email addressed (the fact that you are posting it here and asking for
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by trcollinson 7y ago
I'm missing your point here. Do you not like marriage analogies? Or you don't think his analogy and very well known life experience doesn't apply (he has an interesting personal experience with marriage)? Or do you think most
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by trcollinson 7y ago
Actually, I think it's your tone. There are other people who are expressing similar ideas in this thread and are being upvoted. I'll also correct you, since your last statement is wrong. I procrastinate a lot. I am also extremely
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by trcollinson 7y ago
Really? I mean, do smart contracts actually hold any legal standing at all? If it does, under what jurisdiction? Who are the victims? If it gets big enough I can imagine some anti terrorist groups like the NSA or FBI making sure the money i
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by trcollinson 7y ago
You're thinking about this the wrong way. The people who pay think like the following: 1) I need something done. 2) I have a budget for the project/month/year/some period of time or work. 3) I think the project will take
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by trcollinson 7y ago
I hire a good tax professional. That's it, as simple as that. I have a gentleman that I have used since 2014 who I pay about $350 to make sure everything is filed correctly. He helps me with tax planning. He helps me with the forms. Th

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