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by trentnix 9mo ago
Start with you: 1. Daily sunshine 2. Nutritious diet 3. Adequate, quality sleep 4. Exercise You'll find virtually every dimension of your life will improve if you're on top of these four things. It will make you more ambitious in
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by trentnix 9mo ago
> In fact, the labor cost component of a fast food burger is minimal Only if you are considering the wages of the employees at the fast food restaurant. But when it extends to employees involved in the logistics, processing, and farmin
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by trentnix 9mo ago
Minimum wage goes up and buying power goes down as a result. This is the exact spiral that was predicted and dismissed as wrongthink. It has turned into another example of the Law of Salutary Contradiction: The Law of Salutary Contradic
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by trentnix 10mo ago
I read five of the Foundation books (stopping before Prelude) in 2024. I had read them as a kid and loved them, but three (plus) decades later and they just didn’t hold up as well as I hoped. The Mule is still great, though.
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by trentnix 10mo ago
The beginning of the end was getting rid Brendan Eich for wrongthink. This is the middle of the end.
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Netflix acquires Warner Bros and uncensored Looney Tunes and uncensored Tom & Jerry were never seen again.
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Indeed, an informed electorate voting in self-beneficial ways is the only perfect answer. As Milton Friedman said: What is important is not the particular person who is elected President or the party he belongs to. I have often said we
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Every single one of these scoundrels will stand up at a college graduation and exhort the virtues of public service and sacrifice for country. But somehow they all manage to get rich in the midst of their own service and sacrifice. They sho
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Our first two children were born at the hospital. Both were induced. Everyone was healthy, but looking back each was a miserable, expensive, condescending experience. After those experiences, my wife then went on a journey to learn everythi
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Taco Bell's prices are absolutely through the roof, too. I'm not seeing the "decent price" at my local TB that you're seeing.
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by trentnix 11mo ago
The headline feels like a strawman. LLMs are very useful. They are just not reliable. And they can't be held accountable. Being unreliable and unaccountable makes them a poor substitute for people.
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Silverlight reborn Edit - for those unfamiliar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight
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by trentnix 11mo ago
Warning, rant ahead. Not sure if it’s the wisdom of a few decades of experience or if I’m just jaded in the latter half of my career. It’s probably some of both. My heart breaks for new grads. You’ve been dealt a raw deal by an industry tha
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by trentnix 1y ago
The rot is so much deeper than just running what you want on your own machine. And how we got here is easy to explain. There was once money it letting you run what you want on your machine. Now there's money in not letting you run what
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by trentnix 1y ago
Regardless of capability, it's in NASA's best interests and our best interests to encourage others to try. I think we are better off if the rocket industry (and every industry) is not dominated by a single organization, even if we
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by trentnix 1y ago
The idea that the owners of "brownfield" land (either undeveloped or in disrepair) might have taken advantage of tax loopholes to avoid a tax penalty is ridiculous? I see why they pay you the big bucks. The map shows numerous parc
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by trentnix 1y ago
I’d like to see how the land is classified, regardless. If it’s genuinely urban land, it should be taxed heavily enough to make it hurt if it is appraised correctly. It’s possible this land is subject to delinquent taxes that, in Texas, inc
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by trentnix 1y ago
I’d bet the farm the land in question is Ag value land. Property taxes are significant in Texas relative to most states, as there is no income tax. Consequently, it’s hard to sit in property indefinitely if you’re paying taxes on its fair m
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by trentnix 1y ago
If you could quantify the benefits of literacy, I think you'd find a similar decline. The incentives for literacy, especially among kids, are less compelling than they used to be.
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by trentnix 1y ago
I’ve found, as a fairly recent phenomenon, it’s often higher than the insurance price. The pessimist in me thinks that insurance companies have worked to close that loophole. They need to maintain the illusion of their utility, after all.
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by trentnix 1y ago
I used to work for a consulting firm and one of my fellow consultants, a guy who went on to some measure of nerd fame as a DevOps evangelist, used to set up his consultations by saying "I don't know everything but I work for a com
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by trentnix 1y ago
That's only the case if you're unaware you're in bad company! I've known a few people that were excellent weathervanes as long as you were aware there were going to always be wrong by 180 degrees.
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by trentnix 1y ago
It doesn't even have to be medical emergencies that go unnoticed. There are other declining health metrics that an independent observer might notice that a person is not aware of or is unwilling to confront. If there's no one to s
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by trentnix 1y ago
I'm still here, curious as ever. And for the truly curious, it's just gotten better. The ocean we swim in has gotten bigger and deeper. I lamented when my career first started (2000 or so) that there were devs I worked with who d
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by trentnix 1y ago
I had the same response. History has shown that the high-priests of government are the least reliable, least consistent of all we’ve allowed to be the arbiters of truth.
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by trentnix 1y ago
Texas banned phones in schools as well. A local school administrator told me “in the high school, the lunch room is now loud with talking and laughter!” There are still parents that complain. Turns out they are as addicted to texting with
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by trentnix 1y ago
Despite being 31st in educational funding, New Mexico has ranked 50th in juvenile education for 8 years in a row per the Annie E. Casey foundation: https://www.aecf.org/interactive/databook?l=35 You can research for yo
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by trentnix 1y ago
While I'm savvy enough to keep my madness to myself (most of the time), that's pretty much what's happening in my brain!
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by trentnix 1y ago
As a compulsive, I have the problem of liking too many things. I don’t drink coffee because in a month I’ll be neck deep in forums about the proper way to grind beans. I don’t own an aquarium because I’ll be obsessively learning about perfe
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by trentnix 1y ago
Cognitive load and the benefits of simplification aren't just for systems and code. Reducing cognitive load is critically important in delivering good requirements. It enables engineers to focus on the technical and organization aspect

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