william-at-rain

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   by william-at-rain 4y ago

   “Go up, blow up” is the common phrase in this kind of aerial combat. You highlight your heat signature against… space. Even without heaters, I can be extremely aggressive on a guns attempt because an overshoot in the vertical isn’t nearly a
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   by william-at-rain 4y ago

   I’m a huge fan of Graphviz and git. Text is easily diffable! Try SketchViz.com and see what you think. Also a shoutout to yEd Graph Editor (free).
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   by william-at-rain 6y ago

   Thanks. > If you're being charged 10x @32k, that's 3k/week 'normal' charges Close - about $2,500 a week. I spent the morning adding SSDs to a bare metal HP DL360p with 32 cores and 192GB RAM on it. Elastic fixed
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   by william-at-rain 6y ago

   Yeah. Classic move. Basically she was implying I laid people off because I wanted to and this post was cover. > "Let's be clear..."
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   by william-at-rain 6y ago

   That's... not true. ES is critical infra for us, and I'm not really capable of managing the devops to make a switch happen. Otherwise I wouldn't be paying an override to ES for what amounts to a Kubernetes spec and some glue.
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   Ask HN: Two people laid off due to known Google/Elastic billing bug. Now what?

   11 points by william-at-rain 6y ago|7 comments
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   by william-at-rain 6y ago

   Another plug for the fantastic and free yEd Graph Editor.
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   by william-at-rain 6y ago

   I've been using this for months now, and it's absolutely incredible. I waste zero time re-organizing as I create charts, so I don't lose thoughts while trying to make sure the boxes are organized. TIPS: * F2 - change the capt
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   Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work(yworks.com)

   42 points by william-at-rain 6y ago|13 comments
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    by william-at-rain 6y ago

    Awesome! I’m sorry I came off as wanting a FAANG person. I don’t care about that. What I DO need is someone familiar with data engineering, full stack web dev, startups, and managing people/projects. I’ve posted jobs on Indeed and othe
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    Ask HN: How to Find Our CTO?

    1 points by william-at-rain 6y ago|3 comments
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    Emailed. Thank you.
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    Thanks - I’ll reach out.
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    It looks like you send an automated text to a questionnaire. That’s a much simpler way to start, and a text is a great “push notification”... :-)
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    I wonder if there is a way to engineer our past that in the first month. Maybe a web-based PWA while we wait for approval. And not specifically calling it a COVID-19 app.
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    Thanks - I’ll reach out.
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    by william-at-rain 7y ago

    Thank you!
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    Ask HN: Outreach for Covid-19 longitudinal study proposal?

    23 points by william-at-rain 7y ago|13 comments