TimButterfield

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by TimButterfield 3y ago
The Pilot Custom 823 (amber demonstrator) is my favorite pen. I love the way it writes, the quantity of ink it holds, and that the screw down piston knob also blocks ink flow so it doesn't dry out. I have the Sailor 1911 and Pro Gear
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
Your mention of 'pivot' brings to mind this analogy. I want to pivot from riding a motorcycle to driving a car. Which brand, model, and trim level would you recommend (without knowing anything else about intended usage)? Except
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
Apple could mitigate this risk to some extent. If some tracker that is not mine remains in proximity to me while I move around (or my iDevice does), it should warn me and then help me to find and identify/eliminate that tracker. If t
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
For efficiency, a form of short-hand may be faster. But, if what you write needs to be legible to others, a printed form can be beneficial for this. Cursive is not always as legible to others. James Pickering used to have some pages desc
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
As an additional suggestion for audio practice, try to get Google Translate audio input to recognize your speech. I have found it to be more strict than a native speaker in recognizing words. So, if I can get Google Translate to recognize
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
I have a small collection of fountain pens and have bought and sold many others. I have found that much of this is personal taste and how you use it. Some pens feel comfortable in the hand. Different pens sizes (length and diameter), sha
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
I am a NordVPN subscriber. I have found some 'location' issues while using their software. Using something like iplocation.net will show the correct location. However, one of my clients uses search.arin.net as part of their sec
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
Here are just a couple of things. Often, decomposition is based on areas of domain or functionality. There are some downsides to doing it this way. The method in the book proposes it be based on areas of volatility instead. As an example
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
You may wish to take a look at the book, Righting Software, by Juval Löwy. It is not specific to any particular application or language, but can be generally applied to different projects and systems. https://www.amazon.com/
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
The code may be technically excellent, but solve the wrong problem. Communication with others, especially with the stakeholders and/or users, will help to distinguish wants vs needs vs nice to haves. It is not always easy to know how
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by TimButterfield 4y ago
It may partly depend on what you want to do when you get there. Will you work in the country in which you live or continue to work for companies in the US? If it is the latter, living in Europe or the eastern edge of those time zone range
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by TimButterfield 5y ago
Use a VM (local or in the cloud). I do this for each client. If they have certain software, such as VPN, RDP launcher, etc., it gets installed in the VM. If they wanted an agent in the VM, I would add that also. This protects my main sy
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by TimButterfield 5y ago
I read quite a bit. Reading fiction before sleep helps me to relax. I like a variety of fiction, mostly science fiction, but also some general, historical, legal and spy thrillers, etc. The Overdrive and Libby apps are good for books fro
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by TimButterfield 9y ago
There is also a Docusign phish email going around. I received a couple of them yesterday from mail2world, though signed by [company name].onmicrosoft.com for that user's business email address. They purported to be from people I knew