VectorLock

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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Seems like a pretty good idea for a simple project, but when wrapped in yet another fly by night SaaS venture I think I'll pass.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   I probably have to take training classes every year as a hiring manager about what I can and cannot ask in the hiring process, and not asking citizenship and anything beyond "Are you eligible to work in the US?" I forsee a bunch
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Just to be extra careful.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Thankfully being "extra careful" isn't a defense against breaking employment law.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   I don't think you can go all the way to suffocating from it. Even people with severe sleep apnea in very deep sleep will still be roused awake by their brains when their oxygen levels get very low.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Yeah the startup part is not important, its all the other stuff, but thanks explaining what a startup is/isn't.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   No, they don't care to own most people's weekend projects. They wouldn't have any claim on that anyways. But when someone is spending the time Google pays for to work on a startup, I would THINK they would care about that.
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   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Being proven in court is all well and good until Google jams you up in the case for so long and costs you so much for lawyers they effectively torpedo your startup. He's effectively banking that Google will be so big they won't no
9. 279.▲
   by VectorLock 3y ago

   Its all fun and games until Google decides they own your startup since you were working on it during "their time."
10. 280.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    >as one Google exec directly described it to me, have people inside the tent pissing out rather that outside the tent pissing in I'm having trouble trying to parse the meaning of this metaphor.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    I think I was on Prodigy a little bit before BBS' then after the BBS era began to wain it was dialup PPP (then a hacked PPP server at MIT), and shell systems.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Compuserve was too hard to get into, but Prodigy... that was my jam.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Even to execute the most minimal binary fork/execve takes a not insignificant amount of time. Thats one of the reasons why CGI fell by the wayside.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Heating and cooling office buildings AND heating and cooling homes is less efficient than just heating and cooling homes. Many people aren't stopping heating/cooling their homes when they leave, or just reduce it, or don't d
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    If he think's CGI startup time is acceptable then I guess maybe PHP seems fast then?
16. 286.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    There are some good reasons that everything, PHP and Python included, moved away from CGI to long-running processes.
17. 287.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Compare and contrast your operating system, and how many files and breaking updates that gets.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Unethical Life Pro Tip: Get your 2nd remote job in a different geographical region (Europe vs US) so your meetings don't overlap.
19. 289.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    I was interested in the concept but after looking at the source code and the architecture I think I agree with the "not sure that this is a good approach" conclusion.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Was this something you had planned to announce prior to the whole Terraform kerfuffle and it is just unfortunate timing, or was this precipitated by that event in any way?
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    I've heard some people discuss that the contribution agreement that Hashicorp makes people sign gives them the right to change the license for existing contributions, but I'm not a lawyer so I really couldn't say for certain
22. 292.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    I don't think you can just "fork it." Hashicorp already owns all that code because they make contributors sign it away to them.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    AWS has had a Terraform competitor for a long time; CloudFormation. I'm not sure how much they contribute to Terraform, some I think, but most of the AWS provider for Terraform to my knowledge is developed and owned by Hashicorp. If
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Thanks for sharing this, really cool how they can piggy back on the Apple "Find My" network.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    $300 to not have to unplug your dryer to plugin your EV charger.
26. 296.▲
    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Most "Data Scientists" I've encountered are pretty much doing basic software engineering ETL projects.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    I had a subtle bit of wistfulness every time I fired up vim for the first time every morning this week.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Wow this is pretty neat and surprisingly affordable. Looks like it'd be great for making digital gauges for a car.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    Can you not use ChatGPT as well? I think you'll find if you do try to push Google Search too far, its not quite "limitless" either.
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    by VectorLock 3y ago

    If your website appears on the search results of Google and they show ads next to it, aren't you entitled to that revenue too?