andjd

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by andjd 2y ago
Hi Matt, Asking for a take-home challenge is a big ask without any form of human interaction first. Are you open to me asking a few questions over email or a video chat so I can gauge if your company would be a good fit for me?
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by andjd 2y ago
How long have you been in your current role? You can talk with your boss, and let them know you'd like to go down to part time. No guarantees that they'll say yes, but if you don't ask, the answer guaranteed to be "no&
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by andjd 2y ago
"junction" is pulling the heavy weight here. The station is right before the tracks branch, so the purpose of the station is probably to let riders transfer from service on the one branch to service on the other.
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by andjd 2y ago
One important thing to know is that the venues/artists often get a kickback of part of the Ticketmaster fees. In other words, the artists, venues, producers, and Ticketmaster are in cahoots to fleece fans for as much money as possible
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by andjd 2y ago
> Almost all innovation comes from this type of vertical integration. Really? That's a bold claim. Having a large number of companies that are able to offer competing products and services tends to lead to innovation.
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by andjd 3y ago
I would be curious how this compares to a more-or-less off-the-shelf text compression algorithm like gzip. My guess is that over the entire database, this would be more efficient than the OP's ad-hoc implementation or any alternative
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by andjd 3y ago
Serious question: The article points out that: `C is far removed from modern computer architectures: there have been 50 years of innovation since it was created in the 1970’s.` Is there a C-like language that uses abstractions based on curr
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by andjd 3y ago
I have not personally used it, but Flexispot has a 4-leg adjustable base: https://www.flexispot.com/flexispot-4-leg-standing-desk-e7pl...
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by andjd 3y ago
Even if this is not a foolproof way to avoid flying on a 737 max, using it will provide a very _visible_ signal to the airlines. If they're losing ticket sales because people don't want to fly on a 737, the airlines will find a w
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by andjd 3y ago
I wonder how this compares with just 3D printing in concrete, like Icon. It seems a little bit like putting a round peg into a square hole to have a robot fastidiously recreate a building technique designed around humans, whereas doing it i
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by andjd 3y ago
So, there is a defensible reason for this carve-out. For generations now, video game consoles have had very aggressive cryptographic pairing of parts, done in the name of securing the hardware against hacking by the console owner. This is
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by andjd 3y ago
I agree that owning the DSLR niche is a good strategy for Pentax. Ricoh hasn't given them the budget to make digital autofocus systems that are competitive with the other big brands, and it's likely hard to justify doing so with t
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by andjd 3y ago
>I understand that the failure rate is high just like startups and movies. I'd suggest that startups and movies have a much higher probability of 'success' than minting a hit song that can generate 1 billion streams. Whil
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by andjd 3y ago
> What year will I see the legacy automakers utilize their advantages to sell more electric vehicles than Tesla? <troll>Ford is selling thousands of F150 EVs a month. How many Cybertrucks has Tesla sold?</troll>
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by andjd 3y ago
Yes. Go has a culture that avoids using libraries (the axiom is "a little copying is better than a little dependency" (see, e.g. https://www.efekarakus.com/2021/09/23/a-little-copying-is-be... )
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by andjd 3y ago
I'm reading between the lines here, but my guess is that you're interested in the coffee role because you're passionate about coffee. It also sounds like you've looked at the pay cut, and decided you can live with it. (
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by andjd 3y ago
I think you're missing the point. Sure, the bands did it because it sounded the way they wanted, and may not have had any deeper justification. But a music theorist is going analyze the music to try and understand _why_ it sounds the
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by andjd 3y ago
A few years ago, working at a startup, I tried to convince our founder to pay for SO talent. IIRC, there was a minimum 6-12 month commitment, and while not crazy expensive, it was too much money to lay down on a lark. Since there was no w
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by andjd 3y ago
All of the examples cited use a repudiation of the backing of currency or bonds with gold or silver. I don't think I'd call that a default. I know that there is a political minority that still thinks that breaking away from the
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by andjd 3y ago
It's fine for automotive companies to maximize their profit margin. If they have smaller margins than google, that's probably because google is nearly a monopoly, and there's fierce competition in the automotive space. A key
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by andjd 3y ago
[citation needed] Denim is usually dyed with natural or synthetic indigo. The quip about the navy refers to Methylene Blue's pharmacological use as an antimalarial drug. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/498
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by andjd 3y ago
This is potentially an advantage for the Colorado bill, which (I think?) specifically targets right-to-repair for farmers/farm equipment. When you only target one industry, that industry can't say "give us an exception, the b
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by andjd 3y ago
It is really hard to recommend getting a Leaf in 2023, at least in the US, unless you _only_ plan to charge at home. The Leaf still uses the Chademo plug, (I believe it's the last car sold in the US that does so) where as CCS is becom
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by andjd 3y ago
I have the opposite complaint. I don't need 300 miles of range, 100 would be more than enough. I can rent a traditional car if I need to take a road trip. But I do want a nice interior, and other "premium" features, such as
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by andjd 4y ago
> This seems like a project an entrepreneur ought to try and take on. In a market where there is an affordability crisis, why would we want to add a tech entrepreneur as a middle man who will want to take 30% off the top for "owning
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by andjd 4y ago
Location: Columbus, OH, USA Remote: Remote (or Hybrid in Columbus) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, Python, Swift, Kotlin, Elixr, JS, React, SQL, AWS, many more... Résumé/CV: http://andrew.defran.co/assets&#x2
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by andjd 4y ago
Note also that that the act requires that the ships be flagged in the US and staffed by 75% US workers. This means they're subject to US minimum wage laws, and there's a smaller labor pool to draw from, so there are additional co
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by andjd 4y ago
I think it's a fair criticism of the jones act that it hasn't delivered on its goals of keeping a vibrant commercial shipbuilding and shipping industry in the US for the purpose of supporting our military in case of war. Is seven
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by andjd 4y ago
Location: New York City, NY Remote: Strong preference Willing to relocate: to Columbus, OH only Résumé/CV: https://andrew.defran.co/assets/resume2022.pdf Email: andrew\u0040defran.co I am a product-m
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by andjd 4y ago
The USA has a world-class _Freight_ rail network, and almost all existing track in the country is owned by the freight operators, who manage the track to optimize it for freight operations. In many cases, they are openly hostile to passeng

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