basseq

5 ms·

31.
by basseq 5y ago
My mom drove the ~120 miles from Northern VA to Richmond yesterday, leaving around 3pm. This trip takes 2 hours on a good day, and has taken me 4+. It took her SEVEN HOURS. She ended up taking "back roads", had to backtrack severa
32.
by basseq 5y ago
I'm trying to differentiate between "there has been evidence of a breach" and "there are less-desirable security practices". As I understand it, the phpBB / master password practices—which are indeed, not good,
33.
by basseq 5y ago
Note that master passwords were not compromised, the the warnings were triggered in error[1]. That's not to say that other concerns around security aren't valid. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/28&#x
34.
by basseq 5y ago
Another vote for LastPass, though I haven't cross-shopped in a while. It generally "works", including on iOS. (You can enable auto-fill directly in Mobile Safari in Setting > Passwords > AutoFill, so I rarely have to op
35.
by basseq 5y ago
Lots of material out there on on using WS2811/2 LEDS for Christmas lights. A Raspberry Pi is a little overkill; a ESP8266 / NodeMCU running WLED will do you just fine. Reddit's r/led is filled with these projects, or che
36.
by basseq 5y ago
I've used OctoberCMS[1] for a smaller project, and this looks similar on first glance. (Might just be the Lavarel underpinnings.) What I really like about October is the ability to quickly spin up small CRUD database functionality (ind
37.
by basseq 5y ago
5, 4, and almost 2. TV – They'll watch Netfix in the morning if they're up early (0–30m) and for 20-30m to "wind down" before bedtime. We haven't done any parental controls or anything, and it hasn't been an is
38.
by basseq 5y ago
To clarify, if you were paid in gold, that's still income and you would still be taxed on the fair market value of that gold. It's income that's taxed, not USD. Same as stock grants: if you're paid in stock, you pay in
39.
by basseq 5y ago
There's the apocryphal[1] story about the (Trappist? Belgian?) brewer-monk who, when asked about his favorite beer, answered "Budweiser" because of the consistency over millions of gallons. The linked[1] article below also hi
40.
by basseq 5y ago
Depending on the organization, a VP title may not have "a seat at the table", which can lead to HR taking a back seat. This can include being overshadowed by Finance or Operations if HR rolls into the CFO or COO, respectively. So
41.
by basseq 5y ago
Apparently I need to look at Gaggenau, which has both knobs on some induction models and a series of models that are designed to be combined together. So I can actually have an integrated workspace with gas and induction options!
42.
by basseq 5y ago
> And law enforcement is a thing! More than that, there's a minority perspective in DeFi that the code is the law. If the code allows it (e.g., withdrawals under an unintended circumstance), it's therefore legal. If it were ill
43.
by basseq 5y ago
My ideal range is 2 induction burners + 4 gas. Induction has a lot of the benefits of gas (e.g., instant temperature control), but gas is still superior for sautéing and continuous temperature control. Whenever I cook on gas, I miss the fas
44.
by basseq 5y ago
Habit, mostly: I tend to use VLOOKUP for exact matches and MATCH for relative ones.
45.
by basseq 5y ago
The "$9,000 to keep" figure is the cost to keep a disengaged worker on top of their salary . This is the 18% of lost productivity against a $50k average salary. (Which suggests $50k of value creation in a given year dropping to
46.
by basseq 5y ago
And yet[1]: 75% of unvaccinated adults are "not worried about getting seriously sick"... 50%+ are not worried "about the Delta variant worsening the pandemic"... 50%+ say "getting vaccinated is a bigger risk than ge
47.
by basseq 5y ago
You could do it with a bunch of INDEX-MATCH formulas and pre-calculating base tax per bracket: =(income-INDEX(bracket_min,match(income,bracket_min,1)))* INDEX(bracket_tax,match(income,bracket_min,1))+ INDEX(bracket_base_tax,matc
48.
by basseq 5y ago
This is great! Thanks for the info.
49.
by basseq 5y ago
Because I like a challenge: =SUMPRODUCT( (bracket_min<income)* ( ((income<=bracket_max)*(income-bracket_min)) + ((income>bracket_max)*(bracket_max-bracket_min)) ) *bracket_rate ) Where inc
50.
by basseq 5y ago
I like XIRR to get an actual sense of what my annualized portfolio performance looks like. Pretty much every bank, brokerage, or financial software I've used is "dumb" and will a) count deposits as growth , b) show total li
51.
by basseq 5y ago
We're all playing armchair strategist here, but I really don't understand the thinking or the decision here. I mean, they kind of thought about CX! They didn't want to go with locked containers because they "don't w
52.
by basseq 5y ago
For anyone else wondering about "the controversy from Fall 2020": https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/21/twitter-a...
53.
by basseq 5y ago
I can hear the 8-bit flapping sounds in my head, even though I haven't heard them in at least 2 decades.
54.
by basseq 5y ago
But only Uber (allegedly) had access to the private entitlement. So how did other apps do it, and why couldn't Uber? That said, this is certainly a "special relationship" with big partners like Uber to get their apps working
55.
by basseq 5y ago
This is true, but it's philosophical. The IRS has finite resources, so it has a fundamental choice: 1. Maximize collections. This is what they're doing: spending their resources on cases with the best expected ROI. If you have $1T
56.
by basseq 5y ago
The overwhelming sentiments of comments on this is negative, but as a fairly non-technical audience far removed from ML, I find this pretty fascinating.
57.
by basseq 5y ago
> GME exposed how undercapitalized they were... Or, more accurately, the extreme volatility of GME led to increased collateral requirements that Robinhood couldn't meet. (It was like billions of dollars , iirc.) Or, otherwise, it&#
58.
by basseq 6y ago
Now it's my turn to claim uncharitibility. Indeed, my context here is that people who wear the data scientist title come from multiple backgrounds, and are often asked to wear too many hats. They are non morons—they may be darn good
59.
by basseq 6y ago
The problem that I've seen is often "data scientists" are expected to be the equivalent of full-stack engineers (or maybe more accurately: one-man CTO shops)—to understand data architecture, understand business architecture
60.
by basseq 6y ago
Since you have a 1-year cliff and have only been there 11 months, sounds like as of today you have 0% equity. So the immediate question may be whether your co-founder can fire you. In 1 month, you've vested 25% of your grant, or 10% of

More ›