brtkdotse

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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Musk isn't a policitican.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> The actions are entirely unconstitutional. For all the fetishization of the constitution popular media has led me to believe Americans engage in, when push comes to shove it doesn’t seem to be worth the paper it’s written on.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> The BFF pattern is just "mostly microservices dedicated to a particular client type". If you’re building dedicated APIs for just one client you’ve come full circle and building a monolith with a bunch of extra step. Why not j
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> more like “ends justify the means at any cost” Everyone is crystal clear on this, the goal is to replace expensive humans to increase profits.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Multicloud looks like something I’ve been looking for but the website gives of incredibly sketch vibes for some reason
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> Now I have my whole library in Calibre and on my Kindle. Funnily enough I’m contemplating buying a MiniDisc player since my music listening has gone way down since Spotify came along. Its like the abdunance of selection is overwhelming
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> The only other thing you need to know is few hooks. ...and then draw the rest of the owl.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
You know you can pay to have the ads go away?
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> Fachkräftemangel Why is this German word thrown in without any explanation? I’ve noticed this is a common trend whenever a Germany-adjacent topic is discussed.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Or Apples family offering. For ~€40 we get Apple Music, Apple TV+, 2 TB of iCloud and probably something more for the whole family.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
I’m a backend developer who’s trying to build up some rudimentary design chops and I’ve a consumed quite a few resources about design. A lot of them say, pretty early on, “don’t use pure black or pure white, period”
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Times New Dumbass(timesnewdumbass.co)
8 points by brtkdotse 2y ago|0 comments
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
So… Black Mirror season 3 then?
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
It's not great if it's 15 million supporting 35 million children, elderly and sick.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Ah, the main application of Bitcoin - ransomware - is now more lucrative then ever.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
My experience is that 99% of the work related to geters and seters is handled by the IDE
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> What about developers who don't want to use Tailwind? What's that Steve Jobs quote? "You know, you can please some of the people some of the time" I have a hunch there's a good reason almost all of these site b
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Natural gas is terrible, but arguably less terrible than coal which aside from CO2 spews out a plethora of other nasty compounds.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
FWIW it’s the same thing if you buy an American stock from a EU country, the dividends are taxed in the US. That why global index funds are probably the best way to invest for non-professionals
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
If you ever plan on selling your company you’d do well to have it wholly owned by a holding company (which in turn is owned by you).
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
That’s odd. Outside of reading comprehension assignments I never had any fact memorization as part of any language course. Perhaps they changed the curriculum since the 90s
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> I refused to learn geography because we had map applications Which is ironic, because geography isn’t about memorizing maps
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
I switched to contracting and make sure all my contacts are “ up to 80%”. For the past 7 years I’ve worked around 1200 hours per year on average
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
I feel that people underestimate the impact of this. The current world economy is built on the assumption that the population pyramid is a pyramid, if there’s a glut in the influx of healthy new citizens a whole slew of supply chains will c
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> A few fumbles by Microsoft early on stunted its growth Microsoft really, _really_ missed out on a huge opportunity to rebrand .NET into something else when they did the Framework -> Core transition. Despite .NET being cross platform
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Petition on the implementation of EU-Linux in all public administrations(europarl.europa.eu)
4 points by brtkdotse 2y ago|0 comments
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
There’s a near-zero chance of getting caught driving without a license. Despite not having a drivers license checking mechanism, people generally don’t drive without a license because of the mere fact that it’s illegal. Societal signaling i
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
They both cost in the same ball park as a Tesla Model Y. They are not affordable cars by any stretch of the imagination.
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
> Is it? At this point I’ve driven electric Audis and BMWs, VWs, Kia’s and also BYDs. The real problem is that legacy car makers’ EVs are all high-mid/luxury cars. People just want a Honda Civic that takes them from point A to point
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by brtkdotse 2y ago
Sure. But it’s a domain specific term within negotiation that easily researchable if someone would want to learn more. Just trying to be helpful :)

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