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by devchix 2y ago
Now there's a Google response, and a response to that response. I love it when journalists bring the receipt. Is it even deniable that Google search is terrible now? Remember a time when there was not anything close to Google search
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by devchix 3y ago
I had a minor conniption when I slowly realized that all stores would be closed between 4PM on the 24th through 6AM on the 26th. OH MY GOD what if I ran out of milk, or something I stupidly forgot. Then I got a hold of myself and looked
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by devchix 3y ago
Sun Microsystems used to give employees the week between Christmas and New Year off, it was called Winter Break - probably a relic of its academic roots. It was its own thing, you didn't need to take PTO for it. I wonder which large
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Tell HN: Apple will subscribe you to AppleTV+ without telling you where from
3 points by devchix 3y ago|1 comments
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by devchix 3y ago
I bought a copy after graduating, having seen the serious-looking tomes on the shelves of many TAs and serious people. I was not a very good programmer and I thought possession of this thing would confer a magic aura that would make me loo
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by devchix 3y ago
This assumes vacancy is at 0%, for cities like SF I can see this, but do all cities have near 0% vacancy rate? Genuine question, I don't know. I would offer at lower price and have all my units filled.
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by devchix 3y ago
Am I missing the obvious here, a smart and nimble company can corner this market by lowering their price by X. They would have to give up X per unit but they make it up by (volume * lower_price). Isn't that how the market is supposed
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The French Chef: Bouillabaisse a La Marseillaise [video](openvault.wgbh.org)
3 points by devchix 3y ago|2 comments
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by devchix 3y ago
Dated 10/07/1970. Julia goes shopping for fish, makes a bouillabaisse. What I liked: real messy cooking, not over-produced like the cooking show of today. Instructions on the different kinds of fish and how they look. A giant
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by devchix 3y ago
This episode broke my heart with its wholesomeness! I'm a grown ass adult and I watch Bluey unashamedly. I don't even have a kid companion to provide cover. It's such a layered show, with themes that resonate with adults a
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by devchix 3y ago
I feel the same way. My college years math was a clueless grind (to me) and I don't think I made the connection to the real world until long after school was behind me. There's a very good site called BetterExplained, where I go
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by devchix 3y ago
>How can someone who likes viewing this look at a child on the street and not see them as a sexual object? Is this a crime? Things that are inside your head, who else can say what can exist there, other than you yourself?
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by devchix 3y ago
>I can pretty easily do 16+ hour days if I'm doing something I enjoy But is there context switching? I can probably do 12hrs of X, but if it's 8hrs of X + 4hrs of Y, X and Y being things I enjoy and want to do very much, I don
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by devchix 3y ago
We share the same sentiments!
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by devchix 3y ago
I'm not disagreeing with you, but there's substance to what the sister-in-law is claiming. I've had a few (not many, but frequent enough) mistakes from very highly produced books, from high-profile celebrity chefs - case in
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by devchix 3y ago
I want ChatGPT4 to rewrite Zork!
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by devchix 3y ago
I don't know about Google is dying but Google Search has lost me. Remember when Bing! first came out (IIRC it had the exclamation point and the advert line was something like, "Don't say you Binged it, say you Banged! it!&
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by devchix 4y ago
All those hours perusing for the perfect notebook on JetPens - it's stupid how much I covet writing instruments. I too use a lot of legal pads, no cover, always flushed with the writing surface, tear off for a new beginning. I always
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by devchix 4y ago
** EXCEPT FOR SPLUNK ** (or applications which perform I/O on small bits of data) https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.3/ReleaseNo... I have notes-to-myself which I can't find at the mom
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by devchix 4y ago
But does it have the beefy smell which will be very odd in baked goods that is not savory, like bread? I recently broke down a tenderloin and came away with nearly 3 pounds of clean beef fat: pure white, firm, no connective tissue. I thou
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by devchix 4y ago
> Seeing this desperate attempt by Tyler Cowen ... I'm guessing that Tyler Cowen is on team crypto and the blog author is taking him to task w/r/t Cowen's past writing on FTX? I don't know the history. Cowen ru
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by devchix 4y ago
You're going to get hundreds of tips on how to do dishes. I'm going to pull back one philosophical layer and tell you one thing you didn't ask. Always wake up with a clean and empty sink and counter. You will start your da
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by devchix 4y ago
Agree, although I think more women fall into this habit of speech, due to societal conditioning to appear non-confrontational and direct. It also seems to reflect more negatively on women as a diffident signal. Thus, while it's gener
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by devchix 4y ago
And if you're a woman, cut the word "just" from your vocabulary, especially in professional communication. It diminishes your voice. "I just want to make sure ..." vs "I want to make sure ..." "Just
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by devchix 4y ago
Old boss golfed with him. Suddenly everyone was a 6-Sigma blackbelt, or assigned on a 6-Sigma track, even outside of manufacturing. That lasted like two whole years. Bad times.
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by devchix 4y ago
> Splunk is the best at what it does with no close competition. I'm with you. Splunk core - the indexing, automatic parsing, HA architecture, is unsurpassed. You can rebuild/duplicate parts of it but it's not going to co
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by devchix 4y ago
Wait, what? When a license expires my understanding is indexing continues, you just can't search, you can get a key to unlock search by contacting Splunk. I assume you mean the SaaS Splunk Cloud, then, because the renewal period woul
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by devchix 4y ago
Yes but a major part of wayfinding now is to route around traffic. I know my way to work every day but still turn on GPS because I don't know where accident and detours might be happening.
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by devchix 4y ago
May I introduce you to Nathan's Spicey Brown Mustard and Kosciusko Spicey Brown Mustard? I think of it as the American answer to Dijon.
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by devchix 4y ago
> The guy playing John Dee is David Thewlis, one of the best cinema actors of all time. He's Lupin in Harry Potters, for a quick reference (for others). I take it you've seen The Landscapers ? Exceptional performances from b

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