dktnj

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by dktnj 3y ago
Trick in getting 99% satisfaction is asking you about it 30 nanoseconds after you bought it or before you even received it.
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by dktnj 3y ago
There are actually four "outlook" implementations now. 1. Outlook desktop - old MFC / win32 crapfest 2. Windows Mail / Calendar - new WPF crapfest. 3. O365 online outlook / outlook.com - fat web app. 4. "New&qu
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by dktnj 3y ago
That's a vast difference in the number of layers of abstraction though. Digital electronics is not.
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by dktnj 3y ago
Probably the wrong way to look at it. Digital electronics doesn't really exist outside of theoretical spaces. It's all analogue underneath and any experienced digital designer will know that and what the consequences for things li
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by dktnj 3y ago
They aren’t terrible as long as you have a supply of wall warts available. I ended up powering mine off a little Meanwell switching supply in the end as they don’t blow up as often.
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by dktnj 3y ago
Netgear do some half decent fully managed switches. It’s not all blue crap off Amazon. The worst switches I ever used were HPE ones in the old C5000 blade chassis. Absolute turds. Packet loss, constant port failures and complete hangs. HPE’
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by dktnj 3y ago
> But at the same time I can remember basically every small block of code in a large saas I single handedly built a few years ago, even today. Trying to replace that with something useful here at the moment. Much more difficult than it
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by dktnj 3y ago
I haven't done any productive work for about 5 years so doing something and failing would be an improvement.
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by dktnj 3y ago
This is really great marketing for Microsoft and .Net
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by dktnj 3y ago
This sounds less stressful than an average half a decade working at my current position. It is actually motivating. Whether or not that was the desired outcome, I don't know. At least I get to travel to half decent academic conferences