eweise

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by eweise 2mo ago
I sweated the years we had a trampoline. It was visible from the street so anyone could have jumped on it and broke their neck. One of my children's friends did get hurt but fortunately, not enough to become an issue. They're a hu
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by eweise 2mo ago
I've driven manuals my whole life. Never needed the engine to be louder so that I knew when to shift.
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by eweise 2mo ago
I bought a Miata as my midlife crisis car (I'm 60 is that still midlife?). I have to say I didn't realize how much fun this car is. Its turned boring trips to the store into an experience. Cruising down the street with the top dow
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by eweise 4mo ago
AI is pretty good at figuring out what the right thing to do is.
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by eweise 5mo ago
I give Claude small incremental tasks to do and it usually does them flawlessly. I know how to design the software and break into incremental tasks. Claude does the work. The productivity increase has been incredible. I think I'll be a
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by eweise 5mo ago
When my child was an infant, my wife parked in a parking lot and starting chatting with a friend about 10 yards away. Minutes later a woman came by and starting claiming the child was not safe and was going to call protective services. This
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by eweise 6mo ago
I used to live near a busy street. I eventually got used to the noise but when I bought my house I made sure to find a quiet spot. Now, its dead quiet at night and the difference in my quality of life is significant. I also made the city pu
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by eweise 6mo ago
I never thought they were dumb once I saw that they could power a car with their feet.
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by eweise 6mo ago
My grandfather fell down, broke his leg and then died in the hospital.
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by eweise 6mo ago
Does the car get points on its record?
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by eweise 6mo ago
Four people in my family drive my car. I'm supposed to track that? sure.
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by eweise 7mo ago
they grow in my yard without any effort.
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by eweise 8mo ago
I haven't worked in a codebase in 20 years that didn't have some sort of tests.
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by eweise 8mo ago
Here's a real schedule: CEO: we need to launch x end of Q2 PM: Here are the four monthly milestones Engineer Mgr: Let's estimate the stories. Now put them into eight sprints Go!
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by eweise 8mo ago
Part of that I think is the culture and not the language. Personally I try to use the least powerful method that gets the job done and that usually keeps me unblocked. In practice that usually means using it as a better Java and not going d
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by eweise 8mo ago
If Waymo is not cheaper, I don't see how it replaces Lyft/Uber. I imagine that not having to pay drivers and the deal with the associated liability, will eventually be cheaper so will free up money.
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by eweise 8mo ago
Isn't that how it always is when new technology disrupts an existing market? We no longer have telephone operators, toll booth agents, gas pump attendants, etc
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by eweise 8mo ago
Try Google
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by eweise 8mo ago
AI says legumes are anti-inflammatory.
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by eweise 8mo ago
Dairy is not healthy fats.
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by eweise 8mo ago
One reason I just bought a 2025 Miata, is that has physical buttons for almost everything. Even the touchscreen can be operated with physical buttons. That and the manual transmission, makes it feel almost retro. It does have a lot of alert
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by eweise 8mo ago
If it doesn't tell me distance to the hole, then its just a pretty bracelet.
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by eweise 9mo ago
Its all about the oil.
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by eweise 9mo ago
Childish and foolish? That's the way these roads have been utilized for decades before someone figured out a way to extract more tax dollars from the public.
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by eweise 9mo ago
Who doesn't use the roads? How would you get anywhere without taking a road? Even if you didn't drive, whatever transport you're using except maybe a helicopter, would use the road.
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by eweise 9mo ago
HOV lanes in the bay area are terrible. We pay to build these lanes and then the government makes us pay to use them? Seems terribly unfair. Its also unfair to make the poorer people spend more of their time commuting than the wealthy.
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by eweise 9mo ago
Pretty sure my age makes me senior.
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by eweise 10mo ago
I'm sixty and still don't see myself as old. 41 is still young.
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by eweise 11mo ago
IMO always take the money. Money to me is like water. If you're dying of thirst, that first glass of water is extremely important, the 100th, not so much. You really only need enough money to do the things you want, raise your kids, an
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by eweise 11mo ago
You could say the same thing about any language. Writing "dumb" code is easier to understand especially in the small. But Go with function that take functions and return functions, channels and generics, can quickly look as comple

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