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by eysquared 23d ago
Of course they wont! Plenty of people around here still use structures not built for the load or build under the square footage that requires a permit. Those can and do fail, and I'd prefer not to be in one when they do :). My feedback
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by eysquared 23d ago
Cascade mountains. I've seen over 5 feet of snow in under 48 hours, then freezing rain. Its heavy! Lots of these "it'll be fine" type structures collapsed. Building code for snow load is a factor of location and elevatio
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by eysquared 23d ago
Cool app! I have plenty of building experience thankfully, including plenty of structures still standing under the weight of our snow load!
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by eysquared 23d ago
Heat tape isn't very effective with storms dropping multiple feet of wet snow in under 24 hours (or in general).
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by eysquared 23d ago
Im jealous of the Tuff Shed or prebuilt being an option. Where I live we have incredibly high snow loads, so any structure ends up needing to be custom built to meet our requirements (even out buildings). I've found plenty of pre-fab u
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A cup of coffee for depression treatment has better results than microdosing(wired.com)
3 points by eysquared 8mo ago|0 comments
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by eysquared 1y ago
My information is largely out of date, but Vega is aimed squarely at Fire devices. I expect LG devices largely use the web based Prime Video app that runs on most living room devices. LG TVs capabilities and performance from an app develope
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Trump suspends trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally(arstechnica.com)
3 points by eysquared 1y ago|0 comments
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US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks(arstechnica.com)
13 points by eysquared 2y ago|1 comments
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Pop Culture(wheresyoured.at)
2 points by eysquared 2y ago|0 comments
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Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away(arstechnica.com)
34 points by eysquared 2y ago|54 comments
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US government’s reliance on Microsoft means the company gets a free pass(wired.com)
67 points by eysquared 2y ago|32 comments
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Apple wouldn't let Jon Stewart interview FTC Chair Lina Khan, TV host claims(arstechnica.com)
48 points by eysquared 2y ago|2 comments
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Google lays off "hundreds" more as ad division switches to AI-powered sales(arstechnica.com)
34 points by eysquared 3y ago|3 comments
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by eysquared 3y ago
This is near and dear to my own lived experience, having dealt with what should have been a minor fix for Hunter Douglas blinds. The cord that was attached to the clutch broke and got caught in the mechanism itself. When I disassembled the
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Google to pay Canada's "link tax," drops threat of removing news from search(arstechnica.com)
112 points by eysquared 3y ago|3 comments
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by eysquared 3y ago
I think this is highly dependent on what your beliefs are pre-trip and how you define what makes you you. I've had many psychedelic experiences and while I often feel greater connection to living things around me, I've never been
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by eysquared 3y ago
I’m a convert to physical buttons for this reason (though I’m not a swimmer). A Garmin watch that allows for all interactions to be done via easy to find physical buttons and well thought out data screens was a huge improvement for my own u
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Google’s head of AR software quits, citing “unstable commitment and vision”(arstechnica.com)
78 points by eysquared 3y ago|21 comments
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by eysquared 3y ago
I’m seeing a lot of comments that seem to point to first line management as the problem here. In my own anecdotal experience, I’ve seen a lot more “fake work” come from listless leadership that lacks a true vision for the product. That roll
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Googlers angry about CEO’s $226M pay after cuts in perks and 12,000 layoffs(arstechnica.com)
318 points by eysquared 3y ago|313 comments
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TikTok CEO fails to convince Congress that the app is not a “weapon” for China(arstechnica.com)
3 points by eysquared 3y ago|1 comments
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by eysquared 3y ago
The scale of HR at Amazon is huge. One data point was that they hired over 800,000 people in a single month. I'm sure that number is out of date. The idea was to build scalable solutions for HR to modernizing hiring, etc. and productiz
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by eysquared 3y ago
AWS has a ton of non-engineering staff. Ad-tech is also sales, marketing, and IMDb. Twitch has a ton on marketing and creator management roles. Its not clear which roles will be eliminated, but I've worked in a few of those groups and
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by eysquared 3y ago
PXT is their tech team supporting HR for Amazon. It grew a ton of the last 5+ years, but from the outside looking in it appears to be mainly empire building. The major initiatives I was aware of from my time there never seem to have been co
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Amazon exec confirms corporate hiring freeze through end of year(techcrunch.com)
9 points by eysquared 4y ago|0 comments
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Car feature subscriptions should be illegal, New Jersey legislators say(arstechnica.com)
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Discord’s new feature looks a bit like Internet forums–with a dash of Reddit(arstechnica.com)
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Electric cars are doomed if fast charger reliability doesn’t get better(arstechnica.com)
4 points by eysquared 4y ago|6 comments
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The rise of brand-new, second-hand electric vehicles(wired.com)
1 points by eysquared 4y ago|0 comments

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