inquist

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by inquist 10d ago
> AI startups are hiring like there is no tomorrow. This is not reassuring
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by inquist 1mo ago
I quit tech a couple of years ago to become a high school teacher. No regrets.
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by inquist 4mo ago
> with people too I'm pretty sure the article is about interacting with people.
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by inquist 4mo ago
I'm just one person, but I replaced the catalytic converters on my FJ Cruiser so it would pass the emissions test
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by inquist 5mo ago
Too many ads, did not read
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by inquist 1y ago
Looks like `haptic` is local first, not local only
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by inquist 2y ago
The summary article makes it sound like it’s somehow surprising that sea turtles can swim. The paper itself clarifies that it’s more a question of whether there are trends in the directionality of their swimming. > Studies that compared
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by inquist 2y ago
I think failure mode analysis is definitely part of engineering
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by inquist 2y ago
You’ve seen Greater Houston, now meet Greatest Houston
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by inquist 2y ago
> Wright Waste Management, located in nearby Harris County Houston is in Harris county…
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by inquist 2y ago
I’ve spent so much time wrestling with and learning all (most) of these pitfalls, and I consider it time well spent. After my first few weeks I started dreaming in bash.
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by inquist 2y ago
An obvious example of platform enshittification https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshitt...
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by inquist 2y ago
Turns out frogs are smarter than we thought https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204920/https://www.fastc...
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by inquist 3y ago
What’s wrong with uuidv4 as PK?
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by inquist 3y ago
I searched and didn’t find any identical prior comment
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by inquist 4y ago
What sound should it make when it's using up your battery monitoring for freefall conditions? Maybe some sort of radar ping... vigilance mode enabled...
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by inquist 4y ago
Strive to clarify fundamental goals. Consider possible second-order effects of policy decisions. Reevaluate intermediate goals after observing their effects.
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by inquist 5y ago
> an intern who wrote code .... his code had been in production You get what you pay for, eh?
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by inquist 5y ago
FWIW I've been quite happy with the ZSA Moonlander https://www.zsa.io/moonlander
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by inquist 5y ago
On the plus side, why are they storing gender info in the first place?
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by inquist 5y ago
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by inquist 6y ago
Makes sense to me. Good luck! > Ironically, this sort of cross functional work is highly valued, but if you're drawn to this path, you'll find yourself doing much more cutting through red tape than real work. I find myself in t
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by inquist 7y ago
That's just the decrement operator and inequality operator!
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by inquist 10y ago
That first anecdote in the article is relevant, and the article does eventually get to talking about Google. This is the nature of long-form, it doesn't have to dive straight in.
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by inquist 11y ago
Simple, clean, straightforward. I've done similar things in bash before but not bothered to publish :) It's a good idea though to have an ecosystem of simple but flexible tools like this. Here's another idea we implemented al
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by inquist 11y ago
cool!
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by inquist 12y ago
I find this hilarious.
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by inquist 12y ago
> I have known people who were able to turn things around after being put on a PIP. I'm one! It took a few hours of introspection but I applied a new focus and drive to aligning my personal goals with the company's goals. Have
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by inquist 12y ago
Level 20 is hard.
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by inquist 13y ago
singingfish, I'm curious what you have in mind here. I've used each of these a bit and I haven't noticed PHP lacking high level features?

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