jeffrallen

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by jeffrallen 3d ago
The attitudes and behaviors at my son's U9 matches in Switzerland are so distasteful I started inventing excuses to not go until eventually my wife went to a tournament. She came home and said, "so that's why you don't w
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by jeffrallen 4d ago
This is interesting because where he says "I take no pleasure in the results", I'm split. Sometimes I make something of no lasting value and feel no pleasure. Sometimes I use my context and creativity to ask for a result, and
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by jeffrallen 5d ago
Nice guys finish last. Welcome to the back of the line. We have cookies, at least. :)
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by jeffrallen 6d ago
Too late. My kids called the app Stop-ify because it was so unreliable. Switched to Apple music and won't go back. On Android!
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by jeffrallen 6d ago
To those who answer "my spouse", please think carefully about building an alternative support system if/when it happens that the mental health situation you are dealing with comes from a breakdown in ability to communicate wi
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by jeffrallen 8d ago
Pangram says the first 100 words are 100% AI slop. (Don't shoot the messenger, just trying out Tangram for the first time.)
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by jeffrallen 14d ago
You're absolutely right! This is a load-bearing article.
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by jeffrallen 14d ago
It is now: I know a guy who says he's supposed to handle traffic for a guy who's NIC signed a message saying he owns a whole /19. I've got receipts (RPKI). So, umm ok, I'm going to need you to just give me all his t
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by jeffrallen 17d ago
It's premature optimization, according to the video description.
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by jeffrallen 20d ago
I saw the same thing happen in Leeds. A friend came back to her public health program after Christmas in Zimbabwe. The NHS was dragging their feet, like, "oh, we need to get a specialists opinion before we can even draw blood, then it
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by jeffrallen 22d ago
Make time to listen to Dolly Parton's America podcast: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america
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by jeffrallen 24d ago
The O in "occupy mars" is actually a coconut.
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by jeffrallen 24d ago
Top comment is a chemist explaining aromatics and seal compatibility. Fourth comment starts with "part time coconut farmer here". I <3 you HN, never change.
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by jeffrallen 24d ago
Fine article, though it ended on a low note with the comment about cryptography engineers gatekeeping the technology. I have worked on high stakes crypto code. Getting it right requires a level of knowledge, care and engineering conservativ
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by jeffrallen 28d ago
Sigh. The error was made by the humans. Full stop.
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by jeffrallen 28d ago
"Showstopper" is the book that explains this time in Microsoft's history. An excellent read.
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by jeffrallen 28d ago
So broken. Sorry for you. MeteoSwiss has an app, which sends geo-specific weather alerts, using the normal handheld notification system. You opt-in by installing it. Simple. No nonsense. I'm so lucky to have competent bureaucrats.
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
Indeed. An excellent sailor, an excellent prof, and an excellent woman.
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
As long as they are owned by a 5-eyes nation, there's no alternative they can offer. Instead, look to Exoscale, Proton, Infomaniak, or Scaleway. Disclaimer: I work for one of 'em.
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
You know, we don't actually have to do this. The people could block the gates and prevent the delivery of the turbines. The local fire department could fail their inspection and prevent the gas from being turned on. The UPS could &quot
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
...or "the UPS batteries caught on fire", or "the first unit failed and the contractor who was supposed to replace it replaced the second one instead, resulting in an outage". Or something as stupid as, "vendor requ
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
pets.com has entered the chat.
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
Today I added a temporary data source to Prometheus to help me monitor a system closely during a tricky ops task. I would not have done that except that the LLM gave me a small script I could quickly check and immediately use. Without it, I
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by jeffrallen 1mo ago
Companies that use riddles get the employees they deserve.
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
I know, and worse yet, LISTENING. Ugh. /s
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
Feels like SF Standard gonna get a copyright strike from The Onion for this headline.
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
Thank you for this. Also, I'll never use it. Because a language feature that needs marketing is against readability, among those in my target audience who have not yet read the marketing. I need my shell scripts to be long enough to ex
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
A colleague gave his first ever lightning talk about this at a work retreat and it was SMASHING.
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by jeffrallen 2mo ago
> Have a strong anti-counterfeit strategy. Don’t overlook this. Hope we can read more about this.

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