junkilo

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by junkilo 3y ago
if you know you know: thinkpads do make for happy compute. fwiw, thinkpad/lenovo isn't the only team* can assemble a pc properly. its just that they tend to keep working even after you drop them and spill coffee on them and come w
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by junkilo 3y ago
heres the archive.org link for those just loking to read the article, cheers: https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170640/https://www.newyo...
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by junkilo 3y ago
*NIX is the only viable choice for mission-critical desktop stability in 2023. But that isn't to say Windows isn't feature complete. It is still king when it comes to gaming. Desktop stability and reliability hasn't been a to
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by junkilo 4y ago
"Make yourself useful unto the World and Human Kind will give you Bread" - Emerson https://yvettesbridalformal.p1r8.net/famousquotes1.html
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by junkilo 4y ago
Sad to see that were going to have to start using throwaway accounts to post anything on glassdoor. Next up: Blind.
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by junkilo 5y ago
or hotel brands that offer consistent hospitality services all over the world. Each of which requires a 24x7 multi-skilled staff.. or the piles of humans feeding the internet, tech and social media 24x7
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by junkilo 5y ago
I have less problems with stereotyping than with the hum of a million managers patronizing remarks, like this article from PG. I've grown accustomed to negs' (microaggressions) like these, but they do a greater injustice to actual
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by junkilo 6y ago
disclaimer: former uber engineer we ran the numbers continually and like others mentioned, it was a no-brainer to build on-prem. that said, there are a few use cases where aws/gcp are a great fit. people selling cloud without putting i
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by junkilo 6y ago
plausible.io looks to be a one-developer show. pretty impressive.
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by junkilo 7y ago
my new company just withdrew their offer (I started in a couple weeks) and I just left my previous gig (AV startup). backend+infra full stack python/go stuff the new company's revenue went from 7 figures+ a month to 0 because of t
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by junkilo 9y ago
> "I had to say yes" and "I had convinced so many talented people to participate" and "How could I let their magnificent work go to waste?" and " and "I wanted him to see me as an artist [not only
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by junkilo 9y ago
gwern you are amazing, thank you.
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by junkilo 9y ago
Contracts are for when a relationship breaks down, not the other way around. The "contracts" offer protections to parents offering a legal path for enforcing access to their children as well as financial protections. It also seems
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by junkilo 9y ago
Having used both from the prototyping stage to very large scale my answer: It doesn't matter. They are both plenty feature complete to work well for relational data type problems. Grab the one you have more exposure to and you'll
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by junkilo 9y ago
1) Learn one thing really well and stick with it until you master it. Human confidence isn't wired to derive satisfaction from breadth of skills. The stronger single skills you develop, the easier it becomes to develop context and unde
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by junkilo 9y ago
Story: As an engineer that enjoys fashion but has limited time for the hobby I would like an app that can help me self-evaluate fashion choices and arrangements so that I can have more fun and look better. how'd I do?
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Sexual Harassment Doesn’t Happen at My Company [uber](medium.com)
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by junkilo 11y ago
Yeah that is low compared to the major tech hubs but sounds calibrated to the area you are living in. It only takes one person to set a price provided they honestly believe in they value... and that person can be you.
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by junkilo 11y ago
one from the devops/sre trenches... > (devops guy) hi, im here for the lead devops role > (CTO) awesome, you'd be a great fit here. can you write a sudoku solver in ruby real quick? > (devops guy) [writes solver in ruby]
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by junkilo 11y ago
You have to store data on the client endpoints in realtime logistics applications; its just how it's done. If you don't, networking failure scenarios will destroy your user experience since you'll end up with frequent irrecon
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by junkilo 11y ago
tags + notebooks + cross platform + rich text + search + clipping + images + shortcuts. I don't know of a offering that rivals it. Google keep is for kids, not for real work. good reminder to back things up.
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by junkilo 11y ago
Was hoping to gain some insight to improve interview cycles here but instead just have agita. Jobs come and go, great work is always great work, but friends are what I remember most.
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by junkilo 11y ago
Don't beat yourself up too much. Diversity means having an honest full-spectrum cohort of people to grow with, not a curated one. If I removed people like you [us] (typically genius+passionate+outspoken+intellectually-arrogant) I would
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by junkilo 12y ago
I analyzed their JS math library (2013) and was pleasantly surprised (optimized, lean object design). Love what PlayCanvas is doing. They seem committed to the community and their people.
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by junkilo 13y ago
I'm as guilty a generalist as any, yet I'm happy straddling several disciplines. There's a broader argument for and against "specialization" i.e. studying other disciplines yields perspective etc. At any rate, I&#x2
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by junkilo 13y ago
could you elaborate on what you mean precisely by "talent waste" and "misdirection"?
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by junkilo 13y ago
good article. haven't seen it mentioned before, so props to the author for noticing that html5 is a distinct platform.
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by junkilo 13y ago
my response: http://eleventymedia.com/
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by junkilo 13y ago
shitballs people are making more than 200k sterling in the UK?
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by junkilo 13y ago
We've lost one of our own. May the oculus team benefit -- not suffer from his passing. Makes me sad.

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