kampsduac

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by kampsduac 4y ago
Where can I learn more about the claim that GCP is behind AWS and Azure?
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by kampsduac 4y ago
Interesting! I’ve noticed less hangover effects when drinking herbal tea before bed as well. I even use unintentionally have a/b(ish) tested this with water and have much better results with tea. I thought maybe the warm water was doin
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by kampsduac 4y ago
I was programming at home for my job last week and heard my free reigning chickens make a lot of noise. Went outside and saw a coyote with one of them in it's mouth. I chased it away. I'm sick of being in front of a screen all day
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by kampsduac 4y ago
I got a sauna blanket about a year ago and enjoy it enough (considering the price and space it takes up) https://higherdose.com/products/infrared-sauna-blanket
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by kampsduac 4y ago
One of my first personal projects when learning how to program was generating sheet music for scales. Maybe I'll try to adapt some of the logic here to do that, someday. I love the spirit of this. Simple reference tools for mobile devi
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by kampsduac 4y ago
Look into Oeufs Brouillés (French Scrambled Eggs) for cooking on stainless steel. Low heat and constant whisking - the eggs are so fluffy and delicious! And cleanup is easy.
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by kampsduac 4y ago
What's the search indexing architecture look like under the hood?
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by kampsduac 4y ago
As a distributed team, I like the live interaction our daily standup provides. To stay focused on blockers, we share the yesterday/today portion of the update in Slack. This leaves our 10 minute stand up as a convenient forum for annou
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by kampsduac 5y ago
At Quizlet, we are working on problems in this space. https://quizlet.com/features/how-quizlet-works I'm an engineer on the step-by-step Explanations team - if interested in learning more, shoot me an email (scott
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by kampsduac 5y ago
I have ADHD (probably - I am diagnosed but don't fully trust the diagnosis testing). I think it makes me struggle more with general programming, but I thrive with creative engineering thinking: things like challenging the status quo, s
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by kampsduac 5y ago
When having Discount Tire repair a nail in my 1 year old Model Y tire, I asked if I should get them rotated. They measured each tire tread and said they are wearing very even, and suggested I wait longer to get them rotated. Likely somethin
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by kampsduac 5y ago
> getting a flat fixed because it has a slow leak and the tires have the acoustic foam inside them that prevents using green slime I had the same issue with Costco and another tire shop refusing to patch a nail in my 2020 Model Y tire. I
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by kampsduac 6y ago
Agree that extra online market is not good, but I am lucky and have an awesome, locally owned family shop right by my house (Guitar city / drum land in wheat ridge colorado). They are great, usually beat Guitar Center prices by ~10% vi
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by kampsduac 6y ago
Kent Beck was one of the first software engineers I admired when getting into the field 7 years ago! We are undergoing a mono->service shift at our company, and I think for reasons in agreement with this article. The main goals being to
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by kampsduac 6y ago
We use repl.it in an AP Computer Science course I co-teach. Incredible tool for students who are learning Java, allowing them to code and collaborate on their Chromebooks, no Java local setup required. The AP CS course exercises and concept
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by kampsduac 6y ago
What would happen if UBI was instead Guaranteed Work and Wage? I'm thinking if tax dollars were shared in the form of education, training and entry level exposure to trade skills, and jobs that may not typically pay above a minimum thr
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by kampsduac 6y ago
> no longer reading the papers and watching television This is what I do, in addition to no social media except for certain personal alerts. I ask my partner to relay any significant news/events to me. I do support my local media gr
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by kampsduac 6y ago
It takes nurturing if you want to speed up the process, but this is optional. If you have long-standing piles of organic matter in a sunny location, make a garden bed there and you'll be blown away by how fertile the soil is.
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by kampsduac 7y ago
I used Hipmunk ever since I took Steve Huffman's (founder Reddit and Hipmunk) Udacity course. Not surprised it didn't make money, I would always use it alongside Kayak and then book directly with the airline/hotel/car co
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by kampsduac 7y ago
One of my favorite fundamental books is "The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
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by kampsduac 8y ago
After the initial phone screening for a full stack engineer, we send a take home questionnaire that doesn't require any coding - but rather presents a set of questions that span across different domains (development process, databases,
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by kampsduac 9y ago
Childhood education in the States. Find some teachers in your area and ask them what they could do with x in y time.
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by kampsduac 9y ago
Nice work, hope you get the job!
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by kampsduac 10y ago
I really enjoy my aeropress ( https://aerobie.com/product/aeropress/ ) coffee press. The modern take on a French press, price, and availability on Amazon made me realize anybody can have a great idea, print it in pl
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by kampsduac 10y ago
Congrats on sharing with your son! I would be interested to learn how he responds to https://groklearning.com/
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by kampsduac 10y ago
But if you drive in the mountains, wouldn't gear simulation in a CVT help to save brakes while going downhill?
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by kampsduac 10y ago
If the name is based on DBZ, then +5 :-)
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by kampsduac 10y ago
I was an engineering major and switched to Creative Writing because of noted 'creative draw'. Loved the courses. Useless degree. Now I am a software engineer wish I had only minored in a creative field. After all, college is just
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by kampsduac 10y ago
Love the podcast. Will most definitely be using this to reinforce Python chops when I need them this Fall.
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by kampsduac 11y ago
Cool. Maybe this will convince me to by my wife that iPad she's been wanting. Excited to check it out.

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