kevinconroy

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by kevinconroy 1y ago
+100! I view it as "holding the door open behind me for others", much like people held the door for me.
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by kevinconroy 1y ago
“Honey, we’re in the test group for the RTC!”
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by kevinconroy 2y ago
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/08/09/nx-s1... Alarmed by mpox surge, Africa CDC is poised to declare a 'continental emergency' The Africa Centers for Disease Control and
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by kevinconroy 2y ago
I highly recommend Enveritas to anyone looking!
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by kevinconroy 3y ago
If you are job searching, it's dangerous to go it alone. Take this: "An Engineering Leader’s Job Search Algorithm" https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fr_36WOzKlq_zyGP2RdxMEs...
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by kevinconroy 3y ago
CEO is trolling working class. It’s total cost of benefits added to TC. So while from an economist POV this is the total cost of one employee, it’s not the TC (total comp) that Tech often uses, largely because it’s hard to know the added co
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by kevinconroy 3y ago
This may also be helpful: "An Engineering Leader’s Job Search Algorithm" https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fr_36WOzKlq_zyGP2RdxMEs...
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by kevinconroy 4y ago
If you are job searching and reading the comments on this post, there’s a >90% chance that "An Engineering Leader's Job Search Algorithm" may help you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fr_36WO
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by kevinconroy 4y ago
Open up two docs in preview. Let's say Doc A is the one you want to merge into. Open Thumbnail view in each doc. Select pages in Doc B you want to merge over to Doc A (some or all). Drag and drop into thumbnails view in Doc A. Reorder
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by kevinconroy 4y ago
https://www.globalgiving.org
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by kevinconroy 5y ago
IANAL, but you will need to get opt-in permission from EU users to transfer their data outside of the EU unless you can apply standard contractual clauses (SCCs) or get an EU representative. Source: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-
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by kevinconroy 5y ago
As a long time SE v1 user, I’m really happy with my iPhone 13 Mini. Yes slightly bigger, but I love it for all the same reasons I loved my SE
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by kevinconroy 5y ago
Cue "Three Body Problem" trilogy references
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by kevinconroy 5y ago
As with (nearly) all things, there's a robust subreddit and a niche industry focused on "prep" (preparation for disaster situations). Many refer to themselves as "preppers". https://www.reddit.com/r&
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by kevinconroy 5y ago
Like this? https://www.makebetterfood.com/
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by kevinconroy 6y ago
Agreed. Their example is that selecting Elixir was a great choice for them. Cool. That was using an Innovation Token. I'm guessing that in addition to Elixir, they also used plenty of boring technology. Like using `cron` or `at` rather
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by kevinconroy 6y ago
> 5 minutes of downtime during business hours would generate 100s of support tickets Perhaps part of the answer is that if you're a solo founder who is staying solo, try not to create a business where you have these kinds of dynamic
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by kevinconroy 6y ago
The article omitted one of the best "easter eggs" I've seen on a mouse ever: the Apple Mouse's red laser formed the pattern of a cute mouse head when held at about a 45 degree angle about 10 inches from the desk surface.
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by kevinconroy 6y ago
Agreed! It’s a pet peeve of mine too. Here’s some history on why it’s that way and on a better UX: https://www.makebetterfood.com/about/
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Yes! We have two box fans with HEPA filters in our bedroom to combat the cat fur/dander. It's made a world of difference. You can see it working as the filter captures everything. Have to change them monthly... but so worth it. #Y
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6599445/That... Recent article with actual photo (not just the CGI rendering)
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
As a parent who has two kids who have ClassDojo, I can say that ClassDojo supports points for any teacher defined criteria. I this case I believe it was a teacher-defined point system, not the default app settings. So while it’s all good to
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Another name we often use is "Business-As-Usual" (BAU) or "Technical Debt". Although some business-as-usual and tech is a necessary evil and in some cases, a good thing, I have also wasted many hours to tasks that create
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Clicking around, the last class he taught was with another student... Larry Page. http://infolab.stanford.edu/~sergey/349/
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Who says you have to be the one to do it? What conferences exist? What books? Online courses? You don't have to be the professor, but you do need to be their advisor and point them in the right direction to learn, grow, and thrive.
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Yep. And if you're a 10x developer who becomes a manager or team lead, your best bet to maintaining your 10x effect (or increasing it to 100x) is to grow and support your team. You might not say that they are each and all 10x, but if
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Infinity X developer? If true, I'd say that team has a professional development and growth mindset problem, one symptom of which is a productivity problem.
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Even if it's a rant, it doesn't mean it's wrong. At CES a decade ago, I got to play with a touchscreen prototype that offered tactile feedback. Press a button and the screen would push back and/or buzz (it's been a
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
Kudos! Glad to see this swing back to tactile controls. At the CHI conference about a decade ago I spoke with some of the lead HCI researchers at Mitsubishi (which has long contributed to human factors research). During Q/A they said t
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by kevinconroy 7y ago
I'd be interested to see human factors research to see if it helps. Still, if you've got kids in the back seat who are asleep and there's background road noise from a highway, you don't want to yell "Carbot, turn do

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