laurentdc

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by laurentdc 5y ago
Manual work is underrated. Especially the kind of work where you can see an immediate end result from your efforts. I worked in a kitchen for two years and I can tell you slicing food is way more satisfying than coding frontend.
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by laurentdc 5y ago
Not the average software engineer and definitely not at the entry level. I always had a feeling that "engineer shortage" articles are only made to push people into studying CS so employers can drive wages (even) lower.
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Apple's macOS 11.4 Update Brings Fix for Troubling SSD Wear on M1 Macs(hothardware.com)
15 points by laurentdc 5y ago|3 comments
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Phineas Gage(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by laurentdc 5y ago|0 comments
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Not Made in China Directory(notmadeinchina.directory)
27 points by laurentdc 5y ago|29 comments
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by laurentdc 5y ago
For what it's worth, we've been running about 15 TP-Link EAP225 in a warehouse without any hiccups so far. Most importantly they don't randomly die or lose the controller pairing like some low end Ubiquiti units tried in the
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Lead–Crime Hypothesis(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by laurentdc 5y ago|0 comments
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by laurentdc 6y ago
Just wondering, is job hopping as engineering manager as easy as coder/individual contributor? It seems like the market for people with focus on soft skills is way more saturated (we get many more applications for project management ro
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by laurentdc 6y ago
Most of my friends from university who went into recruiting burned out and quit within 6 months. The turnover (especially in temp agencies) is insane
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Percentage of bot traffic as share of total online traffic from 2012 to 2016(statista.com)
3 points by laurentdc 6y ago|0 comments
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by laurentdc 6y ago
It was me! Thanks for the tip about M -> H. Sorry I deleted the comment - I wasn't 100% sure about the models (I don't have the laptops near me at the moment and I didn't want to spread misinformation).
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I've quit toxic competitive gaming (League of Legends, Overwatch) and replaced it with Netflix and shortwave radio listening. I'm still procrastinating because I work a bullshit job, but at least I don't rage as much and I al
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by laurentdc 6y ago
Sure. Unless there's a generous bonus on quality of work or project completion, the only rational way to play the game as a random employee is to maximize the gain and minimize the effort.
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Hafele–Keating Experiment(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by laurentdc 6y ago|0 comments
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I've noticed the used video card prices have skyrocketed. I've put up an eBay auction for a GTX 1060 6GB and it ended up selling for twice than what I bought it used two years ago. Also lots of people DMing me asking if I have mor
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by laurentdc 6y ago
My bet is that the improvement in integrated graphics (think Apple M1 or Vega 11) will solve the "gaming on a low end laptop" problem far before game streaming.
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by laurentdc 6y ago
> 90% – maybe 93% – of project managers, could probably disappear tomorrow to either no effect or a net gain in efficiency. True especially when you get a project manager with no CS/IT background at all (pretty common in consulting
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I just use my own domain and then forward incoming email to whatever service. This way it doesn't really matter what I use: if I get locked out I simply change the forwarding email. It's free with most providers.
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How economists rode maths to become our era's astrologers(aeon.co)
6 points by laurentdc 6y ago|1 comments
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I don't know how much things have changed in ten years but when I was in university I simply couldn't find a computer calculator software that had the same easy to use UI as my HP 40gs or even a basic Casio fx-991ES. Sure I could
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by laurentdc 6y ago
eGPU support
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by laurentdc 6y ago
Me and my brother share the same gaming PC. I suck, he's pretty good at the game. So when it's my turn to play, I encounter though opponents and rank down, and when it's his turn to play, he completely obliterates the lower r
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by laurentdc 6y ago
It's not caught by VAC. I changed the glow colour (which probably changed the signature), tested it a few months ago on local server and then played some Valve deathmatch on official servers, account is still good. I'd expect the
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I still don't get why they can't make a basic anticheat or protect the process memory like most other games (even the Faceit AC client itself for CS:GO!). Is there some explanation like keeping compatibility with very low end PCs?
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by laurentdc 6y ago
It's in my cart, I'll place the order as soon as CS:GO launches fine on M1. So far it goes to black screen - other Source games work fine though, so I think it's just a matter of time. I already have a 2017 13" MBP but f
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by laurentdc 6y ago
The onboard graphics performance seems to be impressive (1050Ti - 1060 range). I wonder if Valve and Epic will start compiling games for ARM. This MacBook could be my first gaming laptop, who would have thought
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Bathtub Curve(en.wikipedia.org)
9 points by laurentdc 6y ago|0 comments
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I used to work in a kitchen for a while. My back hurt most of the time and I always had burns or cuts somewhere, but I was definitely way more happy. Mentally for sure. Also the feeling of building something, I feel like peeling a potato is
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by laurentdc 6y ago
Anecdotal, but when I hear of people working impossible hours and with a clueless boss it's almost always a startup or some small shop.
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by laurentdc 6y ago
I know of at least two insurance companies in my country that still have their administrative software written in VB6 (probably along with some shoddy web app for IE8). Also see "IT runs on Java 8" https://veekaybee.git

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