m104

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by m104 3mo ago
Yeah but the execution still mattered. I'm a Flash / Shockwave fan as well but there's no point pretending that package was sufficient for the job it was pitched to do. Macromedia seemed to be on a really good track with Shoc
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by m104 5mo ago
Alright whippersnappers, let's chat about the history of railroads in the US. In the early 20th century, US rail companies were beholding a very favorable situation: high demand to run loads of heavy freight all over the country, high
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by m104 9mo ago
To your first point, yes we're moving slowly towards a more general awareness that most employees are paid market (replacement) rate, not their share of value generated. As the replacement rate drops, so will wages, even if the generat
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by m104 1y ago
The anecdote about the 16-pin religion and the reluctance to use more pins is so good. It's often assumed that (later) successful companies were always making fantastic decisions in the earlier days, when in reality there were a few bi
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by m104 1y ago
It's the "impact" style of technical write-ups: sell the problem and the scale, then present the solution, which is thus presented and understood through the lens of business and customer success. Generously, this writing sty
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by m104 2y ago
Oh lordy, the "two crews" bifurcation fully written down. What a fantastic way to ship until it becomes far too expensive to ship anything good. Look, when we break the feedback loop back to the people who wrote the software in th
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by m104 2y ago
Because a lot of tech workers today aren't actually job hopping and instead get very cozy in a job and a team and a career trajectory, which feels unfairly ripped away during layoffs for reasons that don't feel connected to their
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by m104 2y ago
Only solution: sting operation
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by m104 2y ago
Answered above!
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by m104 2y ago
I often see rate limits framed as a way to protect system capacity, but not enough follow-through with understanding why, even with appropriate rate limits, systems can fall over and require manual intervention to restore. The easiest way t
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by m104 2y ago
A few of extra considerations picked up over many years of hard lessons: 1. Rate limits don't really protect against backend capacity issues, especially if they are statically configured. Consider rate limits to be "policy" l
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by m104 3y ago
One aspect of this type of problem I missed from the article is whether the data mutations were applied evenly across transaction time. Data sets like these tend to be very active for recent transactions, while the updates fall off quickly
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by m104 5y ago
Notion has been a solid A- for shared to-dos, bookmark lists, recipes, trip planning details, etc, which covers most of our shared lives. The main issue with Notion is that mobile syncing can be very slow when we're out in the world, s
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by m104 5y ago
I recommend Russell Ackoff's writings as somewhat related and more to do with how systems of people and processes work (or don't). Here's a great place to start: https://thesystemsthinker.com/a-lifetime-of-sys
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by m104 7y ago
They only tested on mice. Mice are nocturnal.
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by m104 8y ago
Data helps corporate management avoid personal responsibility, so it's not just "As a leader, I think..." but rather "Look at what the data is telling us to do." Yeah, it sucks.
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by m104 8y ago
Most valuable and uncomfortable part of this article: What I wish I knew was that if you’re an early company employee, it’s not likely that the skills you have on day one are the skills needed as the company scales to the next level
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by m104 8y ago
Precisely. Often times a rejection isn't saying that the candidate didn't meet the job requirements or wouldn't do well in the position, it says that the employer found someone who fit the role even better or knew that they c
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by m104 8y ago
Naturally, Musk lost it. No, it's not natural for a grown-ass adult to lose it. Many people can face loss, disappointment, or criticism without losing it. Elon doesn't need to lose it and neither Tesla, Space X, The Boring Compa
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by m104 8y ago
I'm guessing that, even if it wasn't more productive, the perks help keep Google employees at Google and not, say, at a competitor.
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by m104 8y ago
I'll second that sentiment. The largest source of your tech debt may in fact be that brilliant one writing volumes of code destined to become the collective headache of future dev teams.
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by m104 9y ago
If you find yourself looking for a quick way to gauge the impact to people and property from an earthquake like this, I suggest you look for the USGS's PAGER report: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpag
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by m104 9y ago
For sure! After years of running a personal mail server with a setup similar to what's described in the article, I moved to using a pre-built docker setup and haven't looked back: https://github.com/tomav/dock
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by m104 9y ago
As the article points out, relatability is the key to bridging the gaps of knowledge and understanding between people. I think, at least in the USA, there is cultural pressure against "talking down to" others, at it indicates eith
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by m104 10y ago
Do you have support for logarithmic charts? Some of those top examples would benefit greatly from a logarithmic Y-axis.
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by m104 11y ago
Very interesting reading. I've gotten many migraine headaches over the years that I can only correlate to having consumed major brand name orange juices. Minute Maid, Tropicana, that kind of stuff. Since realizing this, I've stuck
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by m104 14y ago
It is bizarre when companies operate this way, but, without defending the practice, you need to understand that few middle managers have the power to change this situation. Moving up the ladder, owners and executives will simply say "this i
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by m104 14y ago
It's true and unfortunately this has been my experience at a couple of previous employers as well. Given the difficulties of actually collecting good data and properly analyzing it, it's no wonder that the same analytical tools, used to gre
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by m104 14y ago
I think there are two main sects in audiophile-land, really: perfection and experience. The perfection side has scopes, meters, and blind testing among its tools. The goal is in fact "perfect sound reproduction". The problem here is that be
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by m104 14y ago
Don't give this page a once-over. Make sure you drag the diagram to "flip" it over. You can click on regions on side B of the diagram, too. Impressive work!

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