marek_leisk2

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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments shows 5 comments in the last 60 seconds.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Trino can do this.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Micro-consulting sounds like hell. Sales are a huge drag on any expert trying to capitalise. By the very nature of their business they need fewer but larger deals.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Since the data won't change frequently it might be worth trying to load it into ClickHouse. I've had needle-in-haystack searches on multi-million row tables speed up by 2 orders of magnitude over PG.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
If one of the ten bosses fires you, no big deal. This is the essence of self employment, not having a single source of failure in your income stream.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
https://typer.tiangolo.com/
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Most clients I work with read HN. It's completely normal in my circles.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Play PS4 or some music in Bitwig.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
There is a 300+ example repo for using GEE with QGIS. It's a trasure trove of inspiration. https://github.com/giswqs/qgis-earthengine-examples
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Video and music production, game development, stock trading, book writing. You've got every prerequisit by the time you hit 30, you can do anything at a global level.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Filezilla is the worst for this.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Google are meant to be working in the interests of shareholders. If you bought their stock today, would you be happy if it never went up in value?
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Exactly, a blog should read as though it comes from one voice. People can subconciously tell if more than one author is involved in a piece of written work.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Ah okay, makes sense. I'm looking forward to seeing what suggestions land here. Also, Paul Ramsey's pg_tileserv isn't on your radar, is it? Also, LeafletJS supports GeoJSON overlays.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Have you looked at QGIS? You can drag OSM files onto it and add layers from loads of different data sources. It's a GUI app that runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
/r/gis is full of friendly professionals. I've had replies there that must have taken an afternoon to write up.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Around 2001 I thought C++ was the only real programming language and that LAMP was just going to be a hobby. Also, learning to cold call local businesses doesn't require a high school diploma, sooner you can get into it, the better.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
As a small biz you often hire contractors and its important that they focus on delivering value, not adhere to pre-established tool mandates. As for perm staff, computers are cheap since they can last for years. Windows, and Macs aren'
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
At some point you need to realise you only need to go to work to make money and further your career. Then, self employment becomes a natural path to turn to. When you eventually find clients, at some point you'll realise selling tech,
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Scaler will go a long way to teaching music theory. The VST has an optional six hour video course which is easy to follow along with.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
If Aruria's V Collection ever goes on sale it's a killer combo with Bitwig. Easily one of the most straight forward ways to write music with 1000s of presets. Plus Bitwig has a discounted 8-track version so this doesn't need
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Sell yourself as a consultant via your LinkedIn profile. Ask for a retainer that'll be used over x months. Say, 160 hours over the next 4 months.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Terminal + Sublime.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Use Tweetdeck. That way you will have at least one lane that is your feed in cronological format.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Putting together a short-form blog post. Also, turning it into a presentation helps solidify any learnings.
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by marek_leisk2 4y ago
Given there are 100s of agencies in any major market I'd suggest to find one that values impact over micromanagement.