matt_s

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by matt_s 5y ago
I'd contest your points 2 and 3 from a business application perspective. Relational DB's resemble ledgers from a business perspective. Most business apps and nearly all financial apps think in terms of ledgers of transactions. Go
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by matt_s 5y ago
Small "a" agile is perfectly fine. I worked in an organization that did "Scrum of Scrums" (aka waterfall disguised as Scrum) and my job description could have easily been "attends meetings". Kanban paired with
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by matt_s 5y ago
Do you think it is that people truly believe the scientific method is wrong or do you think it is something else? I have a theory (I'm programmer, not psychologist) that with the pandemic there is a lot of emotions (fear, anxiety, ange
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by matt_s 5y ago
Take a day or two off and do nothing. Or do something but no coding. Binge watch some shows, read a book, exercise, go to the movies, anything but work. Better yet, chain those two days off with a weekend. See if when you come back you have
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by matt_s 5y ago
Totally agree that non-software benefits from traditional project planning. In a project management class it was taught that the project framework should be adapted to the project. It sounds really formal but planning how you plan the proj
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by matt_s 5y ago
For me its not about attention span, people come to see what others (with similar mindsets) think about something. Especially if I'm just casually browsing stuff and avoiding work. When there is an article that I am genuinely interest
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by matt_s 5y ago
There was a documentary on netflix (someone dreams of sushi, Hiro?) that leads me to believe sushi is an art form using food. If you don't appreciate the art form then it might not matter what dollar level or Michelin stars a place has
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by matt_s 5y ago
And here I was thinking to throw away everything I've been doing and just go back to waterfall. Title could have been "Consulting company promotes themselves"
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by matt_s 5y ago
Multi-tasking. But the mind does really well about fooling ourselves.
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by matt_s 5y ago
I also get bored with normal exercise and found, when I was a teenager, that martial arts motivated me enough to do exercise. Motivated probably isn't the correct word because I wasn't thinking about becoming good at fist fights
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by matt_s 5y ago
LOL
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by matt_s 5y ago
Second this. If inflation numbers keep going up 5% per month, the cost of literally everything will keep going up. There are labor shortages in a lot of industries which means employers need to compete on $/hr or workers will go to wh
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by matt_s 5y ago
Yes! The alerting customization were awesome. Things like always break thru alert for person X when in silent mode. I also think that the smart phone market is dead as far as new features go. Sure, there will be CPU or camera spec bumps bu
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by matt_s 5y ago
> I could type BLIND without typos Yup. I could type accurately and drive at the same time (don't do that today, kids) simply because I didn't have to take my eyes off the road at all. Those little raised bumps on F and J keys
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by matt_s 5y ago
This is a good example of "take my money" features where the value and experience of the feature far outweigh any notions of "open source" or things like that. There are those that dislike the closed ecosystem of Apple b
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by matt_s 5y ago
Beginners are probably the target audience for most YT content, across every topic, because it is easy to show people how to do beginner level things. The larger issue with tech content is as soon as a software technology is eclipsed by a
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by matt_s 5y ago
I have become interested in woodworking and have built some picture frames, shelves, shop furniture and have other projects in mind. I do enjoy heading out into the garage, turning on some music on and just doing stuff with my hands. Your t
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by matt_s 5y ago
I think there is another angle of this that a "good hire" that is missed because of ridiculous interview practices could potentially be an exceptionally great hire over time. If anything, FAANG companies are probably an ideal envi
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by matt_s 5y ago
I hate meetings, unless its an active discussion with all participants. Something like how do we solve problem X and the people invited are the ones responsible for a solution. Brainstorming, looking at code, those are fun meetings. Here&#
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by matt_s 5y ago
I assume at some point all of these types of services are either too costly or can't handle volume after some number. So cost and scaling might be important within each category.
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by matt_s 5y ago
Unicode has emojis[0] which are freely usable for nearly every device as far as I understand. What is the purpose here? How much overlap? [0] https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
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by matt_s 5y ago
I would not consider it to be an optimal way to process data in volume. HTTP really wasn't built for things like this. You'll need to define in detail how those batches are operated on, what error conditions mean for a batch, etc.
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by matt_s 5y ago
Exercise your options, find an employer that values your rare set of skills and leave. Sounds like you have a good relationship with your manager so they would probably be a good reference. If making FAANG money in EU means you have golden
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by matt_s 5y ago
My OS is part of my toolset that I want to work and not have to tinker with to get functioning. The Apple hardware and OS are the best I've used from the perspective of I want it to just work and it doesn't get in my way with a hu
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by matt_s 5y ago
I mostly use it for family that is on there. The "feed" is horrible, filled with ads and timely things always appear out of order. Stuff from neighborhood sometimes shows something from 3 days after something occurred higher than
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by matt_s 5y ago
I'm sure there are more and very detailed differences, like if the evidence leads to an unsafe vaccine that there are different processes. I think the major talking point is covered by this info, which is meant for the general public.
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by matt_s 5y ago
An interesting, short read is the difference between Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and the full FDA approval[0]. Basically it is manufacturing, funding and red tape being the difference, nothing about safety or clinical trials differs.
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by matt_s 5y ago
What do you use to segment content? I'm like the OP and browse every few days, never post anything just use it to see things from a mix of widely dispersed interests. There is a very low limit for me where when I add another person&#x
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by matt_s 5y ago
Stick with open source technologies that are widely used and stay on current-ish versions. Other than that, stay as close as you can to what you're doing. Like if you build web apps, stay close to doing HTML, CSS, JS. If you start gett
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by matt_s 5y ago
Have you looked at non-FAANG companies for remote work? If you know web apps or could learn there are a lot of companies with remote SW dev openings out there. After working for years at a large company, I am happy with a much smaller comp

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