milkytron

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by milkytron 13d ago
From what I've observed, it likely doesn't matter. I worked at a company that laid off all senior engineers in a single layoff. I was let go and found another job within a month. I've heard of entire departments being let go
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by milkytron 27d ago
I haven't had LinkedIn since... 2014 I think. I deleted my account after I got my first job offer and have never used it since. If people dislike the site so much, I don't understand why they don't delete their account. Is th
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by milkytron 27d ago
Ah, that makes sense
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by milkytron 27d ago
This seems to be in contradiction with the first amendment
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by milkytron 27d ago
I think if towns and cities want to be more economically resilient (both privately and publicly) they really need to think about reducing car dependency. Although, implementing such changes are generally unpopular for those that are already
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by milkytron 27d ago
The part that still bothers me so much about the US vs Swartz case is that JSTOR didn't pursue civil litigation against Aaron. It was the US government that pursued him. There was little for the government to lose in the case. In a cas
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by milkytron 28d ago
The Flip and Fold are. I see them available on the Motorola US store page.
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by milkytron 29d ago
If anyone is curious on how Chicago got robbed on their parking revenue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters
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by milkytron 1mo ago
Riding with other people is _a_ problem, but I don't think it's the primary problem for why transit isn't used in the US. Imo, the biggest problem is that of convenience. Convenience (time), cost, comfort, and (perceived) saf
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by milkytron 2mo ago
So, if trial lawyers are have reduced demand, I wonder how that impacts the billboard market. On a more serious note, I think it's obvious that we shouldn't reduce safety improvements to help an industry that profits off of lower
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by milkytron 2mo ago
Considering the push for reproduction from this admin and his technocrats, I'm curious if they would consider something like this.
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by milkytron 3mo ago
I'm sure they'll exist. I'm not sure they will be used for a majority of trips.
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by milkytron 3mo ago
Exactly my thought. People have been saying that robotaxis and self driving cars will take over in a couple years for at least a decade. It hasn't happened, and not only that, but if the companies making them want to be profitable, the
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by milkytron 4mo ago
> I'm with you, but given that I have no control over any of them We all have a little bit of control over at least housing and transport. Local politics determine land use, and municipalities in the US have consistently voted for m
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by milkytron 4mo ago
I've actually wondered how many datacenters it would take to effectively perform a 51% attack on bitcoin. It seems like most newly built computing resources are at the disposal of a few companies and a few people...
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by milkytron 4mo ago
Can't read the article but I was able to get the summary. I think evidence in Minneapolis, Denver, Austin, etc. is showing that increasing housing supply can apply downward pressure on rent prices, and subsequently the rent burden of m
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by milkytron 4mo ago
I live in the Denver metro and have worked on zoning code in other municipalities. This is actually the first I've heard about the "Unlocking Home Choices" plan. This proposal seems like an improvement overall. Some of my tho
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by milkytron 4mo ago
This, combined with the serenity prayer [0] have helped push me to try getting involved in fixing problems I never thought I'd be involved with. We can all make a positive difference in the world for those still living, and those who h
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by milkytron 4mo ago
What do you find them useful for? Could they potentially provide value to another open source project if integrated?
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by milkytron 5mo ago
I named my phone HAL9000 and when I read this I immediately thought, "Well yeah I just turn it off"
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by milkytron 5mo ago
One of the easiest things to pirate is music. Spotify basically killed mainstream piracy of music by making it cheap and easy to pay for nearly all music. I used to pirate video games, but Steam basically ended that for me. The sales no lon
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by milkytron 5mo ago
> Why did it fund sprawl? Road funding is a big reason. Federal, state, and local taxes are used for roads, and more driving. Parking minimums required land to be dedicated to parking, further encouraging car usage for transportation and
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by milkytron 5mo ago
For a long time, the US had the money to build things, use them, let them slowly deteriorate, and then abandon them. It was cheaper to simply let things fall into disrepair, and build shiny new buildings and developments further away from t
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by milkytron 6mo ago
People do break traffic laws regularly without consequences.
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by milkytron 6mo ago
A large problem in speed limit setting is that 85th percentile is used many times for setting the speed limit and other factors are ignored or aren't weighted as heavily. It's a very fuzzy practice, and I think as we continue towa
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by milkytron 6mo ago
An argument I've heard is that by legalizing betting, it can be more easily monitored with regulation and reduce the amount of black market betting. People still bet when it's illegal, it just becomes harder to track, which makes
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by milkytron 6mo ago
I think the intention was a joke: One Rich A*hole Called Larry Elison.
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by milkytron 6mo ago
When I worked for Oracle in 2015 during my co-op there, IDC was generally just another office. NetSuite may be their focus, but I think they generally cover almost all Oracle software.
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by milkytron 6mo ago
Yup. If my gf is streaming something and an ad appears, I'll trigger the download for it during the first ad break, and then when the second ad breaks, it'll most likely be finished downloading and then we switch to JellyFin. The
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by milkytron 6mo ago
Where do you see these long term forecasts?

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