mti27

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by mti27 6y ago
In the author's specific example, the answer is everybody wants one of those cool security cameras, but no one wants to invest the time to learn some simple networking skills, such as using a router UI to find/assign an IP address
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by mti27 7y ago
Back in the early 80s (pre-Blockbuster) there were independent video stores. They were great, because you could "reserve" a video for a night and they would hold it for you, unlike Blockbuster where you had to hover like a vulture
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by mti27 7y ago
The average person's knowledge of routers and home networking probably stops just short of knowing how to assign static IPs, and definitely stops short of setting up a home VPN. If people knew how to do those 2 things, there might be l
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by mti27 7y ago
Refreshing take on standups: https://youtu.be/2u0sNRO-QKQ?t=105
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by mti27 7y ago
Exactly- if work doesn't pay, they don't get to play on my phone. I'd be willing to check work email sporadically, and it's unfortunate that doing so in any capacity means allowing an unknown admin "wipe my phone&qu
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by mti27 7y ago
> you don’t know, despite living here since forever A lot of tourists here in Memphis come to see Elvis Presley's house (Graceland), but many local residents have never been there, despite having some degree of connection to him. I
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by mti27 7y ago
I think a lot of people just get excited about code for code's sake (vs code as a means to deliver a product) and get creative... It's not really a problem, unless your company culture sets up a natural conflict by highly valuing
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by mti27 7y ago
I once worked at a place that reached DSL on the clock; no one understood the undocumented DSL (not even the programmers supporting it) but a few power users. I advocated re-writing rules in Python, using modern CI/CD techniques to all
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by mti27 7y ago
Just like Disney World - they scan your finger print upon entry to the park. When you ask to opt out, they're like "Well you're going to need to step out of line over here and give my manager some information.."
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by mti27 7y ago
> Delta’s territory This feels like the opposite of the GDPR stories from a few months ago. Instead of all the "It's coming" hype and opt in agreements, the company just gets the info without a fuss...
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by mti27 7y ago
When US and Japan car makers join forces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trB7i2xpfc
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by mti27 7y ago
The (Russo?) comment about multitasking brought to mind a discussion at work last month about AI taking over. I asked my younger 20-something co-workers if they had ever seen the movie "War Games".... One of them watched it and sa
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by mti27 7y ago
> ... and using a grill is often explicitly banned ... Don't know if it is still the case, but last time I was in an apartment (early 2000s) there were also limitations for Internet and Television. DirecTV was popular at the time, I
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by mti27 7y ago
I remember when these commercials came out, they seemed annoying - just corporate hype with nothing real. There was even a parody on some show (SNL?) that made fun of them: "Have you ever been seduced by your toaster? You will." O
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by mti27 8y ago
Yes, quality aside, the "stateful-ness" of tape is very useful. Using VHS is quicker to pick a show back up where you left off than DVD.
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by mti27 8y ago
We had an odd thing in elementary school gym class - parachutes! We sat around a parachute on the floor, and the teacher would play a record (it was the 80s) that would tell us when to raise/lower our arms then swap places by running u
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by mti27 8y ago
>Instagram-savvy version of the fake watches one sees being hawked on the sidewalks of tourist cities. I bought a "Tagheuer" watch on the streets of NYC for five dollars. At a glance, it looked OK but by the end of a day's
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by mti27 8y ago
Removing this dongle is Apple's next "act of courage" :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_fvQpyuK78
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by mti27 8y ago
More important than "big company" is the group of people you're working with at the big company. If you're working with some smart/motivated people and can avoid the management processes and overhead, it's a go
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by mti27 8y ago
Even without reading them, the books on my parents' shelves had an affect on me due to the wacky titles. They stuck in my mind and to this day, I can still remember them: "Blind Ambition" or "The Winds of War" or &q
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by mti27 8y ago
For a janitor, a non-compete would be ridiculous! As a software developer, it's annoying but survivable by switching industries. What's worse IMHO is a non-solicitation agreement. I worked at a business that was shutting down oper
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by mti27 8y ago
This reminds me of a sci-fi story from a few years ago where people didn't want to own cars, since one just showed up when you needed it due to a combination of surveillance and fancy algorithms. Prediction: https://www.yout
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Puppets Discuss Kickstarter for Killer Android(youtube.com)
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by mti27 8y ago
Back in the late 80s, my high school had a decent number of programming courses which touched on logic, sorting algorithms, and so forth. But the most interesting course was with the Pascal teacher who also taught computer literacy 101. Thi
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by mti27 8y ago
Reminds me of a TV commercial from a few years ago: "Do you accept a collect call from we-had-the-baby-its-a-boy? No."
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by mti27 8y ago
Don Draper said it best: "Do you want to build something, or help an accountant turn a dollar into a dollar and 10 cents?" I can say from personal experience if Blackstone buys your company you'll be focusing on the second ob
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by mti27 9y ago
Once I accumulated so much rollover vacation time I decided "I'm not working Fridays anymore" which lasted for many months. I found out later someone had complained to my manager about this, since I was unreachable. That same
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by mti27 10y ago
Ah yes, the Radar Range: https://youtu.be/uEywGpIt0vw?t=12 (That's Mike from Breaking Bad I think...)
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by mti27 10y ago
Got so many praises from high school teachers for "typing" my papers, when in fact it was just faster to use WordStar on a 286. Cool article, wish I'd known about the double period note feature!
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by mti27 10y ago
TL;DR version of this article: 1. Author complains her lazy nephew's approach to school (and resulting Political Science degree) did not result in a good paying job. 2. Author complains her other nephew's lack of a degree and prev

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