mzarate06

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by mzarate06 1mo ago
Over the years I've settled on 27" 1440p IPS monitors. 2 on my office desk, 3 on my home desk. I'm currently very satisfied with the Dell P2725DE [1] b/c of the following: 1. 100 Hz refresh rate. I stopped using 60Hz ref
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by mzarate06 2y ago
We are in fact seeing press attention regarding military budget cuts the Trump Administration's looking to enact: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/hegseth-military-maj...
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by mzarate06 2y ago
One of the best moves wrt nutrition, fitness, and productivity I've made the last couple years is adding electrolytes to my supplement stack. I've always been deliberate about having sufficient water intake, but supplementing elec
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by mzarate06 2y ago
As a longtime PHP developer, my opinion differs from yours regarding PHP vs. Python syntax. Python took some getting used to, but the more I used it the more strongly I began preferring its lack of things like curly braces, semicolons, even
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by mzarate06 4y ago
And just hours later, we're starting to see reports claiming exactly this: "Hidden paragraph of Putin's decree allows to mobilise 1 million Russians". Granted, that's a Ukrainian news article, but I won't be su
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by mzarate06 4y ago
I feel "partial" in 'partial mobilization' intends to be deceptive. The version of the decree released to the public [1] contains nothing limiting number of recruits. That number is specified in a classified portion of t
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by mzarate06 4y ago
> The report treated "who did it" as an unimportant detail ... it was the only reason they were invited. Might've been why they were invited, I don't think that's why they went. Their tweet of mission objective
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by mzarate06 4y ago
I often listen to movie or tv series tracks. Recently that's included music from Hans Zimmer (Mission Impossible [1], Rush [2], etc.), Calm with Horses [3], El Chapo [4, 5], and The Kingdom [6]. I sometimes listen to my favorite bands
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by mzarate06 5y ago
> a sprint / heavy session would feel good ... but fatigue ... would cause me to skip a follow up. This year's focus will be on consistency - only do as much as will allow another session the next day One of my martial arts i
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by mzarate06 5y ago
I heavily favor end-to-end integration tests as well. For the kind of code you commented on, but also for older code bases w/out a hint of prior test automation. My experiences sound similar to yours - I've found they provide exce
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by mzarate06 5y ago
> The absolutely crazy thing is the person who caused this doesn't think they did anything wrong. And now he's saying this of the person he took the work from [1]: 1. "I believe he is a good person, but love colorette to
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by mzarate06 5y ago
Which is nowhere near no_wizard's point. And nowhere near what you've done. Gorge Bucaran, author of Colorette, summarizes your actions here https://github.com/ai/nanocolors/pull/14#issuecomment-9271
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by mzarate06 5y ago
It's telling that bad leaders I've worked with exhibit opposite traits from OP's list. Off the cuff, they've had tendencies to: - stubbornly devote majority of their time to coding, despite negative feedback of thei
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by mzarate06 5y ago
I don't know about needing to be the "best", or an "expert", but I do believe a consultant should have a certain skill level , or set of skills, that provides some value to a team. That's to say some consult
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by mzarate06 5y ago
I strongly agree with the title sentimment. Strongly! But, I'll add this - work at a company first, full time, for as long as you find it rewarding. Maybe several years at least? ... the longer the better. Bonus for each promotion you
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by mzarate06 5y ago
All true. To add some history - AMD's semi-custom segment dates back prior to Su's CEO seat. It was initiated in 2012-2013 under CEO Rory Read [1], although Su was heavily involved in it back then too (as SVP, and eventually as CO
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by mzarate06 5y ago
Nice work! I was looking for a way to screen for unusual option volume (Volume noticeably above Open Interest), but didn't see a way to do that directly. I do see the filters for Volume and Open Interest, and I can play with those in v
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by mzarate06 5y ago
I typically sum this up with a phrase Kent Beck made popular: Make it work, make it right, make it fast. I've shared that with a couple teams in the past, and it always catches on. https://wiki.c2.com/?MakeItWorkMakeI
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by mzarate06 5y ago
I'm curious that you mention project management courses from university . How much benefit have you found them to provide in practice? Asking b/c I've taken two courses in dev process or project management in my academic car
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by mzarate06 5y ago
To speak specifically to this: "I have a questionable habit of working into the evening, and sometimes on weekends. ... I worry that I may be going down the wrong path ... Am I working too hard?" Working late, or on weekends, c
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by mzarate06 5y ago
Thanks for this. All good to know, and I wouldn't want to hamper anyone's recovery. I probably should have said "...each bout leaves a successive weakening ...". Difference being to your point - I'm uncertain of se
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by mzarate06 5y ago
> One thing I've never really recovered is the passion I had for side projects I know how this feels. After a few bouts of burnout over my ~20 year career, I'm not convinced we fully recover from all of it. I think each bout
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Elon Musk Suggests Tesla May Have Dumped Bitcoin Holdings(cnbc.com)
37 points by mzarate06 5y ago|36 comments
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by mzarate06 6y ago
Definitely. Last time I went was probably around 2019 as well. They price matched a Ryzen CPU. When I went to pick it up, the shelves and empty stock throughout the store indicated a business that was no longer its former self. I remember
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by mzarate06 6y ago
This makes me a little sad. I owe some of the fun and great learning experiences I had in my earlier days to Fry's. Here are some memories I have from their Austin location that started around the early 2000s - a time when I was transi
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by mzarate06 6y ago
I also use a Leopold with silent reds (750R). I borrowed one a year ago and geez, it was nice! I had used Cherry blues, browns, and less common Kailh Box whites [1] prior to that. I enjoyed them, but the noise reduction silent reds brought
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by mzarate06 6y ago
Thanks for this, I've bookmarked the site and may use it in the future. It's a drag searching for new release dates in blog posts or articles purporting an answer, only to find they're omitted or buried. Though as your OP sta
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by mzarate06 6y ago
> UI redesigns of desktop operating systems are usually opposite of exciting these days. ... Here's an opinion: desktop UIs are mature. They serve their purpose outstandingly well. I couldn't agree more. Your points are exact
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by mzarate06 6y ago
Not only that, but it's spreading to other news outlets too [1, 2]. Makes you wonder, or perhaps it becomes obvious, how much verifying goes into writing like this. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/michael-burry
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by mzarate06 6y ago
The author of that article appears to have been tricked? Because last I recall, Michael Burry left twitter some time after the market bottomed in March. And, the tweet the article is based on, and links to [1], is no longer present. It also

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