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by sheepdog 10mo ago
Correct. Reduced smoking, alcohol, and other behaviors have been documented. There's a complex relationship between the gut and certain behaviors. These drugs slow down gut processing, and delay the reward mechanism. With slightly
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by sheepdog 10mo ago
I didn't get any LLM vibes from the comment at all. I'd heard of "off label use" and other incidental use-cases. So the comment makes a lot of sense...
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by sheepdog 3y ago
Agreed. A laptop also comes with battery backup, screen, and input devices out of the gate. Granted, it consumes more power than RPi. But a laptop is definitely a solid choice, based on my experience with RPi resets and corrupted SD card
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by sheepdog 4y ago
Internet connectivity is the main thing that's prevented me from going down this path. Zoom meetings and file transfers really suck up a lot of bandwidth. But a lot of hotels have more casual internet. And many places that would be am
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by sheepdog 4y ago
We did something similar with a move to Columbus, GA. Cost of living was super-low, but 200k people means you get theater, airport, etc. One thing to keep in mind as you get older: smaller places may not have all the medical facilities you
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by sheepdog 5y ago
I can't log on to the console for us-east-1. But our api gateway seems to be working, so I guess production is still up...for now...
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by sheepdog 5y ago
Interesting that he mentioned the $300,000 model... Hypothetical question for US-based folks: I wonder if there is a non-traditional path for people who can afford to research without the need for a stipend? Technologists tend to be in the
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by sheepdog 5y ago
For larger user counts (and budgets), Salesforce.com is a workhorse. Builds tabs, data views, filters, dashboards, great auditing, security, etc. I've used the force.com platform to track everything from dog daycares to coffee shipme
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by sheepdog 5y ago
I'm a young guy, but this presents an interesting question: what's the best path to modernize your skill set? Imagine being a Cobol or dBase III developer. You recognize that some new technology (say AWS Aurora) is in demand. So
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by sheepdog 5y ago
Interesting. I didn't realize these were shipping yet. Seems like a good option for exploration!
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by sheepdog 5y ago
I'm super interested in using this for my masters thesis. But their github docs are terse at best. I have no confidence that I'd be talented enough to figure out their api, and the mention of the broken website form further dete
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by sheepdog 5y ago
I'm disappointed about the reluctance on Lidar. It seems like a great safety net, allowing the car to say "I don't know what this large white blob on the camera is, but it's solid and coming up fast, so I'm going t
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by sheepdog 6y ago
In your case, a great partner might be a handful of VC firms?
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by sheepdog 6y ago
I'm not sure I'm in the "heathy pipeline" stage. But I have a small number of repeat clients, and have landed a good number of $49k to $60k projects over the last five years. I currently do most of the work and use 2-3
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by sheepdog 6y ago
Agreed. I can confirm; hunted pigs get educated and super skittish. It's like tracking the Viet Cong or something.
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by sheepdog 6y ago
I'd recommend moonlighting to get a feel for it. It's a good way to test drive without the "sink or swim" pressure. You can get gigs from your network, partner agencies, or Upwork.com. (The pay sucks on Upwork, but it
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by sheepdog 6y ago
My apologies. You have to be yourself, and there are some social benefits to going to the office. Assuming your freelance work counts as past experience, and that you are trying to stay in the same space, I'd offer these tips: 1. Tel
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by sheepdog 6y ago
I'm 40-ish and have been self-employed for about 5 years now. I have no plans to go back to full-time employment. You should consider that route. There are very few benefits to being a full-time employee that you can't obtain you
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by sheepdog 6y ago
I do find that RPI life comes with a lot of add-on costs. Battery pack, input devices, display, SSD, etc. It does start to add up if you aren't using the RPI in headless mode anchored to a power cable. However, if price is the #1 con
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by sheepdog 6y ago
I tend to agree, but I'm not sure that the buyers are suckers. Technically the people who sell pickaxes to gold miners are in way better shape than the gold mine owners. But we can't have 100% pickaxe salesman, someone actually
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by sheepdog 7y ago
Perhaps this is just my inner poverty showing, but how does something like this even happen, from a monetary perspective? I'm assuming the owners had investors or loans or some other financial reasons that would prevent them from spend