simplerman

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by simplerman 6y ago
IANAL but got a few lawyers in my circle. Unless you are a high level executive, you can just ignore non-compete. No company will or can enforce it for a low level developer. Also advice from my lawyer friends, don't work for smaller c
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by simplerman 6y ago
Yeah because of exactly these two reasons, I switched to iPhone Mini. Love it so far. Now working on removing Google and Facebook dependencies from rest of my life.
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by simplerman 6y ago
Read a lot of books, start with Intelligent Investor, but also learn active trading ideas. Remember most people are selling snake oil when it comes to trading courses. Just stick with cheap books with a lot of reviews/sales. Hopefully,
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by simplerman 6y ago
Automation and high quality all around. Also look for projects that don't need to be 100% available all the time. I use Zenfolio, they send out emails that the site will be down for few hours on a random night, I don't mind it. It
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by simplerman 6y ago
As someone who lives in Texas, I am hoping now fellow Texan will lean blue. Hopefully, we will remember this when next elections are up.
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by simplerman 6y ago
Nine joins is not a big deal, you simply filter data before joining. And that is only if tables are fully normalized, no one does that. For example, current avatar and user info maybe in same table. Post and permission will likely be in the
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by simplerman 6y ago
I keep hearing about consulting path, is that something you can take?
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by simplerman 6y ago
Having worked with NoSQL apps, I would say that NoSQL simply move the burden of maintaining data integrating inside the application code. I would recommend default should be SQL and NoSQL should be used only if it really is impossible to do
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by simplerman 6y ago
At least, now you know. Companies can choose better user experience if they want. What's your opinion about Apple vs Facebook?
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by simplerman 6y ago
OT but I have never heard of anyone saying Asian restaurant.
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by simplerman 6y ago
Red tapes created by non-doers. They have no skin in the game, so they don't care about effects of their decisions on doers. In my org, they decide that everyone should use certain component. Sure it might be better component but they
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by simplerman 6y ago
If no-one is doing jobs that need doing, then pay for those jobs will rise until it reaches equilibrium. Greed and motivation will always be there.
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by simplerman 6y ago
Got email from IB that you cannot open new positions on GME this morning.
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by simplerman 6y ago
If you bought options, you don't have to exercise them. They could expire worthless.
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by simplerman 6y ago
This is great advice. Your company is a small consultancy though, not an individual consultant. I read your Twitter thread. It makes sense but I am still not sure how I as an individual can get my foot in the door. It seems you are saying I
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by simplerman 6y ago
I have thought about this many times. I even had consultancy once doing webdev. But now I have no idea how can boutique consultancy can succeed? Who do you market to? Mom & pop shops are best served by Shopify or Wix. Large corps with w
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by simplerman 6y ago
I am reading a book right now, "Designing your life". It brought one good point that we don't know what we will want in 5 years or even what we want in 5 minutes. Instead think in terms of a project where you will design mult
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by simplerman 6y ago
As an introvert, I wasn't as much bothered by lockdown but friends and family complaining about it was more draining than lockdown itself.
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by simplerman 6y ago
> Ads on Amazon Prime are infuriating. And I can't help think how annoying it must be for people with disabilities. Or people with small kids.