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by stack_underflow 1y ago
It sounds like they're doing something similar to Seagate's Field Access Reliability Metrics (FARM) log where IIRC it's much harder to reset or forge their wear-leveling/usage stats, vs SMART metrics which certain manufa
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by stack_underflow 3y ago
Just curious, any reason you're using TMarkor instead of Markor? ( https://github.com/gsantner/markor/ , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gsantner.m... ) Only asking
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by stack_underflow 3y ago
Can also vouch for this. Bought a 2nd gen AMD Thinkpad T14 ~last year and haven't had any issues at all running Debian testing (bookworm). Swapped the m.2 with a 4TB one and added an extra 16GB of RAM to supplement the soldered 16GB. I
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by stack_underflow 3y ago
One of my quick-and-dirty gotos for getting a rough idea of buffered-writes size + disk-write activity on random linux systems is: `watch -n1 grep -ie dirty -e writeback /proc/meminfo`. You can invoke `sync` to watch the buffered-
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by stack_underflow 4y ago
I think anyone who suggests daily driving Debian testing should also mention the fact that packages can disappear from testing for weeks/months at a time (and reappear later). It's recommended to configure `unstable` in your sourc
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by stack_underflow 4y ago
If you're asking about specific examples, this book covers a lot of common patterns I've seen over the years; maybe a good starting point: https://martinfowler.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html https:&#x2F
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by stack_underflow 4y ago
> This eventually succeeded, giving the threat actor access to one of our GitHub organizations where they proceeded to copy 130 of our code repositories. When I was at dropbox I saw quite a few devs provisioning non-mac laptops with thei
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
The Kurose/Ross textbook is also a favourite of mine. Consider checking out https://book.systemsapproach.org/index.html as a free alternative as well. The authors develop the book, as well as a few micro-books on topic
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Sure, but there are also strategies to buffer yourself from that. Barring the first year where you have to wait/make it up to the 12-month mark to get the full 25% of your equity paid out, 99% of companies (i.e. almost everyone except
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
One thing I've noticed is that the people making these counter-arguments seem to completely ignore (or don't know about) the ridiculous amounts of equity that $big_tech_co's are handing out. Yes some of those points can be va
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Your post reminded me of the presentation on cantor.dust: https://sites.google.com/site/xxcantorxdustxx/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bM3Gut1hIk - Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Seems like I struck a nerve here... I didn't realize I'm not allowed to use HN to start discussions with other readers about topics they bring up :) I like to post about these kinds of thoughts on HN because I feel the crowd is th
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
That's a really good point. I've also done what you mentioned in your first paragraph but stopped digging deeper once I hit the "now I have to understand physics to actually understand why electricity behaves the way it does
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I feel like I'm on one extreme of this spectrum which is: I 'need' to develop a deep understanding of systems from the bottom-up and only then can I feel comfortable building on top of it/abstracting it away/being p
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I really like that persistent link-background highlight effect when you click a link.
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Somewhat related; I've always been very curious why a lot of developers I've worked with seem to think testing isn't worth the effort, and I've been keeping a mental checklist of all the reasons/excuses I hear so th
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I had to investigate why our docker-ized dev environment was so slow on macOS at my last job and this was the root cause. One project's test suite ran in about 5-10 mins in our linux CI/CD environment, and about 50+ mins in macOS
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Curious, does one need to use nixOS for an optimal experience? I've been using debian for a long time and would prefer not to have to switch OSs but the idea of using nix for having full control over my package graph is very tempting.
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Sounds to me like you're focusing on the wrong things or don't have the right resources for the task at hand. (that is, I don't think I've ever had to brush up on a proof for any algorithm or data structure when prepping
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
This has been my take on it as well. Sure it sucks having to jump through these hoops and sometimes even being evaluated by people you know don't understand the topic as well as you and are looking for specific answers/solutions,
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
These types of questions basically boil down very cookie cutter patterns that generally bucket into graph traversal/search, being comfortable with coding/manipulating linked data structures, enumerating+pruning search spaces, and
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
It's interesting, when I tell people they need to be prepared for this bar I get a surprising number of people who just don't seem to want to accept that it's true or flat out claim that it's not true when I know they ha
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Hell, I'm Canadian and I also bucket into the India group since I was born there. Doesn't seem to matter that I was less than a year old when my parents immigrated to Canada either. I don't have high hopes for ever receiving
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
These two commands should fit most of your use cases: tar cf dir.tar dir # mnemonic: 'create file' <tar-file-name> <dir-to-tar> tar xf dir.tar(.gz|bz2|...) # mnemonic: 'eXtract file' <tar-fi
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I'm learning Rust for the first time and found that The Rust Book does a pretty good job of covering language concepts. I actually just finished reading the section on lifetimes last night: https://doc.rust-lang.org/boo
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I've resorted to trying to figure out the shortcut names I can just type into the win+r prompt to get to a certain submenu. e.g.: win+r: desk.cpl -> monitor resolution/refresh rate settings main.cpl -> mouse&#x2F
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Personal anecdote/experience: this was usually the problem I would have too. The overwhelming emotional response/dread/stress would short-circuit my ability to think logically and just divide and conquer my tasks. Ended up be
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Couldn't message you on linkedin for some reason (looks like they've locked the messaging feature to premium now??) - but just FYI, looks like the twitter account linked on your blog in the footer is owned by someone else.
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
I'll second this with a personal anecdote as well. If you do want to do this, clear it explicitly with your manager/person doing your perf reviews... I had a non-technical manager who thought I was "avoiding" work by doi
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by stack_underflow 6y ago
Reminded me of this: http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/78realprosperity.html

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