techbuttman

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by techbuttman 2y ago
There are no other tools. Your engineers know exactly how much work to do to satisfy business needs. They will care about work as much as you do.
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by techbuttman 2y ago
Well they put a golden record on voyager ( https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/ ) with a lot of our info. so I think they were betting on friendly aliens, if any.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
Your last line hits hard. I know statistics and odds are still in my favor...but given a choice, I'd rather fly Airbus, or on an older plane created before 'supplier issues' were a thing. Wall Street ruined Boeing. I never w
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by techbuttman 3y ago
I think some of the concern is China's desire to create a moon base. And the best spot is near the south pole, so whoever 'claims' it first will have significant advantages over everyone else. There's no real reason to s
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by techbuttman 3y ago
I feel like efficiency is the killer of dreams. Anything I can code, has already been created or can be done 100x better by someone more experienced. And there are a lot more experienced people than me. We're all just killing time anyw
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by techbuttman 3y ago
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
The lower level person need only plug that one liner into chatGPT and ask for a simple explanation. We're in a different era now.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
This is always posted and it always irritates me for some reason. It isn't even worth the effort and it makes me more anxious knowing the tinnitus will return in seconds. It never works longer than that for me. The only relief for me i
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by techbuttman 3y ago
Tragic. Imagine the moment when making the decision to carry on while the cameraman stayed behind. Everyone's sympathy and priorities laid bare. I don't blame anyone. Nobody should expect too much help in those kinds of situations
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by techbuttman 3y ago
For me, creative work only feels good when it's useful or serves a purpose to someone. I like art, but being creative for the sake of creativity does little for me. It's easy to get immersed into that sort of creative work, but as
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by techbuttman 3y ago
I agree with you and am reminded of "KISS" (keep it simple, stupid): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle
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by techbuttman 3y ago
You eat, you kill. You don't eat, you kill yourself. You're a killer.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
Windows has always been cheap or free for universities for similar reasons.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
The curious will seek information wherever it may be. Kids are naturally curious about the world, but keeping them engaged with learning and growing through exposure and study largely falls on parents and teachers. We're living in the
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by techbuttman 3y ago
The universe is thought to be about 13.8 billion years old. The Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. I don't think humanity has even been around for 500k years.
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by techbuttman 3y ago
Fuel is the limiter. Tanks of xenon gas are used for fuel. And if you ever needed to slow down, you'd need to burn even more fuel.