twunde

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by twunde 4mo ago
I can't comment about the minimum number of stores, but I do think its the correct idea. I live in a town of ~12000. We have 6.5 bookstores (including the good local thrift store as .5). Stores/restaurants do turn over fairly regu
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by twunde 4mo ago
Within the US, energy prices for are typically split into supply and distribution rates with taxes and fees added to each of these. There are typically a large number of these fees that are passed through to the consumer, but just are bundl
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by twunde 4mo ago
This is essentially what some 3rd party vendors do, which is why supply chain malware is typically found in hours now and not weeks. The reason why npmjs, pypy and other public registries don't do this is because it would likely 10x+ t
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The comforting lie of sha pinning(vaines.org)
4 points by twunde 6mo ago|0 comments
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by twunde 6mo ago
Other airports do have ads for tech companies (Seattle comes to mind) but the concentration is significantly lower. Billboards are primarily focused on brand awareness since you can't update them frequently and you don't have amaz
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by twunde 6mo ago
For people to care of would have to be like healthcare. The Change Healthcare breach cost 2B+ and led to a huge loss in market share. Or like AMCA, which went bankrupt after the breach (Labcorp's billing company). If you're a heal
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by twunde 1y ago
If you're in the northeast US it's very common to have free or have to pay a nominal fee for public tennis courts (this may depend on the quality of your town's Park and rec department) In NYC, it's 15/hr or 100&#x2
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by twunde 1y ago
This is much more viable than it was in the past with the advent and adoption of nvm, pyenv etc but the limiting factor becomes system dependencies. The typical example from yesteryear was upgrading openssl but inevitably you'll find t
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by twunde 1y ago
In new England at least, independent bookstores appear to be thriving. The town I'm in (population ~12K) has at least 5 independent bookstores, all in a town with a great library. That's an unusually high number of bookstores but
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by twunde 2y ago
Something popular in my area, especially in the somatics community, are grief ceremonies ala https://www.earthdance.net/event/grieving-ourselves-whole-ex... although there are several variations. If that feels too new
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by twunde 2y ago
VC funding is often required for companies that require a lot of runway prior to selling. The example that comes to mind are database companies like Mongo, dgraph, scylla etc. These require a fair amount of upfront work to create the produc
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by twunde 2y ago
It's rare but does happen. And frankly I'd only include AWS in the counterpoint. Google really struggled with GCP. Outside of Bigquery and Spanner many/most of the services were custom built for GCP and were not used internal
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by twunde 2y ago
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/germa... discusses some places that are moving to Linux and some places where migrations have been reverted. But from personal experience the main issues
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by twunde 2y ago
Daily stand-ups, the main benefit of which is that managers (EMs/PMs) get daily updates on status. Sprints themselves which promise that a certain amount of work will always get done, without any free time being wasted. A lot of the ce
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by twunde 2y ago
Something adjacent is the Underscore dance's glyphs ( https://globalunderscore.com/underscore-glyphs/ ) which describe the patterns/phases of contact improvisation
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State Noncompete Tracker(pirg.org)
4 points by twunde 2y ago|0 comments
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by twunde 2y ago
Cloudflare historically included trace IDs which were helpful for troubleshooting for customer support/support engineers.
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by twunde 2y ago
Playbooks that I've found value in: - Generic application version SLI comparison. The automated version of this is automated rollbacks (Harness supports this out of the box, but you can certainly find other competitors or build your ow
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by twunde 2y ago
One issue I've found with cultures that emphasize no jerks is that the pendulum can swing too far that way to the point where its difficult or impossible to provide critical feedback. Not to say that you need to be a jerk to have diffi
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by twunde 2y ago
The market over the last 2ish years is significantly worse then it's been over the past 10 years with the exception of Covid due to the rise of interest rates and change in tax incentives. This has hit large companies pretty hard, so t
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by twunde 2y ago
Parts have been. Sourcegraph is basically the code search post built by ex-Googlers originally. Bazel is the open source build tool. Sadly, most of these things require major work to set up yourself and manage, but there's an alternate
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by twunde 2y ago
Its pretty common to see "easy" algorithm problems or potentially build a small simple app as a way to test that you can actually code. I'd say 75% of companies I've interviewed at have at least one algorithm interview w
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by twunde 2y ago
If the OP is in the US, Chinese cars are unavailable since they don't meet US standards. Additionally, there is a level of protectionism that will try to prevent them from being introduced in the US.
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Exabeam Merging with Log Rhythm(techcrunch.com)
1 points by twunde 2y ago|0 comments
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AWS CEO Stepping Down(theverge.com)
44 points by twunde 2y ago|13 comments
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by twunde 3y ago
There are some places that are much better about this than others. I remember in Europe several of the restaurants had _books_ containing all the potential ingredients and cross-allergens for each dish. I distinctly remember Wagamama's
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by twunde 3y ago
If you're interested in this topic, you may want to read through some of the Bits about Money essays/newsletters: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/
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by twunde 3y ago
You can't control whether there are layoffs, but you can control how to handle one. Update your resume and LinkedIn, so that if/when you need to look for a new job you're already ready. Also do go out and socialize. If you n
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by twunde 3y ago
One place to search is the local Parks and Rec website (for your town/city and potentially nearby ones). your town and/or library may also have their own separate events pages, which can be useful as well. Depending on your intere
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Server Side Apply Is Great and You Should Be Using It(kubernetes.io)
1 points by twunde 3y ago|0 comments

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