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hisnameisjimmy

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    Comment #45571978

    Full disclosure: I am a PM at Fivetran who is very excited about this. We are fully committed to open source dbt and don't want to build a 'walled garden'. Interoperability is one …

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    Comment #41926966

    Fivetran has a destination for it: https://fivetran.com/docs/destinations/clickhouse

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    Comment #41770344

    I don't even notice it without caffeine (coffee), but it has transformed coffee for me from something I had to be super careful with to something that is incredibly enjoyable and p…

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    Comment #41605983

    Fivetran will build a Streak integration if you bring a customer who will use it (sometimes as little as one): https://fivetran.com/docs/by-request-program

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    Comment #40764928

    I think this is where celebration becomes key. You have to celebrate and congratulate the team to make those moments happen for everyone, so that the feeling of 'the team did it' b…

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    Comment #40391835

    You don't need to be 100% in love with yourself to 'love yourself' or be kind to yourself to some degree. I think sometimes people (me) hear stuff like this, and feel like it's all…

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    Comment #39671396

    I have an M1 Air 16gb and it's the best computer I've ever owned by such a wide margin that it's hard to believe they could improve it. Hard to overstate how dramatic an improvemen…

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    Comment #39391701

    Yo I would love the help to maintain/curate. A combination of the holidays and a really aggressive start to the new year at work made me fall off the update wagon. Email me and we …

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    Comment #38945642

    I appreciate you going against my wishes :) This is cool! My app would also help here!

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    Comment #38941490

    I have no idea what that is and I refuse to find out

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    Comment #38941089

    Yeah I didn't want to use a library for tooltips and at that point in the project my enthusiasm was starting to flag a bit :) Good point about measurements outside... lemme see how…

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    Show HN: Simple tool to hang your art at museum height

    I recently found out about a concept called 'Museum Height' for hanging art, where the center-line of a piece or a group of pieces is at 57 inches (144cm), which is average eye lev…

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    Comment #37599205

    I had a buddy with multiple felonies for selling drugs when he was younger get a job at Facebook as a SWE. He was promoted to Senior while he was there. He had no college degree, a…

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    Comment #36472631

    A key unlock for me was doing exercise where at some point I was trying so hard and breathing so aggressively that I couldn't really think anymore, I could only focus on the task a…

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    Comment #36449679

    I am happy for my tax dollars to go to efforts like these. The world is cooler when we have people doing rad stuff.

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    Comment #35804249

    Your first point seems to be something that our local leaders still are not taking seriously enough. If I have to listen to or read warnings all around me to "keep my eyes up and m…

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    Comment #34548112

    https://www.artdiario.com/ A new piece of art on your desktop wallpaper every day. Try it out! It's free! Expose yourself to art! I have no idea how I will monetize this, or if I e…

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    Comment #34144792

    Simple Human garbage cans, specifically this one: https://www.simplehuman.com/products/rectangular-liner-pocke... $140 is an outrageous amount to spend on a garbage can, but you in…

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    Comment #32698499

    I did this same thing at one point. > But I scheduled so many interviews I didn't have time to dwell If you are sensitive to failure, a trick to overcoming it is to overwhelm your …

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    Comment #32694550

    Agree completely. This is just a fun little anecdote.

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    Comment #32075547

    The word has a branding problem. You don’t want to think about Hiroshima or Chernobyl when you buy food. We should call it something else. Bring in the marketers!

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    Comment #31360077

    This is a sad way to frame the world. Not all relationships are transactional in nature.

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    Comment #31322785

    I've got a build working on Windows, would love to have you give it a try. Hit me up at jimmy@artdiario.com

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    Comment #31322784

    I've got a build working on Windows, would love to have you give it a try. Hit me up at jimmy@artdiario.com