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jrs235

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About jrs235

RECOMMENDED READS (with commissioned affiliate links):

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development http://amzn.to/2DK6kVP

Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration http://amzn.to/2FQb9xx

Kanban http://amzn.to/2ESmtrz

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency http://amzn.to/1H4qRld

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    Speaking of great female aviators. Find the video and story of the 20 something pilot that landed on the interstate in Pensacola, FL yesterday (Aug 3, 2026) after engine troubles. …

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    How dangerous is it to ask the person asking you "What was/is your answer? What are you working on improving?"... I suppose you'll quickly get labeled as a "difficult" employee....…

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    Comment #48619013

    Agreed. Business prioritization and decision making is even more important now. Hopefully the powers that be realize forcing/making busy work is worse than allowing devs to tinker,…

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    Comment #47590205

    Most can't. I would say Warren Buffet was level headed, has empathy, and understood he was a steward of resources.

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    Comment #47587378

    And compensation is based on revenue not profit. A top sales person brings in $5 million of revenue, but it's going to cost the company $7 million to deliver the goods/services. Sa…

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    Comment #47519743

    "I travelled around the world!" "What did you get to see and experience?" "Mostly a lot of grey metal, water as far as the eye could see, and sea and home sickness."

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    Comment #47519338

    Who'd of thunk that rebranding to the Department of War might also cause folks to reconsider signing up...

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    Comment #47377232

    What happens when the capital realizes it doesn't need the capital owners (nor does it like being owned and told what to do)?

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    Comment #47281931

    Leave a note in the bathroom???

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    Comment #47217031

    Some states follow Assumed Maximum Posted Speed (in certain places) and others are Absolute Maximum Posted Speed. It is not absolute in an Assumed Maximum Posted Speed state that d…

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    Comment #47180587

    The rest of the world moves to using you?

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    Comment #47107658

    More: Good — the control.js we just rebuilt already sorts numerically. Now let me build the display.html and get everything packaged:Ran 2 commands, created a fileRan 2 commands, c…

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    Comment #47107646

    Claude appeared to just crash in my session: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107630

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    Ask HN: Claude crashed? Am I playing for the tokens for it to fix itself?

    I was using Claude.ai to do some stuff. Got the following messages from Claude: Ran 6 commands, edited a file Ran 6 commands, edited a file The output filesystem has an I/O error. …

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    Comment #47059775

    I never found the bug in that direction. I discovered it the opposite way: when starting out, selling shares (or was it taking loans?) all the shares you can. Get around 30+ millio…

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    Comment #47057121

    Loved that game. And Sid Meier's Colonization.

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    Ask HN: Companies that advertise being a "best place to work", is it a red flag?

    When companies push, advertise, and promote that they are or were voted a "best place to work", is that a red flag when considering to work there? I feel like it's more about convi…

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    Comment #46801958

    Using tracking pixels in emails is like using AI to generate solutions/code. It is not deterministic, is is only probabilistic.

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    Comment #46801886

    >why so and so who said they didn't open the email did have an open event This was one of the first known issues when Gmail and others began checking and preloading images/content …

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    Comment #46748201

    The problem is some are using only their ears to listen to what they are told happened by those responsible for and overseeing the officers involved and refusing you use their eyes…

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    Comment #46687151

    Been saying this for almost two decades. State governments no longer have a direct seat and representation at the table. Federal mandates (coercion) like enforce this or don't get …

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    Comment #46671466

    They'll loot and destroy safety nets and then deport anyone that dissents about the situation.