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if you know you know: thinkpads do make for happy compute. fwiw, thinkpad/lenovo isn't the only team* can assemble a pc properly. its just that they tend to keep working even after…

heres the archive.org link for those just loking to read the article, cheers: https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170640/https://www.newyo...

*NIX is the only viable choice for mission-critical desktop stability in 2023. But that isn't to say Windows isn't feature complete. It is still king when it comes to gaming. Deskt…

"Make yourself useful unto the World and Human Kind will give you Bread" - Emerson https://yvettesbridalformal.p1r8.net/famousquotes1.html

Sad to see that were going to have to start using throwaway accounts to post anything on glassdoor. Next up: Blind.

or hotel brands that offer consistent hospitality services all over the world. Each of which requires a 24x7 multi-skilled staff.. or the piles of humans feeding the internet, tech…

I have less problems with stereotyping than with the hum of a million managers patronizing remarks, like this article from PG. I've grown accustomed to negs' (microaggressions) lik…

disclaimer: former uber engineer we ran the numbers continually and like others mentioned, it was a no-brainer to build on-prem. that said, there are a few use cases where aws/gcp …

plausible.io looks to be a one-developer show. pretty impressive.

my new company just withdrew their offer (I started in a couple weeks) and I just left my previous gig (AV startup). backend+infra full stack python/go stuff the new company's reve…

> "I had to say yes" and "I had convinced so many talented people to participate" and "How could I let their magnificent work go to waste?" and " and "I wanted him to see me as an …

gwern you are amazing, thank you.

Contracts are for when a relationship breaks down, not the other way around. The "contracts" offer protections to parents offering a legal path for enforcing access to their childr…

Having used both from the prototyping stage to very large scale my answer: It doesn't matter. They are both plenty feature complete to work well for relational data type problems. …

1) Learn one thing really well and stick with it until you master it. Human confidence isn't wired to derive satisfaction from breadth of skills. The stronger single skills you dev…

Story: As an engineer that enjoys fashion but has limited time for the hobby I would like an app that can help me self-evaluate fashion choices and arrangements so that I can have …

Yeah that is low compared to the major tech hubs but sounds calibrated to the area you are living in. It only takes one person to set a price provided they honestly believe in they…

one from the devops/sre trenches... > (devops guy) hi, im here for the lead devops role > (CTO) awesome, you'd be a great fit here. can you write a sudoku solver in ruby real quick…

You have to store data on the client endpoints in realtime logistics applications; its just how it's done. If you don't, networking failure scenarios will destroy your user experie…

tags + notebooks + cross platform + rich text + search + clipping + images + shortcuts. I don't know of a offering that rivals it. Google keep is for kids, not for real work. good …

Was hoping to gain some insight to improve interview cycles here but instead just have agita. Jobs come and go, great work is always great work, but friends are what I remember mos…

Don't beat yourself up too much. Diversity means having an honest full-spectrum cohort of people to grow with, not a curated one. If I removed people like you [us] (typically geniu…

I analyzed their JS math library (2013) and was pleasantly surprised (optimized, lean object design). Love what PlayCanvas is doing. They seem committed to the community and their …

I'm as guilty a generalist as any, yet I'm happy straddling several disciplines. There's a broader argument for and against "specialization" i.e. studying other disciplines yields …