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kevinconroy

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About kevinconroy

https://www.kevinmconroy.com/hello/

Email: kevinconroy [at] gmail [dot] com

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    Comment #44269368

    +100! I view it as "holding the door open behind me for others", much like people held the door for me.

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    Comment #43796945

    “Honey, we’re in the test group for the RTC!”

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    Comment #41203477

    https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/08/09/nx-s1... Alarmed by mpox surge, Africa CDC is poised to declare a 'continental emergency' The Africa Centers for Disease Cont…

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    Comment #40847732

    I highly recommend Enveritas to anyone looking!

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    Comment #39338314

    If you are job searching, it's dangerous to go it alone. Take this: "An Engineering Leader’s Job Search Algorithm" https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fr_36WOzKlq_zyGP2RdxMEs...

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    Comment #37074620

    CEO is trolling working class. It’s total cost of benefits added to TC. So while from an economist POV this is the total cost of one employee, it’s not the TC (total comp) that Tec…

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    Comment #35671894

    This may also be helpful: "An Engineering Leader’s Job Search Algorithm" https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fr_36WOzKlq_zyGP2RdxMEs...

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    Comment #33755862

    If you are job searching and reading the comments on this post, there’s a >90% chance that "An Engineering Leader's Job Search Algorithm" may help you: https://docs.google.com/docu…

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    Comment #33709738

    Open up two docs in preview. Let's say Doc A is the one you want to merge into. Open Thumbnail view in each doc. Select pages in Doc B you want to merge over to Doc A (some or all)…

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    Comment #33664216

    https://www.globalgiving.org

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    Comment #30674788

    IANAL, but you will need to get opt-in permission from EU users to transfer their data outside of the EU unless you can apply standard contractual clauses (SCCs) or get an EU repre…

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    Comment #30610526

    As a long time SE v1 user, I’m really happy with my iPhone 13 Mini. Yes slightly bigger, but I love it for all the same reasons I loved my SE

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    Comment #29487399

    Cue "Three Body Problem" trilogy references

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    Comment #28416927

    [flagged]

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    Comment #27667297

    As with (nearly) all things, there's a robust subreddit and a niche industry focused on "prep" (preparation for disaster situations). Many refer to themselves as "preppers". https:…

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    Comment #27241797

    Like this? https://www.makebetterfood.com/

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    Comment #26214131

    Agreed. Their example is that selecting Elixir was a great choice for them. Cool. That was using an Innovation Token. I'm guessing that in addition to Elixir, they also used plenty…

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    Comment #26204093

    > 5 minutes of downtime during business hours would generate 100s of support tickets Perhaps part of the answer is that if you're a solo founder who is staying solo, try not to cre…

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    Comment #24384694

    The article omitted one of the best "easter eggs" I've seen on a mouse ever: the Apple Mouse's red laser formed the pattern of a cute mouse head when held at about a 45 degree angl…

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    Comment #23650848

    Agreed! It’s a pet peeve of mine too. Here’s some history on why it’s that way and on a better UX: https://www.makebetterfood.com/about/

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    Comment #22106919

    Yes! We have two box fans with HEPA filters in our bedroom to combat the cat fur/dander. It's made a world of difference. You can see it working as the filter captures everything. …

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    Comment #21117017

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6599445/That... Recent article with actual photo (not just the CGI rendering)

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    Comment #21102837

    As a parent who has two kids who have ClassDojo, I can say that ClassDojo supports points for any teacher defined criteria. I this case I believe it was a teacher-defined point sys…

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    Comment #20643664

    Another name we often use is "Business-As-Usual" (BAU) or "Technical Debt". Although some business-as-usual and tech is a necessary evil and in some cases, a good thing, I have als…

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    Comment #20603721

    Clicking around, the last class he taught was with another student... Larry Page. http://infolab.stanford.edu/~sergey/349/