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I’m with you until that last sentence, which I’ve been thinking about as “… until AI code testing, vulnerability scanning, and developer support tools help to limit the number of 0…

It's not about money for government jobs. It's about the mission and, for many, the previously perceived stability + pension. The good ones, the capable civil servants who made the…

I used to sell things (books, video games…) occasionally on Amazon and I would use fulfillment by Amazon. Very good seller rating and only one complaint ever out of 30-40 sales (pe…

I’m not sure I follow - if there is no budget to hire a junior dev, or hiring a junior dev would further lose the company money, why would a company do that? A company can’t give p…

Anecdata also Catholic. NFP and hormone therapy worked but it was a journey. Tried for 2+ years before realizing we had an issue and did NFP to conceive. Lots of other Catholic cou…

This is an interesting question. If you’re accelerating and take your foot off the gas pedal, the car continues to accelerate until braking is applied. So if you accelerate very qu…

“Sorry your payment has been declined. Airbags and seatbelts have been reverted to the default economy mode and 911 auto-call has been disabled. Your engine will be shut off if you…

You’re young. You could die early, but it’s statistically unlikely. There’s a balance. With 20k (and if you’re really lucky no debt) and a job that most people on this site have, y…

While I think a US non-profit makes a lot of sense, I would exercise caution with the non-profit board. The board’s job is to provide oversight and to appoint a director [1]. In th…

Fun story for ordering food: https://www.mit.edu/afs.new/sipb/user/marthag/postscript/bur...

I got part way through Digital Vegan, but admittedly haven’t finished it yet. It’s been a few weeks since I had to put it down for another book, but here is my main takeaway (so fa…

If I was in your shoes, here’s what I’d do: 1) Set a timeline for her to take time off with the kids. Summer would be perfect, and she can start applying in the fall. She’s probabl…

You might if the fireman is pointing the hose at the wrong house, or a larger fire has broken out and you need to figure out whether he should change what he’s doing.

You can use FSA money for custom ear plugs on Ultimate Ears. Then they take your mold of your ears and you can use that. It used to be a model they would put in your ears, but now …

Yes. My wife got the opportunity to go there for grad school and the year I spent on campus with her was one of the highlights of my life. It’s an amazing place, and it will give y…

I read weird as “curious” “odd” or “interesting”. Not inherently bad or “weird” like a 3rd grader would say it.

I hadn’t seen that one before! Very cool plane. Even though it was designed long ago, physics doesn’t change…

I posted this comment on a less popular thread a few days ago: I had the luck of seeing this plane on approach to IAH airport while driving in Houston. For the first few minutes, i…

Or throw it on the backlog to track it…

I had the luck of seeing this plane on approach to IAH airport while driving in Houston. For the first few minutes, it looked like a normal size plane, but felt too low and too slo…

I wonder if the size of the warehouse has some effect. In that size space, things look smaller and less substantial so you buy more or subconsciously feel more need. I know I bough…

I went once during COVID and they had closed signs on all the shortcuts…

Recognize two more things if you do this: 1) you will never be able to travel to Russia or a Russian controlled territory. Ever. 2) you will always be at risk for a hack-back or ot…

KYC & AML are useful things that protect customers and prevent people doing things with money that we as a society have deemed unlawful (e.g. tax evasion, drug trafficking, sex tra…

Bitcoin will not be perpetually valuable. No cryptocurrency will be. Forever is a mighty long time.