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"Write a bible verse ... explaining how to remove a sandwich from a VCR" https://x.com/tqbf/status/1598513757805858820

It's tricky, because _sometimes_ they do. And the system doesn't give you guidance on whether you're talking to someone who (officially or not) can change the process. So, based mo…

Acknowledging, I am not a expert in this stuff, here is an idea: getting momentum for these sorts of things is so important, what is the journal that would be easiest to make a big…

If the author is available for consulting I have this bag of rice I need cooked. Should be around 30,000 grains, each needs about 1mL of water and 2m on the stove. Will pay $10 (20…

> You can’t fake care. People feel it. My company went through executive changes, layoffs, etc. I thought it was VERY clear that our senior manager handled the situation extremely …

Your point is 100% correct, but for the sake of our discourse please strive to be more polite!

What is the closest analogy for kids these days? https://scratch.mit.edu ?

He literally writes: “Regulation obviously has a critical role in protecting people and the environment” and then quantifies “a mindblowing $40m/year in healthcare costs” and a tot…

Hobbyists hacking around and sharing their art, best part of the Internet!

I’ll second this, and we had enough resumes to only interview those with a relevant Master’s degree. I was shocked and I still don’t have a full explanation. I don’t doubt that it’…

The author mentions they’re just about to have a baby, and it’s notable that they don’t talk about the quality of the schools. Even if they homeschooled, I imagine they want their …

I know almost none of those things. I've done great as an ML engineer. Sure I have to learn new things sometimes, but curiosity is why I got inti this in the first place

At this point you’d come out ahead just buying a pelican. Even before the tax benefits.

Remember that there is a lot of nuance to these sorts of deals. I don’t have any domain knowledge, but I recently saw an executive put in restaurant reservations for five different…

I’ve never worked in grocery but from my experience in other pre-internet industries I can easily imagine a politically marginalized CTO who would rather spend $1k on a turnkey sol…

I have been wondering about this in the context of being ready for work in the age of LLM‘s. What nobody can deny is that they memorize information at a superhuman level, so it mig…

You have to start somewhere, and then economies of scale can work their magic. The most inspiring example in the last 30 years is probably photovoltaic solar panels.

Another anecdotal data point : I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out SVN too. I think I was using TortoiseSVN FWIW but basically gave up on my two person project

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it sounds like you should look into stoic philosophy. I think it is overly hyped, and actually caused me some damage when I applied it too much…

This seems on brand for an old tech company like AT&T. But Amazon is a puzzle to me. it’s been a decade since people started talking about how terrible it is to work there, and how…

There are ways to throw money at the stress you are feeling, which will still be cheaper than divorce. Children can get much easier as they mature, which might give you space to wo…

I’ll throw in another anecdata point (more than one as I have multiple children): I found them to be mostly logistical burden for the first few months he is writing about, but my l…

They seem to really prioritize “just works”. I am currently reviewing a PR that assembles some code as a string, using a CSV with carefully named columns. It does, in fact , work o…