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squegles

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About squegles

Distributed Systems. SF.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #45182902

    How does this comment help the discussion?

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    Comment #39206031

    Not sure why you are downvoted. This is correct. Ordinary citizens have had to put up with so much worse in their day to day lives in SF due to the lack of these supes doing their …

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    Comment #36541372

    Based out the Bay Area. ~50h a week. 7 YOE Sr SRE with a BSc in CS. Right around the $400k mark with base/equity/bonus. Private company though. Specifically working on distributed …

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    Comment #36251632

    Wow, this is matches my exact experience too. Just had never thought of it in these terms.

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    Comment #36246151

    One the best apps on iOS. Will be sad to lose it.

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    Comment #35236092

    +1 on this book. Fantastic resource.

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    Comment #34727824

    I have heard of a company in the Bay that did this! Reliable Robotics had people start on a Monday only to lay them off later that week.

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    Comment #34716362

    There is an incident for sure. Cant tweet unless you schedule it. Cant follow any new accounts.

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    Comment #34629206

    Same for me.

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    Comment #34629138

    Wow, this is a throw back! Thanks for sharing

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    Comment #33701873

    Not sure when OP left, but Twitter has 3 datacenters now.

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    Comment #33026813

    yes, and running `smartctl -a disk0`

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    Comment #32134628

    Don’t kid yourself. Both sides lie to us.

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    Comment #30927218

    Twitter is adding an edit button. See https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1511456430024364037?...

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    Comment #29179427

    I suggest running through each example at https://gobyexample.com This personally helped me build a good foundation on Golang.

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    Comment #28394696

    This! Great resource for DIY and self repairs.

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    Comment #23603589

    Coinbase:usd2btc -> Binance:btc2xmr

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    Comment #22370056

    J. K. Rowling comes to mind.

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    Comment #22059619

    My last apartment was $3200 for about 800 sq ft 1br in a quaint well kept Victorian apartment building that was a 15 minute walk to FiDi. Had nice big bay windows and all. My only …

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    Comment #22007214

    > "I have no delusions that it's going to pass," he told reporter Eric Blaisdell. "I wouldn't probably vote for it myself." Did you read the article?

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    Comment #21017319

    Is it? They are not even in the hands of consumers yet.

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    Comment #19584017

    Wow, I was thinking about this just yesterday. LastPass should offer some kind of self hosted version for businesses.

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    Comment #18975390

    Why is the Visa opt-out page, which requires the full card number, not secure. The certificate is invalid. See: https://marketingreportoptout.visa.com/OPTOUT/request.do

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    Comment #17524545

    This is a great outline for studying before interviews. I recently studied off of this and can say it contributed to my success in SRE/Infra interviews. Highly recommended!

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    Comment #16530197

    Honesty and the ability to own up to your mistakes. It can also show arrogance depending on their response.