Love that he took it so far. I filed mine a while back - it’s so much more comfortable to use. When I drop it and a corner get mashed, I file that back flat. It reminds me of kintsugi where it shines from the fine…
Great to see Asianometry here. Jon has such a huge number of interesting videos from semiconductor industry based to water supply to failed business models.
And the iPhone typing gets worse - I thought that I was getting worse at typing until helping a relative with their older iPhone (I have an XR). Typing on theirs was a breath of fresh air. I remember it being like that…
Putting my glasses on my laptop trackpad does the trick, too. I guess the metal confuses the trackpad sensor.
Think about the breadth of your experience with perspective of where you want to land. You sound like a person that likes learning and applying SW tech. That is great for a generalist role or a maybe a CTO of a varied…
Talking to others about the problem, but more critically, take to heart and learn their debugging techniques, not just getting others to problem solve for me. I learned to use a debugger, profiler, check compiler…
Agreed. When I am really stuck, I print out code that I think has a problem, bring a pencil and nothing else and go somewhere else. Coffee shop, break room, park, it doesn’t matter. Just a change of scenery. It’s…
If you are committed to using the leaker, change your email for them from company@myserver.com to company2@myserver.com and block company@myserver.com. It gets the benefit of spam blocking and leaker traceability in one…
I’ve been using a catchall, same as in the article for ~20 years. I’ve had some support people confused. All I have to say is “I have a system that helps sort my emails”. People get it after that. I’ve caught 10’s of…
"Any technology they list on their resume is 'fair game' - they had better know it, and if you have direct experience in a niche technology that they list, grill them to see if they are being 'honest'" Such a strange…
We used to have a very basic C whiteboard test for junior devs. Super simple "find the bugs" test. The best technical performance I ever saw was a guy that walked up to the board, swiped with the marker to mark the bugs…
You want to control your ventilation. Making a loose house just means you get ventilation, but not on your terms. HRV/ervs in a tight house allows you to ventilate your house, how you want, where you want. A loose house…
I think it can be confusing even for Americans. My wife goes nuts when my mom refers to our kids in the third person. Ex:”This child is so clever”, said in the presence of said kid, wife and me. Trying to pick apart…
Not the person you were asking, but I had next to no conversations about work aside from video calls, even before Covid. Between national and international distributed teams (and people working weird hours to avoid sf…
I agree that their website is great. For the olds like me, we had just as big a love affair with their printed catalog before the website. Their shipping was on a different plane also, long before e-commerce changed the…
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-tha...
There are no vaccines for those under five years old. It appears it’s too much effort for everyone wear a mask until we get a vaccine for all. I used to think that this was how most people thought and behaved, but now…
I have a project that pyinstaller can make into a 12 MB single file. Docker turns that same project into a ~400 MB container. This is not considering the Docker install footprint.
Sounds like a way to make a text based GAN :)
Agreed on the rarity of integrated trackballs. I’ve got my numbers and f keys on layers. I don’t miss lots of dedicated keys for things that layers do well. Ymmv, but layers are why f keys are often omitted.
I used to work in the same complex where they used to keep this. My group was working late one night and was wondering why there were strange explosion sounds coming from nearby. I walked through the parking lot to see…
And also, hopefully your hvac system will last long enough that you will benefit from your efficient mini splits that 1) are efficient because you didn’t buy the cheapest one, saving you money from an increasing cost…
That is true. The Nano is $99, where the Xavier is $399. That changes the game for some use cases. I suspect the Xavier still won't see as much press because of that, though it doesn't change much of the core message --…
When I wake up for an early meeting and find that I forgot to put the phone on the charger, so I need to charge ASAP and also get on the call with headphones.
When I was doing full stack, solo development, I could get features with real customer value delivered in <= 2 weeks. The flexibility afforded when doing solo development in an area you are competent can unleash some…
Love that he took it so far. I filed mine a while back - it’s so much more comfortable to use. When I drop it and a corner get mashed, I file that back flat. It reminds me of kintsugi where it shines from the fine…
Great to see Asianometry here. Jon has such a huge number of interesting videos from semiconductor industry based to water supply to failed business models.
And the iPhone typing gets worse - I thought that I was getting worse at typing until helping a relative with their older iPhone (I have an XR). Typing on theirs was a breath of fresh air. I remember it being like that…
Putting my glasses on my laptop trackpad does the trick, too. I guess the metal confuses the trackpad sensor.
Think about the breadth of your experience with perspective of where you want to land. You sound like a person that likes learning and applying SW tech. That is great for a generalist role or a maybe a CTO of a varied…
Talking to others about the problem, but more critically, take to heart and learn their debugging techniques, not just getting others to problem solve for me. I learned to use a debugger, profiler, check compiler…
Agreed. When I am really stuck, I print out code that I think has a problem, bring a pencil and nothing else and go somewhere else. Coffee shop, break room, park, it doesn’t matter. Just a change of scenery. It’s…
If you are committed to using the leaker, change your email for them from company@myserver.com to company2@myserver.com and block company@myserver.com. It gets the benefit of spam blocking and leaker traceability in one…
I’ve been using a catchall, same as in the article for ~20 years. I’ve had some support people confused. All I have to say is “I have a system that helps sort my emails”. People get it after that. I’ve caught 10’s of…
"Any technology they list on their resume is 'fair game' - they had better know it, and if you have direct experience in a niche technology that they list, grill them to see if they are being 'honest'" Such a strange…
We used to have a very basic C whiteboard test for junior devs. Super simple "find the bugs" test. The best technical performance I ever saw was a guy that walked up to the board, swiped with the marker to mark the bugs…
You want to control your ventilation. Making a loose house just means you get ventilation, but not on your terms. HRV/ervs in a tight house allows you to ventilate your house, how you want, where you want. A loose house…
I think it can be confusing even for Americans. My wife goes nuts when my mom refers to our kids in the third person. Ex:”This child is so clever”, said in the presence of said kid, wife and me. Trying to pick apart…
Not the person you were asking, but I had next to no conversations about work aside from video calls, even before Covid. Between national and international distributed teams (and people working weird hours to avoid sf…
I agree that their website is great. For the olds like me, we had just as big a love affair with their printed catalog before the website. Their shipping was on a different plane also, long before e-commerce changed the…
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-tha...
There are no vaccines for those under five years old. It appears it’s too much effort for everyone wear a mask until we get a vaccine for all. I used to think that this was how most people thought and behaved, but now…
I have a project that pyinstaller can make into a 12 MB single file. Docker turns that same project into a ~400 MB container. This is not considering the Docker install footprint.
Sounds like a way to make a text based GAN :)
Agreed on the rarity of integrated trackballs. I’ve got my numbers and f keys on layers. I don’t miss lots of dedicated keys for things that layers do well. Ymmv, but layers are why f keys are often omitted.
I used to work in the same complex where they used to keep this. My group was working late one night and was wondering why there were strange explosion sounds coming from nearby. I walked through the parking lot to see…
And also, hopefully your hvac system will last long enough that you will benefit from your efficient mini splits that 1) are efficient because you didn’t buy the cheapest one, saving you money from an increasing cost…
That is true. The Nano is $99, where the Xavier is $399. That changes the game for some use cases. I suspect the Xavier still won't see as much press because of that, though it doesn't change much of the core message --…
When I wake up for an early meeting and find that I forgot to put the phone on the charger, so I need to charge ASAP and also get on the call with headphones.
When I was doing full stack, solo development, I could get features with real customer value delivered in <= 2 weeks. The flexibility afforded when doing solo development in an area you are competent can unleash some…