Yeah but the execution still mattered. I'm a Flash / Shockwave fan as well but there's no point pretending that package was sufficient for the job it was pitched to do. Macromedia seemed to be on a really good track…
Alright whippersnappers, let's chat about the history of railroads in the US. In the early 20th century, US rail companies were beholding a very favorable situation: high demand to run loads of heavy freight all over…
To your first point, yes we're moving slowly towards a more general awareness that most employees are paid market (replacement) rate, not their share of value generated. As the replacement rate drops, so will wages,…
Only solution: sting operation
I often see rate limits framed as a way to protect system capacity, but not enough follow-through with understanding why, even with appropriate rate limits, systems can fall over and require manual intervention to…
They only tested on mice. Mice are nocturnal.
Data helps corporate management avoid personal responsibility, so it's not just "As a leader, I think..." but rather "Look at what the data is telling us to do." Yeah, it sucks.
Precisely. Often times a rejection isn't saying that the candidate didn't meet the job requirements or wouldn't do well in the position, it says that the employer found someone who fit the role even better or knew that…
Naturally, Musk lost it. No, it's not natural for a grown-ass adult to lose it. Many people can face loss, disappointment, or criticism without losing it. Elon doesn't need to lose it and neither Tesla, Space X, The…
If you find yourself looking for a quick way to gauge the impact to people and property from an earthquake like this, I suggest you look for the USGS's PAGER report:…
For sure! After years of running a personal mail server with a setup similar to what's described in the article, I moved to using a pre-built docker setup and haven't looked back:…
As the article points out, relatability is the key to bridging the gaps of knowledge and understanding between people. I think, at least in the USA, there is cultural pressure against "talking down to" others, at it…
Very interesting reading. I've gotten many migraine headaches over the years that I can only correlate to having consumed major brand name orange juices. Minute Maid, Tropicana, that kind of stuff. Since realizing this,…
It's true and unfortunately this has been my experience at a couple of previous employers as well. Given the difficulties of actually collecting good data and properly analyzing it, it's no wonder that the same…
I think there are two main sects in audiophile-land, really: perfection and experience. The perfection side has scopes, meters, and blind testing among its tools. The goal is in fact "perfect sound reproduction". The…
Don't give this page a once-over. Make sure you drag the diagram to "flip" it over. You can click on regions on side B of the diagram, too. Impressive work!
The sure-fire one-liner Bash way to iterate over files with arbitrary filenames, with any number of files (0 to millions) is this: $ find $CRITERIA -print0 | xargs -0 -r -n $BATCH_SIZE $COMMAND What this does is use…
Just a note for those who suffer from RSI-related symptoms of some sort or another (because this article doesn't say a word about it): pay attention to your sleeping positions! I started suffering from pins-and-needles…
I highly recommend looking for any dissonance between the ground-floor workers and management/leadership. The best scenario you can find (a truly rare gem of an employer), whether startup or established company, is…
The crux of this is a simple question: if the company is really interested in honest, constructive, confidential, consequence-free criticism, why only ask the ex-employees? Companies that really do value honest,…
Ah, I can see why our opinions differ so much: you believe that human error can be mitigated or eliminated with the right systems, training, documentation, procedures, etc. In other words, you can build a system that,…
Excellent, I'm glad that's been your experience. Mine hasn't been like that and I've waded through too many everyone's-so-friendly-and-getting-nothing-done-and-always-stressed teams with weak leadership and low…
My points are based on the commonalities of the three great teams I've worked for at ten different employers. It's not one company, just a set of observations. And they weren't all IT/software/web companies, either. One…
It's not one organization, it's the commonality I've noticed from three of the ten that I've worked for that had fantastic teams. The other seven have had wildly different measures and procedures for employees, but each…
If the goal were to minimize the number of false positives, I would agree. But the managers of these teams had enough experience to know that they'd rather hire one person a month for a year and only keep one gem than…
Yeah but the execution still mattered. I'm a Flash / Shockwave fan as well but there's no point pretending that package was sufficient for the job it was pitched to do. Macromedia seemed to be on a really good track…
Alright whippersnappers, let's chat about the history of railroads in the US. In the early 20th century, US rail companies were beholding a very favorable situation: high demand to run loads of heavy freight all over…
To your first point, yes we're moving slowly towards a more general awareness that most employees are paid market (replacement) rate, not their share of value generated. As the replacement rate drops, so will wages,…
Only solution: sting operation
I often see rate limits framed as a way to protect system capacity, but not enough follow-through with understanding why, even with appropriate rate limits, systems can fall over and require manual intervention to…
They only tested on mice. Mice are nocturnal.
Data helps corporate management avoid personal responsibility, so it's not just "As a leader, I think..." but rather "Look at what the data is telling us to do." Yeah, it sucks.
Precisely. Often times a rejection isn't saying that the candidate didn't meet the job requirements or wouldn't do well in the position, it says that the employer found someone who fit the role even better or knew that…
Naturally, Musk lost it. No, it's not natural for a grown-ass adult to lose it. Many people can face loss, disappointment, or criticism without losing it. Elon doesn't need to lose it and neither Tesla, Space X, The…
If you find yourself looking for a quick way to gauge the impact to people and property from an earthquake like this, I suggest you look for the USGS's PAGER report:…
For sure! After years of running a personal mail server with a setup similar to what's described in the article, I moved to using a pre-built docker setup and haven't looked back:…
As the article points out, relatability is the key to bridging the gaps of knowledge and understanding between people. I think, at least in the USA, there is cultural pressure against "talking down to" others, at it…
Very interesting reading. I've gotten many migraine headaches over the years that I can only correlate to having consumed major brand name orange juices. Minute Maid, Tropicana, that kind of stuff. Since realizing this,…
It's true and unfortunately this has been my experience at a couple of previous employers as well. Given the difficulties of actually collecting good data and properly analyzing it, it's no wonder that the same…
I think there are two main sects in audiophile-land, really: perfection and experience. The perfection side has scopes, meters, and blind testing among its tools. The goal is in fact "perfect sound reproduction". The…
Don't give this page a once-over. Make sure you drag the diagram to "flip" it over. You can click on regions on side B of the diagram, too. Impressive work!
The sure-fire one-liner Bash way to iterate over files with arbitrary filenames, with any number of files (0 to millions) is this: $ find $CRITERIA -print0 | xargs -0 -r -n $BATCH_SIZE $COMMAND What this does is use…
Just a note for those who suffer from RSI-related symptoms of some sort or another (because this article doesn't say a word about it): pay attention to your sleeping positions! I started suffering from pins-and-needles…
I highly recommend looking for any dissonance between the ground-floor workers and management/leadership. The best scenario you can find (a truly rare gem of an employer), whether startup or established company, is…
The crux of this is a simple question: if the company is really interested in honest, constructive, confidential, consequence-free criticism, why only ask the ex-employees? Companies that really do value honest,…
Ah, I can see why our opinions differ so much: you believe that human error can be mitigated or eliminated with the right systems, training, documentation, procedures, etc. In other words, you can build a system that,…
Excellent, I'm glad that's been your experience. Mine hasn't been like that and I've waded through too many everyone's-so-friendly-and-getting-nothing-done-and-always-stressed teams with weak leadership and low…
My points are based on the commonalities of the three great teams I've worked for at ten different employers. It's not one company, just a set of observations. And they weren't all IT/software/web companies, either. One…
It's not one organization, it's the commonality I've noticed from three of the ten that I've worked for that had fantastic teams. The other seven have had wildly different measures and procedures for employees, but each…
If the goal were to minimize the number of false positives, I would agree. But the managers of these teams had enough experience to know that they'd rather hire one person a month for a year and only keep one gem than…