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bbunix

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http://blog.maclawran.ca http://linkedin.com/in/bbunix

i build things in the middle of the night bbunix@yahoo.com

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bbunix··on Bitcoin creator is Peter Todd, HBO film says
Canadian English isn't that far off, especially in a lot of the spelling...
bbunix··on Correcting the record for Continue and PearAI
Did you go through their commits?

Hint: https://x.com/minitru/status/1840549001797701984/photo/1

bbunix··on John Deere Dismissing 15% of Workforce
The other huge spike was in nitrogen-based fertilizer that went up something like 3x ($0.40/lb -> $1.20/lb) during the pandemic
bbunix··on After CrowdStrike, Programmers Deserve Consequences
Shit happens. What makes this so interesting is the speed at which the shit tsnuami spread. Try rolling out a little more slowly so less of the world gets affected.

For those affected, consider it a relatively painless test of your DR systems, and a chance to fix 'em up.

bbunix··on Please fix your spinner
I just pop up the text "Loading..."
bbunix··on Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says
I'm surprised at the lack of skepticism. I would instantly assume a ton a barium and canaries in whatever docs were dropped (so conveniently).
bbunix··on Judge finds Google destroyed evidence and repeatedly lied to the court [pdf]
Yes, it's at the end of the document. Penalties will be assessed once fact discovery is complete. Monetary damages of legal costs related to this issue are to be presented to the court by the plaintiff.
bbunix··on Ask HN: Do you think this is the start of the new financial crisis?
Multiplied by VC/tech driven by a herd mentality at the speed of light.
bbunix··on Ask HN: Why do people write comments?
To remind sober me what the hell hammered me was thinking.
bbunix··on Rancher Desktop 1.0
The latest version 2.6 has an issue where it can lose track of the cluster state, rendering it useless. (You had one job Rancher).
bbunix··on The Righteousness Fix
Addicts aren't bad people trying to get good, they're sick people trying to get well.
bbunix··on I analyzed SaaS billing dark patterns
Datadog for the win in dark-pattern land.

Love the software, hate the billing.

bbunix··on How spies are caught (2001)
Circa 2001...
bbunix··on Credibility Requires Accountability: Monitoring Priests’ Cellphones
At this point bodycams might be more appropriate.
bbunix··on Ask HN: What should I say to my manager when my performance starts suffering?
Hopefully your manager has noticed and you'll have a chat. If you trust each other, which isn't a given, tell them what's going on.

Especially during the pandemic, I've had people go through varying levels of productivity. Maybe it's depression, boredom, personal stuff, burnout, whatever. We're human beings.

I've been allow to institute mental health days - if the month doesn't have a (US) federal holiday, book a day off. If you're really burning out, let's see what we can do about that - also involves time off.

Depending on what area you're in (I'm in devops), it costs probably 6 months of your salary to replace you, plus it's hard, and all your knowledge leaves with you. Plus people remember when you back them up - it means a lot on a human level.

It's been done for me and I do my best to pass it on.

Good luck.

bbunix··on Getting Fiber to My Town [video]
An engineer vs a sales guy
bbunix··on Show HN: Single neuron neural network written in COBOL
I think 01 line number ERR what you think it means PIC S99V9999 is like a printf format for the number field
bbunix··on Wells Fargo temporarily suspending applications for home-equity lines of credit
The real concern for the banks is that HELOCs are second lien mortgages, so the risk is considerably higher if there's a default.

First lien mortgages get the house. Second lien gets whatever's left over, and guaranteed that the process is painful.

Chase did the same thing a while back, for the same reasons.

bbunix··on The 'Undertaker of Silicon Valley' Stays Busy as Startups Lay Off Thousands
Sorta the opposite of YC... probably has quite an extensive network of people to buy everything from the people to the chairs...
bbunix··on Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.
Before today, the record number of Waffle House closures at one time was 107 (Hurricane Katrina, 2005)
bbunix··on Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence is now in
There aren't any rules, there are just suggestions... that being said, a higher-power is something that's "not you", could be the group, yoda, the universe, a light bulb. Seriously...
bbunix··on Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence is now in
Anonymous is at the level of press, radio and films...
bbunix··on My Apology Regarding Jeffrey Epstein
This has been blowing up for a very long time. They almost got away with it... now that people are leaving the lab the apology is certainly suspect.

By the same token, will the organizations that fight trafficking take Epstein-tainted money?

bbunix··on Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax
Especially if the bad guy used to work for your vendor.
bbunix··on PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years
Historic note (like from the 80's) - any time a machine was rebooted we'd type sync; sync; sync; reboot - the explanation was that the only guarantee was that the second sync wouldn't start until the first sync successfully completed, plus one for good luck...
bbunix··on The Waterfall methodology was a historic accident and they knew it
The original paper is good. http://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci201/lectures/Lecture11/royce1970...
bbunix··on The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange
2 words: Jury Nullification.

"Jury nullification occurs when a trial jury reaches a verdict that is contrary to the letter of the law because the jurors either:

* disagree with the law under which the defendant is prosecuted, or

* believe that the law shouldn’t be applied in the case at hand."

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-jury-nullificat...

bbunix··on Most Doctors Are Ill-Equipped to Deal with the Opioid Epidemic
Moving from Canada to the US was a shock - in Canada, prescribing opioids was rare - but you could get codeine painkillers over the counter, but that was when things got really bad.... here, simple dental procedures were met with Percocets and Oxycontin...

The basic difference seems to be in Canada, you're a patient while in the US, you're a customer... and the docs don't want their customers to be in pain. That appears to be changing.

bbunix··on Amtrak exploring ending Southwest Chief through service
Do it in a sleeper, a very pleasant experience...
bbunix··on The Big Vitamin D Mistake
You'd think sunny places would fare better - however after moving to Key West from Montreal I discovered people here spent a lot of effort avoiding the sun (skin cancer is big down here).
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