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lilbobbytables··on Grocery Territories of America
Wegmans is the best. They do show it in their home - Rochester, NY area.
lilbobbytables··on Microservices – architecture nihilism in minimalism's clothes
Do you get the benefits of separation by using separate data stores as well, or are most fed from a common database?
lilbobbytables··on Don't Touch Ya Face
Is this a problem? Do you find yourself waving at your webcam much?
lilbobbytables··on A note of reflection after 10 years of “A successful Git branching model”
That isn't true at all. Trunk based is perfect for this because you have the clean release branches from the trunk.

I've worked in large companyies very successfully using TBD and releasing quarterly to enterprise customers using our software on their systems.

lilbobbytables··on Aeropress – Why is a simple coffee maker such a hit?
I like my aeropress, and used to use it with beans from my local roasters.

But as of late I've switched back to just making regular ol' drip coffee in a cheap coffee maker with Chock full 'o nuts coffee.

As easy as an aeropress is compared to other quality brewing methods, I still find the drip machine much easier -- load up the filter and water, walk away, come back and pour a cup. (Plus, I can't seem to get my aeropress not to also pee down the side of the mug as I press it down)

Somehow, my coffee experience hasn't degraded at all. No, it doesn't taste the same, but to me it's still totally fine, and almost always a better coffee than the drip I get from most coffee shops.

Amazing coffee in an aeropress is just a white whale for me.

lilbobbytables··on Google Kubernetes Engine is introducing a cluster management fee on June 6
> and the docs linked from the email are not updated yet.

That about sums up most things Google does for developers.

lilbobbytables··on Pointless work meetings 'really a form of therapy'
Can you provide some examples? Need to push for changes like this myself.
lilbobbytables··on WeWork Isn’t a Tech Company
AirBnb and friends could not exist without the basic tech. they're tech doesn't need to be groundbreaking, but in the very least they're an e-commerce like platform of sorts.

At WeWork tech is so secondary to their requirements. Sure, they can make it more and more required -- just like fridges do these days. But for WeWork the tech is about as necessary for you to derive value as a touchscreen on a fridge is necessary for you get get value from the fridge. _Just because it relies on technology doesn't make it important to it_

lilbobbytables··on “Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by itself”
"Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by itself"

What am I missing here? There was no harassment of any sort. Alternative headlines could have been:

"Twitter has an algorithm that helps you gain more followers"

"Twitter has an algorithm that helps you drive awareness"

"Twitter has an algorithm that helps you get more twitter followers for your cause or business"

"Twitter has an algorithm that expands your social impact from beyond your sphere."

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In other news: public posts on public site go.... public.

lilbobbytables··on Using Mechanical Turk to hide a surgeon's domestic violence charge
And if they weren't opaque, gaming them would be even easier.
lilbobbytables··on Elegant Error Handling with the JavaScript “Either” Monad
I don't _think_ I'd call it hipster - hipster has a lot more white.

This actually reminds me a LOT of making websites around 2006 - 2012.

lilbobbytables··on Ask HN: Good tech talks on how analytics systems are implemented?
There has to be something somewhat out of the box for this, no? It seems insane to have to build this for any given project.

I'd imagine you could use Segment (or source(s) that plugs into it) to accomplish much of this.

lilbobbytables··on I made a SFW porn viewer from Reddit subs
I'd be very interested in this
lilbobbytables··on How I Run a Company with ADHD
> engage auto-pilot for "non-interesting" tasks.

Routine is useful. My life is full of mini routines, although not necessarily making as cohesive as a picture as they could, there are certainly plenty of gaps.

I have a bad problem where things go to shit if a normal "auto-pilot" task of mine has to changed.

Simple example, I always have my keys in my pocket, I feel for them as I walk out the door. They're there, I continue. Same thing with my truck (it has manual locks) - I feel for the big plastic on the key, then close the locked door.

However, when leaving the house without pockets (in dirtbike gear), there is room for things to go wrong for me.

I can't just check that pocket. So I either have to replay putting the keys in my bag or not be lazy and check the bag.

I've had to learn to not be lazy and require physical proof... because last time it turns out they were indeed in the bag, _but the bag was in the house_.

lilbobbytables··on How I Run a Company with ADHD
Judging by his general recommendations, the writer.
lilbobbytables··on Why Some Doctors Hesitate to Screen Smokers for Lung Cancer (2015)
I thought the 7.3's were supposed to be super solid? How many miles does it have, what's wrong with it?

My extremely limited knowledge of diesel engines is something like "they go a ton of miles, then need a major overhaul, then go a ton more miles". If you're at some kind of major overhaul milestone, then I could see the response you're getting.

'99-ish Ford kicked off the Super Duty series, but it isn't sufficiently interestingly old to a lot of people, so I can understand their the why-bother attitude.

lilbobbytables··on Happy Tools: Tools for Teams with Work to Do (From Automattic)
That video serves so little purpose. It can all be read in like the first paragraph or two of the site. Yet it's a primary CTA
lilbobbytables··on Ask HN: Would you support a unionization effort at your company?
"to also mow your lawn for free"

But it's not free, you just said they're paying you for at least 8 hours no matter what. Sounds like you're saying certain things are below that plumber and he won't do them, but still wants to get paid.

lilbobbytables··on Teachers unknowingly shot with plastic pellets during active shooter drills
Taking it back about a million steps, did they know this was a drill? Having anyone think they're being executed is insane trauma. And if they did know, what is the point of shooting them with pellets?
lilbobbytables··on How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger
Read this as "Intuit" parents... and was very confused.
lilbobbytables··on Researchers develop a new houseplant that can clean home air (2018)
Yeah, I don't think the "envelope" is considered well _sealed_ unless your home is insulated via spray foam.
lilbobbytables··on Why We Chose Rails to Build Gitlab
Granted my rails experience is minimal at best, but I really favor Django's migrations. They're pretty fantastic.
lilbobbytables··on Blockchain study finds zero success rate and vendors don't call back
Could you elaborate on the real estate one. Sounds like you're talking about home equity loans.
lilbobbytables··on Asana raises $50M at a $1.5B valuation
Notiom looks cool. Currently an Asana user, and it works well for me. Notion looks like it has more or less has the things I wish Asana had.

Mind sharing what you like about it, why Asana wasn't enough?

lilbobbytables··on Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup
Disagree here. You can go without lots of tooling and aim for simple and effective. You can even let in code that won't be perfect in the future (probably you'd be prematurely optimizing for the unknown future). But defensive programming will save you time.

Non shitty logging takes minimal time, like, so minimal. It will make many bugs and customer issues trivial to fix. In the least, use something like Sentry. Makes up a lot for not logging because it adds the context with your uncaught exceptions.

lilbobbytables··on Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25
I've been using a setup like this for the past year. I use a 4" think filter to reduce strain on the motor though (it's pleated, so a lot more surface area to pull air through than the thinner ones), the idea being reduced strain on the motor. I also stick a carbon pre-filter in front of it.

I get smoke wafting in from outside via window air conditioner - and I think my neighbor occasionally smokes in his room.

I'm planning to setup another to better cover my open floorplan.

lilbobbytables··on Google Kubernetes Engine's third consecutive day of service disruption
You're doing me a scare. I'm in the evaluation phase with them. Maybe I'm missing something here, but this is not at all what the linked post says.

"We are investigating an issue with Google Kubernetes Engine node pool creation through Cloud Console UI."

So, it's a UI console issue, it appears you can still manage

"Affected customers can use gcloud command [1] in order to create new Node Pools. [1]"

Similarly, it actually was resolved in Friday, but they forgot to mark it as so.

"The issue with Google Kubernetes Engine Node Pool creation through the Cloud Console UI had been resolved as of Friday, 2018-11-09 14:30 US/Pacific."

lilbobbytables··on Ask HN: What is it like to run a VPN as a business?
Here you can purchase dedicated or semi dedicated proxy ip's. Easy to use with network request libraries.
lilbobbytables··on Ask HN: Did reading HN bring anything valuable into your life?
Had something similar this year with back pain.

Was having manageable lower back pain when my pack suddenly froze up. It feels like your body is just stuck, and moving it will cause your spine to rip out - all from just muscle spasm tightening it.

It causes this mortal fear to rise up inside you. wondering how long you'll be incapacitated, living in pain, and useless.

Fortunately it was about 3 days like yourself, but you don't know that when it starts.

lilbobbytables··on Serverless: Cold Start War
To your point, it seems like AWS ECS really is the best of both. You get the no-infrastructure benefits of Lambda with the flexibility/control of a docker container.

You keep the ability to exercise a fair amount of control, easily, and clearly. And you don't sit inside really opaque execution environment.

Sure, the scaling and provisioning of those Docker containers is opaque, but I'm much more willing to deal with it at that level.

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