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Comment · 6 years ago
I used a script to delete all my tweets on my twitter however many years ago. I'm not the one to say anything inflammatory/offensive but I just couldn't risk some errant like or retweet causing me grief in the future. It seems like that wasn't a bad move.
Comment · 6 years ago
If we fly home for a few weeks for the holidays we'll often bring our dog with us. We pay $125 to bring them in the cabin and they must remain in a carrier under a seat for the duration of the flight. Cheaper than paying a kennel/dog sitter and just easier for everyone all together. No problems at all so far after years of doing this.

The last time I was checking in at special services (due to the dog), the employee told me she registered her dog as an emotional support animal to bypass the fee. This was the airline employee giving this advice. At that point it was clear this was just a big joke. From what I understand now you need to have a doctor's note from a mental health professional and a bunch of other paperwork in order to bring your emotional support dog without a fee/carrier. I figured that would stop a lot of tom foolery, I guess not.

Comment · 7 years ago
We use Elastic Beanstalk so we just deploy whatever application version we'd like. Honestly not the biggest fan of that strategy because there is at least a 5 minute period of time while the new instances are provisioned and healthchecked that you just need to wait for.

When compared to our Fastly deploys which are global in seconds, it leaves me wanting a faster solution.

Comment · 7 years ago
I think it really depends on the person. I had the same feelings of being isolated and not really getting to know everyone. I ended up getting an office job which is great. I love seeing people and having a separation of work and home.

I know others who now do remote and absolutely love it. From what I understand though they are in my same situation but it just doesn’t bother them. It all depends on your personality and what you are looking for.

Perhaps find a local coop workspace where you can go meet other engineers in your situation but then is that even remote anymore?

Comment · 7 years ago
Turn 30, I presume.
Comment · 7 years ago
I go into it thinking the opposite. Reviews clearly written by management or someone trying to paint a better picture of the company than there really is. Cons can still be misleading but I’d be more weary of a fake positive review than a negative one. Maybe I’m being gamed too.
Comment · 8 years ago
There is no way this is common. I don't know anyone who knows anyone who lives in this situation.
Comment · 8 years ago
I’m sure it’s the engineers deciding to do that and not management and leadership.
Comment · 8 years ago
The bathroom schedule will be tightened up by 15 minutes as punishment.
Comment · 8 years ago
I love having it on when I'm just hanging out at night. I like the background noise, almost kind of like radio I can pay attention to if I feel like it.

There are people who will sit down and watch full broadcasts and in that case it can be a lot of time.

A lot of streamers are just always on which I'm sure makes it easier.

Comment · 8 years ago
Cool referrer link check, flagged.
Comment · 8 years ago
Yeah vacation isn't work time
Comment · 8 years ago
I just have a bookmarklet that removes any sticky elements.
Comment · 8 years ago
You should see some streets in San Francisco. No way that a fire engine is fitting on those.
Comment · 8 years ago
Love this library, I've used it with the python wrapper that makes it pretty easy to get going.

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