bwhaley

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Comment · 7 months ago

Once you start using CTRL+r, you may find that you never reach for up arrow again.

Comment · 2 years ago

I really want to look at your art but it’s on twitter so I can’t!

Comment · 2 years ago

This is the answer. I'd wager that almost every distributed system that runs at scale uses message queues in some capacity.

Comment · 2 years ago

Also, as a vim user, modes are completely fine and I do not believe that modes slow me down. I’m not sure why the author is so insistent on this point.

Comment · 2 years ago

3-4 beers after work several days per week seems like a drinking problem imho.

Comment · 4 years ago

Try the Waking Up app for a complete, organized collection of Watts’s work. I don’t take all of it at face value - some of it certainly hasn’t aged well - but I’ve derived a lot of wisdom from his work. If you’re interested in looking at the world a little differently then the typical western way, it’s worth your time to give his talks a listen.

Comment · 4 years ago

> Notexisting is worse than pain and suffering.

That’s a stretch.

Far more important to come to terms with mortality than extend life indefinitely.

Is it even still living to have a heartbeat but with motor control, limited or no ability to speak, and no memory? Is “living” in this way best for the next of kin?

I found a recent episode of the Making Sense podcast in this topic to be thought provoking. You might give it a listen.

https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/297...

Comment · 4 years ago

That white paper is an incredible piece of technical documentation. Accessible to anyone with a basic background in computing and operating systems. I love hidden gems like this.

Comment · 4 years ago

Perhaps you’d like the Gruntwork reference architecture diagram made with CloudCraft:

https://gruntwork.io/reference-architecture/

Comment · 10 years ago

And the annual tax is if you're doing business in CA, even if you filed articles of organization in another state. Once you clear $250k it goes up to $1700!