jrs235
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Comment · 3 days ago
Who owned shares and how many before the Government invested? Who sold shares and gained prior to this plunge?
Comment · 9 days ago
Similar experience here. Random guids as primary keys quickly fragment your table and indexes. You'll need to defrag frequently.
Comment · 1 month ago
Duke: A healthcare system with a little University.
Comment · 3 months ago
Speaking of great female aviators. Find the video and story of the 20 something pilot that landed on the interstate in Pensacola, FL yesterday (Aug 3, 2026) after engine troubles. The point where she gets down and under an overhead road sign is incredible and something you only imagine ever happens in the movies. Let me see if I can find a link.
Comment · 3 months ago
How dangerous is it to ask the person asking you "What was/is your answer? What are you working on improving?"... I suppose you'll quickly get labeled as a "difficult" employee....
Comment · 4 months ago
Agreed. Business prioritization and decision making is even more important now. Hopefully the powers that be realize forcing/making busy work is worse than allowing devs to tinker, learn, and address tech itches and debt until the business figures their stuff out and makes a decision.
Comment · 7 months ago
Most can't. I would say Warren Buffet was level headed, has empathy, and understood he was a steward of resources.
Comment · 7 months ago
And compensation is based on revenue not profit. A top sales person brings in $5 million of revenue, but it's going to cost the company $7 million to deliver the goods/services. Sales person hit their top goal and will earn his bonuses while making the company worse off.
Comment · 7 months ago
"I travelled around the world!"
"What did you get to see and experience?"
"Mostly a lot of grey metal, water as far as the eye could see, and sea and home sickness."
Comment · 7 months ago
Who'd of thunk that rebranding to the Department of War might also cause folks to reconsider signing up...
Comment · 7 months ago
What happens when the capital realizes it doesn't need the capital owners (nor does it like being owned and told what to do)?
Comment · 8 months ago
Leave a note in the bathroom???
The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development http://amzn.to/2DK6kVP
Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration http://amzn.to/2FQb9xx
Kanban http://amzn.to/2ESmtrz
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency http://amzn.to/1H4qRld