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Comment · 3 years ago
Sand Hill Road is a road in the SF bay area where a lot of VC firms have headquarters. People use "Sand Hill Road" to refer to the SF VC industry the same way people use "Wall Street" to refer to NYC based finance.

I'm not really what the official definition of blitzscale is (or if there is one). I assume it means scale (specifically grow head count) really fast.

Comment · 5 years ago
Has Oxide released any information on the price range of one of their machines? I assume if they're targeting mid-size enterprises it would be outside what I would consider buying for hobby use, but it would be sweet in the future if there was a mini-Oxide suitable for home labs.
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In general I find I'm productive in Rust; however, I do agree that there are some features that produce more confusion and debugging than others. For me it seems to be async and dynamic dispatch that are tricky.
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Puts it back in the exact same position too
Comment · 5 years ago
I've observed that large corporations are also quite capable of bureaucracy.

Although I've never worked in public sector so I can't make a cross comparison.

Comment · 5 years ago
I could not agree more.

Additionally, if you are going to use a QR code and web page as opposed to a physical menu, there's no shame in just statically hosting a PDF of your menu.

It's so frustrating that some bars/restaurants use some third party App that wants me to store my email address and credit card. Also janky UI that's totally unnecessary, considering a static page totally suffices.

Comment · 5 years ago
I think Beej's Guide to Network Programming is IMO hands down the best resource I've come across: https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/

It also doubles as a very great introduction to C, if that something you're interested in. It's funny because both C and socket level programming are often a barrier, or at least they were for me. It's an attestant to the quality of Beej's guide that he introduces both simultaneously, and makes it very approachable.

This is one of those sources that helped me disproportionately grow as a programmer in a short period of time.

Comment · 5 years ago
I thought it was pretty cool, and glad they shared it.
Comment · 5 years ago
What I'm seeing is a lean (at least in large companies) to offering more associate choice towards WFH/office going forward. If there are natural skews in terms of which populations will gravitate towards each option, what are the social consequences of that?

For example, if we're thinking about age, what does a team look like after a year when only the junior level staff have been coming in to the office? It seems like that could have significant effects on team-building, and leadership relationships.

(I'm admittedly biased towards in office work. I personally feel both more productive, and happier when I have segmented spaces for work and home life.)

Comment · 5 years ago
I've absolutely loathed working from my makeshift bedroom office for over a year. I rent a townhouse with multiple roommates, and there simply isn't communal space to accommodate everyone setting up their own personal office.

My perspective is many of my older (and more financially established) peers have spare bedrooms converted to offices, which I imagine makes long term WFH more digestible.

I wonder if WFH/office skews around age, or other criterion. If so, what are the long term social implications of a dual WFH/Office option.

Comment · 5 years ago
I admit I sometimes use google search as a spell check that's a simple Ctrl + T away. I'm not proud, but it's so simple to access when you're already in the browser.
Comment · 5 years ago

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