sparker72678

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Comment · 6 months ago
Sure, maybe it's not a _requirement_, but now we're all in more pain because the reporters are more interested in Fame than Safe Remediation.
Comment · 7 months ago
At least in part because some of Taste is fashion.
Comment · 10 months ago
Job's Done
Comment · 1 year ago
> tracking occupancy patterns, correlating signal presence with known devices, identifying sleep cycles

Wait til you find out about Wifi and GSM!

Comment · 1 year ago
We should know what’s in the retardant, yes.

The alternative to retardant at the moment is uncontrolled wildfires.

Comment · 1 year ago
But once the scam has permeated the system, it's to your advantage to participate, because you pay either way.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Seems like many devs don't even like to code. They just want to get paid.

(Not suggesting there's something wrong with that, per se. But good luck getting someone's who just in it for the money to go above and beyond.)

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I can't see any way this holds up in court. What am I missing?
Comment · 2 years ago
Developers don't care about cost of operation, only cost to build. If there weren't efficiency rules in building codes developers would still be building houses with paper walls here for $750K.
Comment · 2 years ago
Swamp coolers are not effective during at least July-September, when the dewpoint regularly rises to 65°F+ for weeks at a time.

Drier than the south still isn't dry enough when it's 117°F with a dewpoint of 65°F. You'll end up with output temps in the high 80s (or higher), and the output air will be extremely wet.

Comment · 2 years ago
Were they running t2.micro instances or something?

We're running 270k+ RPM no sweat, and our spend for those containers is maybe 1/100th what you're quoting there.

The idea that Rails can't handle high load is just such bloody nonsense.

You can build an abomination with any framework, if you try.

Comment · 2 years ago
Once it goes beyond alerting, this is going to kill someone.

A driver will be on a 2-lane road (1 lane each way), and attempt to pass the driver in front of them. A car will be coming the other way, and they won't be able to get in front in time.

They'll try to slow and get back in, but the other cars will have filled the space. They'll have nowhere to go.

Perhaps in this example the driver shouldn't have tried to pass in the first place, but removing an "out" from this situation, in which everyone gets to go home to their families, is a horrible idea.

Comment · 2 years ago

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