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Comment · 10 months ago
If the company is sold for its assets is the code released to the public? Or removed from escrow and kept private?
Comment · 1 year ago
This is the worst of my linked in feeds.

"If there were only more hours in the day we could work."

The problem really is:

  *  Human malware.

  *  Managers introducing complexity where it shouldn't be.

  *  People wasting your time on issues that could really have been emails.
The fact I need a full weekend to recover from people propagating these shitty ideas is bad enough. Don't promulgate this stuff to HN.
Comment · 1 year ago
There was that comic about org charts a decade ago:

https://bonkersworld.net/organizational-charts

The reality is that the Microsoft style of organization is very prominent in the industry.

Comment · 1 year ago
I've been on them for over a year now. I was 320lbs at my peak. I'm down to 247 as of today. I have about another 27 pounds to lose, and then I think I'll be where my doctor wants me.

Here's my experience (n=1):

* Zepbound is better than Wegovy. Wegovy has more side effects than Zepbound. Also the Zepbound pen is better than Wegovy.

* If you're worried about needles, don't be. The injection feels more like a rubber band snapping at the skin. And you'll get used to it.

* I typically have moody days maybe 2 or 3 days after I inject. I attribute that to blood sugar changes.

* Food tastes differently to me now. Food I used to really like can sometimes now just be okay. I don't like french fries so much anymore like I used to (they're good, but not what I remember). The huge bowl of chips I got from the Mexican restaurants don't taste as good anymore. Potatoes aren't really as attractive anymore. I prefer protein.

* I had constipation, which is a side effect. There was a stool softener I took from costco that helped. Eventually that went away.

* I got a bike for exercise. It's nice in that I feel like I actually go places rather than sitting on a Peloton. I also get fresh air. I had to find something I wanted to do, and I hate walking frankly.

* As I lost weight my alcohol tolerance dropped, but it's to be expected but still surprising when one beer hits you harder than it used to.

Maybe some tips:

* Nausea might a be a side effect, more so with Wegovy than Zepbound according to my doctor. So I guess plan to take it easy if you can.

* Your relationship with food will change, so be prepared mentally for that. Food used to make you happy maybe, and now it won't. So figure out what activities and interests that make you happy which don't involve food.

* Sugar is the one thing that can still ruin your progress. So be careful with desserts/candies/sweets/sugared sodas/etc.

* There's some debate about whether diet sodas spike your insulin levels or not. I would recommend going to black coffee to get your caffeine if you haven't already, and black coffee will also help to stimulate your bowels as well. That said, diet sodas are still better than sugared sodas.

Comment · 1 year ago
The problem is usually never with one. It's trying to sell 25,000 at once.

Things like transportation, paperwork, storage, and depreciation add up to real numbers.

Comment · 1 year ago
I don't know. Has DOGE accessed the nuclear codes yet for a first strike offensive towards Iran yet?
Comment · 2 years ago
Three Mile Island and Chernobyl wrecked the nuclear industry. Why blame a movie when the real disasters were enough?
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Plus why doesn't sync thing support rsync protocols anyway? It's not like it couldn't, right?
Comment · 2 years ago
Ever since the paper on the Vietnam of Computer Science came out, I basically grew to wonder why SQL was the only language. Good? debatable. Composable? no. spreadsheet friendly, but not json friendly.

There are what, 1000 programming languages, but only one SQL? Why?

Comment · 2 years ago
> but it enables armies of mediocre programmers to crunch out generic line of business applications very fast.

Or good programmers that see writing raw SQL as a premature optimization.

Someone on here once said that often companies end up reinventing their own ORM once the number of queries they have to maintain get up into the thousands. But they've usually made a really shitty ORM by that point in time.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
What? I've been laid off a couple of times without any kind of severance package. The severance package is the exception not the rule.
Comment · 2 years ago
If I were a former lawyer, I wouldn't give any advice other than general knowledge.

e.g.

"Could you sue on behalf of the shareholders of your CEO's embezzlement and win? Maybe? Should you? I don't know, I'm not your attorney, and I haven't studied any of your claims."

That's about as worthless as it gets.

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