ultra-jeremyx

Interesting thread. Anyone here in the U.S. and supporting a family? The main hurdle for me starting my own business is cost of healthcare. I haven't looked too deeply into options, but I assume I'd be taking on a huge cost to support a spouse and children.

This sounds a lot like AWS Aurora, which (I'm simplifying here) is a database interface on top of a distributed file store, (S3).

Oh yeah, and they had Inbox, which I LOVED, and sadly, they killed off

Are there any examples of _consumer_ software that has an interface for the Marginal User, and a different interface for others? The only example that comes to mind is something like TweetDeck, but I believe that was killed off in the new Elmo/X era.

We had three 6k BTU units, one 12k BTU unit, and one 18k BTU unit and the total cost was ~$18k. We got $1,600 in rebates from the utility for the energy efficiency program.

I am very impressed with how little electricity they use!

We went the Mitsubishi units (I see these and Fuji everywhere) and a certified installer. They add two years to the warranty if you have one of their certified installers do the work. I have high confidence in Mitsubishi being around to honor the warranty.

Cold climate mini-split heat pumps * I live in northern New England and used to heat exclusively with wood in the winter time. Very cozy, but hard to maintain a consistent temp throughout the house. The new cold-climate models can operate at 100% capacity down to an ambient temp of -13F outdoors. One in each bedroom, the living area, and home office makes it easy to dial in the optimal temp for the space. No more loading the woodstove overnight when everyone is in a bedroom with the door closed!

For the summer, the heat pumps have replaced our terribly inefficient whole-house central AC. We have a PV solar electric system, so we can use the electricity we produce to run them, and once I started paying attention to energy use in our home it was clear that the old central AC had to go.

The modern mini-splits are pretty much maintenance-free, and are warrantied for 12 years. Best off all? The compressors are very quiet. You can have a normal conversation standing right next to them.

How can you claim "we're a remote-first business" when you're saying Chicago and San Diego candidates are first?

The real tragedy here is the lack of the Oxford comma in the headline.

The point of system dynamics is not predicting the numbers--it's understanding the system. If you look at historical data over time and see values increasing, decreasing, and remaining steady, it would be nicer to have an endogenous understanding of what causes those changes instead of extrapolating based on the historical data. When you understand _how_ the system works, then you can reason about where the leverage points are.

I always loved that the biggest leverage point in any system is to change the system itself!

Is your program appropriate for students who are high school seniors/graduates as a alternative, or lead-in to college? What level of programming experience is required?