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EADGBE··on Show HN: 31,102 verses of the Bible drawn by Stable Diffusion
I’d be interested in the differences AI interprets from the different translations. Too bad they don’t allow you to specify. (Or say which one they use up front)
EADGBE··on Ask HN: How do you take care of yourself?
For the first time since I started doing this 10 years ago; I’ve made a conscious effort to remove Teams from my phone, stop working at 5 (or whatever), and not bother with work until it’s time to start. I also make sure I take time off; getting a limited-vacation job has helped most with this.

I’m at peace with where I am currently and I’ve found there’s more inner peace with who I am more than ever.

So much of my life isn’t about what I do for work. It took me too long to realize this.

It’s just a tool I use in my life. It’s not the tool in my life.

EADGBE··on Localstack – Local AWS Emulator
Can I use it in conjunction with something like CDK? I’m trying to learn the AWS CDK, but I would feel much better if I could run all these orchestrations on a local docker instead of a real AWS account.

…And just trust that I destroy them before they incur cost.

EADGBE··on Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
To be fair, we’re all environmental parasites no matter where we are on this heckin planet.
EADGBE··on Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
It’s like when Tesla finally realized their imaging cameras weren’t worth crap during the winter with road crust all over them. Proving the moderately-self driving capabilities moot.

Ideal conditions during development may not replicate real-world use.

EADGBE··on Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Smart Savers Texas” progrm
Yup - as soon as a third party realized they could start making money off of it.
EADGBE··on HBO: “This template is used by integration tests only.”
Understandably, most of us have been there. I know I’ve been a cog in motion in an instance just like this. Suits were more mad than any customer was (I heard nothing about it from customers).

Luckily, it’s just a simple textual email.

It’s a learning experience - and most notably - an obvious pointer to the fact that there’s some protections/documentation/processes that can be added to prevent this.

EADGBE··on Study shows how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills
I’m most productive on my 10-minute walk during the work day when I rubber ducky to myself about the problem I’m working on.

I haven’t kept exact track, but I’m definitely hitting over .500 with that specific technique.

EADGBE··on Ask HN: Has it suddenly become exceedingly hard to attract full-time employees?
The switch was attractive to me- and made me willing to dance - when my ex employer was unwilling to let me continue to work remote as I had the previous 18 months.

I voiced my opinions on it, changed my life around because of COVID, and they still seemed surprised when I gave them my 2 weeks.

I would have likely stayed if I got the approval to continue to work at home.

I’d say the extra ~10 hours of work over the month for it was worth it. It always is.

EADGBE··on Taking a Fall
Highly recommend subscribing before you look it up, though.
EADGBE··on ‘Pro Tools proficiency’ may be keeping us from diversifying audio
If there’s anybody out there who is requiring Pro Tools or anything else because it excludes a particular group disproportionately, that would be discriminatory

I think that’s a bit of a stretch. The core concepts of PT are available even in Pro Tools First (free). They’re requiring PT simply because it’s the industry standard in audio recording/production. Though I agree with the author, the use of it in podcasting is perplexing.

If we’re going to go down this Avenue, the same parallels could be made for Adobe products and the gatekeeping they had, even before they went to a SaaS model.

It’s unfortunate that the industry requires PT proficiency, but it literally wrote the book on DAWs. Plenty of producers/musicians use alternative software that’s cheaper or better equipped, but the PT pendulum has long swung; since they’re all using PT key mappings.

EADGBE··on France's anti-piracy goon squad pirates the font in its logo (2010)
Can’t be as bad as a full-screen modal making me accept cookies to read a silly article.
EADGBE··on The Viral Vasectomy: Covid's Silver Lining – Peter Watts' Blog
“...not only has there been a recent spike in people deciding to postpone (or even better, entirely avoid) procreation...”

- Aight, I’m out.

Judging by the other comments, others share my sentiments.

EADGBE··on The mistakes made by Google Cloud and why they should be larger than AWS today
IIRC, AWS had the free tier first. Which is what brought me in. I wasn’t trying to change the world, but I’ll take free server space if they’re giving it away.

Then they sealed the deal when a little Echo skill I wrote for myself gave me (and continues to give me) got me $100/month in AWS credits.

Combine that with every place of work using AWS, and I’m pretty much married to it. I at least know the UI, and for a programming who hates configuration, that means a lot (as far as getting in and getting out quickly).

EADGBE··on Ask HN: Where do you see yourself at the end of 2021?
I’m thinking I’ll only consider remote work from now on...
EADGBE··on Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020?
It’s not uncommon to pay an adoption fee for animals, either. I’ve “paid” a few hundred dollars for my equally-lovable adopted pets over the years, too.

It’s a great trade-off; because it pays people’s salaries, keeps animals out of kill-shelters, and benefits tertiary programs who may train or otherwise aide these unwanted animals.

A price I’m happy to pay.

EADGBE··on Why That Autonomous Race Car Crashed Straight into a Wall
“In other words, we did not expect a NaN value to appear there and put too much confidence in our decision."

Man, I’ve been bitten by that one too many times.

EADGBE··on NestedText, a nice alternative to JSON, YAML, TOML
Lol, “Topika”
EADGBE··on Berners-Lee 'Sorry' for Slashes (2009)
Also, don’t forget user/pass prompt in a URL.
EADGBE··on Apple Is Trying to Shut Down Hey
These Apple tactics are nothing new. Why is DHH acting so surprised?
EADGBE··on ACH payments cost less. Will online shoppers ever switch?
As long as the upfront costs for ACH remain as high as they are (I’m looking at you, Plaid), no, people will not switch.

Consumers definitely don’t give a crap. Until people offer cash vs credit discounts, no one will move away from credit cards.

Just like Visa/MC/Amex planned.

EADGBE··on 40 uses for Germanium Diodes (1950) [pdf]
You only need one use to justify germanium: Fuzz.
EADGBE··on Ask HN: How to Eradicate Bedbugs?
Maybe you eradicated them just by telling them to leave?
EADGBE··on Ask HN: How do I escape webdev?
Could be humble. Or could be like me and have a severe inferiority complex, mostly from the constant flexing of recent CS grads always makes you feel like you really don't know what you're doing.

Even if you do.

EADGBE··on Ask HN: What can I do with extra electricity?
Solar powered server?

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html

EADGBE··on Stuff I said at Kansas City Startup Weekend that sounded smart (2011)
What would you like to see outdoors that you don't currently?
EADGBE··on Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds (2014)
Or high-noon? I have it on good suspicion that dogs can poop any time of day, not just early morning/evening.
EADGBE··on Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox (2004) [pdf]
I suppose my mindset could change later; but I live a rather hectic and noisy life with small children (as I'm sure a lot can relate).

Having a 40 minute commute entirely to myself to listen to anything I want to (or silence) is almost a sanity check for me.

EADGBE··on Mail in a Box
> Most any cloud provider will do, but not Amazon Web Services because its network is often blocked to prevent users from sending spam

From their installation guide, if like me, you were considering running this on EC2.

EADGBE··on Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
Perhaps "being able to change your oil" is actually "knowing how to change your oil" or "why you should change your oil". The knowledge is the power in it, and it compounds into a lot of menial DIY tasks that one may or may not be interested in always doing.
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