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brixon··on Maine Becomes First State to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in a Presidential Election
This is the main reason why I like it. The current two parties have a choke hold on the government and a third (or fourth) party has no chance today.
brixon··on Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in medieval windows (2017)
for sure, a bad joke all the way around.
brixon··on Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in medieval windows (2017)
Probably related to the old joke: Those who cannot do, teach and those that cannot teach, manage.
brixon··on What Happened to XPath?
Similar, when I have control of the source code then CSS selectors are fine (I can always throw in another ID or Class Name). When I don't have control of the source code then I might have to use XPath if CSS selectors are insufficient.
brixon··on Is Rust web yet?
I would personally avoid Mono, but I would use .NET Core. Core is not built for Windows alone.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37738106/net-core-vs-mon...

brixon··on Is Rust web yet?
C# or ASP.NET Core never costed anything. The cost is in certain versions of Visual Studio, but that is not required. Besides Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code is popular too.
brixon··on Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
Most articles and videos on intermittent fasting say that drinking water is fine. Artificialy sweetened drinks are also a no go.
brixon··on Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
They are referring to intermittent fasting, not regular fasting. A lot of the intermittent fasting talks about the windows of fasting but they still eat everyday.
brixon··on Why hasn't prefab construction taken over?
It sounds like they were trying to build a Buick on the Ford Model T assembly line.
brixon··on Acorns in the Middle Ages
So your saying VBA is OK?
brixon··on Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries
A lot of time when you are doing high critical environments you tend to be less cutting edge and rely more on old proven technologies that is boring, but dependable.
brixon··on DDR5 Is Coming: First 64GB DDR5-4800 Modules from SK Hynix
"For bandwidth, other memory manufacturers have quoted that for the theoretical 38.4 GB/s that each module of DDR5-4800 can bring, they are already seeing effective numbers in the 32 GB/s range. This is above the effective 20-25 GB/s per channel that we are seeing on DDR4-3200 today."

That looks like a 20%+ improvement IF you are bottle-necking on DDR4.

brixon··on “Really successful people say no to almost everything”
You are proving out his point. He focuses on only a few things that work for him and is not paying attention to other stuff. When you say no to most things then you will by your own decisions have a very narrow view/experience of the world.

That is the decision. Do you want to be super successful in one thing or a more balanced life.

brixon··on I no longer build software
When I was a manager for a few years I started wood working as a hobby. If you have the builder/creator itch then when you stop building software then you will need an outlet for your itch. When I went back into software development, I have not touched the wood working.
brixon··on Show HN: My Life in Months using D3
This could be neat for visualizing long term goal setting.
brixon··on Verizon to Acquire Tracfone
Sounds like Verizon just wants the subscriber count.

Tracfone already uses the Verizon network (early in the article) and nothing mention later makes it sound like Tracfone would not be able to use the Verizon network to do the same thing.

brixon··on Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub
I am assuming the idea that approval/invitation of a video from the subject is by definition propaganda of the subject. Just like sponsored product reviews or manufacturing tours. If you understand that he will not say much of anything negative then it is fine.
brixon··on Lidar Company Velodyne Debuts $100 Auto Safety Sensor
It will be $5 in China and $50 in the US.
brixon··on Products I Wish Existed
Take more normal stuff that exists and host it in FedRAMP and DOD IL4+ environments. I work for a DOD contractor and we can only use a few SaaS solutions, most are not secure enough. We have to host most stuff in-house and it's becoming harder to find software that we can either host in-house or is of a security level approved by the gov.
brixon··on Hopefully fair performance reviews for software developers
Years ago I worked for a company with 2 hardware techs. One customer specifically asked to for the "likeable dumb-ass" to help them even though they knew the solution to their problem might take longer, the smarter tech was a loud know-it-all ass hole and no one liked working with him.
brixon··on Renowned Entomologist Says ‘Get Rid of Your Lawn’
I have not seen that video, but he puts a lot of engineering work into his projects and might be hard to replicate if you are a DIY'er. Great videos to watch.
brixon··on Renowned Entomologist Says ‘Get Rid of Your Lawn’
The stone gardens are more about reducing water use at least in the south west desert areas of the US.
brixon··on Elite MBA Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications
When an article is behind a pay-wall you will have people commenting based on the title alone.
brixon··on $100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home
A lot of states have this, but follow the plan. Don't take random CC classes, only take ones that will transfer to schools they have agreements with. I did CC for a year and they marked the classes with an * which would transfer to the closest university.
brixon··on $100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home
You also have to factor consumerism and entitlement into the issue. I make white collar money, but live in a blue collar neighborhood. This makes housing more affordable and there is no temptation for "Keeping up with the Joneses".
brixon··on Amazon’s Consumer Business Turned Off Final Oracle Database
They did move to vendor built software. They moved to one that they could get better prices for, AWS. Everyone else will not likely get the deal that they received.
brixon··on Elite MBA Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications
MBA or other Master's degrees are ways to buy time to wait out a bad economy.
brixon··on How Much Money Do Parking Lots Make?
Perfect, that is about the time I will be too old to drive myself.
brixon··on Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water
Sewer is usually twice the price of water, so 33 water and 66 sewer.
brixon··on Strategies for Long Projects
Well, that is a strategy to deal with large/long projects, break them into smaller/shorter ones.
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