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I write software (mostly in Go), watch soccer, play video games, and read books of questionable quality. German in Texas.

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pandemicsyn··on Bosch eBike Systems presents its new eBike ABS
Could definitely have missed one but skimming this list it seems like Alabama is the only one.

https://www.cardosystems.com/blog/how-to-get-a-motorcycle-li...

Looks like others that allow skipping the skills test seem to only allow it if you've completely a separate safety course (no idea how comprehensive those safety courses or skill tests are).

pandemicsyn··on Food security and the coming storm
I was huge fan of Factor but at least at the time (before the pandemic) their packaging was iffy and I'd often get a delivery where more than half of the meal trays where busted. I did Trifecta for a bit after, they've got robust packaging but the food wasn't nearly as good as Factor's.
pandemicsyn··on Show HN: CaskDB – project to teach you building a key value store
Nice! A (really terrible) Bitcask implementation was one of the first things I ever wrote in Go (https://github.com/pandemicsyn/bitcasket). Had no clue wtf i was doing but the Riak bitcask paper was clear enough that I was able to at least make a go of it. That whole experiment sent me on a different career trajectory - and was key to me switching from Devops/SRE style career path to a dev path.
pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Recommendation for high refresh rate, premium, non-gaming Monitor?
Can you say what refresh rate you're wanting? You said "high refresh rate", i assume you're not looking for a 240hz setup, which would probably be a waste in a non-gaming setup. Guessing above 60hz is game? If so, you might like some of the Asus ProArt displays. My spouse has one of the 32" ProArts it's a solid display.

Regardless rtings.com is your friend here they have a pretty decent size review db. fwiw - I wouldn't rule out a monitor just because its a "gaming monitor".

pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)
Meltano | Engineering (SRE, SWE) and Others | REMOTE | Full-Time

Meltano's all-remote team and community of thousands are on a mission to enable everyone to realize the full potential of their data. To this end, we are bringing software engineering best practices to data teams in the form of an open source DataOps OS that we envision becoming the foundation of every team's ideal data stack.

Our public company handbook (https://handbook.meltano.com/) has all the details on our values, all-remote work, where we hire, compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work with us in general. We've got a bunch of opening https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano.

It's not listed yet, but we're also opening up a slot for our first SRE hire as we're ramping up to build out the managed offering. Meltano the open-source project has some general best practices but this is a brand new, from scratch managed offering. This role would be wonderful for someone who's always wanted to help build out the infra platform for a managed product from scratch.

If you're interested in that SRE role you can apply using the general opening - https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano/jobs/4088510004, feel free to drop me a note (florian AT meltano.com) and I'll make sure the hiring folks know you're interested in the SRE role. Also happy to answer any questions folks might have.

pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)
Meltano | Engineering (SRE, SWE) and Others | REMOTE | Full-Time

Meltano's all-remote team and community of thousands are on a mission to enable everyone to realize the full potential of their data. To this end, we are bringing software engineering best practices to data teams in the form of an open source DataOps OS that we envision becoming the foundation of every team's ideal data stack.

Our public company handbook (https://handbook.meltano.com/) has all the details on our values, all-remote work, where we hire, compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work with us in general. We've got a bunch of opening https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano.

It's not listed yet, but we're also starting to opening up a slot for our first SRE as we're ramping up to build out the managed offering. Meltano the open-source project has some general best practices but this is a brand new, from scratch managed offering. This role would be wonderful for someone who's always wanted to help build out a product from scratch.

If you're interested in that SRE role you can apply using the general opening - https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano/jobs/4088510004

pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
Meltano | Engineering and Others | REMOTE | Full-Time

Meltano's all-remote team and community of thousands are on a mission to enable everyone to realize the full potential of their data. To this end, we are bringing software engineering best practices to data teams in the form of an open source DataOps OS that we envision becoming the foundation of every team's ideal data stack.

Our public company handbook (https://handbook.meltano.com/) has all the details on our values, all-remote work , where we hire, compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work with us in general. We've got a bunch of opening https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano.

Backend Engineer & Senior Backend Engineer: If you're a Data Engineer wanting to work on an open source data product in more of a software dev capacity, you should definitely apply! If you're a software dev and want to hack on a popular open source project, you should also apply!

Other open roles:

  - Content Marketing Manager
  - Product Marketing Manager
  - Senior UI/UX Designer
  - Senior Talent Partner
If you like one of these role's but feel like its a stretch please don't hesitate to reach out anyway!
pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
Meltano | Engineering and Others | REMOTE | Full-Time Meltano's all-remote team and community of thousands are on a mission to enable everyone to realize the full potential of their data. To this end, we are bringing software engineering best practices to data teams in the form of an open source DataOps OS that we envision becoming the foundation of every team's ideal data stack.

Our public company handbook (https://handbook.meltano.com/) has all the details on our values, all-remote work , where we hire, compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work with us in general.

We've got a bunch of opening across Marketing, Engineering, DevX, and BizOps (https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano).

Engineering:

Backend Engineer & Senior Backend Engineer: If you're a Data Engineer wanting to work on an open source data product in more of a software dev capacity, you should definitely apply! If you're a software dev and want to hack on a popular open source project, you should also apply ;)

Other open roles:

Content Marketing Manager - DataOps Evangelist - Product Marketing Manager - Senior Support Engineer - Senior UI/UX Designer - Senior Talent Partner

pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)
Meltano | Engineering and Others | REMOTE | Full-Time

Meltano's all-remote team and community of thousands are on a mission to enable everyone to realize the full potential of their data. To this end, we are bringing software engineering best practices to data teams in the form of an open source DataOps OS that we envision becoming the foundation of every team's ideal data stack.

Our public company handbook (https://handbook.meltano.com/) has all the details on our values, all-remote work , where we hire, compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work with us in general.

We've got a bunch of opening across Marketing, Engineering, DevX, and BizOps (https://boards.greenhouse.io/meltano).

Engineering:

Backend Engineer & Senior Backend Engineer: If you're a Data Engineer wanting to work on a open source data product in more of a software dev capacity you should definitely apply!

Other open roles:

Content Marketing Manager - DataOps Evangelist - Product Marketing Manager - Senior Support Engineer - Senior UI/UX Designer - Senior Talent Partner

pandemicsyn··on Jerrycan
I don't know if it was a derogative/pejorative? I always thought Jerry was just shorthand slang similar as Brit was to the British and Yanks to American's , Aussies to Australians ...even prior to WW2 (Germany -> Jerry) ?
pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: What cutting-edge technology do you use?
CPM Magnacut ftw.

(as an aside the storry of how Magnacut came to be is pretty cool - https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/03/25/cpm-magnacut/)

pandemicsyn··on Bitfinex just spent $23.7M in fees to make a single Ethereum transaction
Ignoring the already public statements that have already been made by the Bitfinex and co, and the fact that a large transactions like this is guaranteed to trigger folks in the community to poke at the transaction, I'm curious what leads you to believe that its a money laundering attempt?
pandemicsyn··on Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft from stores
Nah, a big section of the class you take to get your LTC (we don't have a CCW) covers just how screwed you would be if you did so.

...but...theres dumb people everywhere, so when you decide to shop lift in Texas the risk profile is certainly different than it is in CA.

pandemicsyn··on iOS 14 and Facebook Pixel causing increase in PSL inclusion requests
you're not joking: https://github.com/privacycg/private-click-measurement/issue...

>Who will vet such a list continuously at a global scale? >Apple should. >Apple created this issue in the first place. The need for multi-tenant websites to add themselves to the PSL exists only because of the PCM design decision to limit measurement to registrable domains. The urgency exists because Apple's planned ATT enforcement.

pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?
I've started making knives. Started with basic stock removal and tiny forge. Stepping up to a heat treating oven next, and would love to eventually get a small forge press so I can experiment with making damascus.
pandemicsyn··on Why it's so hard to find dumbbells in the US
The e-ecoat ones seem to be ones most often in stock - they restock a few times a week. The 35 definitely sells out fast.
pandemicsyn··on Why it's so hard to find dumbbells in the US
If you look around theres a few Rogue stock bots. Sign up for some notifications and you quickly realize they do in fact restock weekly (most items at various times on specific days) but they just sell out incredibly quick.

Between the bots and r/homegym I've been able to build out a complete home gym (squat rack, bar, milspec bumper plates, echo bike, bunch of accessories, few kettle bells).

The thing that was the hardest for me to snag was the spotter arm's, they kept restocking right during my weekly sprint planning and by the time I got done would be sold out.

pandemicsyn··on Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims
> I’m sure it’s not being used at all

Is is a company wide system? Its all fun and games until the cooling in a dc starts to have issues and the facilities team can't gain access because....mongo... ?

pandemicsyn··on As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs
A deployed wind farm doesn't get decommissioned just because panel prices dropped. Seems like low panel prices would still be positive on the whole ?

If panel's are cheaper more people/businesses/farms etc can deploy solar. Leading to more install's which lead's to more installers and more business for maintenance folks (and ancillary services on large installations).

pandemicsyn··on Creating a Retail Demo for Apple
ftfa:

>Sales wise it’s been a huge help, as Spend Stack tends to consistently chart since its retail demo release. Before, it tends to dip in and out throughout the month.

pandemicsyn··on Facebook head of news cofounded site critical of Elizabeth Warren
Not sure any of those are specifically - but Buzzfeed.news, People, Business Insider etc are listed on the landing page as a sources.
pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: What to do after the workday?
> "It's almost winter in US. Pardon me, but taking a walk in the dark, alone, with your camera doesn't really sound as a good advice."

Pardon me, but the US is an absolutely giant place - in Texas this is the time of year where I can go out in the evening and not be miserable. Also some of the best photo's I've ever taken where in Telluride in the middle of February right after sunset.

pandemicsyn··on The Navy's Patent for a Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor
He's got some interesting papers out there https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/20...
pandemicsyn··on Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt and think that you didn't intend to offend, but I'd venture to guess that only extends to not intending to offend folks in this forum?

You chose to use term "redneck". When used like you did that's clearly a snide derogatory term that blankets a certain class of disadvantaged folks. Not only is that term insulting when used by you to a whole class of struggling people but you also then applied the implication of that term to a whopping 30% of Americans.

pandemicsyn··on Periscope Data App Not Loading
Have you tried a `ping periscopedata.com -c 1` to see if they're up?
pandemicsyn··on iPhone apps share data with trackers, ad companies and research firms
Kind of amusing reading this article on page that ublock origin reported as loading 38 trackers. Wonder what trackers the washingtonpost ios app itself uses.
pandemicsyn··on Show HN: Komiser – Detect potential AWS cost savings
Nice - we just got a demo/beta from https://www.prosperops.com (disclaimer i worked with the prosperops folks in a previous company). They're focused on helping you save $ by managing your RI's. Its pretty slick setup. Best way for me to describe it is that they're basically a wealthfront style roboadviser for RI's.
pandemicsyn··on The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while having lead poisoning
Its mostly because of two things. The primer that detonates and starts the powder burn is made up of lead and other metals. Thats great and getting in the air.

Second, the copper jacket on rounds like the cheap stuff you train with tend not cover the back of the round leaving exposed lead - so a lot of lead fouling gets generated by the hot gases atomizing the lead on the tail of the bullet. That makes it into the air, ground, and surroundings when you fire. So you breath some in before the range ventilation ever has a chance. I feel that's probably especially bad at indoor ranges because you've got partitions on either side of you. lead's also great at sticking to shoes, clothes, etc and going home with you. So - de-leading soap ftw!

Some rifles make this worst (especially if shooting suppressed or if you're a lefty) because the gas is much closer and much more in your face).

Most indoor ranges also have subpar ventilation. So if shoot at the indoor range i try to limit my time, ask to be on a range with less other active shooters, use fully enclosed metal jacketed round's, use de-leading wipes when I'm done, and don't bring my shoes into the house when I get home. Really, I just stick to outdoor ranges where I can snag a big private bay. Even then, I still use de-leading wipes on all the things.

pandemicsyn··on Apple Is Blocking Linux User-Agent on appleid.apple.com
Don't bots typically fake a windows/chrome user agent though? I guess there might be enough low effort bots that just throw up a default platform/curl user agent.
pandemicsyn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019)
Keen.io | Devops Lead | San Antonio, TX | Full-Time | Onsite | https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/scaleworkscom/view/P...

Keen is the platform that enables software developers to build customer-facing analytics into their apps in a quick, flexible, and scalable way. We provide a comprehensive custom analytics stack without the hassle of managing big data infrastructure.

What we're looking for in a Devops lead:

- AWS platform experience. You should know how to best deploy and manage AWS services. You know why services like ECS are awesome but also know what their gotchas are and can articulate the pros/cons to other engineers.

- You have strong opinions on DevOps/SRE concepts and the space in general. Things like immutable infrastructure, chatops and gitops, SRE practice, IaC, serverless, etc.

- You should have broad DevOps skillset. That means you have hands-on experience with containers (Docker/ECS), Linux, CI/CD (Jenkins/CircleCI/TravisCI), log management (ELK/CloudWatch/Loggly), and monitoring platforms (Datadog, NewRelic, Grafana).

- You’re comfortable writing tooling in a scripting language like python.

- Experience with Cassandra or other modern NoSQL datastores.

Familiarity with operation and management of Apache Storm and Kafka and experience with artifact/dependency management in systems such as gradle, sbt, or maven an equivalent would be a bonus.

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