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rootedbox··on SQLite on Rails: The how and why of optimal performance
Anyone that does work with SQLite should read this article. Independent of language / framework you are using.

I had to figure most of this stuff out on my own years ago. Thank you for writing this!

rootedbox··on Ruby's official documentation just got a new look
Doesn’t work on mobile

- sent from my iPhone

rootedbox··on PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key
Just a heads up about UUID 7.. be careful when using.

par the RFC

If UUIDs are required for use with any security operation within an application context in any shape or form then [RFC4122] UUIDv4 SHOULD be utilized.

rootedbox··on After 6 years, I'm over GraphQL
GraphQL.. when people didn't learn their lessons from SOAP..
rootedbox··on Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amendment case [pdf]
A 9-0 freedom of speech case against a government entity is something to be excited about.
rootedbox··on YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign
DING DING DING
rootedbox··on New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
mix it with your syrup for a real hangover helper pancake.
rootedbox··on Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
@ Core-weave an A100 40GB NVLink is $2.06 ... the only way they are doing this is by burning investor money. At that price it running it 24/7 it will take way over a year to recoup hardware + electricity cost.

So my suggestion.. dump all your work @ Core-weave.. It's cheaper than buying the hardware yourself let alone the cost of managing it.

rootedbox··on Why Rust Isn't Killing C++
Most of the safety nets in rust were in pascal(some may say done better in pascal). The fastest most efficient compilers in the early 2000s were pascal compilers (RIP Borland). but here we are.. no pascal and c++ everywhere.
rootedbox··on BASIC turns 60
the good old days
rootedbox··on BASIC turns 60
It's Turing complete.. and my apple II library had all sorts of crazy apps written in basic. I remember taking them apart when I was like 10.. and being like who has the time to write all these lines! Which.. I still think is crazy considering no IDE and how you would just input them line by line... leaving space between lines just in case you needed to put a new line in later.
rootedbox··on We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study
It's not waste.. it's cost.
rootedbox··on Launch HN: Helio Sleep (YC S21) – One-stop portal for sleep apnea
yah you can be snore free and have apnea. apnea is a scary thing.
rootedbox··on Launch HN: Helio Sleep (YC S21) – One-stop portal for sleep apnea
I have sleep apnea and snoring. this is what I've learned over the years 1. outside of cpap.. there really aren't any Devices that work. Mouth guards nasal openers.. etc.. do not do anything. 2. cpap is a pain in the butt.. and has a low compliance long term. 3. Snoring and most apnea(can be a brain issue) are jaw / tongue / tonsil issues. 4. If you want too fix apnea / snoring surgery of some sort is required. 5. Though it will make you feel better and sleep better fixing a deviated septum will also make you snore louder.
rootedbox··on Building resilient services at Prime Video with chaos engineering
If I use any prime video apps.. they think I'm in Canada(which I'm not).. and only gives me Canadian selections(which are horrible)..

if I use prime video in a browser.. it works fine..

I have no idea why it does this and support has no clue.

rootedbox··on Announce bad news without lying to your team
"Would you rather get a bullet to the head, or five to the chest and bleed to death?"

Deliver bad news. Straight and emotionless. We are professionals. After 5 years we've seen most things after 10 years.. you've seen just about anything. Folks need bad news in order to properly prepare for their future.

rootedbox··on The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
Who hasn't had a root ca issue in production. It's v painful.
rootedbox··on San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn
I live on 22 block Valencia.. I've had 4 neighbors move out in the past month. So as far as price.. I can't say. But as far as folks moving out. I can.
rootedbox··on Tech workers consider escaping Silicon Valley’s sky-high rents
"In 2013, Yahoo Inc. decided its lax policies on working from home had prevented it from innovating and required everyone to come back to the office."

-- and now in 2020 Yahoo is an innovative power house...

rootedbox··on Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
Does anyone want to sleep at someone else's house they don't know??? At least not until there is a vaccine??
rootedbox··on Low-Cost Arduino-Based Ventilator
CPAPs are great machines.. they literally can be lifesavers.. But you should never share a CPAP!!! A CPAP is setup for YOU! You can blow out a lung using it on a loved one.. also you can bust your stomach/gut depending on a loved one if they have something as simple as GERD. They seem simple.. but they are not.. they are setup for YOU.
rootedbox··on Low-Cost Arduino-Based Ventilator
BEWARE: Even medical grade ventilator / CPAP is dangerous.
rootedbox··on Much fridge food ‘goes there to die’
defrost on colander.. pat dry.. cook..
rootedbox··on Seashells – Pipe output from command-line programs to the web in real time
tmux https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ssh-tmux-screen-sharing
rootedbox··on A janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (2017)
Frito Lay was a great place to work at because they did promote up, and they also hired the best. I would often be in meetings where one logistics manager went to MIT and the other logistics manager would be someone who started at a plant boxing chips.
rootedbox··on The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, a Hired Desk and a Handful of Clothes
My nephew is 22 lives in his van in SF. He makes plenty each month from his GI bill, and it's a really nice van. I would never call him homeless living in a van.. at this point he's made a lifestyle choice for a guy who prefers to be at the beach on the weekends.

I would say the same for the guy in this article. He's made a lifestyle choice.

True homelessness is not a lifestyle choice.

rootedbox··on Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costing Apple $900k
If someone is having you do something they could do themselves, and they want you to do it more than once.. it's probably illegal.. 1000 times.. definitely illegal; and you can't really play the ignorance card at that point.
rootedbox··on Tasks That Can Be Done with Pure HTML and CSS
How much does that 5% bring in profit. If that is more than the amount it costs to keep the support. Then keep it.. other wise remove.
rootedbox··on San Francisco has more drug addicts than students enrolled in public high school
San Francisco has more Doggy Day care than Kid Day care...
rootedbox··on The Hand Licking Incident
Seems like something simple that one could have asked a doctor.. "My kid keeps licking their hands.. any ideas?"

Also even though the article the mother seems to think that they have gotten to root cause.. there may be more of a cause.

Dry hands is often because of the compulsive action of washing ones hands too much. So now there are 2 compulsions washing hands and licking hands to keep them dry.. By replacing licking hands with moisturizer you will still have 2 compulsions.. cleaning hands and moisturizing too much..

A 2 second google search will also bring up thousands of pages about kids licking hands.

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