thisisbrians

As co-founder and CTO of my firm, I agree with many of the other responses: internal would be best, by far, assuming you like the existing team and have solid relationships therein.

With that said, shameless plug: if you are a senior-level IC who may be interested in getting a foot into management, we're hiring :)

Our company: bractlet.com

My email: brian at bractlet dot com

We're helping solve climate change through energy efficiency, and need talented folks to help us scale our systems and business to the next level.

I am also interested.

I agree the restore is lacking compared to Time Machine. But I have a ~fully automated dev machine setup process, so it's not as big a pain for me. However, having been able to find files I deleted but ended up needing has saved my ass (and time) on multiple occasions.

I, for one, am happy to pay a bit more to keep supporting Backblaze. More than worth the $7/mo to sleep better at night, and the service has worked flawlessly for me.

CodeShip has finally acknowledged the incident: https://www.codeshipstatus.com/incidents/nm1dmzxz253l?u=0kf9...

I didn't say it was safe — I said it was safer than ethanol. With that said, I appreciate your comment. I didn't know all of this specifically.

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Both are extremely safe compared to ethanol — in terms of both self-harm and harm inflicted upon others.

"General" does seem to be a demotion from "Original"...funny enough, I didn't catch this until you made your joke. Should I be offended??

To set the record straight: I'm not even an "adherent" per-se, just a tech nerd who follows things closely. My point is that it's arrogant to claim to know the outcome of this grand experiment already. So many folks on both sides have already been so wrong so many times, yet hold firm to their ability to predict the future. Opinions are fine, but none of you are oracles.

You mean Mighty? /s

I'm eager to see what ETH's transition to proof-of-stake does for its appeal and adoption. Environmental concerns seem to be one of Bitcoin's biggest problems of late (among many).

Exactly. The concept of money is a shared belief ("fiction") that we all basically agree on. Bitcoin and crypto in general are shaking the foundations of these beliefs. I'm not even taking sides, just acknowledging that the cognitive dissonance is very, very real, and a barrier to the adoption of any paradigm-shifting technology.

I agree; of course, entire networks are far more useful than individual apps running upon said networks.

That's a fun one. How would they have accounted for its potential effects on the US monetary systems?

Maybe Bitcoin is Netscape and we're still waiting for Chrome. It's still so, so early.

I wouldn't quite equate "be fierce" with "be an asshole". My take: PG is suggesting that smart people who are formidable and stick to their guns are more likely to change the course of things. If you are overly 'kind' and allow all of your good ideas to be dismissed by others, you aren't going to be as successful. This doesn't mean you have to intentionally hurt others in the process. It could mean you take your ferocity and point it at starting your own company because you believe you have a better way and are tired of trying to convince others to your way of thinking.

Edit: a word.

Status.

From a humanitarian perspective, when I think about how many unfortunate people half a billion dollars could help, I don't see a win anywhere in here. From an environmental standpoint, it's also a massively wasteful use of material resources for the exclusive and likely very infrequent benefit of a tiny handful of people. I think it's abhorrent.

Godspeed, soldier.

This. I started my company in my early 20s and had no clue how much work it would be due to my own naïveté. Indeed, we broke the problems down and worked through them one-by-one until we had a functioning business model. On the one hand, it would be a lot harder to start over knowing what I know now about how much work it takes. On the other, it would be a lot easier because I got a lot better at problem solving and decision making.

Better educating the masses about dosing and risks prevents some of the worst outcomes (like overdoses). Fostering a culture where the risks are discussed openly in society might help folks make better decisions and avoid addiction in the first place. Additionally, having the option for medically supervised detox (and the drugs required to do that safely) without fear of prosecution is a complete game-changer. Really, I think this represents a shift in mindset from punishing individuals for their addictions to handling it as a societal issue that needs a comprehensive solution.

Here's a good read on how Portugal has handled things (to quite some success): https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalizatio...

Same. As tempting as it is to try and make code/documentation clear for others (which I do), I do it as much for 6-months-from-now me. This practice has saved me hours if not days over the last couple of years, and hopefully inspires other devs in my company to do the same.

The way I think about the waste: for nuclear, the waste can be reliably (and safely) contained in a very small area, far from civilization and habitats, where it can't cause much of a problem. When we burn hydrocarbons, they pollute the atmosphere — for the entire planet.

Luckily, indeed — but they were already planning for this contingency. Apparently (and unsurprisingly) it was going to be hard to find a large enough crane to move the containers.

You are right, these things are nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller

They built a computer model to try and manage the stress on the ship as they worked to free it. It was not straightforward as the ship could have broken if they weren't extremely careful. They also had divers inspecting the hull for signs of stress. This was a massive, complex operation.

- We use a ton of empirical time series data from the building to calibrate the model.

- There's almost never a model. We build it from scratch in every case.

- We have a highly customized fork of EnergyPlus. They are all difficult to use in our experience, but EnergyPlus allows us to get the detail required for our needs.

Sure! brian at bractlet dot com

Would love to hear what you're thinking! We've prioritized commercial office as it's great bang-for-buck for our business, but we'd love to expand to other verticals in the future.

We've given this a lot of attention in the age of Covid, as you might imagine. Many modern HVAC control systems include CO₂ sensors in the return air streams to make sure they're bringing in enough outdoor air to meet indoor air quality standards, and that's fairly easy to simulate. Particulate counts are trickier, and may be better estimated using out-of-simulation engineering calculations based on the type of filtration in place.