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New comment by baus in "Niklaus Wirth has died"

baus — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:43:56 +0000

Modula-2 had a huge influence on my early understanding of Software Engineering and Computer Science. I feel it is one of his under-valued contributions. RIP Niklaus. One of the great ones.

New comment by baus in "What makes developers productive?"

baus — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 15:34:51 +0000

As a manager I'm going to throw in some more "fuzzy" ideas -- shared purpose and team identity. Also recognition of milestones and accomplishments

New comment by baus in "Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit"

baus — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:04:16 +0000

As a manager I can tell you having a team member leave is not a “get out jail free card.”

First you will have to explain why X person is leaving, and it will generally be considered your fault.

Second if your team isn’t resistant enough to absorb the impact of one team member leaving, this will also be scrutinized and viewed negatively.

Managers are responsible for their team’s performance and not one individual

New comment by baus in "Ask HN: Where are all the parties?"

baus — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:59:13 +0000

I'm almost 50. Parties change. The last party I had in November was a few couples drinking wine, eating charcuterie, and listening to Jazz records. Not a bad way to spend a night in my opinion.

I still like like to be social, so I took up vinyl DJing! That kindda tempers my urge for parties: https://baus.net/miami-vinyl-dj/

New comment by baus in "Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing at a live concert"

baus — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:26:10 +0000

I'm running a 30" woofer in a ~2120L sealed enclosure. Changed the way I hear music.

New comment by baus in "My dad's resume and skills from 1980"

baus — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:15:55 +0000

Tech interviews were definitely around prior to Google. I went through multiple tech interviews in the 90s

New comment by baus in "1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration"

baus — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:01:53 +0000

Nice. I repair and restore vintage tube amps as hobby. Good distraction from software and modern tech

New comment by baus in "Ohm Overlooked"

baus — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 14:13:07 +0000

I fiddle around with tube amps and Ohms law is about the only math I use in that hobby. It is kind of beautiful in its simplicity

New comment by baus in "Stereo Gear in the 1970s"

baus — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:28:20 +0000

My earliest piece is an early Marantz 7 from 1958. I don't get into mono era or cinema gear too much. I'd definitely be into Tannoys if I could find a pair of reds for a reasonable price. The only truly vintage speakers I have are Altecs.

New comment by baus in "Stereo Gear in the 1970s"

baus — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:50:07 +0000

As a HiFi collector and restorer, I don't have a lot of interest in 70s gear. The US Made 50-60s tube stereo gear by Marantz, McIntosh, Fisher, and Dynaco is my jam.

New comment by baus in "Blue Origin first human flight"

baus — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:45:57 +0000

That seems pedantic. Just because technology has lowered the requirements for becoming an astronaut, that doesn't change the definition.

New comment by baus in "First new VAX in 30 years?"

baus — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:50:27 +0000

I took my original programming classes on the VAX. I'm somewhat nostalgic for it. In many ways it was ahead of its time

New comment by baus in "Why bother with old technology? (2013)"

baus — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:21:15 +0000

I don't know if "technology" is limited to digital tech, but I am having a lot of fun working on vintage analog gear, specifically tube amps. It helps me think about totally different types of engineering problems than my day-to-day work.

New comment by baus in "Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars"

baus — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:34:47 +0000

I have family in Raleigh, and I’m concerned that with the known Biogen cases and the lack of “social distancing” that there might be a major outbreak there

New comment by baus in "The Coming Crisis in Home Computers (1983)"

baus — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 14:27:11 +0000

I learned to program in BASIC on T.I. 99/4A. The computers themselves were not expensive, but the peripherals were. It seems insane now, but we used them by hooking them to a TV.

Even back then it was a niche compared to the Commodore vic-20/64.

I think the real loser from the that time frame wasn't TI, but Commodore who was in a market leading position, but ultimately lost to the PC and Mac.

New comment by baus in "Lagunitas Brewing to lay off 12 percent of its workforce"

baus — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:01:30 +0000

I enjoy beer, but have to admit I’m burning out on the hopped up IPAs. Lagunitas produces a bunch of different beers, but they are all just variations of the same theme (ok I like their Pils)

New comment by baus in "Retirement and Realignment"

baus — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:53:15 +0000

I suspect many careers and projects were started by copying the event loop out of Programming Windows.

New comment by baus in "States Can Require Internet Tax Collection, Supreme Court Rules"

baus — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:31:23 +0000

All because of online shopping? It is difficult to believe some of these aren't the result of changing demographics and/or economic forces beyond online shopping

New comment by baus in "Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care company from Amazon"

baus — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:25:33 +0000

I’d say hire that person as the COO. This will be a big organization. I think the person at the top needs to have a strong ideals about the direction of the organization

New comment by baus in "Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care company from Amazon"

baus — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:18:01 +0000

This gives me hope for the US health care system. Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’ really helped me understand what was happening when my dad was dying. Highly recommend it