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New comment by bdavis__ in "Capital One axes 1k tech roles"

bdavis__ — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:18:17 +0000

i have seen a scrum master code.

     ScrumMaster = NULL;

there you go !

New comment by bdavis__ in "Capital One axes 1k tech roles"

bdavis__ — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:16:57 +0000

"individuals and interactions" is how you make great things happen. "processes and tools" is how you make boring things happen at scale and with high quality.

very few teams are willing to admit that they need to be making boring things happen.

agile is not a universal tonic.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Google to reduce workforce by 12k"

bdavis__ — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:17:12 +0000

Easier but not better. If you have a performance problem, there is a process in place to to deal with it. Not easy, but it gives the employee notice and the opportunity to improve. Vs. Gone.

New comment by bdavis__ in "I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year"

bdavis__ — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:11:38 +0000

Then repeat until you are proud of the work.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Google to reduce workforce by 12k"

bdavis__ — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:00:15 +0000

The moral compass points to the money

New comment by bdavis__ in "Google to reduce workforce by 12k"

bdavis__ — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:58:11 +0000

12K? What is that 5 to 7% of the total employment. Just don't hire for 120 days. Accomplish the same results and you don't even need to make a press release.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records"

bdavis__ — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:54:26 +0000

dallas / ft worth you pay about $125 an hour for shop labor.

lot's of places have a placard with a $200 rate, but they never charge that much. (replaced headlights, they broke a wire, spent all morning on the car, cost was $250 in labor).

at least my experience, dealing with independents. i am sure a dealer has no shame on the rate and the hours.

New comment by bdavis__ in "‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers"

bdavis__ — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:57:42 +0000

There are no fat POW's.

New comment by bdavis__ in "‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers"

bdavis__ — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:56:59 +0000

I know that you are trying to make a point, but I think meth would be a viable treatment option for some people. Medically supervised and monitored. If you need to lose 100 lbs, it might be worth the other tradeoffs. For a short period of time.

New comment by bdavis__ in "How Southwest Airlines melted down"

bdavis__ — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:44:45 +0000

optimization. every human activity has been optimized to make more money. there is no capacity to deal with exceptions.

New comment by bdavis__ in "How Southwest Airlines melted down"

bdavis__ — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:38:14 +0000

someone has to fill the right side of the bell curve. except in Wobegon, Minnesota. of course.

New comment by bdavis__ in "How Southwest Airlines melted down"

bdavis__ — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:33:55 +0000

someone should calculate this.

"Dieing from covid is like winning $1000 in the lottery"

// It sure isn't like winning $1 Million. // And it sure isn't a $2 winner // Somewhere in between.

New comment by bdavis__ in "How we slowed the subway down"

bdavis__ — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 21:53:32 +0000

engineering

New comment by bdavis__ in "Ask HN: Anyone using proprietary Unix at work?"

bdavis__ — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 05:24:37 +0000

It was a DS-20

New comment by bdavis__ in "Ask HN: Anyone using proprietary Unix at work?"

bdavis__ — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 04:09:16 +0000

ssh'd to a live alpha server at work last year. there were some files on there I wanted to look at.

the machine has to be at least 20 years old at this point. but it feels fast. bash. find. xargs grep. command line stuff very responsive.

it felt fast back then. i do remember that.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Ask HN: Anyone using proprietary Unix at work?"

bdavis__ — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:25:25 +0000

How about proprietary "non unix's"?

Anyone running VMS? RSTS/E ? Or on rare hardware, OS-32 on a PE 8/32, or MPX on any SEL 32 family? MPE on Harris ?

New comment by bdavis__ in "Ask HN: What are your thoughts on tracking time at work?"

bdavis__ — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:26:58 +0000

if you work for a defense contractor, it's every 6 minutes (tenths of an hour)

New comment by bdavis__ in "Advice for Computer Science Majors"

bdavis__ — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:43:40 +0000

I think he missed the cloud revolution. Linux / containers and the browser is where the action is in 2020. windows is just a truck that holds a web browser.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Ask HN: What can I do about my declining typing ability as I age?"

bdavis__ — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:48:48 +0000

Starting about 5 years ago, I noticed that when i type letters show up out of order.

seems to be more prevalent on newer keyboards.

also, the interaction with automatic spelling correction / word completion can make mistakes show up that were not from the typist.

New comment by bdavis__ in "Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed into Military’s Junior R.O.T.C"

bdavis__ — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 21:51:33 +0000

voluntary, i think this is a great idea.

whenever a new hire starts, and they have any kind of military training (enlisted, officer, drop out from service academy, JROTC, ROTC, or CAP) there are a couple of things that are never problems.

#1. They show up on time. Properly dressed.

#2. When given a task they do not understand, they ask for clarification.

#3. Given a directive from above, they express themselves, and then do what they are told.

I am sure these are not universal positives for every situation, but almost so.