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Posted by
jrs235 on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Are you or have you worked for companies that overestimate their scaling needs or think they have "lots of data" when in reality they really don't? How do you/did you handle the situation? Did you inform them or just go along with it?
Who owned shares and how many before the Government invested? Who sold shares and gained prior to this plunge?
Similar experience here. Random guids as primary keys quickly fragment your table and indexes. You'll need to defrag frequently.
Duke: A healthcare system with a little University.
Speaking of great female aviators. Find the video and story of the 20 something pilot that landed on the interstate in Pensacola, FL yesterday (Aug 3, 2026) after engine troubles. The point where she gets down and under an overhead road sign is incredible and something you only imagine ever happens in the movies. Let me see if I can find a link.
https://youtu.be/STFLtiGNqFY?is=yYje_Xj22n5TQcCH
How dangerous is it to ask the person asking you "What was/is your answer? What are you working on improving?"... I suppose you'll quickly get labeled as a "difficult" employee....
Agreed. Business prioritization and decision making is even more important now. Hopefully the powers that be realize forcing/making busy work is worse than allowing devs to tinker, learn, and address tech itches and debt until the business figures their stuff out and makes a decision.
Posted by
jrs235 on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Most can't. I would say Warren Buffet was level headed, has empathy, and understood he was a steward of resources.
And compensation is based on revenue not profit. A top sales person brings in $5 million of revenue, but it's going to cost the company $7 million to deliver the goods/services. Sales person hit their top goal and will earn his bonuses while making the company worse off.
"I travelled around the world!"
"What did you get to see and experience?"
"Mostly a lot of grey metal, water as far as the eye could see, and sea and home sickness."
Who'd of thunk that rebranding to the Department of War might also cause folks to reconsider signing up...
What happens when the capital realizes it doesn't need the capital owners (nor does it like being owned and told what to do)?
Leave a note in the bathroom???
Some states follow Assumed Maximum Posted Speed (in certain places) and others are Absolute Maximum Posted Speed. It is not absolute in an Assumed Maximum Posted Speed state that driving faster than the posted speed is against the law and deserving of a fine, merely it is prima facie evidence that you were driving dangerously but can be challenged and overturned. For example, in Minnesota, outside of municipalities on highways (there may a few more qualifiers like posted speed is 55 mph or higher and might need to be a divided highway, I don't remember 100%) an officer can pull you over and issue you a ticket for merely driving faster than the posted speed limit. You can even admit you were driving faster (I don't recommend this). You can still challenge the ticket in court. If you can convince a judge that your speed was safe, the judge can let you off. If the weather is dry, temperature moderate, visibility great, no other people or vehicles around you, you were able to safely slow down, and (prima facie evidence) that you posed no risk as no one was injured by you driving faster. In Wisconsin though they are an Absolute Maximum Posted Speed state so if you are found to have been driving faster than the posted speed limit, that's enough to ensure you can be fined.
The rest of the world moves to using you?
More:
Good — the control.js we just rebuilt already sorts numerically. Now let me build the display.html and get everything packaged:Ran 2 commands, created a fileRan 2 commands, created a fileRebuild display.html with all changes from this sessiondisplay.htmlVerify JS syntax in both filesScriptCheck all files are presentScriptDoneNo MP3s — let me check if they're recoverable:Ran 6 commandsRan 6 commandsLook for mp3 files anywhereScriptCopy mp3s and create zipScriptTry copying to outputs directoryScriptTry creating output dir and copyingScriptTry dd to write the zipScriptTest if outputs is writeable at allScriptDoneThe outputs filesystem is fully dead. Let me try presenting the file from /home/claude directly:Presenting file(s)...Presenting file(s)...Presented file(s)DoneThe outputs filesystem is fully corrupted and unrecoverable in this session. Unfortunately I can't deliver the file through the normal download mechanism.
Here's what I'd suggest: start a new chat, paste this message, and I'll rebuild it instantly since I have all the code in context:
"Please [removed text here that gave away too much of what I was doing, but essentiallty was the prompt]"
Alternatively, if you want I can paste the full contents of each file as code blocks in this chat so you can copy them manually. Just say the word and I'll do that for each file one by one.
Posted by
jrs235 on Saturday February 21, 2026 @09:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I was using Claude.ai to do some stuff. Got the following messages from Claude:Ran 6 commands, edited a file
Ran 6 commands, edited a file
The output filesystem has an I/O error. I need to reconstruct the files from the zip:Ran 2 commands
Ran 2 commands
The output filesystem is corrupted. I'll need to reconstruct the files from the transcript:Ran 3 commands
Ran 3 commands
The entire user-data...
I never found the bug in that direction. I discovered it the opposite way: when starting out, selling shares (or was it taking loans?) all the shares you can. Get around 30+ million in the hole and continue to lose money. Eventually an arithmetic overflow will occur and then suddenly you'll have a net worth of like $30-40 million and have the money form selling stock to build to your heart's content.
Loved that game. And Sid Meier's Colonization.
Posted by
jrs235 on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.
When companies push, advertise, and promote that they are or were voted a "best place to work", is that a red flag when considering to work there? I feel like it's more about convincing current workers than anything. Thoughts?
Using tracking pixels in emails is like using AI to generate solutions/code. It is not deterministic, is is only probabilistic.
>why so and so who said they didn't open the email did have an open event
This was one of the first known issues when Gmail and others began checking and preloading images/content in emails. It was "triggering" that events/requests to tracking pixels. Eventually folks learned and knew to check the user agent to determine if it was just the mail provider preloading/checking the email content.
The problem is some are using only their ears to listen to what they are told happened by those responsible for and overseeing the officers involved and refusing you use their eyes and watch the videos. It seems some just want to believe (a lie) and not dig into know the truth.
Been saying this for almost two decades. State governments no longer have a direct seat and representation at the table. Federal mandates (coercion) like enforce this or don't get funds would never, or at least rarely, happen. It's also the only nonviolent way to dissolve the union, intentionally or through strangulation (state legislatures refusing to elect and seat senators, if a majority of them do this then a quorum can't be reached and funding dies).
They'll loot and destroy safety nets and then deport anyone that dissents about the situation.
Yup. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't. They question is, place your eggs in one basket and become subservient to one country or diversify and try to play others against each other.
We're on our way to making Idiocracy (the movie) a prophetic documentary.
Because he didn't have agents cosplaying military operations. They blended in and calmly and quietly did their jobs/work. Many of these ICE agaents are undertrained, under vetted, and unprofessional.