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The Omnibus Project (Ken Jennings and John Roderick) did a podcast on this back in June: https://www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/the-western-washingt...

Just ran into the fiddlyness of crosstab this week attempting to extend an existing query that used it. I ended up converting the query to use filters instead, which was a failure on my part to get through that fiddlyness -- but I'm consoling myself by saying it's a little more explicit this way for the next person. :)

"Asking for a friend."

I kid. If it were to come down to a single person, that's really a failure of the whole organization system and not of the individual.

This apocryphal [1] punchline to the Jack Welch story also sums up how most orgs deal with this sort of thing:

"I just spent a million dollars on your education - why would I fire you now?"

[1]: http://www.nickmilton.com/2016/03/jack-welch-on-learning-fro...

The gem of this article is: "Messages that are difficult to process are less compelling."

The best thing we can do when communicating is make it easy -- in both message and medium (with apologies to McLuhan) -- for the folks we want to consume it to consume it.

I wish I knew! I'm not in the field, and while I was close with this professor back in school we haven't kept in touch. The paper doesn't seem well cited, but I'm not sure what well cited looks like in this case.

Along those lines, I had a college professor who had just published a paper (now 25 years old?) talking about why "the 20 amino acids." He was equal parts bombastic and brilliant, and for some reason this paper of his stuck with me all these years.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00225...

Now, I'm not an expert or even an advanced layperson in this area, so I won't attempt to speak to the validity of the idea. I merely found the argument interesting at the time.

Came here to say this. This video of his really opened my eyes to what Blender can do (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY8Ol2n4o4A) and makes a cool entry point into that world.

Same. I come from a long line of prematurely gray haired folks. I'm 42 and my hair and beard are almost entirely white. I definitely have a problem with stress, though given the number of family members (distant and otherwise) that have the same coloring I suspect there's more to it than just that.

Douglas Adams: "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/250456-anyone-who-is-capabl...

I really enjoyed this. I'm not a shooter, but it's hard not to be excited by the analysis you've done. I learned a ton.

What about Kotlin? (Or were you thinking of avoiding all JVM languages?) We're very happy using it to power our server-side services.

Lemans Corporation | Madison, WI (ONSITE) | Full-Time | Multiple Engineering Positions

Lemans is the worldwide leader in aftermarket powersports equipment (think motorcycles, atvs, snowmobiles, and the like). Our Digital Services team is tasked with designing, developing and shipping the most innovative digital products in the industry.

Our REST services are written in Kotlin (and a little Go), and the first of the frontend applications we're releasing is written in the latest Angular / TypeScript. We're currently hiring backend, frontend, and full-stack folks.

Madison's a great place, the powersports industry is really fun, and Digital Services is a great place to work.

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7222d8001027afbc&tk=1cceah...

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=68dac945410dce93&tk=1cceah...

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=67fe1be3b718ed84&tk=1cceah...

As the saying goes, "old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill." (I tried to find a citation, but the googles were less than helpful.)

Lemans | Madison, WI | Javascript Application Engineer (latest Angular) | Full-time, ONSITE

If you would wear it while riding (or bolt it on to) a motorcycle / ATV / Jetski / Snowmobile -- we sell it. Lemans is a global leader in the world of motorcycling. Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties is the world’s largest distributor of aftermarket accessories in the powersports industry.

We've got an amazing team of seasoned backend developers (one of whom found us from a earlier posting on HN!) who are cranking out a new platform for our business.

Now, we're looking for folks who can join our front end team and help build the first of many user-facing pieces. If you're an experienced front-end engineer definitely get in touch, even if the framework you're most familiar with isn't the latest necessarily Angular.

Full posting: https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ad885e1f3fd65661&tk=1bk4u9...

Lemans Corporation | Madison, WI | Full-Time | On-Site

Lemans is looking for engineers to be part of a new team that will build products to amplify our forty year success story. We're heavily investing in the future of our company as we design, develop and ship the most innovative digital products powersports fans have ever seen. If you're motivated to solve interesting problems and want the opportunity to build products that will shape and transform an entire industry, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and make it happen.

Highlights from our stack include: Java/Kotlin, Elasticsearch, Angular2, and even a little Go.

If you're interested, see our posting here: https://www.jobsinmadison.com/j/t-software-engineer-e-lemans...

... and mention that you found us through HN!

(No recruiters please.)

Reminds of the "Seven Minutes of Terror" video that NASA put out ahead of the Curiosity landing explaining how they intended to make it safely to the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s

(Note: I get goosebumps every time I watch this, absolutely amazing problem solving.)

Lemans Corporation | Madison, WI | Full-Time | On-Site

Lemans is looking for world-class engineers to be part of a new team that will amplify and build on our forty year success story. We're heavily investing in the future of our company as we design, develop and ship the most innovative digital products powersports fans have ever seen. If you're motivated to solve interesting problems and want the opportunity to build products to shape and transform an entire industry, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and make it happen.

If you're interested, see this posting for an open Front End Engineer position (https://authenticjobs.com/jobs/28084/front-end-engineer) and mention that you found us through HN!

Note: We're looking for backend devs too (do you experiment in Kotlin? Go? awesome!) -- use the same link, we'll make sure your info gets to the right spot.

(No recruiters please.)

This gets posted here every so often, and it's a great resource.

I felt like I understood Markov Chains before I read it originally, but being able to see them visually was a real "a ha!" moment for me.

> As simple as possible, as flexible as necessary.

That really resonates with me.

Lemans Corporation | Madison, WI | Full-Time | On-Site

Lemans is looking for world-class engineers to be part of a new team that will amplify and build on our forty year success story. We're heavily investing in the future of our company as we design, develop and ship the most innovative digital products powersports fans have ever seen. If you're motivated to solve interesting problems and want the opportunity to build products to shape and transform an entire industry, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and make it happen.

Specifically, we're looking for:

Front End: http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0728e7c911751cc8&tk=1arj7md... Backend / Search: http://www.indeed.com/cmp/LeMans-Corporation/jobs/Software-E...

... and we're interested in working with up-and-coming languages and frameworks too (for example, Kotlin on the backend and Angular 2 on the front are tossed around the office quite a bit).

If you're interested, apply at the above links and mention that you found us through HN!

(No recruiters please.)

I recently unlinked all my Dropbox sessions that were older than one month, which was a staggeringly high number to tell the truth. It would have been nice (and faster!) to have had a "panic button" that let me unlink everything all at once and only relink the things I needed to relink.

Wow: "If you have to ask, you're doing it wrong." This is a ridiculous statement.

First, pedantically, they're the same words you used initially so they're not really "other words."

Second, someone at OP's org thought they should be included in the process and OP is asking for tips on how they can maximize the value they generate. This is exactly the situation I'd love to see if I were OP's manager.

... and then, in all likelihood, a murder.

Yup, my two kids here watched with me. Afterwards we talked about how difficult it is to do some things in life, and how we should keep trying even when things don't go our way.

> Nowadays, running out of coffee capsules (for example) still requires some interaction, via your phone or your laptop.

Just taking a moment to enjoy that the above quote would have sounded exactly "like the future" to childhood me, and yet is both true and how I live my life today.

I also had it pick out my wife by an order of magnitude over everyone else -- and that's the best I can say for the rest of the list: it included everyone else. I can't see any particular order or pattern there. My last place, theoretically most unimportant connection is actually a good friend of mine I interact with regularly offline.

Just finishing up the Fall of the Roman Republic now, it's a fantastic series and podcast. Unrelated to Rome: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series on the Mongols is equally awesome.

http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

Same here: A friend and I actually batted around the idea of launching reader called "Every 3rd Tweet" -- seems to be a common problem.

Seconded. If paper form is more your thing, I've found his compilation book "Managing Humans" (http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engi...) to be a great place to start.