BLO716's comments

I'd say that the technical books are a bit of a stretch, as most things in tech and entropy of their usefulness like apps over time, break.

I might suggest something more above the free of technology and more in the design of software. Ideas that last are the ones around approaches to design vs. actually technology that they are implemented with.

My co-worker (a younger version of me, actually and way smarter is wise beyond his years) gave me this book - which is as old as my career and has relevance on how we design software at my day job.

https://www.amazon.com/Domain-Driven-Design-Tackling-Complex...

A bit of extreme ownership in the same vein as Jocko Willink is inspirational. It's not a reward or ego contest, when you have to open up and be humble about leadership and admission as such - so, critics will be on both sides of the judgement and the reporting.

I myself believe in being humble and honest to a fault, so I'm more sympathetic in this case.

Either way, strive to be better and hey .. humanity is a b*tch sometimes.

I'd tend to agree with this sentiment, since tin-foil hat pundits rarely understand the nature of research that is in the last decade, let alone the last month. Sort of sad really, but unfortunate nature of our news cycles.

This goes both ways, because patents are important. However, after talking to George many times as I watched his company grow with the SF proof of funzies in autonomous driving and DefCon pokes - the guy will not [quit] when he's squarely on the war path.

Get 'em, GH.

I'm 45+ and headed into the 50s was so scary, I am headed off to get an MBA to future proof my income a little before I die off in coding because of cognitive ability escapes me on remembering more than 3,945 places of pi.

The one thing that's tough working at a start-up is trying to convince those who (of the same age) that you can indeed lead more than your co-developers in something more than a dev/project meeting. I saw literally 3 promotions pass me by, most likely because of the perception that at my age if I hadn't started my own company/become a corporate C-suite leader/done it by now I couldn't.

Thing is, I can feel I can do everything UP to the CTO level of work - naturally, given the chance. At least I got them to give me a raise to equate to the level of paying for my education I'm taking on at my age.

Regardless, at least now I can have the chops, the cohort network, and hopefully if we exit - the money to have the last laugh.

Revenge is only bitter sweet if you can execute on it by being a better shark in the water that knows a few tricks the young lads (and lasses) don't have.

Here's a legit question - what is single driving factor for increases in substance abuse? Asking for a friend.

The real estate industry is a closed looped system, and because its monopolistic, anti-free market, and dealing with a finite product that simply trades hands its golden age was done after the great expansion of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Treaties of 1848.

This a foundational industry that pitted the upstate New Yorkers and the agrarian Virginians against Alexander Hamilton at almost every corner of his life in the establishment of free markets disruptions with the Bank of New York and later the Department of Treasury.

Disruption can be seen in vertical markets of big cities and land creation like that of China in the South China Sea with man-made islands and expansion of territorial rights, but outside of that it's golden age is gone and the taxation will only become more intrusive for programs as our populous grows and the need to extract support for the expansion from the adult working class is through taxation.

Hopefully this isn't rambling, but rather insight into how perverse the market has become because of no more land, and way more people.

What's great about the Constitution and legislation of fair and equitable treatment of others, it has scales of economy always considered.

It's like you can party, just don't party SO hard it irritates your neighbors. :)

I really like the context here and thanks for sharing something I almost did before I saw your post.

Basically - yes.

If you are using other platforms for exposure or expression, then you are the product of that platform. If you can drive traffic to your blog for whatever reason you would like to, then it becomes more of a value prop depending on motivations.

I can't be more constructive, then asking why its worth it than freedom of expression and monetization through content generation.

Reminds me of a story of Donal Rusk Currey and his unfortunate undoing while doing his job.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-one-man-accide...

One last note, as I've been to The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in recent years, it's an AMAZING panacea of views up high as the eye can see. I THINK you can see almost all of the Sierra Nevada across the valley in a couple points, and its breath taking how beautiful it is.

Worth visiting, but as a short fat white guy in technology - be ready for the thin air, and absolutely grueling hikes if you explore. It's SOOOO worth it for anyone in the Bay Area to make this trek.

Oh my, two posts where Google Dorking and #OSINT have found their way into posts. :) Love it!!! DefCon funzies abound on HN today.

https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/cyber-security-tutoria...

Search Engine - "Google Dorking" like inurl: intitle: intext: etc.

Also, google dorking has its "darkweb" side in forensics too. Enjoy.

https://www.exploit-db.com/

In summary "San Francisco ended up waiving the fines after the couple agreed to stop parking on the pavement. If the Craines build a cover for the paved property or a garage, officials said they can resume parking on it — in compliance with city code."

I'd say also if this interests you - checkout #OSINTION #blackbadge training from Joe Gray! https://www.theosintion.com/courses/ (also, I am not Joe Gray - just lots to be learned from this category of investigation)

Banks. Period.

Unfortunately, email is not a business process. I'll leave it at that. I may be on my own little island over here in the middle of the sea of internets - but, going to hold that opinion till I die.

Maybe to hot a topic in recent climate observations, but surprised nobody has really commented on this. Noting that my personal belief constructs / persuasions of the world are are not the usual on HN, comedy is something of a passive obsession both in litmus test of how healthy we may be as a culture, and also a student of the craft myself (again, in passing - but sharp wit, helps me avoid coming off snarky in my day to day interactions).

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel comes to mind and with the main character and Lenny Bruce modeling after Joan Rivers in real life - the offensive joke, is often one of just brutality with words that cuts like a tectonic start-up's disruption - deep, narrow, and disruptive to the very industry they are pointed at.

I guess without adding much beyond that - comedy is being eroded by a lot of things, without regard for its importance to all of us. I wish it wasn't that way, and maybe that's why I'm even on this post.

Like excellent tech that doesn't survive the eons by brilliant engineers in their craft, so are the comedians / pundits of just one generation behind us.

In most recent memory if anyone want's a YouTube watch - go checkout the roasting / celebration of John Stewart and his receipt of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain prize for American Humor. Last of his kind, we may never see someone like John Stewart in the circles of comedy in the future - much like we don't see great politicians of yesterday.

MPPT controller has a better communication set of commands and you'll notice the ethernet port that can send TX/RX out to a monitor or connect to a network. That's where the general $15-100 charge controller falls off the map - think Horror Freight.

Mind you there are some spectacular Chinese PCB designs / implementations out there for cheap, but off the shelf this is a fairly inexpensive / future proof / expandable unit should more power come off that.

I use something similar and have a wifi module that reports out to a dashboard in the house and can take remote commands from a phone if within bluetooth range.

Looking at the hardware document in the GitHub repo - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hdcTf9xUmsjRPd3waJEkQf1B...

Is that really a RS245 or RS485?

https://www.makerfabs.com/usb-rs485-convertor.html#!/back

I am in the mix for doing this over the next week or so. Totally love the hardware documentation and after tearing down a 900w solar array experiment, and having most if not all the materials (in Buffalo no less) we have a new shed w/ the materials to get online and on it.

Pergola lighting, internet web server, and plant hydroponics .. fun fun! (sorry, really love this particular type of stuff, so nerding out like - go home right now from the day job and just get after it).

Maybe a lot of light, pending if you are in the dark of course.

Birth of the buy-out win. :) Yes .. indeed they would.