probablyexists | 2 years ago | on: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
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probablyexists | 2 years ago | on: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?
Don't worry, Texas is just helping the crypto miners rather than their citizens again. "The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin miner $31.7 million in energy credits in August to not mine bitcoin. During the August heat wave, ERCOT issued eight calls for voluntary energy conservation. People were asked to adjust home thermostats or delay doing laundry during the energy call."
probablyexists | 2 years ago | on: San Francisco: An Elitist Bubble Ignoring a Crime Epidemic?
This is entirely how I remember SF being 10 years ago as well. I don’t doubt that the pandemic has been hard on all cities, but I agree that the author is making a big assumption based on a tiny sample.
probablyexists | 3 years ago | on: I switched careers but can’t find a job
This is a rough time to be looking for entry level work, anecdotal evidence indicates that new postings get hundreds of applications. It is hard to stand out.
Advice I have given to others in your exact scenario is (if possible) to take advantage of your prior career and look for jobs that would value your expertise. For example: If you worked in restaurant management look for software companies that are making products for small businesses in that space.
I can tell you that from administering interviews most developers only know development and don't have a lot of knowledge of WHY the software they are writing does what it does. This can be a big benefit to showcase in the interview.
probablyexists | 4 years ago | on: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed
Agreed. This reads like those memes about men writing female characters..
probablyexists | 4 years ago | on: IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access
From personal experience with a family friend and bitcoin scammers, this does not work any better than prior forms of verification.
The scammers just convince you to take a picture and send it to them and then they submit it on your behalf.
probablyexists | 4 years ago | on: Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans
I think this probably falls to the normal debate of the balance between "but who will pay for them?" and "it costs every nation to not have all nations vaccinated"
probablyexists | 5 years ago | on: Datadog releases Incident Management, Profiler, Error Tracking, and more
Yes, there are companies who sell their app which is just a database of contact information and a plugin to link it,
Who knows where those companies got it, but you can sleep soundly knowing you bought it from a “Real company.”
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Building a Simple VPN with WireGuard with a Raspberry Pi as Server
I was only able to get ~60mbps with OpenVPN through a hard wired Raspberry Pi 3 connected to Google Fiber, due to limitations of its bus.
The 4 is supposed to be actual gigabit, but I have not yet tried it out to confirm.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Away Fires CEO Steph Korey After Months-Long Search for Her Replacement
Away's pitch is all around their claims of quality and lifetime warranty.
They definitely still break, but when they do you can walk into the store and they hand you a new one.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: AirPods Pro
for #2 - you generally want enough sound coming through to be safe, but I find the current ones often are unlistenable on the bus or walking down a street with traffic. Some isolation of constant noise would be fantastic.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Congressman's phone password is 111111
I'm not sure I follow...
You don't need a passcode or facial recognition to access any phone that doesn't have those features enabled.
If you enable them you certainly do.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Skydio: $1k Skydio 2 drone launch takes aim at DJI
It is always good for DJI to have some competition. They have been spending too much time going after GoPro cameras instead of advancing their quadcopters.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125
It is a pretty common tactic on general topic websites lately. It is easier to dismiss comments without actual reasoning if you assume they are from people that don't align with your political views.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Apple Watch Series 5
I could see making this argument with a nice cable like USB-C, but micro-USB is legacy garbage.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Hyundai launches car with a roof-based solar charging system
The amount of power required for that is already so easily provided by the existing battery storage in an EV with very minimal impact to the range. I don't see how it could be worth the cost or effort.
probablyexists | 6 years ago | on: Phones Made the World an Office, Like It or Not
That sure seems like the exact thing they would want to be preventing...
probablyexists | 7 years ago | on: Tesla Model Y
I have been saying I was holding out for the Model Y for years, but I just can't get past the cost of the software upgrades on these..
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It is a peak issue not a sustained issue during off hours so that can assist.