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Regular pushups cease being a strength-training exercise pretty quickly. You're being ridiculous. Once you're doing 40 in a set it's well into endurance territory, and you're not making muscles any bigger. It's like going for a run every morning, and slowly increasing distance as you progress, but for your upper body and in a lot less time commitment. We're not increasing the weight, probably decreasing it actually.

It's just at the start you're doing strength-training if you've never done upper body exercises, because your upper body is atrophied.

Also note I said ~maxreps, the tilde was intentional, it was meant to communicate "around your maximum" to express the importance of increasing it as your endurance improves.
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In the Netherland, France, Belgium and other EU countries they started selling ugly food again.

They are sold very cheap like 'outlaws' or expensive as 'real bio'.

What I understand is that we have 3 visual classes. Some in the third class can be sold by law but as seller you have to check every peace. So it is more easy to skip that class. And just to be save most supermarkets just skipped the second class also.
Thanks! It's on my list to actually get https set up for it because originally GitHub pages didn't support that.
In Italy mussel shells are famous to purify the water. It's important to remember though that mussels growing on very dirty waters (like sewers outgoing in the sea) might be contaminated and are not edible.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how_mussel_farming_could_help...
Completely disagree that it's an exaggeration. If I walk into a supermarket in the UK, it doesn't matter if I know that certain goods are exempt or 5%, because the amount im going to pay is already considered on the sticker.

There's no excuse for the sticker price not matching in the US.
I wouldn't call Inconsolata an improvement on Consolas. They're certainly similar, but personally I find Consolas to be far neater. Of course, this is subjective - but that's the point; it's not an objective improvement.
(Personal capacity.)

SEA = Southeast Asia in this context?

Try to get hired into finance or directly by a US company which considers software crucial to their business, and give the company cause to believe they are reasonably in competition with other companies in that set during your recruiting process, so that they pull out their non-local pay scale. My ambient impression from knowledge of a few hiring markets in Southeast Asia is that $100k is either relatively high or prohibitively high on the local scales; this is materially untrue of software engineering for companies in the target set these days, but they are happy to economize at their non-US offices if they think they can get away with it. (Reporting, not endorsing.)

After that, standard advice for salary negotiation applies, but that's probably both the most impactful single thing you can do and about all that is necessary to hit $100k, since that's effectively below the floor for starting salaries in software engineering in the set of companies described above.

(At least some companies in that set hire engineers based in Southeast Asia.)
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By calling something classist you're showing you're a leftist, which is necessary in certain circles where not being politically aligned is a death sentence; see "virtue signalling": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling
In the book it was 'Holotropic Breathwork'.
I think the baseline of comfort that we're aiming for is beyond what most of us in the West have. I think the late Hans Rosling's "level 3" probably isn't much less well off in terms of emotional well-being than level 4. And level 3 is significantly cheaper than level 4, so it's not unimaginable that eventually everyone gets at least there over a few hundred more years.
How is the farm harvesting? Raspberries are especially perishable - especially when damaged. Eventually I think everyone involved needs to admit that the economics just don't work, and that at smaller scales, composting isn't awful.

For large raspberry growers here in WA, most berries are mechanically harvested and sent off to be processed into juices, extracts, concentrates, etc. One producer I know ships them over the Cascades in milk tankers. (Faster, fresher, less handling.) They can go from the farm to the factory line in under eight hours.

Berries by the pint, and even IQF (individually-quick frozen) berries command a HUGE premium, and are often hand harvested. You can't take those labor costs downmarket and make the economics work.
I have worked with several client organisations who use SEA based outsourcing companies. The main reason for their choice is the lower costs compared to using companies with staff based in Western Europe and USA.

So if you are already working for an outsourcing company that has clients in the USA, then you are most likely working for one of the more respected companies and thus probably earning near the upper end of the scale for your location. I doubt that your management will want to pay you more than they have to, no matter how good you are.

I am assuming that you mean USD100,000 p.a. not HKD. For that level of salary you will probably need to travel to countries where they do pay that much for your level of expertise. As @Annatar suggests, 5 years experience with web software, you probably won't be able to call yourself a senior SE in some markets.
It's a nationwide problem in the most economically successful cities. For a variety of reasons, cities that became wealthy several decades ago have tended to decide that they have enough people. Having decided such, they keep any more housing from being built with the idea that this will keep people away.

Add in a couple more decades of economic development (and migration, and children) and a general disinclination to add more housing, and people being priced into homelessness becomes increasingly common.
Up to a point that's true. Low-speed roads are fine for mixing bikes and cars but once cars start going twice as fast as bikes (say, 40-50kph) you need separated bike lanes to have a safe biking experience. If you don't, bikes are likely to cause either massive safety risks or huge traffic slowdowns, which themselves can be a safety risk.

The same can be said for these scooters. Pedestrians walk at about 5kph; Lime scooters (at least the Lime-S ones) can go up to about 25kph. That's 5x the pedestrian speed; that's like biking on a road where people drive 100kph.

These scooters should be treated like bikes, not like pedestrians. A safe traffic segregation would be pedestrians separated from bikes separated from motor traffic, with anything going above 10kph classified as bikes.
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I am confused by the world you live in.

Yes, above a certain size, companies typically have some formal procedures. But typically those are a fig leaf.

In many labour markets, there's a legal 90-day probation or equivalent. You bet your boots some people get dismissed at 80 days. Or the job was contract-to-hire, and the contract doesn't "get renewed".

But on top of that, literally every company I've worked at or any of my friends have worked at (including lotsa startups, two of FAANG, and some in-betweens) will terminate when they want to terminate. In most non-European labour markets that I'm aware of, there's a penalty for doing so, and the company just pays that penalty and gets on with it.

Sometimes there's more security than that, I've heard (but not experienced). And sometimes the company puts in large effort to cultivate the underperforming employee first (had that happen to me once; they tried and I tried but it didn't work out). But the overwhelming majority of cases of my first-hand and second-hand experience, dleslie's summary is about the whole story:

> The real interview is always the work you do
If you have Verdana. Otherwise the fallbacks are Geneva and then sans-serif.
It was 'Holotropic Breathwork'. Essentially hyperventilation enhanced with tribal music and a sitter who provides guided instructions.
Because of PSD2 some banks in Europe are finally investing in their own apps, analytics etc. to create more value for customer, or invest in third-party apps like Tink.

But yeah, in the US it would cause an uproar.
I've been working on a Toptal project for the last seven months and the experience has been good.
Agreed! I am an engineer and have written documentation off and on throughout my career. I'm continuously dismayed at the incomprehensible documentation generated by most companies. Google's documentation is particularly bad though.
> In March 2014, a French high court upheld Kerviel's prison sentence but ruled he would not have to repay €4.9bn.[36]

I was hoping he was actually billions in the hole, but no, he's out of prison and working and not responsible for repaying any amount of the debt.
the ability to prepare for an interview is likely correlated to the ability to do the required work, so that point is moot.
I have experimented with this for a long time, and I find that serifs make more sense for books, and generally large volumes of uninterrupted text, while sans-serifs make more sense for labels and other chrome.

Interestingly, on the web, I still prefer sans-serif (Verdana especially). But perhaps it's because more than a page of two of text is relatively rare, and most sites are really more like apps in layout - a menu, various labels and buttons etc. Or interactive discussion like here, where each comment stands by itself.

For book readers, Amazon's Bookerly is just perfect for reading hours straight. It's not as condensed as many serif fonts, and it keeps all strokes full-bodies, which makes it a lot easier on the eyes, IMO.
I imagine that a slashed zero would be used in places where both letters and numbers are possible, and a non-slashed one where only numbers are contextually expected. This seems to match the header picture: "5240N" uses a slashed zero, but all numbers-only indicators to the left are non-slashed.
Also the world's richest 50% own more than the poorest 50%.
Forwarding. So, I haven't actually had the SPF issue you mention. I stopped using that setup about 2 years ago in favour of my proper gsuite account and I believe that, at some point since that time, Google's setup changed causing this difference in validation. I had heard of some setups being grandfathered in. I was at the time using the "additional account" email setting in gmail.

So in the emails I would send, my @gmail.com would actually appear in the headers, even though the From: was my custom domain.

I don't know if this setup is still available.
That is not my experience. Paypal always sides with the buyer independent of any evidence presented.

Having proof of delivery did not help any of my cases. Things were still claimed lost and I would be forced to eat the cost.

Paying for signature confirmation just changed the nature of the buyer's claims to concealed damage, or they just signed it illegibly, insist it wasn't them, and still claimed it lost.

All it helped were a few cases where I was able to make insurance claims with the carrier but it never got me anywhere with Paypal.

I hear power sellers get more credibility.
I think old oysters become rock-like and sediment while new oysters grow on top of them.

"3. In the wild, oysters set on (or attach to) old oyster shells.
When oysters grow in the wild in oyster reefs, they typically attach to old oyster shells (for the calcium carbonate — see above). Because of this they tend to grow in clusters and one on top of the other. This is also why wild oysters typically have “gnarly shapes,” says Chris, instead of the nice round shape and deep cup you associate with farmed oysters."

https://www.thekitchn.com/island-creek-oysters-grower-tour-1...
That's what I'm alluding to
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The problem with that logic is that you're predetermining your conclusion by picking the baseline that you're comparing against.

You pick your preferred baseline, fair enough. But since we're talking about a discriminatory tax break here, it's perfectly reasonable to choose as baseline a world without discrimination. And in that comparison, NY de facto pays the 5 billion or whatever it is. Of course, this is also choosing an ultimately arbitrary baseline for comparison.

You can ping pong this discussion indefinitely because there is no absolute, divine baseline to compare against.
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The page header on the site shows a sample avionics display, some of the 0's are slashed, some aren't.

http://b612-font.com/images/photo-header.jpg
To add to your point, I notice many people obey expiry dates in a strangely strict manner. I regularly consume dairy products (including milk) that are 5-7 days past their expiry date. If it looks/smells/tastes fine, just use it. I don't even remember a dairy product ever going bad in my fridge. I've heard people say they immediately throw away things like yogurt as soon as the expiry date passed, which I find totally ridiculous.
In GSuite, you don't get your "account" locked because the account is the responsibility of the organization you sign up with. Now, you might get your organization kicked out as a customer if you really piss Google off (you'd have to do some pretty illegal shit I suspect).

There's definitely less risk and more recourse as you would be able to talk to customer support should issues arise. I absolutely think that paying for GSuite is very much a way to "vote with your wallet" that you are willing to pay for support for a critical account.
> I wouldn't expect a building architect to do a great job pouring a foundation, framing a wall, or running plumbing. But I would expect them to be able to do it, at least to a basic level.

waaaaat? That is completely utterly 100% unreasonable. Unless you mean that you expect every adult member of society to do those things?
Personally, I stopped using Heroku because it is more expensive than manually deploying to something like Digital Ocean. I also found dealing with third-party services that were here today and gone tomorrow a little irritating. Maybe things have improved recently. I haven't used Heroku for a few years.
In danish and norwegian it can look like ø Ø which really ruins readability

Edit: mostly a problem if you are from said countries tho
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I don't understand your logic.

As a general observation, salaries reflect the costs of living. So given the exact same experience and qualifications a SE in San Francisco,CA will earn more than one in Little Rock,AK.

So living in SEA where labor is cheaper and living costs are lower than the USA, the salaries for SEs would also be lower.
I live in Sweden now, and I understand my taxes way better now precisely because I'm given a pre-filled form I can correct if I wish to.

Because I clearly see: ah, this is my income, it goes here, and I pay this much; ah, this is my additional income, it goes here; ah, these are the deductions I'm eligible for and pre-filled etc.

I needed to correct the form only once to account for some stocks that were not reported for some reason. And I was warned about that by the bank handling my stocks. All I needed to do was to log in to the tax agency, go to my tax form, click on the "stocks and funds" tab and fill in the missing info.
4k users often use font scaling which makes things harder to compare to a standard full HD setup (different people use different font scaling options etc). When developers setup makes dogfooding more accurate (in terms of similarity to end hsers'), then more UI bugs are found sooner. Another thing is contrast and hue - many users use low quality screens (think office users) and they perceive the UI differently than a person on a high end monitor. Many subtleties are not visible at all.
I’m guessing the kind of folks who post in anger care more for the drama they create and the followers that come with that, than their public image.
When I was single, yeah. I regularly had to pour out milk I didn't have time to drink before it went bad.

Now that I have a kid, I'm happy to buy the discounted short-expiration-date stuff since it'll be gone in 2 days no matter what.
But they are all sold for the same price, and it takes about 1 second to reach for the back of the shelf. There's nothing stopping this, and I refuse to pay the same price for an inferior product. There should be automatically applied increasing discounts as the product approaches the expiration date, so there's some reason beyond laziness to pick the less fresh ones.
It's kinder than extending treatment on credit and then doing price discrimination via bankruptcy proceedings.
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Hello Everyone,

I have the following questions for founders:
- How many subscribers do you have on your mailing list?
- What product have these people subscribed for?
- How long did it take you to accumulate these subscribers?
I currently use Borg on my servers, and Arq on my client machines.

I'm quite sure if Arq was available in a command-line version for Linux/FreeBSD, i would use that instead. It has been nothing but rock solid on my client machines.

Restore through the UI is a bit wonky, but once it's started it works well.
It's not rude to point out the author is doing something bad.
Yes, that's actually what I meant to say.. couldn't remember the right terminology at the time. The point stands though, I think.. the number "99.6%" for identical twins isn't measuring the same as "98.5%" (or so) for humans vs chimps.
OK, I now see that the problem is that for some reason they do not ship to my work address's postcode... if I enter that code, they say that DHL delivery is temporarily unavailable. With my home address postcode, it works (a pity I'm almost never home).
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I recognise that I'm in the minority here, but when I program on something high density but small (physically), I long for more screen real estate. I find this far more important to me than the DPI. I use 2x24" 1920x1200 (I do prefer that than 1920x1080)

I didn't like the 30" 4K screen that I had to use for work. When I used a 24" 4K the extra DPI didn't seem to impact me at all.

My big dilemma is do I go for a 3rd 24"
The fact that Divvy is so popular makes me suspicious.
You might be inclined to move home to be within walking distance of your office, or to work from home sometimes, or to use the (very good) Velib bike hire scheme, or buy a bicycle or a motor scooter.

Metro rail is sexy, but it's only one part of the transport mix.
Argh, why hijack my browser back button and history? :/
Otherwise, thanks for nice list to quickly compare those fonts :)
Usually though (in France at least) it's not the shop giving out free bagels at the back after they close down, they hand the leftovers to local associations that do the redistribution part.
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It get's even better with ligatures for common coding sequences https://github.com/vikky49/patchedFonts-Ligatures
But please tell me how. Providing them all with clothing, housing, food and healthcare wouldn't solve anything. As a matter of fact, it would only make matters worse. It'll lead to a increase in birth rates without actually addressing the problem at the core. They have to be taught trade, not provided for.

A healthy capitalist economy must be created in those places. It's giving the man a fish vs teaching the man how to fish.
I think something people tend to miss is when these problems are appropriate. If you are hiring from a pool of recent graduates for a junior position, or any such situation where you have a demand for the position, then this might be a good idea as a first step.

For more senior people this kind of test might even be more appropriate, because they are not always working on exactly the same type of thing in recent memory but in their own time will come up with a good solution quickly. However, for more senior people this type of test should certainly not be one of the first steps of the interview process.

You should ideally have much shorter and simpler technical tests during the first interviews to try to weed them out while also giving them exposure to what kind of environment they can expect to be working in, but also tell them this kind of task will be coming and why you are doing it. Once they're more committed to actually wanting the position they will be more likely not mind spending their personal time doing this kind of work exercise, or you could even offer to pay for their time on it to show you are not the kind of company that expects them to do work for free.

If you don't do this, you'll only come across more senior people who are desperate enough to jump through these hoops, which is rare and you better know for sure why they are desperate.
I wasn't aware that it was generally accepted those trait assessments are actually grounded in reality.
Amazon warehouse workers who need medical attention after their shifts might disagree with you.

Or perhaps you don't consider the reality that some warehouse employees earn so little they have to be subsidised by foodstamps - i.e. from public taxes - to be unfair?
The technology now exists to construct buildings in excess of 80 meters entirely out of wood.

With that in mind, it's now possible to construct dense urban areas without relying on carbon-emitting concrete or steel going into the structure. Only wood, which is a carbon sink and can be sourced sustainably.

Given that this is fairly well-known - and that the impact of concrete on the environment well-studied - what is it that leads you to think that the numbers have not in fact been run?
Very true. The last milk I bought was Darigold here in the US, and the sell-by date was sometime in March.

I don't know what they're doing to extend its shelf life so much, but as a childless sometimes-uses-milk home, I love it, and couldn't care less about the exact dates.
Nope. It's all 100GbE throughout as far as I know. And people do work really hard to be able to saturate that bandwidth as it is by no means a trivial task to saturate it through the usual, naive means without the use of RDMA and Verbs. Years ago when I was there it was (IIRC) 40Gbps to each node straight up.

It's a necessity really. All storage at Google has been remote and distributed for at least the past decade. That puts serious demands on network throughput if you want your CPUs to actually do work and not just sit there and wait for data.

Here's some detail as of 2012: https://storage.googleapis.com/pub-tools-public-publication-.... Note that host speed is 40Gbps. And here's FB talking about migrating from 40Gbps to 100Gbps in 2016: https://code.fb.com/data-center-engineering/introducing-back...
> If you're prepared to countenance a world where all people live a comfortable life, then you're implicitly countenancing a world where all people have equal monetary wealth - monetarily and otherwise.

A world where all people have equal worth is a world where nobody has anything, because there will always be someone who will trade their worth for present pleasures and then have less than everyone else.

It is possible to have a perfectly unequal world where everyone is comfortable, and one entity controls everything. Indeed, something approximating this is the idealised equilibrium that underpins what 'a good capitalist society' could look like, if faeries were real.

The idea in practice is that the people who make the best decisions get all the wealth, so resources are productively utilised, then anyone who wants something does enough wok to produce it (but working in their own area instead of building it themselves).

The problem in the modern era is stuff like the 2008 financial crisis, where the mechanisms to take money away from idiot capitalists (ie, bankruptcy of major corporations) have been short-circuited and disabled.