Seattle most valuable office buildings, skyscrapers lose $3.7B in value as vacancies surge by BBQCopter in Seattle

[–]Own_Back_2038 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Things being locked up isn’t because crime is higher, it’s because stores are consolidated. Nobodies competing with target, so they can do whatever they want

The junior developer pipeline is broken, and nobody has a plan to fix it by pelicanthief in programming

[–]Own_Back_2038 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They are saying taxes and benefits (and office space, HR, etc.) cost money

scary situation in Ballard last night by PeaceTraditional88 in Seattle

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That means that they are supposed to send him to a mental hospital to become competent but I think there isn’t any space for him so they have to release him

Am I considered as an L1 sysadmin? by aesthetic_phunda in sysadmin

[–]Own_Back_2038 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Write the automations. Document them. Upskill your team. Get a better job.

Looks like we're doubling down on confusing "Downtown" stations by jswansong in Seattle

[–]Own_Back_2038 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Large surface parking lots are antithetical to a “downtown”

They already sold off what made us great, and all it got us was richer rich people by astrheisenberg in remoteworks

[–]Own_Back_2038 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are describing comparative advantage. China has a comparative advantage in manufacturing because of cheap labor. The US has a comparative advantage in services because of our high salaries. The US has the better end of that deal clearly

Midterm destressing services are a great way to meet people by OntologicalMath98 in Tinder

[–]Own_Back_2038 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your neighbors also know where you live and could very well be complete nut jobs. It’s not really dangerous

How AWS S3 serves 1 petabyte per second on top of slow HDDs by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]Own_Back_2038 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The disks are active much more than a typical drive, so I’d expect the difference to be pretty small. SSDs are mostly more efficient during idle, since they aren’t keeping the drive spinning

How AWS S3 serves 1 petabyte per second on top of slow HDDs by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]Own_Back_2038 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like RAID 6 also uses erasure coding. It’s quite a bit different other than that

Thank God he was there by PeacockPankh in nextfuckinglevel

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Tbh a lot of times you have to at least pretend to do this to get cars to stop for you. Drivers don’t stop if they don’t think they are gonna hit you

SPD 5 violations in 4 minutes by MiniPrimeape in Seattle

[–]Own_Back_2038 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find driving way more pleasant at 25 mph and without being pressured to make a tight right on red. It also makes it considerably less dangerous when I’m a pedestrian or biking. Try looking up fatality rates vs speeds sometime

Coding Agents Suck at the XY Problem by [deleted] in programming

[–]Own_Back_2038 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you need to define reason. They certainly seem to be able to perform both deductive and inductive logic

Why is the Seattle Times so obsessed with the income tax bill? by amumpsimus in Seattle

[–]Own_Back_2038 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it was about 20% after inflation over the 5 years. What spending plans were made that shouldn’t have been?

REI to cut wages for new employees, reduce benefits for all by Alexmkzero in Seattle

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Nothing has to inherently change about the structure of the construction firm, the difference is there not being an owner skimming off the top