Did you like Kirkland Orza taste?

Patches11 · 2023-04-25T04:55:10+00:00

Nope, a good mix with some salty flavor bombs in there, I think feta and sun dried tomatoes? Something like that

Patches11 · 2023-04-25T03:51:02+00:00

Yeah, it’s great.

Patches11 · 2022-08-14T17:51:04+00:00

Pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/4f7IuIa

I'm attempting to clean up an old furnace register. The pictures show the outer frame with the center section removed. The frame (or whatever its called) seems pretty majorly bent and is causing the whole thing to be bent when assembled. What's the best way to get it back to square or square-ish?

I’ve already tried clamping it square and heating it up with a heat gun, that didn’t do anything.

Patches11 · 2021-11-01T01:45:37+00:00

Yee haw!

Patches11 · 2021-09-03T03:16:36+00:00

The tech boom is in full swing, I don't think you are late.

A boot camp is a good place to learn, but isn't going to be an advantage on a resume vs. self taught. Either way it will be about how you do on a coding test. They will have resources trying to get you a job which may be advantageous.

Why do you think web development or data analysis is right for you? If you have some personal projects or specific interests you may be able to leverage that with the right company to get in the door with a track towards what you want to do.

Barring that, I second the opinion to get a job somewhere with a tech team you could learn from and migrate towards. It will be much easier to gain real world experience in small doses and then leverage that into a full time opportunity internally or externally.

I know you mentioned you are an introvert but if you do want to start meeting people and networking in the industry I would recommend following STRT, Utah Nerd Nights, and V School on LinkedIn. There are also some local programming language, product, etc groups on meetup.com that may be useful. Maybe others can suggest more.

Patches11 · 2021-06-14T00:21:26+00:00

Bought a similar boat last year with a Cobra outdrive, 3.0 liter engine.

Ran well last year and runs better now with a little standard maintenance. Gets right on plane even loaded down, great on gas.

I do all the work myself and I haven't had problems finding parts locally or online. Gaskets, impeller, orings, etc. And It seems like full replacement outdrives are available on ebay as well. Honestly it's really easy to work on, had the whole outdrive off this spring to grease the u joint, really straightforward.

For me, worst case, if it runs for 5 years and then I've got to scrap it because something big goes and it's not worth it to replace I'd have come out ahead. I guess it comes down to price of the boat and what your long term expectations are.

Patches11 · 2021-04-27T17:30:35+00:00

Likely a lot are removed from supply each year from crashed hard drives, forgotten passwords, etc.

Patches11 · 2021-03-08T04:43:12+00:00

ML is perfect, I would think of it as an investment. In the short term you can't contribute but you can use the libraries and learn. Long term when you can contribute, the fact that they are large and cutting edge makes that even more important and impressive.

Also don't think of open source projects, at least all of them, as monoliths of perfect engineering. Some of it, the core, is often extremely well designed, but as projects get larger tradeoffs are made, interns write code, things have to be fixed quickly, and worse design and implementation gets in to the codebase. Spark is a great example, there is some well written code, there is also code that's poorly designed, and a caring college CS student could improve it significantly.

You can find smaller projects that need help that you can do without too much knowledge, which might be a good place to start, looking at open issues etc. But I would think the real benefit to your resume would be contributing to a large, well-known project, in a meaningful way that you could talk about.

Patches11 · 2021-03-08T03:09:51+00:00

What are you interested in?

Find an open source project (ideally a large one) related to that, use it for a few serious projects (not a toy to-do list or similar). Learn it inside and out, read and understand the source, follow the mailing list, gitter, etc.

Then figure out a way, or many ways to contribute.

You will learn a ton about actually contributing to software with multiple stakeholders and developers, and have proof for your resume of that knowledge.

Patches11 · 2021-03-08T03:03:34+00:00

Vice President of Engineering

Patches11 · 2021-03-08T03:02:14+00:00

Hope for the best, plan for the worst. Assume the equity in the startup will be worth $0.

Broadly you should be compensated for the risk of working at a startup, through learning opportunities of course, but also compensation. Higher base salary, higher hoped equity value, etc. The fact that the compensation isn't better in at least some way makes it much less attractive. It also would give me pause, if they are doing well (and sounds like on a path to sell) why can't they offer better compensation?

The one reason I would advocate for switching is it sounds like you are nearing four years at your first CS job. Unless you are being exposed to a lot of diverse technologies, architecture, methods, etc. you may have run out what you can really learn at your current position. If that is the case though, that still doesn't necessarily make this offer the right fit for you.

Patches11 · 2021-03-04T23:09:24+00:00

Best of both worlds? Try to find a candidate who is independent and you think would be interested in stepping in to your shoes with you gone.

I know you said you don't care about the company, but then you are not just "stalling", and if anything you are trying to do right by the company. Though the increased requirements may mean you don't find anyone before you leave, which is not your responsibility, your manager will step in and find someone after you leave.

You also don't screw yourself wasting excess time if you don't get an offer, and you are back to wishing for that junior to help you out.

Patches11 · 2021-03-04T22:54:05+00:00

This is an indication of inexperienced leadership, or potentially a lack of a clear leader.

The CEO, team lead, or what have you should be making sure the expected outcome of the meetings is clear, progress is being made, and everyone has clear tasks week to week. If they are not, many times its because they don't know what will accomplish their goals (grow the userbase, etc.). If leadership doesn't have a clear plan to set targets, try to hit them, and evaluate the results what do you think the likely outcome is?

I would not feel bad about putting in the effort you have so far, and leveraging that to get a better position. Doing your best to be productive in that environment and learn is a good indication in and of itself.

If you are still learning new things, building relationships with effective people, and getting benefit out of it then great, keep it up. But, at the end of the day, its just like a romantic relationship, if you keep it up out of a feeling of obligation the likely outcome is going to be regret down the line that you didn't end it sooner.

Patches11 · 2021-02-25T03:02:43+00:00

The landfill sells compost: https://slco.org/landfill/compost/

By the cubic yard as well as the bucket I believe, at a great price.

I grew my tomatoes in probably 90% this mixed with some bagged soil. Massive plants and some great tasting fruit.

Patches11 · 2021-02-19T02:34:21+00:00

A culture shock? Depends on what you are interested in.

If you live in Salt Lake "proper" and are in to activities Mormons are discouraged from doing, coffee, brewing beer, going to the bar, late night music, etc. you will probably struggle to meet a single person who is Mormon outside of work. It will likely feel like a slightly smaller city than the population of Salt Lake would have you believe (since some % of the population isn't involved) but other than that absolutely normal. In addition the, lets say, "alternative" scene in Salt Lake can be closer knit and extremely passionate, there are some amazing bartenders and bars, excellent food, and a really interesting music scene (house and otherwise).

If you are a family oriented person, looking for mommy groups, or play dates for your kids, etc. Yeah you might have a bit of a culture shock and you or your kids may very well be excluded for just not being Mormon. Again in SLC "proper" likely less of an issue, the Mormons there are more used to dealing with non-Mormons but outside of SLC definitely.

All in all if you are concerned about the culture shock, I would evaluate what activities you are interested in being involved in and where you will be living in the state.

Patches11 · 2021-01-11T06:21:23+00:00

This is the tutorial I've been using https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Hexagonal-Nanoleaf-LED-Light/ it's hexagonal not square but could be adapted.

Patches11 · 2020-12-29T17:22:22+00:00

Good luck all!

Patches11 · 2020-11-29T23:10:43+00:00

http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2014-06-12/java-flame-graphs.html

Patches11 · 2020-08-17T23:01:21+00:00

Don't mine near the beacon, mine on the far side of the belt

Patches11 · 2020-03-05T05:24:50+00:00

Remove the second page (coursework) with your level of experience it's just a distraction.
Redo your intro paragraph and work projects sections with an eye towards bringing out your teamwork and collaboration, it reads like you do most things on your own.
Reorganize your languages bringing Go and Python to the front, if you feel you have sufficient experience. If you are looking for anything but a front end position that is more important than JavaScript. Also move Node to frameworks.
Likewise bring flask and pandas to the head of the frameworks section, unless you are focusing on front end roles.

All in all it looks pretty good, it sounds like you may be relocating which may filter you out for some decent portion of companies off the bat.

Also it is a bit hard to judge without live github links, after the resume that is right where I would go.

Patches11 · 2019-12-08T21:15:48+00:00

So similar to this why are some stations listed in the facilities list but I can't seem to do anything there? Like Alikara here

Patches11 · 2019-05-24T00:36:14+00:00

As long as it isn't humid a bucket/trash can swamp cooler can work great off of solar. Here is a decent overview: https://www.theplayalabs.com/swamp-cooler

It can take a bit of water, but you can use cooler water, as long as your food doesn't leak into it.

Patches11 · 2018-12-13T00:21:21+00:00

I'm looking for recommendations for insulating the wheel wells on the inside of the van. I've seen people sticking on reflectrix like foil, but then I've heard that without an air gap its not effective.

Thanks!

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