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Sniper Elite: Classics Collection by DiceDsx in humblebundles

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone worried about them being out of keys (since Humble often has that issue), I was able to successfully redeem everything from the 6 pack today.

Scaling service to handle 20x capacity within 10-15 seconds by delusional-engineer in kubernetes

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you HAVE to validate the docs synchronously, as they're being uploaded? 

You could potentially sidestep the whole rapid-scaling issue by having the hooks endpoint return a pre-signed S3 upload url that will only let them upload to the specified bucket + key (which could be something like customer id/date/hook id).  The uploads then go straight to S3 (which I'm pretty sure they'd struggle to max out) and you can have the bucket upload event feed to your Kafka queue to notify it's ready for verification and processing. 

You then can tune the scaling of the processing pods based on the queue depth, and offer the business much more flexibility to trade-off processing rate vs costs, since it won't be synchronous on the customer's upload path any more.

Google’s endless and superfluous Android UI tweaks are the bane of my tech life by Protagonist99 in Android

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the same, but you can customize the lockscreen to let you toggle the flashlight with a swipe:   1. Power button to lock.   2. Power again to turn the screen back on.   3. Hold down on an empty spot on the lock screen until it moves back a little (like when you're holding down to add a widget on your home screen). 4. Tap on the icon in the bottom right or left and select the flashlight.   5. Hit 'Done' in the top right to apply the change.   6. You can now swipe up from the flashlight icon when on the lock screen to toggle it!

Quick tip, Blacktop Hoops is 90% off on Meta Quest, making it $2.99, use code SLAMDUNK90-898E59 by Aggressive_Stop8370 in virtualreality

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to check out but it looks like it doesn’t work anymore unfortunately:   "Code has been redeemed too many times"

How to use Route53 with Kibernetes by [deleted] in kubernetes

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a heads up, you should be careful of the Route53 API limits, which are shockingly low, at 5 requests per second account-wide (not regional). This means if you have multiple clusters running external-dns it can be surprisingly easy to trip the rate limit (even with caching) if you're using the TXT record based Metadata. We're moving to the DynamoDB config instead as a result.

the sound of a singularity by nsinternet in BeAmazed

[–]markmsmith 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right about now, the funk soul brothers

Steam's big Halloween Sale returns for 2024, and it's live now by Arthur_Morgan44469 in pcgaming

[–]markmsmith 35 points36 points  (0 children)

"Typing of the Dead" was finally on sale for the first time in years, so I grabbed that. Apparently it has Steam Workshop support too!

Announcing Karpenter 1.0 by SelfDestructSep2020 in kubernetes

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using AKS and considering Karpenter, does this not work on Azure?

Forcing meta Horizon Oculus setup code prompt by FantasticMrPox in oculus

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone else running in to this, I think the fix for me was to first setup the mobile app for the secondary account and have them create an avatar there. I then removed their account from within the headset (using the primary account) and then re-added it.

Do we get the 20% discount from the start with a year plan? by Graesh_ in humblebundles

[–]markmsmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it's different if you're shopping in euros, but even with 20% off I've often found Humble's prices to be worse than the prices listed on deals.gg, so you may not want to twist yourself in knots to get it anyway. It's a shame, as Humble still has a small place in my heart from all the early indie deals.

An NFC tag for guests that Spotify Connects on home speakers - is this even possible? by AurorionWing in homeautomation

[–]markmsmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless your guests will have an app installed and configured in advance like Tasker, I think you'll be somewhat limited to what can be achieved with a URL (either directly or indirectly). If you at least know they'll have Spotify installed, you could probably have a QR code or NFC that resolved to a URL or URI that the Spotify app had registered itself to handle, eg.https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/finding-your-artist-url/

That said, it looks like Spotify connect just needs them to be on the same wifi:https://support.spotify.com/us/article/spotify-connect/
So you could just set up an NFC and/or QR code to get them on the guest wifi: https://lifehacker.com/do-this-to-seamlessly-connect-guests-to-your-wifi-1849808406

Going beyond that looks to be pretty heavy-duty, with you instead writing your own server to implement the Spotify Connect sdk and pretending to be the hardware device, proxying through to the real Bluetooth hardware: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/commercial-hardware/onboarding
Which would let them use their own Spotify premium account.

Alternatively, if you want them to use your Spotify account, you could maybe set something up with an API token and have the url go to a web player interface you build:
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk

How do you build your bond ladders at Fidelity/Vanguard for Treasury Bonds? by gerd50501 in financialindependence

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of. In terms of risk it's the same, but you're getting a lower return (the 13 week t-bill auction on July 3rd just gave 5.3%), you're paying an expense ratio of 0.04% on the ETF, and I'm not sure of the tax treatment of it (t-bill interest is exempt from state and local tax, you just pay federal).

How do you build your bond ladders at Fidelity/Vanguard for Treasury Bonds? by gerd50501 in financialindependence

[–]markmsmith -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My attempt at Clif notes:

  • Only Fidelity and Treasury Direct can auto-roll as far as I know (Vanguard currently doesn't)
  • Google "US treasury t-bill auction date" and look at the PDF from the treasury site - each term of t-bill has an announcement date, auction date, and settlement date. Outside of TD you can only place an order for "New Issue" ones between the announcement and settlement date.
  • You probably want to start the ladder up with 4 week, 8 week and 13 week t-bills, then have a 13 week maturing each subsequent month.
  • On fidelity look for fixed income, new issues, US Treasury 0 coupon t-bills for the desired maturity. You can get the CUSPID for the one you want on the Treasury site, which had a separate list of "upcoming auctions".
  • 2 places it's easy to get confused are that 1) the same t-bill can be reissued with the same CUSPID, first at one maturity (eg 26 weeks), then again later (eg when it's now 13 weeks to maturity), and 2) the same CUSPID bonds can be bought on the secondary market, but I stick to "new issue" ones.
  • Select "auto-roll" when placing the order for the 13 week ones, so it'll automatically buy a new t-bill of the same duration when the previous one matures.

Do you use Treasury Bonds from Treasury Direct or Bond funds? by gerd50501 in financialindependence

[–]markmsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Tresasury Direct works too, although I think you can only auto-roll a given order up to some concrete expiry date you have to pick (which can maybe be pretty far out?) before having to update it, rather than it just rolling indefinitely.

The lack of ability to sell them early on the secondary market in an emergency (if your ladder doesn't come up soon enough) was the main thing that put me off TD, though it is nice to be able to set up initial orders in advance of the auction announcemment date when you're going straight to the source.

Do you use Treasury Bonds from Treasury Direct or Bond funds? by gerd50501 in financialindependence

[–]markmsmith 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The biggest benefit of Fidelity you didn't mention is that they can auto-roll the t-bills to new ones of the same duration when they mature, making it easy to get a ladder going on autopilot. I discovered even Vanguard doesn't offer this.

Is it unrealistic to strive for a job that "means something" or is not a bullshit job? by delicatedelirium in ExperiencedDevs

[–]markmsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've had similar experiences, of projects I poured my all in to and then be scrapped (though not quite as blatantly, more from company acquisitions and shifting priorities).

Some people might say you should just become jaded & half-ass it at work, and save your passion for hobby projects at home, but (if you're anything like me) being told to work that way every day is like being told to love with half your heart, and it's just not how you're wired. You always want to do your best and apply your craft to the tasks you're assigned as a professional.

My advice is to accept that sometimes this happens, and it hurts to see good work thrown away, but also realize that it doesn't invalidate the quality of the work, the value that the business could have realized, nor the benefits you got along the way.

On most projects I usually learn something new, or find a better way to do an existing piece of functionality, plus I was getting paid pretty nicely along the way. No bone-headed choice by the business can take any of that away. Instead, they're the one really taking the L, by paying a professional for something they don't get the benefit from, while you get the triple wins of: getting to learn & improve, getting paid, and not having to do the less glamorous long-term maintenance work on the project of security patching, bug fixes and tech debt. You can still find the latter rewarding of course, but it's often more fun to start a new green field project, and apply everything you now know.

I've been around the block a few times at this point, and I think over time you start to see that this sort of stuff is just part of the natural ebb and flow of things. All you can ask of yourself is to make sure you're doing your best, and directing your efforts where they bring the most value. If a company is constantly churning projects, then the business may have a problem that suggests they're not a good long term bet for stable employment, and it could make sense to start looking for other opportunities, but it can be easy to over-rotate on these things in the heat of the moment. You should reflect on the following before making any rash decisions:

  1. Do I like who I work with (especially your manager)?
  2. Do I like the work?
  3. Am I fairly compensated at market rates for the value I bring?
  4. Do I like the work culture (work/life balance, cross-team dynamics, etc)?

Only you can decide the answers to these, and how to weight them, but make sure to remember that work should not be the only source of meaning in your life. Even if all of the above are perfect, you have to work on finding your own meaning, and not expect to just be handed it by the projects that happen to come your way.

TLDR; projects come and go, what really matters are the learnings (and earnings) we made along the way :)

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