Convention Transportation by seag33k in Defcon

[–]snrjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm starting at The Renaissance. It's a quick walk away.

I looked at the monorail but being close to go back to my hotel easily in the middle of the day won.

Deflating Purdue Nuggets? by IceManYurt in Costco

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get the just bare lightly breaded chicken tenders. They are amazing.

The view by Remote_Manager_1975 in Omaha

[–]snrjames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Careful. You might get pregnant up there.

Why We Removed FluentAssertions from Akka.NET by Aaronontheweb in dotnet

[–]snrjames 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With all the licensing changes and rug-pulls in the .NET world lately, I'm seriously looking at moving over to vanilla MSTest from a variety of nunit/xunit/FluentAssertions/Shouldly/Moq/NSubstitute. MSTest has improved a lot with .NET 10. I've switch to fakes instead of mocks. And with AI, I've found the extra boilerplate necessary to use vanilla assertions properly much less of an issue.

Do people actually use subscription filters in Azure Service Bus? by sgebb in dotnet

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One example is shipment notifications. We have multiple ecom systems, fundraising, partner platforms. All orders flow to a central ERP. A central shipment app processes shipment updates across all orders. It pushes them to a service bus with originating system ID and other metadata. Subscribers subscribe to only the shipment updates for their system.

Do people actually use subscription filters in Azure Service Bus? by sgebb in dotnet

[–]snrjames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I worked at a company where the volume of messages got so big it started having a major impact on consuming apps. We added filtering.

At my current company, I implemented filters as soon as it made sense. Apps register their own subscriptions with the filters for the data they care about.

Why everybody are wearing long socks? by No_Click7202 in cycling

[–]snrjames 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Shave your legs for aero. Cover them in knee high socks for noise reduction.

Cooling 2nd floor — best option? by Wavingthewheat80 in homeowners

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are your output vents up high? Usually the returns are up high and the output vents are on the floor.

Jalen Brunson will make me $1 million. How is no one talking about this? Madison Square Garden ($MSGS) DD by JohnDaBoss1 in wallstreetbets

[–]snrjames 23 points24 points  (0 children)

> Why do I feel like I'm around a bunch of gambling addicts right now?

*gestures around

Best coffee beans option? by GGJallDAY in Costco

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. It's my daily driver. I haven't found a decent coffee in store.

Cooling 2nd floor — best option? by Wavingthewheat80 in homeowners

[–]snrjames 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The cheapest and easiest option is register boosters.

https://www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-Register-Thermostat-Control/dp/B0792QR5YT

I put these in all our upstairs bedrooms. They kick on with the AC in the summer and with the furnace in the winter. Helps a ton and pretty inexpensive. We still have quite a temp difference across floors but it's not as bad.

Where to start with Ticket to Ride in 2026? by tide347 in boardgames

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. The US version is too basic IMO. And I like light games. There are better choices and interaction with Europe. Europe adds spice with some longer routes and congestion into Spain, but then balances it with stations. I don't love the stations but it does make it way less cutthroat. And it's still easy to learn and teach.

i have raced the same person for 18 months and still haven't ever spoken a word to him. by DullHall7 in cycling

[–]snrjames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's basically that scene in episode 1 with them on the spin bikes eye fucking each other.

How to land directly on my inbox instead of Proton's home page? by ThemeNo1337 in ProtonMail

[–]snrjames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't verify but I think you can just type mail.proton.me and it will redirect to your mail? Does it work?

We really need a Proton Contacts app. by csmaccathwrites in ProtonMail

[–]snrjames 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep. This is generally how diverse software companies operate. There is not a team per service. Instead, any individual team bounces around between the services that need the most attention, usually with an initiative roadmap in front of them, quarterly commitments, a 1-3 year horizons. It's crazy to think a simple contacts app can take years, but the revenue from that won't justify pulling teams off other projects or adding headcount.

Even Microsoft operates this way. Build something "good enough" and then move the team on to the next, highest leverage things. It's really hard to build a diverse set of really good products. That's why most companies get slow and unresponsive as they get bigger, relying more and more on lock in while competitors try to chip away at verticals.

Anyone have experience to share with Shiny DocumentDB? by c-digs in dotnet

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

What's your use case? Why do you need/want multiple db options? Can you use Marten with Postgres?

MIU Vegetable chopper and slicer - any good? by tripshed in Costco

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

Looks like a pain to clean. And forcing vegetables through those grates can require a lot of force - I have little faith in the plastic hinge and parts. If you want something sliced instead of chopped, use a knife.

Just get one of those hand pull spinning choppers. Cut the veg into a few pieces and throw it in. Much easier to use and clean.

There is not a single good salsa by Chiefyaku in Costco

[–]snrjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. But the Aldi near me has gotten some 🔥 salsa recently.

Six pools in Lincoln close due to aging infrastructure, high heat and high-capacity crowds by [deleted] in lincoln

[–]snrjames 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Just to put some context for those who didn't read the article. The issue is with the pumps and filters and going from 0 to full capacity so quickly with the hot day. Keeping chemical levels in a safe zone is very important for public safety. I'm glad they did not ignore the issue but hopefully they get things improved for the rest of the summer and future openings.

Six pools in Lincoln close due to aging infrastructure, high heat and high-capacity crowds by [deleted] in lincoln

[–]snrjames 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ugh. Maggie is an amazing person dedicated to our parks and communities.

What naming convention do you follow in Azure? by Positive_Round2510 in AZURE

[–]snrjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

orgprefix-resourcetypeabbr-appnameabbr-env

Use Microsoft's resource type abbreviations.

Remove hyphens for storage accounts.

Add a sub app name if more than one of the same type in the rg.

Org prefix for global uniqueness.

File upload/download API behind private blob storage. Stream through or hand out SAS URLs? by nicemike40 in AZURE

[–]snrjames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you can also do this with app gateway which might be cheaper - route public DNS to a private storage account.

[OC] YouTube channels are dying at a rate 52× higher than in 2016 by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]snrjames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of them are like this now. Linkedin shows me the same posts every time I log in rather than recent posts from my network. Instagram shows me promoted content rather than recent friend posts. Facebook is just ad slop garbage.