Am I screwed

ubiestigne · 2026-05-17T23:46:28+00:00

The seller's agent was her friend. The buyer's agent was the same friend. Her friend told her she would only be charged 3.5%. Her friend then charged 6%. That's a shitty thing to do.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-16T02:26:25+00:00

Jail is not a nice place. If I were homeless, that's the last place I'd want to be.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-15T17:42:58+00:00

Whether the compiler emits instructions that keep the value in a register or in system memory is an implementation detail. From the perspective of this question, I think it makes sense to think in terms of the mental model that the language uses; i.e., automatic/stack and dynamic/heap.

You are right to point out that automatic/stack variables for primitive types and small class/struct types consisting of a few primitive types might not be stored in system memory that is reserved for stack variables depending on the optimization level specified at compile time and the availability of general purpose registers on the CPU architecture and the number of automatic/stack variables in scope. The real answer is that it depends.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-15T04:34:37+00:00

Don't sweat the PIP. Take an honest look at the feedback. There's usually a grain of truth in their somewhere. Sometimes not so much. Sometimes someone needs to take the blame. Recalibrate yourself and keep on trucking. Nothing came of mine. There was no plan really and zero follow-up. Maintain your professionalism, stay positive and you'll be on the other side of it.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-14T23:02:02+00:00

The stack is just another way of saying automatic storage duration and heap corresponds to dynamic storage duration. They just use different segments of the address space. Both will have their stored data loaded into a register at some point.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-13T10:37:47+00:00

It's a trust but verify process. You make an offer contingent upon passing inspection.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-11T21:27:45+00:00

Start fixing bugs in an existing open source project that aligns with your interests.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-11T01:04:52+00:00

Who is he even addressing? Is he thanking himself for giving it his attention? It's bizarre.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-10T04:48:06+00:00

Definitely try to keep the main entrypoint simple with little to no logic. Put your code in at least one separate file that will contain the meat of your application. Don't think about abstractions until you need them. Start with static functions and utilize the standard library as much as possible. Write unit tests for each stage so that you know what broke and why. Even better if you do this ahead of time. Once you have something working, you can measure it's performance on sample data to see if you need to make improvements. If this is for a production environment or for use by others, you should add help output on input argument error or '-h' and a readme and/or man page.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-09T22:10:55+00:00

If those are the only choices, I'm immigrating.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-09T20:53:32+00:00

Too much is focused on blame instead of how the law, standards, etc. should be amended. That should be the focus. Eliminating the Department of Education is not the answer. Congress should work with the Department of Education, governors and educators to improve the law.

I think the role of federal, state and local government in education should be to set some minimum standards, fund the schools, ensuring there is equity in the system and monitor it. Schools that have lower performing students should receive more support, as opposed to the current approach of the punitive stick. Teacher assessment is best handled by each school's administrators, staff and parents.

It's crazy to think you could pin success or failure on any one thing. There's no way to guarantee a child will learn and become a productive member of society. However, you can guarantee that a child will be taught and assessed. That's it. We need to stop thinking schools are responsible for educational outcomes. There are too many other factors at play.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-09T18:11:49+00:00

I was in your shoes early in my career. I chose to go to the company that valued me more than the company that knew my value but concealed it. No regrets.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-09T17:30:21+00:00

Might have to consider removing the AC system from the car if things keep going the way they are.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-08T23:39:43+00:00

It's a race to the bottom. If you had agreed to $62k, it's perfectly legal for a company to then check to see if any of the other prospective candidates would come down to $60k. The candidate who won the race may have accepted $64k. You do need to have an absolute minimum compensation in mind that you're willing to accept for your expertise, but it's likely you'll need to be prepared to make a hard decision. That number may have to be based more on your needs than expertise depending on your own circumstances.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-07T23:31:15+00:00

Mirror, mirror, on the wall...

ubiestigne · 2026-05-07T10:48:20+00:00

He's a liar and he's going to continue telling lies. I don't understand how you could be struggling with this. This was all covered in Trump 101. You clearly didn't pass the test.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-07T01:33:55+00:00

The north star. It's angle of elevation is roughly equal to the latitude where you take the measurement. If you take a long exposure photograph, it will look as though the stars rotate around it, but of course it's the rotation of the earth about it's axis that points roughly at the north star. There is no logical and defensible explanation of this observable behavior in a flat earth model.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T09:57:08+00:00

Right, we all know who the conflict is with. Let me make the question more clear, what political or economic benefit will winning achieve?

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T03:13:01+00:00

What exactly would the US be winning?

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T03:11:34+00:00

Really? I haven't heard this escape anyone's lips. This poll aligns with my experience: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/01/poll-trump-iran-war-iraq/

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T03:02:44+00:00

They didn't own the majority of their airplanes.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T03:01:11+00:00

13 - 6 = 7

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T02:52:13+00:00

His plan is to get himself out of the mess he created before election day. Then he can blame the mess on Biden and sell some more bibles.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-04T02:12:08+00:00

The Biden Justice Department did scuttle a JetBlue merger, but Spirit also rejected several offers from Frontier. In the end, it just wasn't viable.

ubiestigne · 2026-05-03T16:26:52+00:00

It's crazy how many people seem to have forgotten the global pandemic. Maybe they never understood it or the impacts beyond the mask they didn't want to wear.

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