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brantonb commented on Matterport walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3   my.matterport.com/show/?m... · Posted by u/uticus
CurtHagenlocher · 2 months ago
Similarly, buildings 40 and 41 were (at least pre-remodel) roughly mirror images of each other. Roughly a week after moving from 41 to 40 -- long enough to start navigating based on "caveman memory" but not long enough to override a year's worth of previous memories -- I accidentally went into the women's restroom instead of the men's because they too were mirrored.
brantonb · 2 months ago
I definitely went into the wrong restroom a couple of times after an office move to the opposite side of building 9.
brantonb commented on Nobody cares   grantslatton.com/nobody-c... · Posted by u/fzliu
_sys49152 · 8 months ago
nah - gas pumps that ask for phone numbers for savings card id's are great opportunities to save cents at the pump. 555-555-5555 always works everywhere and half the time gets you savings.
brantonb · 8 months ago
Enough people use 867-5309 as their grocery loyalty card's phone number that it's often got savings available at the gas pump. Use the local area code. It works great for filling up rentals while traveling, too.
brantonb commented on The 'Return to Office' Lies   blog.avas.space/rto/... · Posted by u/speckx
bdangubic · 10 months ago
lets say you are good representative of a general population… how much of a climate change “dent” do you think we made?
brantonb · 10 months ago
I was simply providing a single data point. Please feel free to use that to support your theory or ignore it.
brantonb commented on The 'Return to Office' Lies   blog.avas.space/rto/... · Posted by u/speckx
xyst · 10 months ago
Is it really a pay cut if half your day is spent commuting (unpaid)? Just a thought.
brantonb · 10 months ago
From a pure numbers perspective, if you work 40 hours/week and commute 3.5 unpaid hours/day, then dropping the commute and taking a 50% pay cut results in only a 28% hourly pay cut and an extra 17.5 hours in your week.

And let’s not forget the gas and car maintenance savings. I reduced my annual driving by about 4,000 miles. My car will also not have to be replaced as soon. I’m also eating cheaper because I’m more likely to make my own lunch rather than eating out. I’m sure there are more expenses like this that add up.

If I could make the finances work, I think I’d take that deal. (I’d be unlikely to sign up for that commute in the first place.)

brantonb commented on The 'Return to Office' Lies   blog.avas.space/rto/... · Posted by u/speckx
jumping_frog · 10 months ago
One off excursions are totally different than a 5 day back and forth. I don't have data but one can guess.
brantonb · 10 months ago
I have data for myself. My annual driving dropped from roughly 9,000 miles to 5,000 miles when I switched to WFH. In addition to avoiding the daily back and forth, I’d often make a detour on my evening commute to get groceries for the next couple of days. Now I plan things out better and make fewer shopping trips, as well.

I wonder if I could negotiate cheaper car insurance rates. I’m driving far less and on safer streets, rarely getting on a major highway.

brantonb commented on Comic Mono   dtinth.github.io/comic-mo... · Posted by u/rootforce
Eezee · a year ago
You need at the very least 4 of those $15.50 fonts to cover italic and bold.

If I could get the entire font family for $30 or so I would consider it despite all the free alternatives, but $150 is just way too much if you are making a non-US salary.

brantonb · a year ago
There is a “Comic Code Coding Essentials“ bundle for $30, licensed for up to 5 users. Unfortunately, it’s at the very bottom of the page so it’s easy to miss.
brantonb commented on Swift 6   swift.org/blog/announcing... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
airspeedswift · a year ago
You can read about the trade-offs in the language proposal here: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/propo...

In particular:

> Even with the introduction of typed throws into Swift, the existing (untyped) throws remains the better default error-handling mechanism for most Swift code. The section "When to use typed throws" describes the circumstances in which typed throws should be used.

brantonb · a year ago
I think your link got cut off. Here’s the direct link to the section on when to use typed throws. I hadn’t read this before, and it changes how I’ll approach them. Thanks for pointing it out!

https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/propo...

brantonb commented on Your Company's Problem is Hiding in Plain Sight - High Work-In-Progress (WIP)   mdalmijn.com/p/your-compa... · Posted by u/thunderbong
jitl · a year ago
The core idea here is the subject of “The Goal” by Eli Goldratt. It’s a short novel and presents the case very clearly, although in terms for a factory not a software shop or a grocery store checkout line. It’s a great read, I recommend it.

Since it’s a business book, perhaps easier to sell to management than a blog post?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goal_(novel)

brantonb · a year ago
If you want a more software focused take on it, there’s The Phoenix Project.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255186-the-phoenix-pro...

brantonb commented on Conditional Git Configuration   blog.scottlowe.org/2023/1... · Posted by u/djha-skin
brantonb · 2 years ago
I didn't want to have to organize my work and personal repos using a directory structure, so I use matching on the remote instead. Since my job uses a GitHub organization, I'm able to conditionally include a config file that uses my work email in any GitHub repo under that organization.

I wrote it up here, if that sounds useful: https://www.brantonboehm.com/code/conditional-git-config/

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