It’s _mostly_ kinda sorta like that. There are broad groups that are basically the same; Craftsman and Dewalt being owned by Black and Decker, for instance. But it’s a crazy web depending on particular tools or features it goes from a couple root manufacturers to a dozen or so. But there’s a lot of BS.

Pro Tool Reviews did a big break down [0] a while ago that was very eye opening for me. It could easily be out of date by now but I had no clue how deep the groupings went at the time.

[0] https://www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-...

I’ve got the TS 3 Plus dock (which has Ethernet) and it has been working flawlessly on my 2020 MBP (Intel) the entire time. I _think_ there was a firmware update in the early days that unlocked the 85 or 90 watt charging. I had heartburn about the price, but it’s been worth every penny.

I’m not pushing 4K though, so mileage may vary. I’ve got a 27” TB2 Apple Cinema Display via TB2 to USB-C and a Dell via Display port.

As a guy working with Raspberry Pi and 3D printers a lot in my free time it is SO NICE to have the card reader right up front and easy to access. I also love un/plugging just one cord when I’m on the go.

I have the TS3. It's been great BUT.... the Mac has not been great with it in the following ways.

(1) I keep my MBP closed. It take 10-30 seconds for it to wake up on keypress. That's so long that I often have no way to tell if it noticed I pressed key.

(2) If XCode is debugging and the screen sleeps then MacOS 12 never recovers unless I disconnect the cable, open the lid, get it wake up on the laptop monitor, and then plug it back in and finally close the lid.

I get why #2 is rare and therefore not fixed but still (T_T)

Yeah, I kept running into docking problems trying to keep the lid closed as well. It seemed like it worked less than half the time. Worst-case I'd have to restart. Sometimes it'd wake up with no mouse or kbd working, other times my dual 4K60 monitors would be switched left/right, many times just...nothing...

Pretty lame that one of the "best" laptop mfgs in the world can't make docks work right with one of the biggest CPU / IP mfgs in the world. Laptop sleep states were a problem back in the early 90s on Linux...some things really never change.

By the way, there were bad problems with the TS3+, Intel MacBook Pro 13" 2020 and macOS 12.2 (no USB or Ethernet until reboot after unplugging and re-plugging), which were fixed in 12.3.

I'm using OWC TB3 dock, it has the same (1) problem. In the past, I've used Kanex TB2 dock and it was the same.

So for the feedback on keypress, I'm using devices with backlight. Both keyboard or mouse work fine, once they light up, you know that it is waking up.

I keep my lid closed as well and I’ve never had it not wake up. Though, with the latest is version it has seemed slower to wake at times.

I found with admin rules turned up I was getting the same. And you can’t have different rules per service, such as daily for email but every time for Admin console. So I did what I probably should’ve done, created two different accounts for myself.

The admin account I only need every so often, but my regular account with no admin privileges follows our regular user domain settings around MFA session times, etc. and I’m rarely prompted now and it is awesome.

I highly recommend this approach as a balance of practical security and quality of life.

But this requires a separate paid account, right?

Pretty sure it would be at most $5 - I’ll have to double check. We pay for premium Active Directory (almost exclusively to get the extra security features), so that might be why it works.

So the answer really is, yeah, it’s got to be paid for one way or another. If you’re using AD you’re paying per user whether or not you’re paying for the M365 suite or not.

Since I only use M365 for myself, so a single account, that is not a proper solution unfortunately - I might stay with GWorkspace probably.

Also in Oregon (Portland area) and though it doesn’t feel darn near as hot the addition of mediocre air quality from the forest fires and higher than normal humidity make it suck something fierce.

72+ degrees and 80% humidity the past two mornings at 5am when I started the dog jog and it was not fun. 95 degrees last night at 9pm.

For those unfamiliar we usually have very low humidity and cool off a lot at night. It could easily be 85+ degrees during the day and we will normally be in the 50s overnight, with the temperature starting to drop a lot by 8 or 9pm.

I thought it was first or firstOrNull. Or is there a new Kotlin collection method I need to learn about?

Aside, Kotlin collection extensions might be my favorite thing I learned in the last two years.

They are similar but slightly different. "single" checks that there is exactly one matching element:

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).single { it > 2 }
  res0: kotlin.Int = 3

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).single { it > 1 }
  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Collection contains more than one matching element.

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).single { it > 100 }
  java.util.NoSuchElementException: Collection contains no element matching the predicate.

Whereas "firstOrNull" returns the first result even if there are more, or null if there are none:

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).firstOrNull { it > 2 }
  res0: kotlin.Int? = 3

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).firstOrNull { it > 1 }
  res1: kotlin.Int? = 2

  >>> listOf(1, 2, 3).firstOrNull { it > 100 }
  res2: kotlin.Int? = null

Python's "next" function kind of acts like "single", except that it doesn't check that there aren't more than one matching element. I wish the itertools module had a function that did this.

We had something similar in the Pacific Northwest of the US last month. It’s not uncommon for us to see a few days per summer in the 97-102 (36-39C) range but it will always be in the 50-60 (10-15C)range at night.

It’s rarer that we see 2 straight days. We had over a week, the humidity was high, and it wasn’t cooling off at night. I think our county had 40+ deaths they attributed to the heat. It’s absolutely miserable.

I was 30 (8 years ago) when I was diagnosed with it, but my teachers and friends had joked about my “ADD” since I was a kid.

A coworker was talking about their kid’s diagnosis and mentioned a bunch of the things they checked for and a little light bulb went off like “maybe I really do have it?”

I did well in school, tested extremely high in everything, and the few times my IQ was tested it was quite high. I also spent a lot of time in the hallway at school because I was a disruptive pain in the ass. Impulse issues (not violent) like class clown type stuff. I was popular, was good at sports, and got good grades- had any of those things not been in my favor I likely would’ve been sent to an alternative high school due to disciplinary issues.

I managed to accidentally find many of the coping mechanisms they teach about by myself over the years: - EVERYTHING goes in the calendar - Everything has a place and ALWAYS goes there or it will not be found - I cannot over schedule my day, but I must have routines

After my formal diagnosis and months of therapy I reluctantly agreed to give a stimulant a try. I opted for one that is longer acting and takes longer to activate so as to avoid any “sped up” feelings.

It’s been amazing for me. We found the right dose fairly quickly, and I don’t even notice when it kicks in. Usually an hour or so after I take it.

It’s just like if a loud party was going on in your brain and you stepped outside and shut the door. All your competing thoughts quiet. I am so happy to have found it and it has allowed me to be more present and less internally anxious in most of life’s situations.

Could I live without it? Yep. I did for most of my life. Would it be as effect without all the work I did before? Maybe. I wouldn’t bet on it though.

My recommendation for anyone is basically this: the pills can do wonders but some day you won’t have them or can’t take them anymore. Make them the backup to the skills you’ll have for the rest of your life. Do the therapy, read the books, get the help. Then try the pill.

That's a pretty wise take on meds and skills.

If RDS or other “hard to replicate very quickly during disaster” infra is being run I personally would still have cross A-Z replication at minimum, to reduce network costs I would configure the “other zone” as a backup replica only and not for performance clustering.

With automation we can spin up full new compute stacks, including load balancers and DNS in about 5-10 minutes per “unique” environment configuration.

While it guarantees we could never have a no downtime failover, we’re okay with it and have more than halved our network costs (which admittedly were about number 8 on our AWS bill by cost).

As someone who was a motorcycle safety instructor, which required a ton of training and memorization of safety statistics for a 20 something year old in order to teach new riders for a few summers during college - the numbers agree with your sentiment.

Loud pipes don’t do squat. All the noise is behind you, no one hears you coming they only hear you going, and at that point they hate you.

Now… I have an admission to make, and public apologies to give. The pipes on my current primary motorcycle are the exact same pipes I had on my previous motorcycle but they are significantly louder and it was way too late to do anything about it that wasn’t going to cost thousands before I realized.

They are not jerk levels loud, but they have enough rumble to them that I essentially do everything I can to idle out of my neighborhood in the morning (I’m a block in from an agricultural road). They don’t really reach “Harley level loud” until I’m at least 85% throttle and on my bike that is basically drag racing level of throttle position.

Here’s the thing- they were incredibly expensive and my bike is completely, _perfectly_, tuned for them with new FI programming, air intake, and full dyno tuning. No accel/decel pops, etc.

So- neighbors, world, I’m truly sorry. When I replace this bike I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again. Until then, know I feel like a jerk every morning in my new neighborhood basically coasting to the main road.

I took CS among others in high school but didn’t have to sacrifice foreign language for it. It uses different parts of your brain.

Honestly, my exposure to foreign languages has helped me at various points building tech where I may have made a wholly English centric view about encodings, data models, etc.

The other thing about studying foreign language is that it encourages foreign travel and teaches us about other cultures which only stand to make us more well rounded students and people.

Maybe my opinion is the minority, but I feel so positive about the benefits of language study that we try to get our kids in the 1/2 day language immersion program at their elementary each year. Apparently in my area enough people feel the same as we’ve lost out on the lottery the last two years :(

It’s easy to ignore various humanities/social studies when we are interested in learning about such different things like CS and robotics.

At university my engineering classes were in fancy new buildings but a lot of my general studies classes were in old uncomfortable buildings that would always be too hot or too cold- just adding to the misery of studying something I had no interest in.

I’m still glad for every one of those boring classes I took. I wouldn’t have known how much I absolutely loved studying Greek/Roman mythology, basic philosophy, and early North American native archeology.