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That’s the usual length of Acquired podcasts. Those guys go deep. It’s one of my favorites.

I’m don’t do much change-clicky-button software development. But when I do, I point models to specific lines of code. And have never had a result this bad.

Maybe this is geared towards pure vibe coders for whom a file and line number is too technical.


I am aware of the "eating wins races" strategy for endurance sports.

Glucose and ketone monitoring seems a natural, more precise extension of that strategy. Isn't the point of carb-cramming to get more glucose into your blood stream, where your muscles can convert that into forward motion?


Yes. But you don't need to monitor glucose levels to do this. Because it's well known you can productively use as much as you could manage to consume (without vomiting). So all the device will ever tell you (if you're in the middle of significant endurance event) is that you need to raise your blood sugar. It'd be no more actionable than a writing 'your blood sugar is low' on your hand with a sharpie.


You are saying that, even if you wear sunscreen and avoid sun burn, the UV exposure will still potentially lead to skin cancer?

I'd like to see the primary research backing that up. Or be told how I misinterpreted your statement.


Yes, 100%. It's the same reason that my kids are able to tan through the same sunscreen application regimen that leaves me pale.

Source: My Mohs surgeon. And 3 skin cancer surgeries (so far).


When the substance of an article is accurate, the best people can do is argue over the presentation.


A $200k loss isn't much in the context of the whole company but it may be a very large amount for an individual franchise, and they want to set an example.

Think of it like a restaurant chain pursuing legal action against an internal theft ring at a single location.

(I am not taking the BAM side here, just providing a rationale for their actions).


This isn't an individual franchise. The franchise was already taken over by corporate!


Right, I noticed that in the article. I should have s/franchise/location.


To market their product to c-suite people.


They really had to stretch for #4.


Search for the "Developer Portal – let's build together" heading.


Eyesore? Maybe on well architected multimillion dollar custom homes.

On the average suburban tract home in my corner of the USA, panels are no more ugly than the shingled roofs they sit atop.


I’ve never understood why so many houses in the US have felt shingles rather than a longer lasting alternative

Tiles on my house are at least 150yrs old


It took about three weeks of labour and just under three grand in cost to redo the shingles on my roof. It was just over two grand for the shingles, the rest for misc. Not including me taking two weeks off of work.

About three weeks because I didn't do it all at once, an 11/12 pitch is tiring to work on. One week per side of stripping/waterproofing, then a couple weekends of shingling.

Edit: the stripping took a week from having two layers of shingles, first layer was cedar than asphalt.


When we moved in I had my house re-roofed to add insulation and a breathable membrane

Took a day to take all the tiles off the front, add insulation, membrane and batten it. Then another half day or so to put the original tiles back on

Back took slightly longer because we had some alterations done but it was just over a week in total effort


If he had been paying a crew and not doing it themselves most roofs can be done in part of a day with shingles. And most often by meth addicts or illegal immigrants because nobody else will do that horrible job for the prices they ask, not to mention a skilled tradesmen.

In some areas when big enough hail or storms goes through a town 1 or 2 crews will jump on the insurance payouts and take the low bid if they can do them all at once. And within a week or two at worst the entire neighborhood or small town is reshingled.


Yep, I only did my roof because I had some free time (planned for, excluding weather).

That and saving $20 000 or so in labour. I was quoted $8000 just to remove cedar shingles not asphalt as well (off-hand by a buddy). This is in $CAD.

As well as doing a better job than most of the roofs I've redone, whole lotta hack jobs on roofs since you'll never see the problem or deal with it till the contractor is long gone.


Economics. No one lives 150 years, so why pay for someone else’s roof when you’ll be making payments for so long.


Someone else suggested that you have to replace your roofs every 25 years though. People definitely live for 25 years!!

Also even if you personally don't live that long, it does affect the value. For example a 99 year lease on a property is considerably less valuable than a 999 year lease, even though very few people live more than 99 years.


25 years is common but most places allow 2 or 3 shingle overs that don't require a tearoff. They just slap a naked layer of new shingles over the old which is even cheaper than the first roof/layer.


You're not paying for someone else's roof… it forms part of the house value when you sell

Given shingles last between 20-30 years someone's got to pay the cost of re-roofing on a regular basis throughout the house's lifetime

Then you've got the added maintenance, flammability and other downsides of a shingle roof to take into account too


The shingles used in the us are a good compromise. They are cheap and easy to repair. Clay lasts well overall but one broken tile is going to be expensive to repair.


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