We're releasing two (massive) underperformers. One of which you can hear him playing games in the background on VOIP calls. The other is almost definitely not working - both are closing maybe a single task a month, whereas we "expect" (roughly) four or more.
That's really interesting. I worked in PCI (payment cards industry) and we had terminals we could relay the ISO8583 messages through, eventually opting to emulate via software for obvious reasons.
generally having to rely on a piece of hardware for high-iteration software development is very unpleasant, so my guess is they chose to abstract what the hardware would do in software for testing/development.
One of the huge pain points I was responsible for was certification of certain payment terminals. Meaning, hardcoded PANs (personal account numbers) written to magnetic stripe cards (or, worse, EMV chips) that have to make physical contact with a reader to transmit data.
Up until a point, we were able to (easily) reproduce these messages via the ISO8583 message format via software. Makes certification much more automation-friendly.
Once we got into hardware encryption/decryption via HSM devices, it wasn't as easily done.
I'm a recent Kagi subscriber. Glad to see there's a generally positive reaction to this. I'm still trying to break the anxiety of "I only get a certain amount of searches per month" but I am glad to be a part of the service.
All of what you said is absolutely why ePinball won't ever feel the same. It's a shame - with the price of a "real" machine being 5 digits (USD), I can't ever see myself owning one.. but damn, I want to.
5 digits? There are lots for 4 figures, going rate seems to be around $5k. And if you're willing to fix one up, they can be had for 3 figures instead of 5:
Sure, but everything I've seen in the 4 figures range is MUCH older than I'm looking for or needs MUCH more work than I would like to put in for my first table.
Every year, I go to an annual pinball convention in my area. The tables that are 4 figures are the old 70s and 80s tables. Hell, one I've had my eye on (Fish Tales [1] from 1992) is averaging about $5,700USD on Pinside.
there's an interesting middle ground virtual pinball case that's an approximation. This fella built his own case and everything in between. It was a fascinating project to watch
I assume the statement was geared towards those who do not prefer working in-office. No need to force RTO for those willing to (or already did) return to the office.
If you have a group that consists of four home office warriors and one office worker (and assume they're all the best of the best) you still either have an office they go to or you don't, and if one person is alone in the office, what is the real point?
I think the end is going to mash out, but the real underlying problem that nobody wants to directly address is managers know who they'd be fine with working from home, and those who they are not so fine with (and it could all be entirely legitimate). Since they can't discriminate, they just slam to the lowest common denominator.
I can't speak for anyone but myself, I can only speculate. Maybe the lone office warrior wants to get away from noisy construction at home, family, etc.?
I know we have been WFH since March 2020, and we're _just_ starting to talk about RTO. No one wants to, but the state institution we work for is about to demand it. We have plenty of low performers that may work better (or, with some of them, actually work) being in the office. For our team, that would come at a significant disadvantage for those who _can_ work remote who now have to juggle managing the lower performers.
Obviously, it'd be easy to let go of the low performers and replace with more solid people, but being a state employee makes that somewhat difficult (HR, salaries, etc).
I know more than a few extremely skilled engineers who'd leave if their team wasn't local, simply because they hate doing everything over virtual meetings.
No matter how much I you puff up about the advantages, most workers will choose cutting their commute to zero with the lost costs/ time wasted as a net positive. The calculation on workers remote / local benefits and costs were always there, but they're certainly more heavily scrutinized now. So sure those guys will find the few willing to come to office while the rest just make more staying at home. Enjoy!
Oh my god, yes. It's like most online content has to be communicated in crappy memes, sarcastic quotes, and weird existential dread responses. It drives me insane.
We're releasing two (massive) underperformers. One of which you can hear him playing games in the background on VOIP calls. The other is almost definitely not working - both are closing maybe a single task a month, whereas we "expect" (roughly) four or more.