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beebs93
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
How to let others make mistakes so they learn more efficiently during work hours without crashing production.
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Yeah, I noticed that a bit, too. I originally meant the megathread post itself. I try not to read too many comments in such threads on Reddit; regardless of the topic ;)
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Agreed.

Said family member mentioned in the parent thread keeps a handheld radio (I don't know the exact tech specs, sorry) for such occasions. That said, they mostly use it to just listen for any logging trucks calling out checkpoints so they can avoid getting in their way when travelling to their remote campsites.

Coupled with a Garmin inReach w/ backcountry maps installed, it gives us peace of mind in case something goes wrong out in the bush.
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
They frequently go camping with their family in the interior of BC so they always have one for emergencies. I agree they can be pricey, but it obviously paid for itself just in this situation alone :)
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
One of my family members has been stuck just east of Hope, British Columbia[1] for almost two days now. There is currently no cell service, but luckily they have a Garmin inReach so we can communicate via its SMS feature.

For anybody with friends/family in the area, the BC subreddit megathread[2] on this is a good starting place to get information on evacuations, power outage status, road closures, official relevant Twitter accounts, etc.

1: https://goo.gl/maps/CXcNEUmAx8gpF5CTA

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/qubkc6/flo...
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Each AWS partition can have its own browser support SLA. China's AWS console has its own [1], although it almost overlaps completely with the "classic" AWS console [2].

For the government/secret partition, I have no clue what their SLA is, but it wouldn't be a leap to assume they may something different.

1: https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/management-console/faqs/

2: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/brows...
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Yeah, good questions that I'd also love to see see answers to!

My favorites for retro-like discussions (if you think it will be beneficial):

1. What did you worry about the most in the beginning that later turned out to be silly/inconsequential?

2. What did you intentionally put off in the beginning thinking it wasn't a big deal that you later regretted not spending more time on?
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
It's an internal tool developed at Amazon so it's not available to the general public.

That said, it's nothing super fancy. Simple collaborative sticky note app that supports Markdown and has the ability to vote once per sticky.
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Yup, same here. Not sure how I was ever on their list :/
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Another nice add-on to this format within my department is that we utilize an internal retro tool for people to post their questions for discussion.

After the 20ish or minutes of silent reading, we give people ~5min to post their questions for all others to see in real-time. We then give people a set number of votes and the presenter goes through the list answering the questions in descending order of votes.

I was hesitant at first when they introduced this (since it felt like more red tape), but I've found it helps focus the discussion on the most important feedback while avoiding one person bikeshedding the discussion time right at the beginning.
beebs93
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Congratulations Dalia! Best of luck with your new adventures in and outside of Google!

Your story motivated me even more to keep nurturing my niece's interest in programming :)