It looks like the longer route adds about 1 hour and 30 minutes. So, truck drivers would compare the toll price, additional gas usage, and the schedule change to determine if paying is worthwhile, thus limiting how much the toll could effectively charge.
They also have the cost of maintaining the roads that the truck drivers are using. They might decide that a toll that brings that cost down is still a worthwhile toll even if it doesn't bring in money.
> My feeling about legacy projects hasn’t changed – I still hate them (...) Instead of feeling resigned, we saw it as a place to ask questions and learn.
I see that you advocate embracing the opportunity to work on legacy projects, so I say even if you dislike legacy projects, try to avoid phrasing it so strongly. It might influence other devs in your team to develop a negative mindset toward them.
Crypto can replace some banking functions, such as payments, electronic transfers, and lending/borrowing.
One could argue that crypto eliminates the need for traditional checking accounts since you have full control over your funds with private keys. However, this doesn’t account for the legal safeguards and protections that banks provide.
> Am I going to get a mortgage in BTC?
I don’t recall seeing mortgage services in crypto yet. However, there are borrowing platforms like AAVE, primarily used for leveraging crypto investments or speculation. These platforms are decentralized, with strict collateral requirements, typically limiting borrowing to 80% of your collateral.
> If narrow banking, why give them my btc at all instead of holding myself?
Not sure I fully understand your question, but typically, when you lend your crypto to a service, you’re seeking to earn a yield in exchange for the risk of lending your assets.
> Does that even work on blockchain?
Theoretically, yes. You could create a narrow bank using crypto, but you’d need a decentralized mechanism to verify the bank’s holdings. This could involve creating an oracle (ex: Chainlink) service to confirm asset reserves.
> How do you do fractional reserve lending with a deflationary and one of one asset?
Instead of using deflationary assets like BTC, fractional reserve lending could rely on stablecoins, which are better suited for such systems. That said, not all stablecoins are equally reliable.
If you have programming experience, you might find this interesting: back in 2019, when Google announced achieving quantum supremacy, I worked on a personal project to study the basics of quantum computing and share my learnings with others in my blog:
Networking - Connect with experienced professionals from other companies to share experiences and learn from each other. There are many ways to do this: reconnect with former college classmates, search for people in companies you admire on LinkedIn and send them a friendly invite, or join online groups or attend local events.
Mentoring - As you build your network, you'll naturally find opportunities for informal mentorship. This could be someone with a solid career who has already navigated the tough paths and can help you tackle challenges while also offering guidance for your journey.
There have been many times in my career when I felt stuck. By having regular conversations, listening to others, and sharing work experiences, I gained a broader perspective and have always been able to found ways to move forward.
I've seen that happen a lot. When you're the only real "tech person" in a non-tech company, especially if you're above-average talented, you become the go-to for anything tech-related. This often gives you plenty of visibility and earns you a lot of goodwill from the company’s management
That's because, in a blunt sense, no one cares about the Argentinian peso except for (some) Argentinians. Many more people (practically everyone) care about the USD. So long as the US commands dominant global influence (in many senses) then the USD retains a "standard" quality that can be very flexible. Sustained deflation and loss of purchase power is far more dangerous than inflation, so long as you don't slip into hyperinflation. Everyone in Argentina, for instance, just immediately converted their money to USD.
The US can keep printing money, as soon long as the services is offers is purely in USD. The demand cancels out the inflation from printing money by a small margin.
The last few times I used Skyscanner, I was disappointed because their "database" was outdated. When I clicked on a flight from the search results, it took me to the airline's website, which then showed a higher price. Often, there's no official fare from the airline, and Skyscanner lists prices from third-party providers I don't really trust.
I'm finding Google Flights more reliable these days.
I believe (and it's been ~4 years since I left Google) that ITA is one of the data sources, but there are now direct API connections with some providers.
A lot of the criticism here comes from people who had bad experiences with poor managers, leading them to reject the idea of work processes altogether.
The few defending Scrum are doing so based on positive experiences with great teams and strong leadership.
In my view, high-performance teams don’t just appear by "hiring good people and letting them do their thing." Good people naturally communicate, take initiative, prioritize, estimate, provide updates, and mentor less experienced team members. In other words, they often follow a pseudo-process or even suggest routines that resemble a formal process, if one is not already in place.
Alignment, communication, transparency, and prioritization are key to achieving results. Processes should be designed to support these, providing space for creativity and autonomy, including review and constant improvement of the process itself.
I think the issue with formal processes is that, while they are created to serve a goal, they very quickly become the goal.
When everybody in a room agrees that deviating from the process will improve the chances of success, but nobody in the room is empowered to approve the deviation, morale will drop quickly.
Can you share more about your strategy for "massive refactoring" with Gemini?
Like the steps in general for processing your codebase, and even your main goals for the refactoring.