- AGM = absorbent glass mat (type of motorcycle battery).
- Was thinking about replacing the BMW battery. The current one is ~3yrs old. It hasn’t really been driven much. Now that the bike is garaged, we’re coming out of winter, and it’s in LA instead of the Bay (higher temp), the battery should last longer. I don’t expect to require trickle charging every week. I’ll drive it about once a week to the gym, and that should keep it tended for at least another year of use. When you do buy another battery, expect about $150.
- All chores now that I’m back. Dishes, cleaned snake tank, opened the center hole for the litter tray up a bit, unpacked.
- Watched a few videos from Athlean X, specifically the tennis elbows ones. He suggests a great stabilizing hang from a bar to strengthen the surround shoulder/forearm muscles to take load off the elbow.
- HN
- Page preload! https://instant.page/.
- Principal engineer – it’s more like a manager than you think. It’s just the roadmap half, without the people management half. You’re the one making strategic decisions. https://blog.dbsmasher.com/2019/01/28/on-being-a-principal-engineer.html.
- Kinda cool generator: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/.
- Google Docs has an API that was just released, allowing you to automate stuff like creating and editing documents.
- GREAT article on salary negotiation: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/. Never give a number. Always aim for higher.
- Example: Building DragonAuto for SpaceX cut the production of Dragon by about 40%, meaning that we could build them almost 50% faster. Each Dragon costs tens of millions of dollars, so this platform saved us tens of millions of dollars with every spacecraft built. What’s that worth to your company salary-wise?
- Similar story as mine: https://danielvassallo.com/only-intrinsic-motivation-lasts/. Left amazon with good salary and position because his motivation was waning. He wanted to pursue something else.