Calamitous

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by Calamitous 4y ago
Honestly, I think Weird Al would be the best choice anyway…
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I’ve been thinking about getting into drones as a hobby (and a way to help manage parts of my sprawling property), but all these privacy stories lately have me spooked. Is there a “safe” vendor of drones, or has this turned into another “al
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Another person learns a hard lesson about trusting Google.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
This was literally my first thought. If this works at all, it will quickly be ruined.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Who wants to be the first to teach congress to use git?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Then why do I still get texting spam on my iPhone?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
If it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing, but I live semi-urban, and it was similarly egregious. I don’t have a firebox, but I suppose it kept the recycling man in business.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Maybe it’s most principled not to hate anybody at all?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Clickspring: https://www.youtube.com/c/Clickspring He does beautiful, calming videos of his meticulous machining work. He recently worked on recreating the Antikythera mechanism.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
The framework makes me wish I was in the market for a laptop.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
That’s gotta be a big list.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Goodbye, frying pan. Hello, fire.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Yep! Now I have something to (re)read over my long weekend. Thanks!
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by Calamitous 4y ago
This puts me in mind of the Twinkies experiments… in the 90s a couple of Rice students documented a series of experiments on the early web (I remember the “resistivity” test being especially entertaining). Unfortunately it looks like it’s v
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I’m curious, in what way do you feel that “Rust's decision-making committee lacks integrity”?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I’m curious why you think no one here would want to hear it?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I’d be curious what stuff you feel works well, in the federal government? (I’m not being snarky, just genuinely curious)
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Interesting, what command line calculator do you use?
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I’m more curious how it started.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I disagree that they go down the path they do because they think they’re going to be FAANG-sized, but rather it’s a case of cargo-culting, “we’ll use these tools/architectures because the best companies use them, therefore they must be
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by Calamitous 4y ago
I think “smell” was not intended as a value judgement, but as a way to emphasize that there’s probably something wrong nearby, even though it’s hard to articulate.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
100% this. Folks see the cleanliness and simplicity of the front end without realizing the mountainous costs on the back.
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by Calamitous 4y ago
Heh, that beats the ratio at my current job: 7 pages and ~45 unique services.
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by Calamitous 5y ago
Same as Google, afaict. It has a slightly better permissions model, imo (I can create a doc with a password and share the link freely, or I can give specific permissions per user, like Google). Same editing/commenting/viewing inte
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by Calamitous 5y ago
For Google docs I switched to using a Synology server. Very nearly as good (better, in some ways) and I don’t have to worry about what Google is up to. The up-front cost and setup time is a stiff investment, but I’m much easier in mind now.
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by Calamitous 5y ago
We’re inching ever closer to the day when HTTP 418 is no longer a joke.
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by Calamitous 5y ago
Yep. As soon as the layoffs start (or even reliable rumors), I’m polishing my resume.
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by Calamitous 5y ago
In my experience, the industry is focusing on developer happiness at the expense of developer satisfaction.
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by Calamitous 5y ago
...and I didn't see any pay raises because of all the money companies were saving by no longer leasing, stocking, conditioning, and maintaining office facilities. Your point is?
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by Calamitous 5y ago
It's not that they _can_ price everything higher, they _must_ price everything higher. Everyone getting paid more includes the stockers, managers, bakers, truckers, farmers, everyone involved in getting (eg.) groceries to you.

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