SftwrSvior81

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by SftwrSvior81 9mo ago
> The recurring dream of replacing developers > In the end, I think the dream underneath this dream is about being able to manifest things into reality without having to get into the details. It's basically this: "I'm h
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by SftwrSvior81 11mo ago
> an investment in the task the software does that is unlikely to be paid off if it only does a single simple task I don't think that's true at all. The tool linked here is exactly the kind of utility that does one single task
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by SftwrSvior81 1y ago
Agree with this wholeheartedly. Stay there for now while looking for a new job. If things work out ok at the current place, end your search and enjoy your current job. If they don't work out, hopefully you'll have some options to
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by SftwrSvior81 1y ago
Like I said, > Persuasion is necessary
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by SftwrSvior81 1y ago
What is the point of being great at persuading if one is persuading peers, reports, and leaders to do the wrong thing? Persuasion is necessary but it should be second to the suggestion actually being a step in the desired direction.
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by SftwrSvior81 2y ago
I think it's interesting to also think about it from the other perspective. If this is someone who is supporting themselves through this work, then what they have to at least charge you is going to depend on how much they need to survi
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
A lot of drivers tend to drive like assholes so this isn't too surprising.
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
Exactly. The car in front might be reacting to some road hazard that just appeared that is not visible from behind it or it may have some mechanical failure. It doesn't matter why it comes to a stop, it is always and all times the resp
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
If a human driver had been driving, they also could have fled the scene, like the other human driver who caused the whole problem in the first place, and left the woman laying on the road in the dark, you know, just waiting for the next hum
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
Same here, I learned how to touch type years before I heard about Dvorak and found it very difficult to switch so I'm still using qwerty.
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
Same thing. The idea is go without a lot of the comforts we are accustomed to in order to experience life as those less fortunate do so that we may be more empathetic towards our fellow humans.
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by SftwrSvior81 3y ago
Nope, no fap.
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by SftwrSvior81 4y ago
> People keep talking about how 'this is a solvency crisis because if SVB had to sell everything today, they wouldn't cover liabilities' when that is the definition of a liquidity crisis. I don't think that's rig
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by SftwrSvior81 4y ago
> That gnawing sense of futility and impending failure that I’d been feeling for 15 months would finally, today, get addressed. Sounds like this guy just needed to feel heard. Therapy might have been easier but what do I know.
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by SftwrSvior81 4y ago
And by not at least naming one of the problems, the author is being cowardly and/or lazy. It's like describing a reviewed item as "good". It conveys no information other than "I like it". The word "problem
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by SftwrSvior81 4y ago
It's not just a "commonly taught idea that businesses should focus solely on generating profit", it's the fundamental principle upon which economies are built today almost anywhere in the world. Sure, there are other way
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by SftwrSvior81 4y ago
You are right about the benefits GitHub provides to the FOSS community but I don't think that was ever the stated goal of this company. Their goal is to make profit, not foster FOSS, so we shouldn't be surprised when they make dec
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
I agree with your point wholeheartedly. This makes me think of "knowledge transfers" in software companies where a meeting is set up between the outgoing engineer/team and the new engineer/team where all knowledge about
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
> But is it more or less anti-social than running a huge software platform that advertises the ways to exploit itself? Security through obscurity is no security at all. Google is not doing its user a favor by hiding the criteria it uses
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
Defining "more important" this way seems limited to one actor. In your original post, you talk about multiple actors, namely hospitals and individual people. Different actors are going to have different budgets and preferences. Su
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
I wasn't suggesting you should do it just for this article. My library has a really good selection of newspapers and magazines that they make available online and I use it frequently. I figured some people may not know about that but w
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
> high prices direct resources to more important uses I don't think that that is always true. High prices will redirect scarce resources to those who have the means and desire to pay for them. That doesn't necessarily mean th
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by SftwrSvior81 6y ago
Also, your local library might have an online subscription to The Economist. Take advantage of it :)
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
What does ESD stand for? I did a quick google search but there were too many seemingly irrelevant hits.
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
One doesn't need to be an aerospace engineer to know that Boeing planes crashed because the company leadership decided to forgo quality for the sake of profits. Before the crashes, I agree, there was no reason for customers to expect B
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
I wasn't suggesting that the customers could have known beforehand that the Boeing planes had issues that would cause crashes. However, we do know NOW that Boeing planes have quality issues. If customers still willingly get on those pl
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
In my opinion, we all have the choice of not flying on Boeing planes any longer. If a company shows that they are willing to put profits above their customers' lives, then customers should not do business with that company any longer.
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
Absolutely, I 100% agree with this. I wasn't arguing that the current system is anything even close to ideal. I was trying to point out that now that we, the public, have paid this horrendous price, we are still not using the informati
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by SftwrSvior81 7y ago
I think you're right that highly competitive markets can push down quality but that happens because the customer accepts the lower quality. If air lines or the customers actually flying on these planes decided that they were not going