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by atoav 1y ago
I like method chaining (not the same as builder patterns) for code that needs to run chained operations on objects. It is not exacrly the same because each chained operation usually does more than just setting a variable. E.g. signal =
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by atoav 1y ago
Reading this it turns out I have overengineered my call audio for years without even being aware of it.
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by atoav 1y ago
I agree with the point of the post tho. It is something I repeatedly keep stressing: many people confuse the goal ("having a nice shop") with the way (everything you need to so to get there and maintain its existence once it is t
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by atoav 1y ago
I'd argue the actionable things are already happening: Hackers and cryptographers creating technical solutions that defy governmental control, people trying to sway public opinion (or trying to get people to realize that being surveill
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by atoav 1y ago
Yes but even then: If they make 2+2 wrong and people notice, people can just continue to use the correct version. I don't know the matrix org but if I were them I had a plan in a drawer for when that happens and where to move.
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by atoav 1y ago
There is a German Verein called digitalcourage who lobbies for this: https://digitalcourage.de/en You can toss some money to the European Digital Rights initiative (EDRi) as well: https://edri.org/ All of t
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by atoav 1y ago
Ok let's say you're a UK vendor and you developed and published an adding algorithm for 2+2 that returns the correct result: 4 How does that publicised adding algorithm get corrupted, if the UK government decides they want that 2+
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by atoav 1y ago
I did not say the author is not advocating for friction, I said the authors wording about the tech world wanting everything to be fictionless is wrong (as I think I demonstrated with my example of customer support). To quote the author: &
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by atoav 1y ago
Nope it comes from Google.
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by atoav 1y ago
Counter to the authors claim my experience is that friction is an essential building block of literally any organization. Have a hard time reaching customer service? That is because they added friction to finding the number on purpose . Ha
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by atoav 1y ago
As a programmer who has studied philosophy: This is the approach I take more or less in my head when reading articles, however the problem is the ambiguity of natural language. E.g. lets say the statement is about a presidents promise to en
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by atoav 1y ago
> Rarely in software does anyone ask for “fast.” As some working on embedded audio DSP code I just had to laugh a little. Yes, there is a ton of code that has a strict deadline. For audio that may be determined by your buffer size — don&
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by atoav 1y ago
I also thought that as well, then I worked with the privat sector as a freelancer and people where even more incompetent.
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by atoav 1y ago
As someone working in a German university in a technical role: I notice new technical contractors absolutely go into this with the mindset that they can extract money for a half-assed job here. I tend to very quickly and meticulously shatte
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by atoav 1y ago
What did you read there? How is it narcissistic to stand up for your Co-workers?
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by atoav 1y ago
So your answer is None? I didn't claim Isreal set forth a realistic peace keeping plan, you did. And you failed to bring the receipts. What you say here is the equivalent of Russia proposing to Ukraine that the war could be ended if t
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by atoav 1y ago
Thanks, this is how it was meant. It is important to not confuse the corporation with the people that make it up. The problem is however that what you rightly called soulless entites tries to even abuse that empathy for your co-workers. S
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by atoav 1y ago
That the vast majority of companies do not even remotely deserve your loyalty as they would replace you without hessitation the instant you would require as much as a sliver of theirs. That you should extract as much wealth from those corp
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by atoav 1y ago
Question: Which miltary body other than any linked to one of the conflict parties did Israel propose to do the peacekeeping? If the answer is "None" then Israel did not in fact propose peacekeeping forces.
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by atoav 1y ago
Say no more: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transi...
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by atoav 1y ago
This is how any generic 5 Euro USB-C-to-TRS 3.5mm jack adapter works on Android. Didn't know this was a big issue in Apple-land.
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by atoav 1y ago
> Makes me wish I had a hobby and didn't care what others thought lol. Consider that this isn't about not caring what people think, it is about not caring what certain people think. As someone who certainly is a nerd but does
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by atoav 1y ago
Only if it contains personal data you collected without explicit consent ("explicit" here means litrrally asking: "I want to use this data for that purpose, do you allow this? Y/N"). Also people who have given their
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by atoav 1y ago
It doesn't now, but we could collectively decide to introduce consequences of the kind that deter anybody willing to try this again.
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by atoav 1y ago
Well "Joe in accounting from Google is using it" doesn't have the same glamour as putting the Google logo apparently.
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by atoav 1y ago
My favourite moment was when I tried to figure a specific software issue out that had to do with obscure hardware and after hours I found one forum post detailing the solution with zero replies. And it turns out I wrote it myself, years pri
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by atoav 1y ago
So lets say you have twi buttons and you can only press one: A) Your movement gains the support of a politician who flip-flopped and now would vote in laws that help ending the conflict and/or easing the huma
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by atoav 1y ago
Thanks for the correction. English is not my first language, in German the equivalent is "Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" (sugar-bread and whip) I must have somehow made the mental leap from "sugar" via "sugarcane" to
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by atoav 1y ago
I agree that institutionalized everything can develope blind spots that makes those institutions work broadly, but can't help (and in extreme cases hurts) individuals within said institutional context — although that doesn't reall
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by atoav 1y ago
Well yes, but you then deny people a collective position. Please consider that we live in a world where strong corporate actors massively profit from us not having a collective position. Shifting responsibility to the individual is one of t

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