brianmcc

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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   Like it or not, we've no choice but to live through this massive planet-wide experiment in real time. Short term we'll see lots of bursts of news, and new exciting findings, but it's only in the long term maybe even years fro
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   Not the OP but you can have a large, complex system that's widely understood and supported by a decent sized team, where a rewrite is still not a commercially wise choice
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   Lovely, the grammatical equivalent of where we put our braces, same-line vs new-line :-)
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   Being chronically under-stimulated (bored) can be very harmful to your wellbeing, just as being consistently over-stimulated (stressed) can be. I would look for a change, for sure, be it in your current place or elsewhere; long term you sim
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   Guessing OP means people who don't just do the software equivalent of "architect buildings" (solutions), but do so on a scale bordering on town planning i.e. entire software landscapes?
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   The article did link to a fairly decent definition to be fair: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/what_is_ultra-processed_... Edit: that BBC page in turn links to this, which again looks helpful and reasonably cr
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   This is an interesting related article: "What happened when I ate ultra-processed food for a month" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/van_tulleken
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   They really do make things worse and worse and worse. Related to your playlist example - saving an actual album I liked as a new playlist would give it a default title, "artist - album title" or something like that. Fine, 2 clicks
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   by brianmcc 5y ago

   This may well be true, but it can also be an accurate and succinct word for "related to the bigger picture but a separate conversation". E.g. performance and security of the system both relate to that system but each dimension can
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    There's an important additional aspect to bikeshedding: the conversation gets sidetracked onto the distraction-level details very much because the main conversations are hard and everyone involved can understand and opine on the simp
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    I really enjoyed this and felt it resonates quite a lot with my own views. I think a lot about there not being a "right" or "wrong" approach, absolutely, rather approaches which work for some teams and individuals that d
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    Hopefully! Although I think "no clear evidence yet" isn't the same as "no problem". From the article itself there is a lack of clarity/conclusiveness: "Children can experience SARS-CoV-2 postviral syndrom
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    In the UK we're not vaccinating under 18s in volume - not yet anyway. I really don't want my kids to take part in the Great Adolescent Long Covid Experiment.
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    Long Covid. It's not just death and hospitalisations. From The Lancet: "Patients with Long COVID report prolonged, multisystem involvement and significant disability. By seven months, many patients have not yet recovered (mainly f
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    I would humbly offer the UK as a counterpoint to all these creative fields and add TV output to the mix. Not to get into a US/UK pissing contest but to highlight the UK has very healthy culture output with a lot of talent. I'd als
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    Fair play to him for coming forward and good luck, I say. I always assume that the people doing talks are eager to do so, or at the very least find the adrenaline etc of the "performance" worth it when compared to the nerves and w
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    by brianmcc 5y ago

    This is very likely location and industry dependent. FWIW I'm mid forties, still love being 'hands on' with tech, and am based in the UK. I know a load of folks my age and above and never heard of any age-related rejections.
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    I remember reading it initially some time ago - and visiting it anew I'm surprised how high the multiple is. In my head it was "10% - 25% higher". My personal hunch is too many of us "shoot just too high" in terms
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    There's this in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/rich-peop... “All the way up the income-wealth spectrum,” Norton told me, “basically everyone says [they’d need] two
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    >> Because you can't save Sorry that's nonsense. Tech remains in Europe generally very well paid compared to national averages, albeit just not stratospherically so like some (not even all) US areas/firms. I'm su
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    I don't think Americans really comprehend the shock and horror that many of us feel about the state of their healthcare and the lack of vacation time, or other European norms such as maternity/paternity time or sick pay. 100% Woul
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    The phrase means the same as "be sceptical". Vaccine contains microchips? Yeah you're going to want to take that with a major grain (pinch in the UK!) of salt / be highly sceptical about it. https://thesaurus.
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    Thanks for this - something hugely moving about it
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    What an awesome insight, thanks for sharing. I love hearing these kinds of "unobvious" solutions. Simple and elegant but all too easily missed!
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    Two things can be both be true: - the vaccine is safe and effective - parts of approach in running studies weren't as good as they should have been I hope it's another good vaccine option for the world, but I can see why concerns
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    Many of us are colour blind which confirms we're definitely not all perceiving the same thing...
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the read. In a similar boat myself, my fondness for beer, pizza and dark chocolate Hobnobs kind of undoes the occasional bit of running and weight training :-) If you want an unsolicited bit of internet feedbac
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    Thanks - that's more like it!
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    I intuitively agree that optimal sleep and exercise and diet and screen time probably make a difference to wellbeing, but am I alone in thinking that trying to determine a "link" between these things is lazy, easy, obvious and jus
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    by brianmcc 6y ago

    The article seems to agree with you - it presents optimal sleep as important, 7 - 9 hours.