computronus

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by computronus 5y ago
Humility is very important for coding (most things, really). Everyone writes "questionable" or "ugly" code, so it's important to accept that as much in yourself as you do for others. Think about what you would say t
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by computronus 5y ago
"${stuff[@]}" expands into the elements of the array, with each one quoted - so even that first "foo foo" element with a space will be handled correctly. That is how I would write the loop as well, in general. However, y
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by computronus 5y ago
I happen to have just written a do-nothing script, so I can answer why I found it helpful vs. a do-something script. - I am still developing the procedure in the script, so it is premature to automate. A do-nothing script still benefits you
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by computronus 5y ago
I agree that the blossoming of additional JDK distributions, spurred on by Oracle's initial license change, was a good thing. I'm a happy AdoptOpenJDK / Temurin user, at work and at home. However, I don't see any benefit
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by computronus 5y ago
Metamon?
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by computronus 5y ago
Sometimes a tiny win can satisfy just one crucial customer. Once upon a time I joined a contractor development team with a strained relationship with their customer PM who a) represented the project to the wider organization and b) controll
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by computronus 5y ago
I use both - uBO at the browser level and a PiHole for DNS. It's "defense in depth" - there's more than one layer of defense for something nefarious to get through.
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by computronus 6y ago
Yes! In addition, "utilize" -> "use". Apparently "utilize" connotes use beyond what is typical, but I doubt most people pick the word based on that, versus it just sounding fancier. https://gramma
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by computronus 6y ago
I agree with having engineers on calls to foster empathy with customers. Once in a while, each engineer should get on a customer call. Every call, though? I doubt a typical engineering organization can spare the time. As an engineer myself,
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by computronus 6y ago
I don't play GTA Online, but I'll just say thanks for forwarding, since it's a concrete step towards possibly fixing the bugs.
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by computronus 6y ago
The suspensions are due to "questionable trading and social media activity", so they are apparently looking at more than social media. Still, the consequence may be that the social media activity moves to venues that the SEC can&#
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by computronus 6y ago
We (my team) hit this as well with an automated compatibility test running on Ubuntu 16.04. I decided to just change the test to install Python 3.8 from the deadsnakes PPA, and then use get-pip.py to install pip. https://launchpa
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by computronus 6y ago
I've been a remote employee at my company for more than 7 years now, and I'm at a tech lead (principal) level and still effective there. Since I'm not interested in the management track, I'm not concerned about limitatio
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by computronus 6y ago
The linked piece about the use of network partitioning to hamper supercookies is worth a read. https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-pro... It's too bad that we'll have to tr
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by computronus 6y ago
Related is Joel Spolsky's story about the Sergeant Major who wasn't above cleaning a toilet: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/06/20/introduction-to-be... "On the first day he took me to the
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by computronus 6y ago
The built-in `afplay` shell command works for mp3s and for the stock aiff sounds under /System/Library/Sounds. I use this after my long-running Maven builds to play either a happy sound if the build succeeds or a sad (mocking
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by computronus 6y ago
Tools like Loom and CloudApp seem pretty cool. One concern I have about them, though, is using them to cover information that is internal to my company. It seems like the resulting videos / GIFs are stored in those third parties'
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by computronus 6y ago
Sounds like a great opportunity for a browser extension.
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by computronus 6y ago
I see it as coming down to honesty. When a job requisition has a quantitative requirement that I cannot meet, then absent any ability to double-check and see if there's any wiggle room there (or it's a mistake), I'd have to p
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by computronus 6y ago
And, perhaps ironically, that domain name cannot contain the necessary apostrophe to be spelled correctly, so it itself also has a typo.
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by computronus 7y ago
The successor to nvALT, nvUltra, is currently in private beta. I'm looking forward to its release! https://nvultra.com/
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by computronus 7y ago
Some of these entities - schools and utilities, I'd say - can't assume that those they serve all have internet access, so relying only on Twitter or Facebook isn't enough. My local school system, for example, issues important
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by computronus 7y ago
they'll probably change their minds by the time they grow up anyway The poll was conducted on 8 - 12 year olds ( https://theharrispoll.com/lego-group-kicks-off-global-progra... ) so I agree that there's time. When
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by computronus 8y ago
But you have heard of Director :)
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by computronus 9y ago
Then discover why there is nothing left to invent or discover.
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by computronus 9y ago
I've hit mid-40s and I'm still a happy individual contributor. So you aren't necessarily doomed to a management role, and you shouldn't rush into it if that's not what you want. I've always told myself that I&#
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by computronus 10y ago
That post has an update at the top that the license change was delayed until March 1, 2016 and a link to a follow-up post: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272956/a-new-code-li... That follow-up post says t
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by computronus 10y ago
I agree. There's a lot of focus on punishment, consequences, and all the lockdowns for frustrating insider threats, but not so much on the flip side: reaching out to people, valuing them and their needs and opinions, working together,
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by computronus 11y ago
Including the one-time pad? I suppose paper memo pads need to be outlawed as encryption technology then.