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by danjac 5y ago
The bigger question is "why now". Ukraine is not joining NATO or the EU any time soon. Russia has de facto annexed Crimea and its ongoing support for separatists in Donbas keeps the region unstable to its advantage. I suspect two
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by danjac 5y ago
No problem with Black per se - it's my default linter - but latest inclusion with IPython 8.0 seems to break in a Docker environment: Generating grammar tables from /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
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by danjac 5y ago
> And these react kiddies are able to put together a webapp that looks so much nicer, has more functionality, and they are able to do it in less time. If that were true, then great, it would represent a genuine step forward. Most of the
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by danjac 5y ago
Tired of your shitty boss? Try freelancing, and deal with a dozen shitty bosses.
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by danjac 5y ago
I've been experimenting with webhooks using the WebSub protocol[1] for my podcatcher site https://jcasts.io to keep podcast RSS feeds up to date. The protocol itself is OK (not particularly a fan of using GET to register a
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by danjac 5y ago
When they start doing captchas along the lines of "check all pictures of potential terrorists" we'll know they're training data sets for military drone manufacturers.
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by danjac 5y ago
Not adding JS (other than what's needed for the admin) is in retrospect a good move - when you see the pain Rails developers went through in multiple iterations of RJS, rails-ujs, Turbolinks, CoffeeScript and now Hotwire/Stimulus
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by danjac 5y ago
> The Russian military have been in the Crimea since back when there were British red coats stationed in New York City By that logic, next time there's a protest or riot in NYC the British should send in some Royal Marines. Russia s
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by danjac 5y ago
The old "fraternal assistance" card. Much like Yanukovych gave Russia the pretext to invade Ukraine in 2014.
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by danjac 5y ago
I’ve been hacked. All my comments are gone. This just sold out, please help me.
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by danjac 5y ago
With Matt Damon doing that cringy add, crypto is mainstream and we're getting close to the "shoeshiners giving stock tips" stage of the market.
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by danjac 5y ago
I just liked your comment. I accept ETH and BTC, thanks.
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by danjac 5y ago
> He cannot just "decide to take Britain to Iraq", since the UK Government cannot start a war without Parliament's approval. Had Blair decided not to go to war, there would not have been a vote. He was leader of the Labour
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by danjac 5y ago
IIRC Meteor also shot itself in the foot by using MongoDB as the default storage, at a time when there was deep (deserved) scepticism about the reliability of MongoDB.
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by danjac 5y ago
Tony Blair was the head of government and leader of the ruling party. Had he decided not to take Britain to Iraq, then the UK would not have taken part in the war and there would not have been a vote in Parliament. At the end of the day, th
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by danjac 5y ago
There was some comment in Twitter along the lines of "I wouldn't hire anyone who had Coinbase in their resume". You could switch "Coinbase" for Meta, Palantir, Norton, or any other morally questionable company. The
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by danjac 5y ago
It doesn't matter how difficult a language is to master to gain the status of a lingua franca. Have you tried learning Russian? Or Latin? Or ancient Greek? I mean English has such a bizarro spelling system it may as well use pictograms
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by danjac 5y ago
The world decided on English. It wouldn't be my first choice - even as a native speaker - but history and inertia has decided on this obscure Norman French/Anglo-Saxon island pidgin and we're kind of stuck with it until the C
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by danjac 5y ago
Agreed. Holmes is 37, so 65 years is a life sentence. From a European perspective, life sentences should be for people who are too dangerous to ever allow back into the community, or whose crimes are so monstrous society requires such retri
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by danjac 5y ago
It's a bit like Al Capone being done for tax evasion rather than murder - you convict them on the charges that have the most evidence and are likely to stand up in court, even if they are lesser charges from a criminal and moral standp
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by danjac 5y ago
* Metrics-driven product development which focuses on things like "engagement", so more popups and analytics shite. * HIPPO or designer-driven requirements for "cool" (for various opinions on "cool") requiring
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by danjac 5y ago
When Putin wanted a good return on his bought-and-paid-for lackeys in European governments.
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by danjac 5y ago
It's best to heed Warren Buffet's advice to stay clear of investment opportunities you don't understand. I'm seeing people in tech who are way smarter and more knowledgeable than I'll ever be, scratching their heads
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by danjac 5y ago
Why not just stick on an NSFW warning and restrict downloads for minors, and maybe treat your adult users as adults?
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by danjac 5y ago
It might well have made Europe stronger. UK was always the awkward odd man out that vetoed decisions left and right. I suspect that the UK will be back in the Single Market in all but name by the end of the decade, once there is a change of
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by danjac 5y ago
Perhaps one that is relevant to the future of your children rather than the fears of your parents?
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by danjac 5y ago
Honestly, give it a chance, learn what you can (not just the "how" but the "why"), and if it's not for you, move on. People thrive in different environments and cultures and you'll not be happy if you're c
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by danjac 5y ago
Yes of course, but if you don't do it right you might get the sales (and the sales people get their bonuses) but the retention will be abysmal. For example, a salesperson who promises features or deadlines without consulting the tech t
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by danjac 5y ago
> Someone can think about the why, while others think about the what and how. I've found it's really important everyone understands the why as well as the what and how, as knowing the reasons drives much of the decision makin
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by danjac 5y ago
Tom Wolfe among others pointed this out at the time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_generation And Reagan, after all, came from California...

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