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by graypegg 3y ago
Oh god you’ve hit a nerve. I’ve never learned anything useful from a forced tour. I’ve been in meetings where we’re discussing adding these, and the intentions all seem to be “we want to help users find things” but they’re somehow totally i
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by graypegg 3y ago
I can get down with that sentiment. Sadly it’s just not something that can exist without being ruined, but I admire the fact someone wanted to try with (hopefully) positive intentions.
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by graypegg 3y ago
Here’s a hole to throw bytes into! I’m going to turn my back so I don’t see you, but I’m responsible for what’s in this byte hole so pinky promise you won’t throw disgusting vile bytes into it! The world, famous for its love of all things d
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by graypegg 3y ago
Yeah honestly! But, if I had to guess, it’s probably built into whatever “microwave controller” SOC is mass manufactured. The clock was an upsell long ago, but now that the whole device is a commodity product, and the clock is using parts a
935.
by graypegg 3y ago
Yeah that’s a good point. I guess in this case, there’s people whose job it is to figure out the value to the company of any decision that they make. Sometimes they might think the higher end of the market is worth dominating by making the
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by graypegg 3y ago
Why wouldn’t cost be the sole or most important reason for cutting a non-safety, non-regulated feature? 700k in advertising would make a much bigger impact on revenue than 700k on door handles; unless people are that passionate about door h
937.
by graypegg 3y ago
There’s a sketch idea for the show Horrible Histories maybe, heheheh
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by graypegg 3y ago
Yeah I’m sorry, even as a person living in the western world, I would not want to live in a world with a defined “morally correct” group of decision makers. Countries vary. Cultures vary. It really is OK. You can make the argument that big
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by graypegg 3y ago
Consistant enforcement means “local laws are consistently applied”. There isn’t one globally recognized list of content moderation standards.
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by graypegg 3y ago
Please remember the context here, we’re talking about a game on the App Store that has a slot machine mechanic. Many places have similar small variances in obscenity they allow to be published. Your country might forbid nudity on TV, or dis
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by graypegg 3y ago
I guess on the other side of the argument: why does a game developer in one country feel obliged to change the content standard set by another country? It’s a pretty minor variance all things considered. Maybe you just can’t “change much” h
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by graypegg 3y ago
Haha, oh wow that sucks. I’m sure most of those units are all set to 12:00AM by mashing the OK button after every power outage.
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by graypegg 3y ago
It does feel like something that’s easy to cut from a bill of materials though, nothing else in the microwave relies on the time being accurate. Probably not expensive to implement, but if you’re building a lot of them, I imagine the ~4cent
944.
by graypegg 3y ago
I’ve messed around with tailwind a bit now, and honestly I could never use it in even a moderately complex site without some sort of “component” framework. I think you’re talking about just serving a .html file for every page in a site righ
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by graypegg 3y ago
You know what? I needed that saga. That was fun. I don’t think I’ve been this interested in any research project since being a kid skimming thru popular science or something :) It’s been so cool to see all of the replication studies, people
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by graypegg 3y ago
If it says “pro subscription required” though like the GP mentioned, that sounds like it is still possible to download the score they’re trying to download. Unless maybe this is just how the site tells the user this is a HQ score… as crypti
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by graypegg 3y ago
It should be bringing you closer to the work. The only “agile” (adjective) way of working I have seen work is where people whole-heartedly believe in the principles listed here: https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html If
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by graypegg 3y ago
The manifesto is concise, but I wouldn’t call it clear. I think that’s why “agility coaches” have their niche. You can’t really teach beliefs, which is why it’s formatted like an agreement. Everyone is supposed to at least think they share
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by graypegg 3y ago
Yeah I think I’m in the same boat as you. Anyone I’ve had to work with who has “Agile” in their title has at best done nothing, and at worst slowed everyone to a crawl. The base ideas though, I totally agree with. I think things fall apart
950.
by graypegg 3y ago
A lot of the quotes are from hacker news actually. They even link back to each comment.
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by graypegg 3y ago
I guess my thinking is just that the company has given the union a really good “first issue” for the union to tackle. If you just signed up to unionize, and then you get told you’re going to get fired unless you move, why would you not try
952.
by graypegg 3y ago
I don’t know if that means that now is a bad time to unionize though. There was more leverage before obviously, but considering they’re threatening to fire you anyway, I think it’s a pretty solid opportunity. Though, I have no idea how unio
953.
by graypegg 3y ago
I really like the idea of federated servers that each contain a little “world”. That feels a lot more in the spirit of a “metaverse” than most second life clones.
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by graypegg 3y ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t this be a great time to try out the power of the union? It sounds like while they haven’t been recognized, they do have members. I wonder if they’re considering any collective action.
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by graypegg 3y ago
Yep! The first tech job I ever had was at a hyper local marketing agency, so most of my time was spent updating restaurant menus and sales for little local stores. The restaurant menus would always reach into insane levels of hierarchy, mos
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by graypegg 3y ago
I’ll give you that this isn’t a half bad idea to give someone that spark of interest early on. A phone is a lot harder to mess with, in ways that I think a lot of people older than 20 did when they were kids to their PCs. However, a server
957.
by graypegg 3y ago
Nice job! Looks really slick. I totally would’ve made good use of this when setting up a new Mac a couple months ago! Sometimes having browsable categories is perfect when you’re trying to remember everything you normally have installed.
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by graypegg 3y ago
Yeah, I get it, it’s easy to poke at that phrasing. There’s also a reading of that response where they mean “HN level” like “as confident as the replied-to comment author”. Could even be a bit sarcastic.
959.
by graypegg 3y ago
If a non-technical user notices something odd (fan running fast, slow boot, lots of network traffic) they’ll go straight to IT. Someone with the attitude of “it’s my job [to not mess up]” will mess up subtly, try to fix the problem, and not
960.
by graypegg 3y ago
If this IS a case where the title of a channel is used as a SharePoint folder, I’m surprised there isn’t some standard way to escape specifically these strings? I know it would break compatibility for applications that rely on these magic d

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