jefflombardjr

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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
WE didn't make everything else illegal. Companies did. And they get to sell alot of weed killer because of it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25782048-beyond-the-war-...
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
If you like having a lawn, consider mixing in clover! It's great for pollinators and it is a nitrogen fixer that helps build better soil. https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/grassland/grass10/clover/#:~:te.
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
Would this help people who already had the disease? Similar to what is happening with Covid https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vaccines-long-covid
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#:~:text=The... .
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
Ever read this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
I love no code! Wait. Wait. Hear me out... Building software is easy. Changing people's minds is damned near impossible. As an engineer: - I'm constantly handed shitty (or a complete lack thereof) requirements from non-technical
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by jefflombardjr 5y ago
There's no way the cops doing this on duty have that music licensed for non-personal use. Where are the RIAA lawyers when you need them?
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
This is awesome. Sapper is great, so I'm excited to move over to this.
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
How is it lock in if you do something like extract components? https://tailwindcss.com/docs/extracting-components Or define components? https://tailwindcss.com/docs/plugins#adding-components
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
At the end of the day, sure if you don't like it - don't use it. But I don't understand the hate for it, because I have a very different experience with it. --- > 1. Tailwind Makes Your Code Difficult to Read This one is i
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Care to explain how this is market manipulation?
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
> My personal pet peeve is when the community keeps advertising benefits of GraphQL that are very generic and really have nothing to do with GraphQL. Douglas Crockford taught me a really valuable lesson here... in Javascript: The Good Pa
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
It's mentioned in the linked article!
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
That's a great reason. You like to set boundaries between work and private life. But I'm not convinced a corporate office is the only, let alone, best option. Have you considered alternatives?
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
But do you really need that from a company? I get that from coworking spaces. And if anything I'd argue it's more innovative. Instead of a bunch of programmers spouting group think, I get to interact with writers, artists, indie g
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Yeah if anything this pandemic made that abundantly clear. Those in favor of control ran out of any scapegoats. The remote work debate was never about location.
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
I wish people didn't see it as a binary option. "The office" vs "Remote". And no I'm not talking about suggesting alternatives like "work from home". I'm talking more about let's look at it
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Can you recommend any learning materials that were particularly useful to you?
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Plug for Philly Yardens! My buddy Chris is killing it! He's now on a mission to transform the landscape of the city and turn often neglected patches of grass into thriving microecosystems. https://yardens.life/ Been an
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
I think this book should be required reading along side the bible: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17568801-zealot Jesus was an incredible person. The bible taken out of context as it is in corporate christian
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
In Beyond the War on Invasive Species By Tao Orion, the author gives facts and numbers to back this up. People are destroying native plant habitats, and creating the perfect conditions for invasives. In fact 90+% of native species aren&#x27
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Can you prove that you will come across new theoretical breakthroughs with this research budget? While I agree this is a huge expense, I do question the slippery slope of attacking research budgets. I wish more nations chalked this up as th
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Can't upvote enough. It's easy to dismiss something you don't understand and wreck-less to assume you do. It's attitudes like these articles that led Planck to say, "Science progresses one funeral at a time" If
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
> Humans don't have emotional object permanence. Given that, I don't want to be in the room with my coworkers. There's more to life than work.
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
You know you can disable notifications right? That gives you the same peace of mind. If it's someone important you just tell them hey, I'm in the middle of x, I'll get back to you at y time. Most bosses respect healthy bounda
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Really? I find the opposite is true, if you aren't pushing commits that speaks pretty loudly.
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
I'm surprised that people see going to an office as a solution to this difficulty though. I'd 100% rather be around family than in an office. I've been managing fine by being available during the day, not stressing and just l
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
Empathy, documentation, and proper communication channels. Have you tried holding "office hours" for the newer guys? i.e. give them a window when they can ask their questions to the other devs? Have you given them an idea of what
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
There's a lot of discussion in this thread, but I think it all comes down to the fact that we are all individuals with individual preferences. What is comfortable for you, may not be for your coworker. Great companies try to reconcile
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by jefflombardjr 6y ago
The remote cat is out of the bag.

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