mgkimsal

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by mgkimsal 2y ago
> used to be something everyone interacting with computers had to do There were far fewer people 'interacting with computers' at that level years ago.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
unless the bots have been trained on outsourced support worker chat threads?
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
You are literally Transferring the REpresented State of a given page/view/screen. Screen-specific REST endpoints will make their way as a default in to a JS-based framework in 2025 and people will pretend like this is some breakth
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
How are those pronounced?
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
you're not alone.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Minor typo: "Check You Email" should be "Check Your Email". Congrats on launch.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
"handling copy/paste correctly." Sometime in the last year, iterm2 started adding ~00~ crap around stuff I paste. then some yellow 'alert' box at the top indicating I'm doing something wrong and do I want to k
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
My phrasing may have been better in some cases. "Works but is going to cause a problem when XYZ happens" may be more accurate. I was actually told by a PM once "how about you just say 'I told you so' after somethi
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
2003... svn all the way :)
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Couple of stories about 'bad code': I've often worked solo, but have been on teams where I've written code that was... not great. Worked, but... suboptimal. Various reasons, but it is what it is. To remedy that, I wou
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
and... 'fixing' it can cause its own issues. I've been involved in some systems that routinely spit out dozens of warnings per day. After 'fixing' some of them - maybe getting a system down to a few per week, bug r
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
I give/gave everyone free trials all the time. The concept of ever paying that price at all seemed to be the stumbling block.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
The github links to https://tilly.work at the very top right - not below the fold. Screenshot there.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
I run a coworking space in a small town. We have a small university-type institution within walking distance, and years ago, I thought students might want to subscribe to a 'night-owl' type space. Late night study hall sort of t
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
We've had a couple generations of people being warned "do not power down your system when it's updating" and stories of bricked devices because of bad updates. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume you mig
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
we got the smaller 42 gallon one, and.. with two people and a pet... it might last a couple weeks tops, I'd think, if we rationed (~2-3 gallons per day?)
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
When searching for online pricing, seeing 'menu' prices gives one impression. Hey, this burger is only $6?! Great value! So... you end up going there based on some mental impression of getting a $6 burger for... $6.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Curious if he thinks uber should be providing health insurance for him or not.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
There just wasn't much focus on stereo until the late 60s. Most acts back then have stereo mixes that are not much more than an afterthought.
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
I'm trying to reconcile that 'plumber' against George Martin with the Beatles. He was paid like a plumber for the first couple years, and... EMI treated him with such disdain that he ended up leaving. I'm sure the mone
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Pre-pandemic, I did a 6 month contract at Built. It's one of the few engagements I've had over the years where I felt I learned a lot in a short time. The onboarding process was good, the team was supportive, the pace was fast b
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
I certainly don't try to be... and I generally don't think I come across that way (rude, arrogant, etc) but I'm sure I've had my moments unintentionally. There's a limit to how much influence I can have on someon
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
> Nothing stops someone spending 6 hours on a "2 hour" take home test, producing a better solution than someone who followed the time limit strictly. Unless you can ... demonstrate you only spent two hours. It's pretty ra
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Can you imagine how much worse it would be if we had 'socialism'? /s We've not hit this point overnight - it's been decades in the making. But I'm not sure we'll ever 'fix' this by small increm
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
I thought I'd noticed this documentary on HN a few weeks ago, but I'll re-add it here. "It's Quieter in the Twilight": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17658964/ Interesting piece on a bit of
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by mgkimsal 2y ago
Yep. If you ask people at a mall, they're already there , and probably aren't as interested in saving time. The people interested in saving time also wouldn't stop to answer your "mall survey person" trying to st
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by mgkimsal 3y ago
Whose tongue? And whose cheek?
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by mgkimsal 3y ago
Yeah, I've got some numbers that would make me move, but most traditional w2 jobs don't come close. I know they exist, but just not plentiful.
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by mgkimsal 3y ago
Thanks!
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by mgkimsal 3y ago
That’s sad and frustrating that we’ve come to this point. I posted a web service I’d done and someone questioned that. I was told “you have to have a pop up - it’s not legal to run a site without that!” (Paraphrasing). I despair of what

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