stcroixx

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by stcroixx 4y ago
Since I gave them the work, I don't need them to summarize what I already know. Waste of time. I'd rather they continue working on their assigned tasks.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I really do appreciate that my current employer doesn't do this crap. I haven't done one of these in close to 10 years now.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I worked on a system deployed on AIX for a few years. We used it to distribute batch workloads in parallel across a cluster of machines - no other software and OS did such a thing, maybe still doesn't. The machines themselves were Po
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by stcroixx 4y ago
As someone who is neither a fan or hater, this was almost incomprehensible. So you think someone's politics are boring? Why? Nothing I read told me. Is there a problem with someone else's politics being boring to you? Why woul
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Eh, I have a farm and while I was initially excited, the lack of tow range is a dealbreaker. If you have livestock, you need to be able to pull a gooseneck trailer. Since this can't do that for any useful distance, you'd have to
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by stcroixx 4y ago
That fallacy asserts a judgement that natural=good. I'm not claiming that. We have physical needs just like other members of the natural world - food for example, if we can't provide food for ourselves, we'll starve to death
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Taking a break from my struggle just like a lion takes a nap. I wouldn't agree we are copying nature, rather, we are an inseparable part of it. The fact that we do some things other members don't isn't a convincing argument
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Every other living thing on the planet spends most of it's time just fighting to survive. I think that's evidence it's not a 'made up idea' and likely may be what life is actually about.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
The building part is not a novel problem and probably not very interesting. I'm not a product person, so I don't have an alternative suggestion, but unless someone could explain to me how they plan to do it without advertising, I
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by stcroixx 4y ago
It is 'fake' in a way - you don't truly want to make/join these communities or post about this on twitter/reddit. If these communities really interested you, you'd already be a part of them. There are communi
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I wouldn’t bother. I’ve been using it for 25 years, but only because it’s available everywhere. I would never use it as a code editor. For me it’s a skill to be able to edit files in any unix environment and I leave it at that.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
It's kind of unnerving there even is a community as part of a programming language. I learned C from the K&R book and an old Russian guy.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Kids in US public schools stop getting micromanaged like this around first grade. Tech workers are treated like toddlers.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Doing non architecture stuff. Reviewing designs, troubleshooting issues nobody else could solve, mentoring juniors. I wouldn’t say there are any particular resources I consult when thinking about architecture, but being well versed in des
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I’d find a way to get rid of a copy paster.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
If I tried to work in my yard while it’s raining it would cause too much damage that’s too much work to repair . I don’t even do yard work for a couple days after it rains. This is solely for practical reasons for me.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Or familiarity with case law going back to Brandenburg. Do you know how many times this very high legal bar has been met in the US?
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Defcon is a defense term indicating a level of preparedness. I don't see how it could possibly be argued that preparation and an incitement to violence are the same thing. Words matter even if he doesn't know what they mean. Wo
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Agree this goes against free speech. Very disappointing he didn't do as he said and let the law and courts handle this question. Whether free speech is appropriate on a platform like Twitter I don't know or care really. But surel
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by stcroixx 4y ago
This is the default point of view where and when I grew up. Based on the parable 'If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn.'. The independence and freedom of
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by stcroixx 4y ago
As if it's unfathomable that preventing gains by groups seen to be competing with a groups interests could be an interest in and of itself. The groups interests were not correctly understood. The progressive course when this happens w
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I make biscuits and scones regularly and yes, it's the same recipe minus sugar, which is similar to the suet dumplings recipe here EXCEPT you would not boil/poach a biscuit - that would make it a dumpling. I'd say it's
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Last night tried to research some lodging for a vacation. Very poor google experience. Just ads and the current SEO contest winners.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
You get physical manuals as part of your support agreement, like a bread truck full. In my experience it was something you learned by sitting next to someone who had been doing it for decades and they just call each other if they forgot so
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Getting a stranger to have a conversation with you doesn’t mean you made a friend that day, at least not by and definition that’s valuable to me. It’s the first step, but what’s the conversion rate here? Most you probably never speak to a
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Because employers do not really care about the environment. They’re pretending to because they think supporting the cause positively impacts their revenue. When they have a choice to make an impact, like now, they pass.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I have 4 kids and a full time job. There are not enough hours in the day to even come close to doing 'well' at either of these responsibilities. Time to build and maintain friendships would be a luxury for me. I get by with the
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by stcroixx 4y ago
Olympiad winning programming skills are not that useful in shops building software as they lack any kind of context. Programming is usually the easy part - the tough bits of the job come from either experience or (rarely) good judgement.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
I've read the manual several times, but it reads to me more like an in progress design document filled with implementation details, not things an end user should need to even be aware of. I get by fine with 5 or so memorized commands.
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by stcroixx 4y ago
You can’t tell if someone is looking for advice or support and connection. If you assume, like you suggest, you’re going to get it wrong sometimes. I’d personally never waste someone’s time with my problem if I didn’t genuinely respect an

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