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by ubu7737 7y ago
What next, a chess game? Oops.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
This is evidence of Horseshoe Theory, really. Shouting about the failures of Capitalism during a crisis is essentially what the far-right does about Progressivism. "I told you so" mentality in dupes who bought the theory but never
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by ubu7737 7y ago
That's a clever way to inject your agenda, but I'm not having it. The immediate problem is ecological collapse, the proposed solution is a Sun-shade, and you're basically shouting that "we'll do nothing until we get
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Moralizing about the imperfect behavior of people during a crisis is essentially bikeshedding. It makes me wonder about the people doing the moralizing: do they really care to contribute to the solution, or are they grinding their own perso
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Sounds like the reasoning of a terrorist. Seriously. If your primary goal is to force people to do something they don't want to do, on principle, call yourself an activist, a freedom-fighter, or a terrorist, I don't care. It'
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Do you also oppose administering Gardasil to prevent HPV infections, on the grounds that youngsters will stop pursuing safe/marital sex?
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> Buying time is good only if that time is properly paid for. Buying time is always good if it forestalls doom. Climate change activists who let perfect be the enemy of good will get all of us killed.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
When engagement is sold to advertisers, it's difficult to trust any changes to the UI. The scrollbar should be sacred. Otherwise everything will wind up with sliding-window advertisements.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
What I nailed is the idea of back-pressure. Removing the consumer's ability to use back-pressure mechanisms against excessive stream provision is an anti-pattern. Providers who want to maximize "engagement" do not care. This
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by ubu7737 7y ago
This is absolutely terrifying thinking. You seem to believe that readers are passive consumers of a stream, and should not have agency in their consumption of said streams.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> it's a wider population of students being expected to understand computers There it is. It isn't just education, obviously. All software has to be subjugated to an ease-of-use that buries details.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Also in agreement, breeding pets so they can be lifestyle accessories is probably wrong. Both my pets are rescues, I have no difficulty with falling in love with rescued animals.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Very happy with Windows 10 and WSL.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
This is ridiculous language. The horrible stink of authoritarianism in this thread! Good thing for you, that excellent software is always written at the bark of a sadly decomposing mind. You're making wherever great again, I suppose.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
I simply cannot believe how myopic this whole comment is. It seems you simply cannot be satisfied with excellence, and would prefer mediocrity. This is the condition of our society. You have absolutely no knowledge of the history of softwar
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by ubu7737 7y ago
People like you describe love structure, if it's supportive. You didn't provide a supportive structure. You accused him of falling behind on synthetic targets because of his ambition. It's no wonder he prefers to avoid that s
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Monkey see, monkey do. Does that sound like a good strategy? Perhaps you are a monkey. Cultivate the qualities you see in yourself. If you cannot do that, nobody can advise you.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> how do I get to be like this employee? You don't. If you have to ask, you aren't anything like that employee. Life as a human being is not a choose-your-own-adventure, and your personality can't be altered in a determini
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> Leadership is soft skills Grifting. > the employee in question doesn’t have them The employee in question seems capable of upending your financial priorities. > stop the demand on labour For compliance, right? > petulant child
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> Bartleby is clearly depressed, as many of us are in these times. He’s broken, not committed to repair. And he’s encouraged to stay that way, in part, because no one really knows what the hell to do with him. As Szasz points out, this i
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by ubu7737 7y ago
Like all projects hoping to reduce the complexity of software development, this will go nowhere.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> A really great new idea should empower millions of people completely unlike us to build software. Do you mean, like, some sort of "silver bullet"?
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by ubu7737 7y ago
1. the US average is not meaningful in Texas 2. $75 for an oil change including filter and synthetic oil is not an overcharge 3. I am more than able to change the oil on my vehicle myself, just as I'm able to adjust the derailleur cabl
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> The only big benefit I get out of it is that I can drop everything and go on a camping / skiing trip several times a year. This is my only excuse for owning a vehicle, too. I can be spontaneous and do a thing that requires multipl
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by ubu7737 7y ago
I went 12 years without owning a car (in my 30s and early 40s). I bought a vehicle a little over a year ago and I've changed the oil every 5,000 miles which amounts to 5 changes at $75 per change. If you're changing the oil on you
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by ubu7737 7y ago
The basic premise of the article is "help the environment". If that is no incentive to you, so be it.
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by ubu7737 7y ago
"I'm writing this because I'm too angry to work." This is a poor premise. I give it a pass because RMS was probably in a similar pique when he sent his ridiculous email. But elevating this conversation (and actually ditc
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by ubu7737 7y ago
I have a coworker two half-height cube walls away who will stare pointedly at me seconds before he calls out my name to molest my concentration. I have come to find these events blood-curdling. It is simply unacceptable to me that a turned
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by ubu7737 7y ago
I recommend you just don't alter the user's scrollbar for your own taste preferences. Why does horizontal space matter on desktop anyway?
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by ubu7737 7y ago
> because I like my Macbook Pro, have never had a keyboard issue, I LIKE TYPING on the keyboard, and would buy another one. In general I've found that slow typers are the people saying things like this. Nobody with a history of spee

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