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by whstl 4y ago
Doesn't seem to need a download: https://app.skyfi.com/explore
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by whstl 4y ago
> But polished? The search is atrociously bad Funny. I don't disagree, but I find Youtube's search much better than Google Search itself lately. Apart from the "barely related" videos interspersed with real results, i
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by whstl 4y ago
This reminds me of one of the final puzzles in the 90s aventure game Gabriel Knight: https://youtu.be/fPByLdCYPpo?t=33989 (spoiler alert, it's the last part)
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by whstl 4y ago
Oh, a kindred spirit. I also love single-letter variables where they make sense. I have a math-heavy background, so they're totally cool for me, BUT I get why most programmers would hate 'em. I also like them since they were the &
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by whstl 4y ago
Wow. I can sympathize, as I had the exact same thing happen with me. From “doing grunt work” down to having them “crush it with passive aggressive, belittling remarks” I actually laid out a plan to fix the automatic builds that were bro
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by whstl 4y ago
IME, both can be right. Different people have different relationships. If a manager sees a report as a troublemaker, slacker, or someone overstepping, things can get difficult for the report. And likewise if a report doesn't respect a
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by whstl 4y ago
Thanks for sharing this this, I'm actually going through a similar situation and leaving a bit of an abusive C-level boss for much greener pastures, and it really hits home, makes me feel I'm not alone. I was actually terrified of
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by whstl 4y ago
This actually surprises me! One habit introduced to my current team by a former co-worker involves having even more intermediate keys than that: const sensitiveEnv = [...]; const envKeys = Object.keys(envars) const safeKeys =
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by whstl 4y ago
It is normal. I still have the same group of (college years) friends since the early 2000s, and the same group of co-workers from 2016-2019. The only reason we don't meet weekly anymore is because I moved to another country, for career
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by whstl 4y ago
I've noticed exactly the same thing. Everybody is busy with their schedules. In retrospect the COVID years were much better for my social life than the last six months. During COVID, people were really looking forward to interact with
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by whstl 4y ago
That's a good observation, there's a lot of goalpost-moving in those discussions. I doubt Fabrice Bellard, Linus Torvalds or John Carmack would be able to come to my job and do 10-days worth of my work on their first day. Still do
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by whstl 4y ago
I have a similar war story, from a university. The portal where students see their grades had several full-time consultants working non-stop for a few months and wasn't gonna be ready on time. The interface was confusing, and different
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by whstl 4y ago
Those are great suggestions, and they would have worked wonders for me. Thanks for doing the work of helping others. In my case I wasn't even that in need of an ear, as I had a therapist on speed dial. I just wanted to see someone, for
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by whstl 4y ago
This is not an unpopular opinion and I've also been thinking about it. A lot of people theorize about what's gonna happen if/when we reach very high levels of automation. Who's gonna consume things after the robots take
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by whstl 4y ago
I have a different experience. Perhaps that's a cultural thing, but admitting to a manager that I was having mental health issues only made things worse and was certainly the biggest mistake I ever made in my career. I didn't get
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by whstl 4y ago
I can relate. I actually had a friend tell me "if you ever think of killing yourself, get in touch with me" after an acquaintance committed suicide. Well, I did have a depressive episode and got in touch for help, but got radio si
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by whstl 4y ago
Agree. I would add that someone like this is important even for more senior, and even leadership positions, all the way up to C-Level. Whoever had a brush with a report or a peer that behaved badly knows that sometimes you need a second opi
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by whstl 4y ago
One particular thing I've noticed in my neck of the woods is younger Junior devs only staying at junior level jobs for a set period. They stay only one year, almost to the day, despite good performance and good fit. That happened to a