wmidwestranger

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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
One of the most hilarious ironies about technical writing is that the writer has to do so much more reasoning about the system as an interconnected and operating system so they can describe how the user interacts with that system. I think y
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I do remember digg crashing because they were... Using the algorithm to get paid by advertisers and censoring posts, who could imagine? The downfall of Digg led directly to reddit and the death of Mr. Schwartz began reddits long path into s
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Way back when I was a young lad, a hiring manager found me because I had an English major and hired me to help maintain a manual for a small bank system. I did a hell of a job but the job was hell. My manager actually put a co-worker in a c
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I'm not sure any platform can nosedive quite like slashdot. I'm not sure what the wreck looked like but the entire culture of slashdot and fresh meat seemed to disappear at some point.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Well the esp32 subreddit took a dive. The other subs I care about were pretty stoic and unaffected, basically, "duh, we are on their site." Some attempted half-hearted departures but the only successful separation I've seen i
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
> "X that fails at 9/10 companies isn't the problem, we just need to change millions of engineers" And even in those 9/10 companies, the failure doesn't even prove that the engineers are the ones unable to c
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
You hereby have permission to organize code as you would like! I think your complaint is fair but I'm not sure it is a fault with Rails so much as I've rarely seen anyone interested in organizing their Rails code more than the de
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Somehow, at this moment, industry having massive influence on government policy is not fascist but a guy in the UK teaching his dog to salute like a Nazi is.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
As distasteful as memes can be; the slow, steady, and ever more complete of government and corporate control is just as sad to me. Maybe even worse because a lot of the distasteful stuff is made by people with bad taste while the plasticisi
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Sounds very similar to the complexity increase described in The Mythical Man Month. The author describes how the complexity increases as a system expands in a greater than linear, and expected, fashion. So, a simple script might cost one. A
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Someone posted the hourly wages and salaries offered for working at what I believe is a large truck stop chain. They post this information freely to attract applicants. I look at it a lot and try to up my confidence in asking for more compe
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I'm curious if I should have been more kind to Visual Basic because I went with C# and I'm still in love with Ruby. There doesn't need to be a barrier to more powerful and efficient coding, as far as I can see. Even when the
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Be careful, if you encroach too far into employers' head shaking monopoly, they'll notice.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Those business owners are also being exploited by larger businesses. They're also accustomed to a certain slice of pie and hate accepting it diminish. As a self-employed developer, I've had the same discussion with people that hir
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I recently read something suggesting that the US State Department and Foreign Intelligence Agencies are having a hard time with language training and I'm not sure anyone could hold up the argument that their capabilities have remained
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Absolutely true. Especially now that the server is more likely than ever to have an in-browser application as the actual client. That client is the interface to the user and it should be responsible for communication the issue. I draw the l
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I'd love to read a good analysis of how much the vaccine contributed vs the attrition among those more vulnerable, along with a look at the final vaccination demographics. People are still so polarized though, I expect the really inter
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I had more than one remote co-worker reach out to ask me about or commiserate over whether or not the business would fire them for not being vaccinated. I can certainly say people _felt_ coerced and manipulated which might be the most impor
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
> Marines are the most prestigious branch of the military, by a huge margin. I hope it lasts. Surely every generation has faced the challenge to uphold the same principles as The United States Marine Corps but, just as certainly, the str
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
> Yet the political leanings of those opposed to vaccination are often anti-union, pro "right to work", etc. The fact that they have the most to gain from unionization, socialized healthcare, excellent public education, etc. ye
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Not entirely but certainly a luxury belief.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
It's not great and I'm not sure I'd play along but despite my own amazement, I've seen and been forced to do worse.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
So, uh, what right to be secure in person and property without a warrant approved by a judge? The US Bill of Rights was so contentious at the time and the supporters so adamant that they ended up being the first 10 amendments to our constit
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I feel overdue to apply. Love Ruby, RSpec, and the utility of Rails. When they released the library that let namespaces explicitly control their public and private interface, I had my good OO sensors tingle. I've gone from worse to bet
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
"Brenda came up with it, isn't she awesome?" Most common type of answer I've received, which is a bit of a bummer.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Frankly, I'm beginning to succumb to the belief that even knowing the truth, or attempting to find it, is a lose-lose activity. First, I have to dig for it and evaluate the probabilities, credentials, incentives, and context until I&#x
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Correction, thanks to dri_ft: The film maker responsible for The Red Pill is Cassie Jaye. Alex Lee Moyer was behind TFW No GF.
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
I feel the same about "The Red Pill" movie and couldn't see how the criticism aligned with the reality. What I do see often is that entrenched actors and groups will attack, with specially reserved ardor, any artist or produc
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Well doctor, your staff prefers to take my blood pressure while talking to me and putting a thermometer in my mouth which I'm certain violates the protocol and the target numbers were lowered by a significant amount a few years ago to
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by wmidwestranger 3y ago
Take that, Pythagoras!

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