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Semver is based on a lie. It assumes that you can define what is the proper behavior of a library. That's not necessarily true, and can be subtlety false, and different depending o…

There should be no shame in younger people above ourselves. I am 46 and a coupple of years ago the CEO and CTO of the company I worked for were in their twenties. It did not bother…

Behind paywall :'(

I think that there are 2 foundationañ problems that make complex projects over budget: 1. Stakeholders are incentivized to negotiate down the budget, skewing the result. 2. Breakin…

The appeal for me is that I prefer to have my own kitchen to prepare most of my own meals while traveling. Cannot do that in a hotel room.

Extra points: leave old and outdated documentation and scripts in the repository. New documentation should go to a wiki that is not referenced in code and does not track versions. …

I managed to use a boring machine as a screwdriver to build an standing desk.

I think that the parent says that while you can learn almost anything from youtube, it is imposible for other people to know that you know something you learned on youtube without …

Please unflag the grand parent. Even thou I do not agree with what it says, I think it is interesting to have the discussion.

I find it sad that this post was flagged. If it is not found interesting by the community no one would upvote it and it would just fade away. Flagging posts like this one makes hac…

What you need to do is to learn to love what you do. The actual activities, barring some really awful ones, are not that important.

Pressing a button is too much work?

Only on long trips!

That's not true. It needs to recharge a part of the electricity used. For example, if it provides 2/3 of the electricity being used it would potentially triple the range.

Given what you explained, it seems to me that the cloud was an excuse given by the new overlords to just get you out off the way. Cloud is fashionable now, but any excuse would wor…

The variations in ability of a trained musician are imperceptible to an untrained listener.

Commit early. But do not commit garbage. Each commit should be a small but meaningful advance. All tests should pass. If working with compiled code, off course it should compile. N…

Ethical CEO is an oxímoron.

I meant it literally, including making other people sick or making other people to not have access to a hospital.

If your choice hurts other people, off course.

It is very different to discriminate someone for who they are than to discriminate someone for what they do.

It is business as usual. They will be in a similar situation as they were before the pandemic.

In order for that to be true, unvaccinated people should not be hospitalized.