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I worked for a company that measures developer's output in number of commits, PRs created and approved, and Jira tickets per sprint. Management doesn't even insist on that the tick…

> If a() calls b(), I wouldn't think the stack frame while running b is the ancestor of a. I think of b as the child/descendant of a because a creates the running instance of b, an…

> 2000 - 2999: 21st century You have the right idea, but you made the 21st century a millennium

I too have written C programs for decades. I encountered reference counting when I learned how to write Windows kernel drivers. It was very liberating to see that there were so few…

TIL that statements of obvious exaggeration are called causal, hyperbolic statements. Who knew? All kidding aside, I've never heard them called causal hyperbolic before. It's a goo…

> Well, we know that it's impossible to remember everything. Yet it's possible to remember a lot. Those who pass "The Knowledge" test are truly inspirational. See this 60 Minutes r…

I'm curious as to how low a temperature your heat pump will operate. I live in New England and replaced a whole-house air conditioner with a heat pump, but the heat pump works only…

Imagine your own, household matter/antimatter reaction chamber. I can hardly wait for antimatter to be transported through pipes underground along side water mains, natural gas pip…

But doesn't No. 2 directly conflict with Pike's 5th rule? It seems to me these are all aphorisms that have to be taken with a grain of salt. > 2. Functions delay binding; data stru…

There are few things so valuable as a good user who is willing to work with you. Many years ago I worked at a company that was going to shutdown a very buggy product. There was one…

https://douglascuthbertson.com/ - my personal blog

Now I want a package to add blood stains on my murder mystery screenplay.

Thank you. There are so many TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) that they overlap significantly. Maybe the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but I didn't know what CTA meant in this context. …

Could you print the designs to paper and make a repeatable flip-card stack? Oh no. How long before it becomes a PowerPoint presentation?!

Remember, all things in moderation - especially moderation.

This video is worth a look if you care about gaming on Linux. Steve and Wendell are really thinking through which distros to use for testing, what to test, and how to test before j…

Oh, the missed opportunities, like a little "ribbing" for the versions :^) Version 1: Knit Version 2: Purl

I'm not comparing anything to 1950s America. I am disagreeing with your assertion "His position seemed fairly reasonable ...". Kirk insinuated in the video that women in America wo…

> His position seemed fairly reasonable that women were happier with the get married and have kids model then the focus on you career one. Broad statements like that are just plain…

FYI: the first AI you link to, " z.ai's GLM 4.5", actually links to zai.net, which appears to be a news site, instead of "chat.z.ai", which is what I think you intended.

On, off, and ooh shiny!

I can't imagine wanting this. When I press ALT-Tab or SHIFT-ALT-Tab I can see most of the Windows I have open, and can get to the one I want quickly. The last thing I want is some …

> "why would it make me feel better that my friend also had this bad thing happen to them?" Sometimes people feel alone in their failures. Knowing that something similar has happen…