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If you think someone is a bit of a local celebrity on HN, you can click the domain name on a story like this and see what their blog was submitted for. Usually useful information.
I fat finger downvoted you. Here's my verbal upvote. This was news to me, thanks.
Can someone give me some context? Who is rachelbythebay? I gather she is probably someone well known for her writing on software, tech culture, etc in the HN community, but I am not that immersed in the community(hence my ignorance). Thanks!
She's Rachel Kroll, a veteran sysadmin now at Facebook.
http://randomtechnicalstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/os-x-and...
Basically, I wish I could do what she does. I don't go anywhere near her level of complexity, but due to a variety of reasons I seem to lately be diagnosing and discovering insane things in Windows 7, in particular Windows Update and SxS assemblies.
I get it, its just an expression we use in the industry. Its all good to hear it, but lets maybe stop using it.
I have a lot of anger towards Google in particular, who seems to relish in having private resources, secrets, learning and technology that only the annointed may access. I should probably talk to my therapist about that.
Given that people are dealing with actual wars, I can lose it. It's easy to lose sight of such things when you're sheltered from them.
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Always sad to be reminded how many good people get their careers swallowed up by a corporation. The public sphere suffers. I have a lot of anger towards Google in particular, who seems to relish in having private resources, secrets, learning and technology that only the annointed may access. I should probably talk to my therapist about that.
What was up with the non-sequitur bags of water link?
I know its a common phrase like "hair on fire", but seriously, "jumping on live grenades" is super gross. That probably happened last week in Syria. I get it, its just an expression we use in the industry. Its all good to hear it, but lets maybe stop using it.
Always sad to be reminded how many good people get their careers swallowed up by a corporation. The public sphere suffers. I have a lot of anger towards Google in particular, who seems to relish in having private resources, secrets, learning and technology that only the annointed may access. I should probably talk to my therapist about that.
I know its a common phrase like "hair on fire", but seriously, "jumping on live grenades" is super gross. That probably happened last week in Syria. I get it, its just an expression we use in the industry. Its all good to hear it, but lets maybe stop using it.
Yeah, I don't need it to make my point.
Perhaps somebody doesn't like hcf opcodes because they remind them of when their house burned down. Is the concept of running into a blaze owned solely by firefighters? Do soldiers own the concept of battle?