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You knew that Latin course would come in handy one day, didn't you? 
(I'm more bugged that they didn't build it to the right dimensions.)
Looks up word origins - dang, I guess I should have gone with Greek to make the joke more accurate? 
TTFN - Kent
modified 1-Dec-20 13:01pm.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You knew that Latin course would come in handy one day, didn't you?
ehhmmm.... did you maybe want to say greek lesson?  
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Yeah, I corrected myself, but too late. 
TTFN - Kent
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Yeah, some treehugger types removed the "monolith" saying "leave no trace" - a rabid religious mantra meaning nobody can every know a human was ever there. *snark*
Neanderthals who don't understand art.
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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FlexJobs survey of 1,200 freelancers, from side-hustlers to full-timers, found that 65% say they enjoy working. Among the general working population, that number drops to 55%. Like/need, potato/potato
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Here we look at some of the ways in which decision fatigue and other frustrations that can manifest in software development, and the tools and methods that can be employed to combat them. Does not include the one where someone else always grabs the last slice of pizza
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hahaha - what a silly, not even sure what to call it -- random pointless thought?
The most common developer frustration I have is not with tools and methods, it's with people. Sometimes users but often my coworkers and almost always management, and frequently third party companies and their awful API's. Oddly, present employment is excluded, but several third party companies I work with definitely are on the list.
Tools and methods, yes, they can help, but how many managers actually see the benefits of documentation, testing, automation, allocating time for code refactoring, etc.?
But to provide a rounded critique, ultimately my most common developer frustration is with myself, and the only mitigation for my own frustration is to constantly work on my own discipline for writing better code, better tests, better documentation, better processes that help me do my job. Not to mention, when I go back to some code I wrote 6 months or a year ago, be able to immediately understand why I wrote it "that way." And not just better, but with ease and joy. Yes, joy. If I don't walk into my home office enthusiastic with at least one thing that I need to do for the day, there's something wrong, and I need to look at that. Yes, there is always the "ok, I just have to slog through this" but I also try to foster a discipline of working on something every day that brings joy, whether it's writing a nice document or cleaning up some code or writing a useful utility. And of course the real discipline is doing the "slogging work" first and then rewarding myself with something more interesting.
Which could also be, taking a nap.
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Much of the technology we use everyday has been shown to not serve their users best interest. So maybe companies will stop using chemical fertilizers in their apps, and just stick with the BS we're used to?
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Good software grows organically, but that's not what the article is about.
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Is that the BS "FDA Certified Organic"?
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Among other things, companies that sign the pledge agree to cooperate when it comes to fighting toxic content, such as child sexual abuse material and terrorist content. They promise to “responsibly address hate speech, disinformation and opinion manipulation.” Everything's fixed people. We can rest easy now.
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Quote: They promise to “responsibly address hate speech, disinformation and opinion manipulation.”
Thou shalt not argue!
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I have a dejà vóu
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Kent Sharkey wrote: esponsibly address hate speech
Right, I'd like to see how that works out. What I've seen so far is "Oh, you disagree with xyz??? You posted an opinion that differs from that held by the online mob??? You can't do that! That's hate speech! -- YOU ARE BANNED!!!"
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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We all know we're attached to our gadgets. But are we attached enough? A new study offers an opprtunity for deep thought and a great opportunity for tech companies. No, it's not the minute before the meeting starts
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux Foundation fellow currently responsible for stable Linux kernel releases shared the lessons he’s learned as a kernel developer that are applicable to other developers at this year’s Linux App Summit. "Don’t make your users mad"
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I love that he points to systemd as a success story. Every linux power user I know raged about their favorite distro drinking the koolaid, and have continued to rage every time they have to do anything related to the functions that systemd borged up.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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lesson learned: don't do linux.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Microsoft’s “Meeting Insight Computing System,” as described in patent filings, would use cameras, sensors, and software tools to monitor the people and the conditions in a meeting, as well as post-meeting surveys, to create a “quality score” for the meeting. 4/5 meeting attendees felt that 4/5 of the meeting attendees were fools
What about the old, "Add the salaries of everyone in the room, and divide by the time in the meeting. Then have the organizer decide if it's worth that much."
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Rant: This isn't an invention; it's a bunch of ideas, most of which a twelve year old could come up with.
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According to a report from the Financial Times, Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra could launch in January. But Libra is the sign for September/October
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I wonder... how many tracking mechanisms can be hidden in a blockchain?
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Scammers are trying to steal email credentials from employees by impersonating their organization's human resources (HR) department in phishing emails camouflaged as internal 'back to work' company memos. So I wasted all that time walking downstairs to my office?
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