gerbilly

5 ms·

1.
by gerbilly 3y ago
If I'd come here in when React was the new hotness and criticised it, I'm pretty sure I would have been shouted down. In the meantime this one site I worked on, which used Java for server side rendering¹ with a bit of JQuery and c
2.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Wasn't this a bit of a self deprecating summary of his own career? Many of the comments seem to assume that it was written by his colleagues and that the description of his career is condescending or snarky. Personally, I find it reall
3.
by gerbilly 3y ago
That comment wasn't about cheating it was about the communication medium. I.e. communicating via text or app vs. face to face. I.e. talking to each other like we're computers instead of face to face like people.
4.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> Have you tried taking a taxi in a country where you didn’t know the language? Yes, lots of times. It helps to know the rudiments of the language, but mostly we communicated in a kind of pidgin. Travel books used to have lists of phr
5.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> the things that created the impetus for ride sharing platforms Ride sharing platforms weren't created to make things better for the drivers or for the customers, they were created to 'take over' an industry. At first the
6.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Yeah, exactly the same caste system. I didn't say only waiters were in a lower caste. This kind of bullshit is everywhere. Some establishments pool the tips (cash ones) and use to distribute it to the bussers (don't know about t
7.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> this incredible scope creep in the customer's responsibilities It's the difference between being a consumer and being a citizen.
8.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Yes I totally agree. When businesses push for going cashless, they are often doing it to claw back the tips customers are giving their workers. Tips that have become customary because it's become accepted that a waiter mustn't b
9.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> Yea - And those darn kids play music too loud too! I sure hope so. > I visit NYC once a year. Plenty of people (esp immigrants from other cultures) don’t have “street smarts” that match what some urbanite 30 years ago would have. Ir
10.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Geez, this was just basic street smarts when I was growing up. Ask some questions upfront. Have cash on hand when dealing with taxis. Don't assume card terminals will work, or even that they won't skim your card. You may say, &#
11.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> The sentence you quoted was directed at the other commenter's seeming implication that homosexuality's removal from the DSM is somehow an indictment of the psychiatric discipline There must be some logical fallacy named for t
12.
by gerbilly 3y ago
I mean outside of scientific circles of course, you are reading that point too literally.
13.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Ha thanks, I love a good argument. >Putting aside the fact that your example isn't actually an insight So put it aside then, and think of your own better analogy. It changes nothing from the point I was making. > the "insig
14.
by gerbilly 3y ago
I can speak from experience having gone through a healing journey where the online sites promoted a single supplement as the cure. I later felt that this focus on this 'replace lost nutrients' approach, while it might have had som
15.
by gerbilly 3y ago
This reliance on an overwhelming amount of scholarship and citations is typical of conspiratorial writing, so it put's me off. I definitely won't be engaging with this evidence, basically: I don't want to be sealioned.
16.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> It can produce plenty of insights, but insights almost never lead to change. Insights by themselves can't won't lead to change, but they can be a starting point. Look at it this way, say I am overweight and want to get in sha
17.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> scientific endeavors revise themselves when they learn that they are wrong Exactly. And scripture is notably not revised when it is found to be wrong. I ask, which worldview should you trust more based on this observation? I felt th
18.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Interesting theory but I wouldn't be so sure. I've been through healing journeys where the websites suggested all sorts of deficiencies and supplements, but in the end I came to believe I just needed to slow down.
19.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> This was very different; prior to that I used to do 1-2h of strong cardio or lifting activity a day, was studying at multiple universities and worked multiple consulting gigs. I'm going to suggest that with this intense pace this
20.
RNA editing is common in behaviorally sophisticated coleoid cephalopods (2017)(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
143 points by gerbilly 3y ago|29 comments
21.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Cos we want to be able to blame the users when there is a data breach. :-)
22.
by gerbilly 3y ago
And this is why I hate having to deal with AWS. Learning this stuff isn't technical knowledge, it's product knowledge. I read the TCP/IP illustrated series cover to cover and learned that stuff cold, and this was useful kn
23.
by gerbilly 3y ago
All these solutions are mean, fruit flies don't do any harm. In the winter I kind of like them cos I don't have a chance to see insects. Also let me wax a bit poetic and say how much of a miracle a little thing like a fruit fly is
24.
by gerbilly 3y ago
So so what? What matters is how people evaluated the information at the time when there was uncertainty about the severity. Just because he the poster may have gotten lucky doesn't mean his arguments were well founded during the time p
25.
by gerbilly 3y ago
I have to laugh at this 'not in my body' argument when a lot of people making it are putting all sorts of stuff in their bodies which are very questionable: sucking down sugary drinks all day, eating junk and processed foods, eve
26.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Unpopular opinion: Ride a regular bike. In terms of theft, just use a beater bike for commuting. By getting rid of the 'E' part of the bike, you'll get more exercise and won't have to worry about theft. For years I rode
27.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Lots, like the common flu for example. Just google 'post viral fatigue syndrome.' Acute onset ME/CFS is also frequently linked to a viral infection. I think there is a lot of overlap with burnout too. Basically when you are i
28.
by gerbilly 3y ago
> Only arguing from efficiency is essentially internalizing the logic of the machine. Exactly this, I wish I could upvote you a thousand times.
29.
by gerbilly 3y ago
Now you're onto something! And thankfully, you can still find washing machines and microwaves which don't spy on you. Keep your old stuff people cos, soon I'm sure _everything_ will spy on you and track you!
30.
by gerbilly 3y ago
I don't climb, or at least not hard enough for my opinion on climbing to be relevant, but I came to realise for myself that my mountain biking was a form of counterphobia.¹ There is a famous trail builder who built super risky trails i

More ›