ok_coo

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by ok_coo 4mo ago
I play some native games on a M4 Max using Steam, with good performance. Baldurs Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Crimson Desert, No mans sky, Darkest Dungeon 1,2, Warhammer Rogue Trader, and a few other CRPGs. Crossover Mac is also an option for Wi
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by ok_coo 6mo ago
I use Gemini, and rarely ChatGPT (usually once or twice a day). I ask very narrow, pointed questions about something specific I would like an answer to. I typically will verify that the solution is good/accurate because I've been
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by ok_coo 9mo ago
I'm glad they've been able to do this, looks like a huge improvement for HD2 on PC. I've been on PS5 since launch and aside from Baldur's Gate 3, it's been the best game this gen IMO. The negativity I see towards th
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by ok_coo 1y ago
I’m 48, started as a web dev at age 30. I’ve been at a non-profit for quite awhile so not big tech and not big tech $ but I like my job and coworkers.
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by ok_coo 2y ago
LinkedIn does this and it’s gross. I’ve unsubscribed from at least 3-4 different types of emails from them already.
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by ok_coo 2y ago
Typically 0.5 to 6 (max) in a single workday unless there's something urgent that needs fixing. I also have meetings during the day, learning I want to do, etc., that takes up my 8 hrs/day. I rarely max out all of my hours in a da
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by ok_coo 2y ago
I heavily agree. It’s something I had at my first office job. I had no email address, no messaging app, everything came through my PM or manager. Ive never been as productive as that job. Straight to work with no distractions and had clear
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by ok_coo 3y ago
Can we stop seeing their job postings on HN every other day now? I don’t know how you don’t get blacklisted after something like this.
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by ok_coo 3y ago
I'd personally be OK with hybrid or (near) full-time back in the office if housing wasn't so expensive near cities. WFH has worked well for me but I can tell some of my coworkers really need to go back into the office now and then
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by ok_coo 3y ago
Remember EverQuest? Maybe I'm just old, and I don't get it, but I feel like EQ was way more addictive than Fortnite and explicitly developed to be so. The intermittent reward structure, the social aspect of it, etc. Like someone e
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by ok_coo 3y ago
Chicago is a good choice but a lot of people wouldn't be able to tolerate the winter. It can be brutal to get through. The bonus on the other side of it is that the summers are amazing with all of the public beaches and summer events g
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by ok_coo 3y ago
You can’t have affairs and avoid your family if you’re WFH.
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by ok_coo 3y ago
Remember, a fine (typically insufficient) is just a measured cost of doing business. How many times is it going to take for them to actually take this seriously?
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by ok_coo 4y ago
The Stadia closure sealed it for me. Such amazing tech for what it was, completely unable to see the long-term and stay dedicated to a tech that's obviously going to have increasing adoption into the future. Handed over that entire mar
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by ok_coo 4y ago
If it helps, an ex-coworker reconnecting with me to discuss job opportunities would be fine with me. It wouldn't bother me. We both know we're talking about jobs, maybe we were good acquaintances, maybe not. I guess what I'm
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by ok_coo 4y ago
Because a "guild" sounds more appealing to nerds? I wish I was joking but a union sounds like blue-collar work while a guild sounds like something cool from D&D and medieval fantasy.
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by ok_coo 4y ago
While I agree with this perspective, these companies go out of their way to market to their employees to make the job their whole identity. They are not blameless.
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by ok_coo 4y ago
Agreed, I see plenty of tech jobs in the public and non-profit sectors. Problem is that they're not paying what would be considered acceptable to a big tech worker. I saw a 20-something on TikTok saying that she feels like her compensa
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by ok_coo 4y ago
If it helps, Laravel feels like the Rails of the PHP community. I've used it to build ~5 websites and it's been very solid. The docs are pretty good and it does most of what you need out of the box. Especially the 8+ versions of L
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by ok_coo 4y ago
The org I work at has existed for over a hundred years. It's probably not going away for the foreseeable future. The work, my coworkers, the perks and work environment (low stress) are all great. The only thing that's not at a hig
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by ok_coo 4y ago
TikTok? TikTok is a behemoth and it really kicked off during the COVID lockdown when people had nothing better to do. It's the latest, and best optimized, social media algo dopamine hit. (I sometimes regret downloading it but it's
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by ok_coo 4y ago
I slacked off more in the office, got up from my desk more, walked around more. When I was actually at my desk, I would browse random websites more than I do at home. There are too many distractions in the office and not enough private offi
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by ok_coo 4y ago
Android and Chrome... so it looks like around 2008-2009?
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by ok_coo 4y ago
No hate to any of the engineers there, but honestly, it would be a net positive for society. The level of vitriol, hate, and performative outrage has reached up to the gods on Twitter. The valuable signal that comes out has long been overwh
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by ok_coo 4y ago
It's a funny thing. I thought that I would have regrets playing World of Warcraft for years of my life, but looking back, I really enjoyed my time playing it even when it felt a little monotonous. I played from 2005-2007 pretty hardcor
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by ok_coo 4y ago
Yes, but also, we used to have to develop around IE6. StackOverflow wasn't a thing. I recall debugging IE6 display issues for days as a junior. It was horrible. That's not to say the web doesn't currently have issues, it does
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by ok_coo 5y ago
I will often ask them to do/assist in, the thing they think is missing or needs to be done. Sometimes this actually works and you can work positively together, often not though. Typically, asking them to do any additional work gets met
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by ok_coo 5y ago
Time for me to advocate again for people to use Common Crawl. Please don't slam peoples' websites, look for alternatives before scraping. There are probably other, better options. APIs, data set downloads, etc. https://
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by ok_coo 5y ago
The key part is you can't get too high. You just need a little bit, along with some good coffee. Unless if you're a heavy smoker and then you probably already know what you're doing. I don't think this works for everyone
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by ok_coo 5y ago
The hippie speedball makes me ultra-productive, but unfortunately employers (well, mine) are probably not cool with me being high on Zoom calls. :/ I just wanted to chime in and say that, for some people, THC+caffeine in the right sett

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