stopnamingnuts

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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
Yup. I support a largeish legacy application for a federal government agency running on ColdFusion. The idea of rewriting it in another language is a tough sell as long as it's still supported by Adobe. I'm realistic about its pas
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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
> I would have to have that right in front of me and read it word for word. And if I get pushed to reveal a number I would need to just pause and slowly repeat it again word for word like a robot. LOL. I'd probably read it like a ba
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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
I think your thesis with regard to CO2 emissions is valid. Do you mind sharing whether you lost anyone close to you to COVID?
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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
I concur. And the unironically retro web site design made me as happy as anything I can recall this week.
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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
This is a pretty good summary of how I feel and why I dig my heels in every time my wife starts talking about a new camper, a boat or whatever. I suspect she envisions it like a magazine cover: better, carefree versions of ourselves enjoyin
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by stopnamingnuts 3y ago
It's not you. The article relies on a bullshit method of making its simple point, deliberately overcomplicating it for the purpose of signalling.
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by stopnamingnuts 4y ago
So, basically Airport '77?
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by stopnamingnuts 4y ago
Most broad statements including GenX really need to be qualified by noting its size (slightly greater than half) relative to either of the two pigs working their way through the python before and behind it. Three when you count GenZ. Apathe
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by stopnamingnuts 4y ago
If a new non-youngster developer wants to pursue the legacy app/niche language strategy described in the article then I tend to agree. ColdFusion is easy to learn but at the same time it's really just an abstraction layer for Java
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I concur. And I'm saving these links. As a tangent I would add that the damage isn't limited to the perfectionist. At some point one has to consider how the rigidity of perfectionism affects their relationships. It can be a self-i
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Anybody who finds this interesting and is interested in an entire community dedicated to this perspective may also take a look at reddit.com/r/stopdrinking. Its non-opinionated, decentralized but moderated (pun unintended) discuss
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
This strikes me as an issue that's widespread across groups but addressable almost entirely by individuals, which makes it perfect for abstract debate. ;) My partner does this. OTOH, I love sleep and feeling refreshed when I've ha
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Cult of Meh(cultofmeh.com)
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Pretty dour commentary on human nature. There's a kernel of something worth considering but sacrifices nuance in favor of a crafted idea. As a member of the described expert class, I'd say we have limitations equal to those of eli
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
This essay is delightful. And masterfully written. FWIW, in my own version of What I Suppose Brain Surgery on Klingons Would Be Like the Klingons stay awake and are mainly just annoyed because you're wasting their time.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Well, I could have used that back in the 90s instead of lugging my crap up and down station stairs for the three or four connections between Narita and Urayasu. <sigh>
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Clearly there are numerous markets supported by this model so I'm an outlier. My wife and I have considered fractional ownership of boats and vacation properties on several occasions. The things that turn me off every time is the inabi
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
> Nuked Logitech’s crap from orbit +1. It's the only way to be sure.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
This. I think innovation real-value is spikey. A low band of timesavers bumps along the bottom but is punctuated by occasional leaps in particular domains. From what I've seen the cochlear implant can offer an amazing difference to qua
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
+1 for beautifully summing up in seven words the key takeaway of the vast majority of public discourse.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I wonder if the nuance being identified by the other commenters might be the tragedy of the commons that can play out in collaborative settings. I'm right there with you, btw. Mine is also a non-sexy, non-commercial app and I'm ha
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I've been guilty once or twice of forming a strong (usually self-righteous) opinion only to have it collapse before I get a chance to enjoy smugly lecturing the Internet. This is interesting. Thanks for posting anyway.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I love watching these overhead in real time. For anyone not already familiar: https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
I suspect I hit the sweet spot when I lived in Japan from 1993-1995 if I interpret your comment correctly. I remember being impressed by the tech. For example: ATMs into which one inserted not only a card, but also a transaction book which
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Indeed. If you told my hippie parents in the 1970s that it would take this long for weed to be decriminalized they would have promptly woven a macramé noose and hung themselves behind the outhouse at the commune.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Fantastic. I think we used a few of these while our kitchen was under construction. From a cooking perspective we lived like prison inmates with nothing but a compact microwave and electric kettle, doing dishes in the bathroom for months. I
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
Pretty good attempt to consolidate the nuances of design decision-making. I like what the author is trying to do. I would have enjoyed a little discussion of unpredictable unknown-unknowns from this perspective.
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
+1 for use of "dog-diggety"
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by stopnamingnuts 5y ago
This made my day.

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