Principal Engineer at DAT Solutions but this is my snark not theirs. Something something microservices cloud API very small shell script.
Portland, OR
Joined June 2008
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No, @progressive , I don't want to speak to someone. I want to update my autopay. I became a subscriber many years ago because you were, well, progressive, in having full web access. Now that I see your dishonest and manipulative true colors, though, I think I'll just cancel.
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If you’re still wearing a mask, washing your hands, and staying away from people, please share this because sometimes people try to make me feel like I’m overreacting.
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The features in frameworks pushed by companies are plentiful to get you to occupy all your time learning only that environment. Prefer simpler libraries and established, open source tooling.
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Are you building a pure productivity tool like Gmail or Trello? Great, go all in on an SPA!
For most other other categories of web application multi-page will cost less to build and deliver a better, more robust experience
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If you have ever had a problem grasping the importance of diversity in tech and its impact on society, watch this video
The LaserJet 6P I got for $50 and which got my partner who edits on paper through now most of a decade of professional writing and is still going strong with basically 0 maintenance agrees with you. Better to administer Avahi->CUPS->JetPrint->Printer than join this "modern age".
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Wesley and Geordi found a model-building club. Hilarity ensues when Wes' model runabout complete with fully-functional warp drive interacts with the Enterprise's own warp field during a test-run to open a portal to another universe in 10-Foreward.
The portal is 0.5m wide.
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You do not EVER have to sharing video of a cop lynching a black man.
Here’s why.
A thread:
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Apple killed HyperCard.
Apple killed Flash.
Apple bans general purpose programming tools from iOS.
The most powerful corporation on Earth seems bent on preventing end user programming.
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Code comments < commit messages < event model.
That's the order of effectiveness and practicality.
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Right now, we rely on secure technologies like never before. The EARN IT Act and the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act are both attacks on encryption that must not succeed. fortune.com/2020/06/29/encry…
Today's gentle but counterintuitive HCI reminder is that columnar formats only add value if you're performing manual arithmetic on columns of numbers, or need to quickly associate values with headings.
Whoah. Does anyone have a reference as to the physics that cause this? Does it work with other gel-like materials? (HT @adymitruk )
