Consider representing money in cents ¢ instead of $, €, etc. Often it’s faster to parse a serialized integer then divide by 100 than to parse a decimal value. And sometimes it’s faster to serialize and sometimes you can…
Ethical non-monogamy is one example.
Not sure if I had the same issues but my situation was resolved by cleaning my lightning port and using a quality cable.
I want tested code in my docs. I want my docs’ build to fail if sample code doesn’t actually work.
"most" to me means more than half. Many folks think it means somewhere around 2/3 or 3/4.
I wonder what percentage are afraid of non-autonomous cars.
I’m interested in understanding what it means to be a military minded coder.
“The End of Empathy” is an Invisibilia (NPR) episode arguing empathy for a person harms others. I find the episode to be an interesting window into how some folk think.…
I stopped interviewing out of fear of being accused of bias and the subsequent effects of such an accusation.
My understanding is that Stripe offers UI to sign up for a subscription, but then offers only an API for other subscription actions such as changing from monthly to yearly or cancelling. Someone have a link describing…
Speaking of shame: Many people in the Bay Area blame tech workers for their woes. A friend of mine, an engineer at Google, also believes this and feels much shame. If they can focus on what others are doing wrong it…
Good explanations of low-level computing by Ben Eater https://m.youtube.com/user/eaterbc/playlists
The customer contract at the tattoo shop I worked at required customer to take full responsibility for understanding their tattoo, especially non-English words. Also customers had to attest that they are not or have…
To clarify, I manage my notifications. I was referring to when pairing with people on their computer.
When pairing I’m annoyed when a non-urgent IM or email notification pops up and I lose my pair’s focus. Some folks have their text messages and social media notifications popping up too, preventing concentration for…
"Women in tech are a hot commodity," I heard one recruiter say to another.
Almost all media coverage about my community seems to say “look, there’s this weird thing going on, isn’t that weird?!” I believe any short-form coverage of a community by someone not in that community and for people…
I’d say that most of the people at these events are not in tech. As far as geeks vs jocks - I’d say it’s pretty much normal people. Or perhaps what’s normal for me. Perhaps slightly more hippy / burner than the average…
I have all the privilege. Some events are more diverse than others. It’s rare to meet someone under 30. Events skew towards the demographic of the location in which they’re held.
Similarly travel booking sites add an artificial delay otherwise travelers don’t believe the site tried hard enough to find the best deals.
Hyundai wouldn’t let me buy a car without agreeing to data collection.
I’ve had many experiences where one day a site will stop handling + correctly and I can no longer sign into my account. More common is the registration form allows + but the sign in does not, or I can subscribe to an…
I've been living in the San Francisco area for 10 years. Since Trump has been nominated I'm not allowed to have opinions or feelings. As a straight white cis man my speech is considered violence regardless of content.…
The workplace is full of people ready to report you to HR. I can't say I'm enjoying the weather without fear of disciplinary action.
Consider representing money in cents ¢ instead of $, €, etc. Often it’s faster to parse a serialized integer then divide by 100 than to parse a decimal value. And sometimes it’s faster to serialize and sometimes you can…
Ethical non-monogamy is one example.
Not sure if I had the same issues but my situation was resolved by cleaning my lightning port and using a quality cable.
I want tested code in my docs. I want my docs’ build to fail if sample code doesn’t actually work.
"most" to me means more than half. Many folks think it means somewhere around 2/3 or 3/4.
I wonder what percentage are afraid of non-autonomous cars.
I’m interested in understanding what it means to be a military minded coder.
“The End of Empathy” is an Invisibilia (NPR) episode arguing empathy for a person harms others. I find the episode to be an interesting window into how some folk think.…
I stopped interviewing out of fear of being accused of bias and the subsequent effects of such an accusation.
My understanding is that Stripe offers UI to sign up for a subscription, but then offers only an API for other subscription actions such as changing from monthly to yearly or cancelling. Someone have a link describing…
Speaking of shame: Many people in the Bay Area blame tech workers for their woes. A friend of mine, an engineer at Google, also believes this and feels much shame. If they can focus on what others are doing wrong it…
Good explanations of low-level computing by Ben Eater https://m.youtube.com/user/eaterbc/playlists
The customer contract at the tattoo shop I worked at required customer to take full responsibility for understanding their tattoo, especially non-English words. Also customers had to attest that they are not or have…
To clarify, I manage my notifications. I was referring to when pairing with people on their computer.
When pairing I’m annoyed when a non-urgent IM or email notification pops up and I lose my pair’s focus. Some folks have their text messages and social media notifications popping up too, preventing concentration for…
"Women in tech are a hot commodity," I heard one recruiter say to another.
Almost all media coverage about my community seems to say “look, there’s this weird thing going on, isn’t that weird?!” I believe any short-form coverage of a community by someone not in that community and for people…
I’d say that most of the people at these events are not in tech. As far as geeks vs jocks - I’d say it’s pretty much normal people. Or perhaps what’s normal for me. Perhaps slightly more hippy / burner than the average…
I have all the privilege. Some events are more diverse than others. It’s rare to meet someone under 30. Events skew towards the demographic of the location in which they’re held.
Similarly travel booking sites add an artificial delay otherwise travelers don’t believe the site tried hard enough to find the best deals.
Hyundai wouldn’t let me buy a car without agreeing to data collection.
I’ve had many experiences where one day a site will stop handling + correctly and I can no longer sign into my account. More common is the registration form allows + but the sign in does not, or I can subscribe to an…
I've been living in the San Francisco area for 10 years. Since Trump has been nominated I'm not allowed to have opinions or feelings. As a straight white cis man my speech is considered violence regardless of content.…
The workplace is full of people ready to report you to HR. I can't say I'm enjoying the weather without fear of disciplinary action.