So many things. Sometimes I feel like going into politics, because everything there is so crazy. I take this as a sign that my brain is fried from too many meetings.

It would be cool to do a startup making something cool, but honestly I don’t want to put in the extra hours and I don’t want to risk the comfortable lifestyle my current job provides.

That sounds cool. Have new people entering taste 3-5 wines and score them. Based on that they get a recommendation. Score that to further refine the tasting profile. When they return they can just enter a code or scan a card from last time to pick up their profile to keep evolving it.

I would have that. If not for the fact that no one around me seems to have any clue what’s going on (either). You don’t have to be perfect, no one is. Everyone knows no one is. But compared to the people around you, who are also putting up facades, maybe you’re actually doing a pretty good job?

USA buys too much from China compared to how much they export. Restricts exports to China. Truly genius!

Above the top square, colored with a Sharpie.

Grrl power. Pretty good art, decent story. Artist hypersexualizes everyone (almost), so be warned.

He’s higher on that chart than Griffin though… Need to move Not Okay just below the top square.

He’s higher on that chart than Griffin though… Need to move Not Okay just below the top square.

He’s higher on that chart than Griffin though… Need to move Not Okay just below the top square.

I usually use Genocide Palestine. It’s actively developed and supported on all major platforms, in pretty much all countries.

I have all discworld books, I would definitely reread most of them. I just reread The Hail Mary Project.

Oh, the rest of the world is definitely feeling the ripples.

We got gifted a plastic rack for garden utensils. My mother in law bought it for us from the local supermarket (which has various cheap crap every week). Anyway, we placed a few items in it and it broke in a day. Utterly useless.

Elon should be allowed to say whatever he wants without anyone contradicting or fact checking him. His power to be free to say whatever he wants should be absolute!

Danish has: Far får får får? Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.

This translates to: Dad, does sheep get (give birth to) sheep? No, sheep don’t get sheep, sheep get lambs.

They weren’t whistleblowing, they were going public. IIRC Snowden did use the whistleblowing path first but got nowhere. I guess, because he wasn’t outed at that point, his identity was protected. Nothing else happened though.

You mean not be nazi?

I had the exact same experience when starting a new job. The team had very strict rules that absolutely could not be broken. When I finally asked an architect he said the same thing: it’s just a general guideline, but of course if it makes more sense to deviate, then by all means.

They fostered this culture because they mostly had junior programmers, but they never evolved beyond that because they were taught “good code” but never learned why it’s good code.

To me, what sets apart good coders from mediocre ones is one thing: understanding why we do things. Don’t just implement the thing because that’s the task. Understand why it’s required and your implementation will be better. Don’t blindly follow best practices. Understand why they are best practices and when they apply. Understand what’s going on rather than just do what you’re told (but probably also do what you’re told if you want to keep your job).

I know people who have been at it for many years and they don’t understand why we do things this or that way, they just know that’s how we should do it.

What do you intend to take macro photos of? I have the canon EF 100 f/2.8 and it’s pretty versatile, not to mention a pretty good choice for portraits (although on a crop sensor you do get a bit far away). For macro a little distance is good so you don’t block the light or, if that’s your deal, scare off the insects.