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Re:Gab has been hacked and 70GB of data leaked on Monday March 01, 2021 @08:35PM (#26310866)
It's not. It happens to be an effective marketing vehicle for this particular audience, so you see it presented first and foremost, in an almost hyperbolic way. They conflate free speech infringements with basic service policies.

Doesn't mean that other Americans no longer consider free speech important.

The milk would activate your body's metabolic response, ending the fast.

The coffee is fine though. Maybe try it iced?

Those two types in particular are examples of actors that are willing to break the law in this way. Competitors aren't going to contract a hack - like the parent comment said, every 3 letter agency would be after you and suddenly your executives are going to prison.
Re:Software Is a Superpower on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:03AM (#23424969)
I agree with the underlying sentiment and even find the subject matter inspirational, but the post falls pretty flat.
Re:Show HN: 2D Tilemap on Top of Jitsi Meet on Saturday April 04, 2020 @06:17AM (#22777395)
This looks super rad and inspires me to whip up my own Jitsi hacks.

I had a Jitsi Meet server kicking around months before coronavirus and now it's seeing more use. I'll give this an install!

I similarly don't want to brag about my skills in pointing out areas of improvement in code that others might think is optimal, so I won't answer that.
Note the brand was named Unicorn - the article isn't calling the startup a unicorn.
I obviously don't think Linux users are idiots to be weeded out, but not knowing how to use Windows or MacOS in a pinch might be problematic for you at some point.

Professionally, I might recommend staying with Linux as your daily driver, but also branching out just to say you know the key differences between the OSes and how to be productive within them. This could help to prevent a situation where your dependence on Linux becomes a liability or roadblock in your career ("I prefer Linux" vs having to say "I can only use Linux").

From a development standpoint, Windows has been doing some cool stuff too - Windows Server Core for example. All my servers are of course running Linux, but my work desktop is running Windows, which I happen to prefer for productivity. Many of my SWE colleagues develop on Mac laptops, and leading UI design tools like Sketch only work on MacOS, so it looks like we're not getting any closer to a single-OS landscape in our industry.

The problem arises when you are evaluated based on your managerial responsibilities. The more time spent writing code, the less time you have to manage others.

If they wanted you to build things, they probably wouldn't have put you in management in the first place.

Re:Design Patterns for Managing Up on Saturday January 26, 2019 @12:43AM (#19004969)
Strikes me as a method that would work very well in a world before business analytics audits and KPIs.