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No onions or peppers!

Yeah see. You need to read other stuff than engineering blogs.

Everyone likes prettier things. You need to prove that it’s not. Where’s your proof?

You’re making up your own definition of boring. It’s just a bunch of talking points I’ve heard forever.

I’ve read the same stuff you did. But nobody outside of tech could call diesel “boring” tech

Lol. Just stop. It's not gonna work on me. I know what I'm doing. All I did was respond to the Adam Sandler move with my own.

Apparently, if it was the kid wearing the BDSM gear, it wouldn't feel like the same thing. It would feel wrong.

Of course, if anyone feels different, feel free to correct me.

Yeah, you're trying to catch me on a typo, but it's not gonna work cus I already acknowledged it.

I do know I hit a nerve with that particular scenario. I got all I wanted. Ok, so let's just move on. Let's get to the fun stuff.

So the line stopped at her wearing the BDSM gear. Why? Why not cross that line? Why is it ok for the bear to wear BDSM gear and for her not to?

There's no ulterior motive. I just messed up. I fixed it as soon as I got called out on it without objection and I left it there so people can see what the issue was.

If you are going to participate in this discussion, you need to keep up. You're attributing malice where there is none. That means you have to see the picture.

I'm not saying you can't say anything, just that I'm going to dismiss you out of hand.

The thing is I just don't care how you feel. You haven't explained how the kid can consent to this photo shoot or why it isn't sexual abuse.

I want to know if you think it's ok if the kid wears BDSM gear. Yes? No?

I made a mistake but everyone knows what picture I'm talking about. It's not a lie.

So it was a child carrying a doll that had BDSM gear. But that's funny cus if the girl was the one in BDSM gear, that would make it wrong? Is that the line?

I think it's really creepy that you don't see anything wrong with a child in BDSM gear. And alcohol.

That's actually sadism.

I dunno, maybe you just don't get it. Do you know what sadism is?

SEEKING WORK | ATX | REMOTE

I got into Flash while studying animation at UT but then Steve Jobs banned it from the iPhone, so I switched to Ruby on Rails when v3 came out. I started freelancing projects with Ember.js and Express for a while, but switched to React when that got big.

I’m comfortable full-stack and I’m best with JavaScript, but I’ve worked with Python, Golang, Ruby, Java, etc

Did 4 years at a couple big companies as a tech lead but started freelancing again about a year into the pandemic when layoffs hit.

I was coasting on savings but you know how the situation is rn so my semi-retirement is over :(

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulizzle

As for politics, you can assume everything is propaganda.

It’s a book written for a world that doesn’t exist anymore

It’s not worth the struggle if you have the movie

“Food writing today recognizes our connections to food as legitimate, and recognizes food for all the varying things it can be…”

So before 2022, no one liked to eat and it was all ham sandwiches

Cringe

So all mass media can be propaganda. Propaganda is how you set the agenda. See Agenda Setting Theory.

But for propaganda to be effective, you’re not supposed to notice. Otherwise, it loses its power.

They’re making the mistake of pushing too hard and making it too brazen.

I dunno why they think this is going to work but I’m glad they suck at this kinda stuff

That’s what I think it’s funny.

“Why is it so hard to believe the media has an agenda?”

Why wouldn’t it? See Agenda Setting Theory.

All mass media can be propaganda. It’s always a political tool.

Yeah, they were farming for clicks, but to get you to read, not to make money.

You’re not supposed to notice that it’s propaganda tho. Otherwise it loses its power. That’s why you’re getting that gut feeling.

So there is something to be said about a decline in the quality of American propaganda

Most ppl think this stuff is just mumbo-jumbo conspiracy theory and dismiss me as an idiot.

Welcome to the tinfoil hat club!

They’re trying to change public opinion to avoid the charge or buy time to plan.

Oh yeah it happens all the time.

But if you notice, keep quiet, or you’ll get labeled a lunatic.

Right, but not all journalists are created equal. The kind of reporting you talk about requires someone special

There is plenty of evidence in this thread to prove both points wrong.

The strange claim is that people dislike interactive flashy experiences and favor plain text with minimal styling. That needs extraordinary proof

“It was very frustrating to me that the correct answer to most prioritization and architecture projects was obvious”

Lost me there. People that think they know everything are the easiest to trick.

“People are complex, and they get energy in complex ways. Some managers get energy from writing some software”

No. We get energy from food.

“folks will accomplish more if you let them do some energizing work, even if that work itself isn’t very important.”

Cited himself. No proof of claim.

“ fun project is prototyping a throwaway service in a new programming language, then hmm, maybe that’s fine. But if you put it into production, then your energizing detour is going to be net negative on energy generation after other teams are pulled in to figure out how to support it. Honestly, don’t worry about the other rules, just make sure to follow this one.“

I think you should fix your deploy pipeline. Prototypes don’t belong in production. Now, if that started a prototype and team decided it had to go to prod, then it’s a good decision. They had their reasons

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I gave up. It’s hard to take it seriously. Obviously the self is always more important.

Anyway, the main issue is you have two midwits purple-prosing past each other.

Circumstances change. Shit happens. There is no such thing as “the right way”. Or correct. You pick the lesser of two evils and do your best.

“still believe it’s the correct advice, and I continue to see managers who fail because they are missing this perspective. However, I’ve also seen some of the best leaders that I’ve worked with burn out by following this advice too loyally.”

Then by definition it’s not “correct” because it can fail and fails spectacularly.

That’s cus they don’t trust you. Win their trust!

I don’t like the persuasive education angle. You’re going to come off as smarmy.

So not everything is an opportunity. You gotta remember that things are the way they are cus they got that way.

1) solution may seem stupid bad now, but at the time, it was the lesser of two evils

2) the people most responsible are now your coworkers.

It’s not always a good idea to see everything or comment on everything. Pick your battles.

I think that the free software model can’t produce the same quality of app that propietary does.

Before anyone gets mad, I’ve been using Gimp for a while

Yeah, that’s a HN fortune cookie.

You’re saying boring is popular which goes against the principles of aesthetics. People think pretty things are better quality. You do too.

Boring gets forgotten and replaced. Boring is not ubiquitous.

Notice how zed Shaw tried that quixotic ugly website trend. Supposedly that’s what the world wanted. The world ignored it.

I know what you mean tho. Boring refers to old tech vs new hype. The issue is they used the word “boring” to denote “mature” software, and that’s where it all went wrong.

Bad form.

How do you know there’s no evidence? You gotta prove that too

Homestar runner.

I haven’t played chess seriously since I was in high school but I do like collecting hardwood chess boards cus they look great as room decor.

I give them out as gifts too. Everyone loves a chess set.

Every time I complain about poker planning the sprint, people act like I’m an idiot.

I don’t even care anymore.

Nah. The big 4 were written in 1905 . It was like in the 1920s or something that he worked on general relativity and wormholes.

Everything else I’m not going to read because it’s just bleeding heart nonsense.

This is really gonna piss off the kids.

We’re self-censoring Even now cus We know it’s dangerous to ask uncomfortable questions. Believe it or not, everyone over 30 is not just an idiot or a criminal.

Massive backlash incoming. The USA is going to become very conservative again.

These pendulum swings are giving me whiplash

Oh yeah. Heterophobia. It’s all over the place now.

I get that but in this case I’m only interested in the features that were so influential, and the reasons behind that.

I don’t think EMacs or Vim will come back. They have revivals, I came in during one of those. This is definitely one of them.