shawndumas

from the dog’s pov; so much noise and so many strangers. the smell of fresh dirt, then cement, water… so much water. the kids were excited and when it was done, oh the days of swimming, fetch, and fun. soon the stress was forgotten. the hot days of cool water and the smell of the food on the grill. but then the kids grew and left. and then the adult male was gone, too. now this is a reminder of how much fetching and roughhousing we did. now she’s gone a lot too. stupid fence; at least i could swim… but no.

i feel like OP put their money where their mouth was. they dug in and did the analysis. they also capitulated and rewrote the lest interesting and easiest part of the post; the prose.

i also am seeing them engage aptly with constructive criticism and adapting the material while handily dispatching the non-constructive critiques. most of which amounts to a colossal missing-of-the-point.

they have made no out of proportion claims, no non-recreate’able analysis, used exactly the correct tools, and, frankly have addressed all of your points

i am not sure you’ll agree with anything i’ve said either so feel free to misunderstand me too

from the article, “There's this common argument that only those who are bad at coding, or don't care about the craft of it, use AI to code. I think this is pretty clearly false. Let's look at a list, shall we?”

Yes! When you are deep in the code, your brain operates in a non-linear way. You try a solution, it breaks a test. You patch the test. You realize the variable name is wrong. You fix a typo.

Without Squash, the main branch history becomes a timeline of your mental struggle.

With Squash, the main branch becomes a catalog of features delivered.

No body needs to take a trip on the struggle bus with me...

there's no reliable evidence he ever uttered that phrase

agreed, the interest rates and the overestimation on the stickiness of the pandemic’s increase in internet usage post-pandemic are the primary other contributing factors that, imo, represent the lion’s share; even allowing that the tax changes are tertiary is a stretch much less as the primary/secondary reason

second system syndrome

#include <iostream>

int main() { long long d; std::cout << "Enter a Julian Day Number: "; std::cin >> d;

    if (d < 0) {
        std::cerr << "Error: Invalid Julian Day Number (must be non-negative)." << std::endl;
        return 1; // Indicate an error to the system
    }

    const int DAYS_PER_YEAR = 365;
    const int DAYS_PER_LEAP_YEAR = 366;
    const int DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE = 1461; // 4 years
    const int JULIAN_TO_GREGORIAN_THRESHOLD = 2299161; // Oct 15, 1582

    // Adjust for Julian-to-Gregorian transition
    if (d >= JULIAN_TO_GREGORIAN_THRESHOLD) {
        d += 10; // Account for dropped days
    }

    int a = d + 32044;
    int b = (4 * a + 3) / DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE;
    int c = (4 * a + 3) % DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE;

    int y = (b / 1460) + 1970; 
    d = (c / 4) - 365;

    if (d < 0) {
        y--;
        d += DAYS_PER_YEAR + (y % 4 == 0);
    }

    std::cout << "Gregorian Year: " << y << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Day of Year: " << d + 1 << std::endl; // Add 1 as days are typically 1-indexed

    return 0;
}

POSIWID: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

Compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies.

A peer of mine got invited to become a manager and was concerned about being ready so she scheduled a meeting with me and these are her notes cleaned up.

The first thing I told her was that if she thought she was truly ready--this will be no-big-deal kinda ready--to be a manager that would have been the first indication that she might not be ready.

This was a need reassurance and she is doing wonderfully.

To echo this comment, zamadatix is exactly right; I need someone quoting me about a Google project as an official representative about as much as I need another hole in my head.

As to the greater point, I want to emphasize that as a human being I want to be careful with how I communicate with others because I care about them not feeling judged, dismissed, othered, or otherwise insulted. The charge that the rules keep changing is overblown; it’s always about respecting people even if you don’t understand or enjoy them.

I know that some might still equate that with “cancel culture” but I can’t help that (and tbh that’s a discussion that we should have over beers and not on the internet).

Disclosure: I work at Google too and my opinions are also my own.

We are told internally that when we discuss Google related matters online that we should be cognizant of the what/where/how/why of our communication. Disclosing is—for me—both a reminder for myself and an attempt at a hedge against accidentally representing Google.

The “forgot password” link does not work. (On mobile so I did not dig in and see if there were any errors in the console.)