savedbythezsh

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[–] savedbythezsh 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I assume they're talking about player names, not usernames - steam usernames are unique, but steam player names can be whatever you want and are often duplicates.

[–] savedbythezsh 1 points 8 months ago

I love Saints Row IV. Such a silly game; great way to just fuck around and blow off some steam.

[–] savedbythezsh 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool to see the Immich team going full time. I don't use it personally but I hear great things

[–] savedbythezsh 1 points 8 months ago

Why is this oniony? "Professional drivers are in the transportation industry" sounds absurd?

[–] savedbythezsh 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[–] savedbythezsh 9 points 8 months ago

Note that OP made a distinction between "need" and "ought to" and I agree. You don't "need" to know any of these, but you "ought to" because knowing them TO SOME DEGREE helps you use the machine more effectively and safely. Networking course is definitely going overboard, but I still think they're important to know. I'm pretty sure doctors already do understand the basics of how MRI machines work.

Learning the basics of how WiFi works avoids people getting confused when WiFi doesn't "just exist" everywhere, or why it drops out suddenly when a lot of people are using it even if you have full bars. Learning about HTTPS and SSL lets you understand what it keeps secure and how that can keep you secure when you're e.g. banking.

That being said computers and software now are specifically designed to hide their inner workings as much as possible to simplify things for their users so it's a bit of a special case.

[–] savedbythezsh 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Which comic is this from?

[–] savedbythezsh 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have questions. Is this something in use today? Who is manufacturing them? Is this something you're personally familiar with or just aware of?

[–] savedbythezsh 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You mean like git sparse-checkout? Admittedly experimental but useful

[–] savedbythezsh 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean admonitions? E.g. info, warning, etc? There's precedent for that in commonly-used open source implementations, e.g. obsidian.md (which uses the same syntax, and started before). What semantics does it break? It's designed to read well in plaintext and render nicely even if used in a renderer that doesn't support admonitions, e.g.

[!NOTE] Information the user should notice even if skimming.

As opposed to other common markdownish implementations that use nonsensical plaintext which renders poorly in alternative renderers. Here's a discussion on the topic in the CommonMark forums.

[–] savedbythezsh 10 points 9 months ago

My "scrum leader" (who we handled agile just fine without before) is constantly complaining about points or priorities shifting, to the point that he'll tell us to not put what we're actually working on on the board because it'll mess up the burndown chart.

One of the 4 values of agile is "responding to change over following a plan". He's parroted this to us before, and yet still doesn't seem to see the irony.

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