Highly recommend throwing --patch on any git commands you’re used to using. You will have the prettiest, most atomic fkn commit, I’m serious people will love you for it.

I mean many people won’t care, but the quality folk will notice and approve.

Not aware of any of these, which is nice, but iddqd caught my eye since that’s a Doom reference! Overall I always thought the Doom community was pretty positive (at least going by Doomworld forums, and various Doom streamers, as I remember them). I thought surely it must be some misunderstanding! Oh maybe they didn’t reply quickly enough to take down some drive-by hate speech, but that was it.

Anyway, holy shit, do not go to that lemmy instance. It’s rotten to the core. I’m going to go take a shower and play through Episode 1 to cleanse myself now.

GAAFM ?

Also that urgency is rooted in job insecurity, not even customer impact. They just don’t want to look bad.

E: which I mean fair enough, me too, but still.

The term walkable includes public transportation. It’s a multiplier on what locations are considered accessible without owning a car. Common misconception.

Even if they didn’t, it’s just nicer for everyone involved. Don’t you want to work for a company that people like working at?

But… why?

Just kidding, I get it. It’s definitely more approachable, and can be more intuitive, for sure. I just loved the whole terminal aesthetic from the first time I saw it, so that’s the hammer I hit every nail with.

I think that’s one of the main differences between users, though we get distracted talking about “productivity” or “control” or what-have-you, when it’s mostly just a matter of taste, deep down.

I’ve been Gentoo curious for a while, but you just put me over the edge. That sounds so trivial, but also cool as fuck

I got my first real start on linux on Mint, too! Really fond memories of using it with the Cinnamon DE.

What should they be using, #!/usr/bin/env windows?

At least there’s a point to talking (and complaining) about Linux, because we can actually contribute to its development.

Yeah that’s a good way to put it. It’s like so close to the thing you were dreading, that it’s a sort of sick relief when it actually happens.

It’s like…

Ah reminds me of the time (back in the LAMP days) when I tried to apply this complicated equation that sales had come up with to our inventory database. This was one of those “just have the junior run it at midnight” type of shops. Anyway, I made a mistake and ended up exactly halving all inventory prices on production. See OP’s picture for my face.

In retrospect, I’m thankful for that memory.

I also hate math, and am jealous of people who are good at it. I get anxiety just doing simple multiplications, and have to look everything up. That said, I’m a senior platform developer, and earn more than anyone else in my family, so like… math helps a lot, but you don’t neeed it to be a real dev. Certainly not to be a hobbyist/hacker, like yourself.

nerve staples

Unexpected, but welcome Alpha Centauri reference.

I need to replay this game. I remember really hating Sister Miriam

How much time have you spent doing it? What part didn’t you understand? If it’s the bit shifting stuff, don’t worry about it - hardly anyone actually knows how that works unless they look it up.

Yoink.

Actually I’ve probably been all of these at various times in my career.

I think OP meant moving a code block up or down in a file, not left or right

I mean I’m on board with the generality, but looking up the original article it looks like was was taken down, stating:

EDITOR’S NOTE 10/6/2023: After careful review of the op-ed, “How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet,” and relevant material provided to us following its publication, WIRED editorial leadership has determined that the story does not meet our editorial standards. It has been removed.

Apologies for the disgusting timestamp. I’m quoting.

It could be I’m missing something though since I can’t see the whole article. It sounded like the Wired article was the basis for this one by The Atlantic.