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> Other problems (like being lonely) become easier to fix or just fix themselves.

I think that if I succumbed to my first instinct and simply filled this response with the text equivalent of hysterical laughter I'd get another warning from dang to add to my collection. Instead I'll just say that personal experience disagrees with this statement emphatically.
Damn I really need a new job...
The PDF book "Refactoring UI" has been a helpful reference as it focuses on UI design for apps and websites. Some free articles from the book are available on the site:

- Building your color palette: https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palet...

- Labels are a last resort: https://refactoringui.com/previews/labels-are-a-last-resort/

This article from learnui.design provides a quick and dirty overview about some basic design principles that non-designers tend to not think about:

- https://learnui.design/blog/why-beginning-designers-dont-nee...
I don't think any American hunting and eating raccoon harbors delusions about the social status of such activities, even in places where it's relatively popular. If anything, it being looked down upon is a point of pride.

That said, I would imagine that raccoons carry a very high parasitic load on account of their omnivorous diet and the places they tend to poke around. I wouldn't hesitate to eat squirrel if offered (I may have even eaten it before for all I can remember), but I'd definitely pass on raccoon meat. (Feel free to correct me, though, about the safety of either squirrel or raccoon meat.)
Not sure if you should rely on SemVer for maturity estimates either, though. I guess it can be one signal, but I wouldn't say a very useful one.
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I do not agree that it is my responsibility to help fix The Guardian's business model.

Maybe the presence of these banners says something important about the value of the content (in this context) and the respect that the organization has for its readers.
Gitlab famously publishes a bizarrely micromanaged & comprehensive policy on how they will reduce your salary based on where you choose to move, and they are a fully remote company.

It never ceases to amaze me how companies try to argue they shouldn’t pay their top wage everywhere, and how workers are willing to accept this. Especially for a remote-only company where your salary should literally not be based on costs in your home region (since the company is not based there, not paying taxes there, etc.).
Indeed, i remember that i was wondering very much, when i found that Doom3 ran noticably smoother on Linux than on Windows on the same machine. I think i was even using wine back then.
Focus on being "good at your job" not at "making everything better" or whatever you're doing now.

What you think of as doing extra work also ends up causing extra work for other people. You say "Attemtps to communicate with other teams to sync and improve processes were also shutdown... because it's not my responsibility and the team leads felt threatened" - it's almost certainly not that your team lead "felt threatened" (wtf?) but because you caused an extra hassle for them by causing confusion among your coworkers about the processes and practices for communication, documentation or decision-making.

Your time spent "fixing a lot of small things" that nobody cares about means other people have to code review, QA test, merge, deploy etc your work, which as you stated, was not scheduled/prioritized/desired.

An important part of being a team is playing your role, which includes not interfering with other people doing theirs. You see yourself as an unappreciated hero picking up the slack for everyone else, but everyone else sees you as an unpredictable wildcard causing confusion and extra work. Just focus on doing your job well and let the whole team thrive.
I agree with a lot of your comments (esp. the one about working on hard problems). We're constantly shifting our messaging to make sense and resonate with engineers looking for exciting yet challenging work. Culture is big to the engineers at Knotch, so we often lead with notes about our best place to work awards.

But "best" is a subjective term. In a job post referring to "best engineers," I think it's a cop-out and just fluff.
Came here to say this. The one thing I am getting from the bulk of the comments is, not a lot of people with an active HOA that is fully committed to not just yards, but a very specific "look and feel".

If you're curious about it: we have a nicely sloped back yard but one small part is 1)shrouded by the fence and 2)a tad lower/steeper than the rest, and so it's a mudhole where nothing will grow.

Our HOA is constantly angry about it, as our back yard now doesn't have the required square feet of grass coverage.

Similarly, others have problems getting grass growing in front yards because of house position, slope, and other factors. Constant harassment from the HOA that amounts to "why aren't you spending hundreds of dollars a year constantly re-sodding your tiny patch of townhouse front yard".

My experience is common around here, FWIW. I have friends in different nearby neighborhoods with the same kind of snooping, nitpicking "fix it or we'll put a lien on your house" stuff.
Additionally, if you don't run a full node, you don't know if you own btc.

For those interested in BTC security, the best you can do IMO is glacier protocol (which I'm surprised isn't mentioned in this article) https://glacierprotocol.org/

ColdCard wallets are also an excellent choice, even better when used as a part of a multisig setup with your desktop, more cold cards, or another hardware wallet.

Multisig across multiple hw wallets / computers (2/3 at least) is the best solution to self custody IMO. Single sig is SPOFfy.
That's what 802.11a was about.
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CEOs make 80 bazillion dollars to run a company in the ground. There are no rules to this, or what rules there are don’t look like they “should”.

Play the game, or get paid less than those who do.
Being suspicious of activity monitoring is one thing. Being suspicious that one of the largest companies in the world is actually keylogging your passwords so that they can steal bitcoins is another. Or that a few rogue employees at said company would be able to commit code that makes it all the way to end user machines to achieve that, bypassing all code reviews, testing, etc. is sort of insane.
Yes, that has been my experience. Remote offers have been for the local area market, not the company physical presence market.
From the article published day before the attack on Qassim Suleimani.

“Is there an individual in an unfriendly country who cannot be apprehended? What if the former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Qassim Suleimani, visits Baghdad for a meeting and you know the address? The temptations to use hypersonic missiles will be many.”
I'd be interesting in seeing something like this for engineering management. I'm a director outside of a major technology hub and am largely in the dark about what I should be getting paid.
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Thanks! This is excellent.

I was actually notified of this article in the Google news screen on my phone, but forgot the name after reading the article.
I'm sorry to hear that you are going through such tough times.

If you still have issues with alcohol use I strongly suggest you check out an Alcoholics Anonymous (https://aa.org/) group near you. Give it a chance, it will likely be very helpful.

About depression/emotional pain/suicidal thoughts first of all it would be very good to see a professional (doctor / psychologist) about this, they can help you. You may also talk to a friend if you have someone you feel you can talk to.

Try some daily activities that occupy your mind and/or body for a while: reading, running, walks in the park, workout in the gym, yoga, prayer. Whatever you can do.

You don't have to face everything alone, it's ok to ask for help.
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The CGA pallet was 4 colours and there were four of them. You had to switch pallets manually. There were essentially two pallets with a 'brighter' version available.

If done correctly and with composite output, it looked passable. 99% of the time though people just used the default pallet with magenta and cyan on TTL display.
Maybe try a CSS selector based off of the next parent element that does have a permanent identifier? first-child/nth-child and friends can get you a long way.
'Burnout' tends to imply overwork, but that doesn't sound like the case here; OP states they are doing the minimum amount of work to get by.

IME, boredom at a particular job coupled with a genuine interest in programming in general tends to result in finding a more interesting job or more time spent on side/personal projects. But that's not what I'm getting from OP's description.

Sometimes people are very reluctant to ask fundamental questions of themselves, like 'is this really what I want to be doing with my life?', especially when they have a lot invested in the status quo. So to me this sounds like the kind of problem where the first step is sufficient understanding of oneself.
Keyword: "get started".
Most ppl don't want to dual boot, so installing a VM is a stepping stone to getting fully comfortable with the OS so you can then use it on bare metal.
I never touched Bitcoin so maybe you can clarify how this makes sense:

> If Microsoft decides to terminate your license, what happens to your Bitcoin?

Your Bitcoin is represented by some kind of data stored on your computer I assume. So this data should be backed up, right? So the anwser is that you would access the bit coins from some device which you have a license to use?

If my understanding is right then I would consider the quoted statement to be a bit FUD:y.
are there any community div id lists for common annoying elements? I already have all the defaults in UBO enabled.
You don't have to just let the entire forest in to follow the advice in the article. There are a lot of low ground cover type plants that would do wonders for the insect population and you could still cut back any actual trees.
> Big labs don't work any faster than small labs

Not true, at least in my field. If $BigLab can throw 100k CPU cores at a simulation it is going to finish way faster than $SmallLab 1k simulation. If $BigLab builds 10 dedicated test rigs they are going to finish that parametric study way waster than $SmallLab with 1 shared test rig.

Getting scooped may not a big problem for papers (except when you start getting rejections because lack of novelty), but it is a big problem for patents, licenses, royalties and such things that allow small labs to survive when their governments have little to no money to spend.
Electricity is very expensive in Germany, driving electric can actually be more expensive than gasoline cars.
read Pnado daily founder's take on it
She's been here so long that she's now a core part of the problem, but so little time that she can't write critically about that same problem? I'm going to need you to draw me a diagram or something.
Heck, we could shut down mining for a couple of centuries

It seems to already be heading that way.

Last week it was announced that the uranium mine in Grants, New Mexico will not reopen because the price of uranium is so low.
But this is about a piss test, not hair test, so could this be done with urine too? Also don't human body produce nicotine naturally as a neurotransmitter (unlike THC etc), which means they need to use a range as a marker for "smoker" so there will be false positives, how do they deal with this?
what would be a more reliable way to know?
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It doesn't read as a sense of inferiority to me. It reads as a sense of being in danger, like living under a repressive regime. Which, since that's something that Silicon Valley, for all its flaws, manifestly isn't, is a deliberate choice.
I agree. This was just a variant of the usual Stallmanesque talking points wrapped in a bitcoin bow.
Physician, heal thyself.
> Another tip: Leave leaf litter in place. The dead plant material is an important part of healthy soil and offers protection for insects during the winter, Berenbaum said.

They say exactly that in the article.
> Not everyone in Europe works or has the opportunity to work at big wealthy corps like the ones you mentioned.

Because you think 90% of people in the US works in 'big wealthy corps'?

You probably have a skewed opinion based on what you see on hacker news.
For the overwhelming majority, the condition are pretty similar to what you describe: A SCRUM point driven job, where you just implement whatever boring BS you are asked for a product you most likely don't care about, with a mediocre pay, and no job security.
those people who want a community of only people who think the same way as they do should move out far enough that they don't have neighbors.
In my experience static types increase my development velocity.

I can make changes and find many bugs at compile time without writing tests. I still write tests of course but I have to write fewer, and I rarely waste time fixing trivial things that raise errors at runtime.

It is also much quicker for me to navigate the code. I can find definitions for identifiers instantly and get my mental model refreshed easily every time I switch contexts.

I use dynamic languages too, and I find myself spending more time on things that static languages do for me.
I feel like many people are ok with ad supported media, but when you can no longer see the content from all the ads, it gets a bit much.
Gotcha. In that case, I agree with some of the other comments. Sitting down and talking to the users to understand the pain points and ongoing needs is most important. Past history is not as critical because it is your job to define the future, not maintain the past.
Just get out.

Six years at the same place with only one promotion means that you're not really advancing.

Fake it 'til you make it.

If you do stay in place, get yourself promoted again and complete a graduate degree.
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2020 is the year of Linux on the desktop!
So, given this conclusion and resolving this is to meet a diverse amount of people:

How do we meet a diverse group of people?
It's not different. I think that's their point. FOSS like Linux doesn't automagically make it "safer" than proprietary systems like Windows.
no good fix here (other than the "nth" approach). Fortunately, most news sites use sensible divs (for now).
I'm in the UK. My lawn is about 1/3 clover already, as it happens, just by natural process of it being stuff that grows better in the conditions on that part of the lawn. I don't consider that to be not-a-lawn, it's fairly normal I think, and the management is no different to the grass. (My 'lawn' overall is about 1/3 grass, 1/3 mostly-clover, 1/3 mostly-moss: the grass grows well on the sunny side, the moss beats out everything else on the side that's almost perpetually in shade by the south-side fence, and the clover wins in the middle-zone between them.)
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>The only one that surprised me a little is PA, but that’s because I’m in Ohio, and I forget that the East part of PA has a lot of big economic centers luring people and industry away.

Wait? Wouldn't that mean economic growth for PA as a whole? Why would big economic centers luring people and industry to them result in contraction?
I think the open secret is that prostitutes don't count, because the sex isn't about having orgasms, but about having one's merit validated. They must earn the thing that they cannot buy. Sex is the ultimate compliment, being chosen by a woman who dubs him worthy -- ideally, the most desirable woman (as perceived by other men). And for many, the more the better -- a second time doesn't count as much.

They generally don't get that, and will give other reasons why they can't just hire somebody. But I believe that's the real reason: it's the one thing that they cannot buy, and therefore matters most when they have all the money in the world.
I agree: I think the dirty little secret about advertising supported journalism (or really most websites producing new "content" with some regular frequency) is that much of the "content" is absolutely vapid fast food.

I don't know what an internet without all of the worthless ad-supported "content" looks like, but however it looks, suspect it is the steady-state equilibrium that will exist in the future. Because the ad-supported business model -- bad UX by definition -- is so obviously a house of cards.
An immediate solution is to enable NoScript on all news sites. Disabling JS speeds up load times to instant and hides most of the cruft. It's working great so far for me (using Firefox on Android).
My interpetation reading it is the mathematician's answer for both "yes".

To elaborate the article, book, and promptional articles for books are fundamentally part dealing with the same thing which ha raised alarm bells.

The sort of formulaic overexposed attempt at monetizing some sort of Zeitgeist while making sensationalist claims. It even checks boxes of the "literary fiction which slavishly keeps to conventions of setting, copious use of symbolism, and serious topics, and thinks itself better than genre fiction not realizing it is just another genre itself" pretension.

It may theortically actually be good and groundbreaking but it feels like a paint by numbers "guru", ignoring unsolicited emails and banner ads claiming you won something is the default behavior for good reason. The heuristics default to "ignore".
2017 Freakonomics podcast about the American obsession with lawns: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-obsession-lawns/

I've been replacing grass with mulched gardens consisting of perennials such as russian sage, black-eyed susans, catmint, various bushes..
Haha, goodone
I don't believe that for one second. Electricity is also stupidly expensive in the UK and driving on electricity is still an order of magnitude cheaper than driving on petrol.
Ironically because you’re the type of person willing to pay for journalism, you’re in the most valuable demographic for advertisers.

The advertising supported web has created perverse incentives, which doesn’t serve web users.
I don't know if using gmp for RSA is a good idea. I am pretty sure that gmp would open you to side channel attacks due to its operations not being constant time.
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It's interesting. She sounds like a pro writer. I wonder if her four years were really research for a planned book. That kind of thing is very common. If so, it's paid off. She's hot news, right now. Being exec producer on a movie before the book is even out, is sort of...Silicon Valley.

My own perspective is kinda weird, and I don't pretend to be an expert in the culture.

I started programming in 1983, with machine code, and I've been doing this stuff a very long time. As I look around at folks in the industry, I see that it is a very long time, indeed. There's not many people with the length of time in the industry I have (which is not necessarily something that has been beneficial to me).

I spent most of my career at a top-shelf Japanese corporation. It was a frustrating, but also awesome, experience that has almost no analogue at all with Silicon Valley culture. It was basically a "silo."

After leaving that company a couple of years ago, I have been acclimating to a vastly changed landscape. It's been rather eye-opening.

The one thing that has struck me the most, is that money seems to have become rather corrosive, while also energizing. It powers a lot of growth, innovation and energy, but also brings with it an almost complete moral vacuum. The Japanese corporation had many flaws, but I was impressed by their focus on teamwork and almost insanely high ethical standards (It was a very "old-fashioned" company). I regularly worked (and argued) with some of the most brilliant scientists and engineers in the world.

I like the energy, and I think some of the tools and techniques that have developed are really nice, but I have been rather taken aback by the manner in which our culture is expressed, these days. It's very different from the rather "scrappy" and hopeful way we thought about things back when.

I'm figuring out how to navigate the new world. I need to learn how to work in the fast-paced, cutthroat culture, while holding to my ethical compass, and my workflow.
I use some CAD/CAM programs on Wine and they're sensibly faster in both rendering and general usage compared to a windows install (I have a dual boot system).

I can only complain about some minor font rendering issues and the lack of child window rendering [0] which is frequently used in programs like these.

Once child window rendering is fixed, I will actually be considering ditching windows entirely and go wine-only.

[0] https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2019-July/148639...
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Does “1M for 4 years stock” mean a 1M grant per year that each vest over 4 years or 4 years worth of grants that total 1M?
A file that sitting on Windows that's been encrypted with a piece of well-audited encryption software is pretty safe. And if you want to be really certain, don't keep the machine connected to the internet except for software updates, and never while you're accessing your encrypted BTC archive.
If that's how you're reading it, it is because you want to.

Loneliness isn't fixed easily and it requires a lot of effort on your part to fix it. Until you hit the point that you're determined to fix it, it won't get fixed.

It's not a virus that just has to run its course. You have to purposefully have the resolve to change it and over time, being lonely for long enough will make you hit a point where you say "Enough is enough. I'm not going to spend my life lonely."

Step 1 might be hitting the gym or joining a workout group like F3 or cross fit. Looking for a club like Toastmasters to help make you more comfortable stepping out of your shell. Invite people to lunch.

Start following a sports team and find other people who do too to talk about it with and get together with to watch / attend the games. Hockey games are a blast in person once you figure out what's going on.

None of it is going to make a difference unless you, personally, are determined to fix it.
Not the OP, but I think it's fairly obvious they're dismissing the book based on the description of the book from the article that the OP just quoted.

To be fair: The Guardian really needs to include less of Anna Furman's (the article writers) sensationalist summaries and more of Anna Weiner's (the actual book author) work.
The other factor is that the vast majority of Windows security administrators (i.e., random users) are incompetent.

In terms of the security of the operating system itself, Windows may well be more secure than Linux. Many Windows applications, however, are going to be much less secure than the OS--although it's not like Linux applications are stellar in this regard as well (e.g., Docker).
Yeah, we're Lyme Disease Central. We're militant about DEET, footwear, and taking showers when we come inside. I really hope some kind of vaccine comes out soon, though.
Replaceable CPU? I thought the NUCs use BGA laptop chips.

It's not going to be a cheap box.