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[–] nik9000 2 points 1 month ago

I remember it being small probes, big earth mounted pushing laser, and not stopping at the destination.

Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 1 points 1 month ago

For you, I recommend The Quantum Thief. Specifically book two.

"Would U.S. tech workers join a union?" survey average: 67% likely in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think blind itself drives some interesting bias. The public posts are pretty incel. You need a critical mass of folks at your company to have a company private board so it attracts folks from bigger companies. It doesn't seem to represent average folks well. Unless I have no idea what average is.

I'm not sure what to do with that instinct. The overall results say a thing I wanted to hear. It all feels weird.

The most important role in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not a huge fan of the sonic movies. But he is really fun in them.

Can you think of any others? in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 7 points 1 month ago

Oomkiller

What are the best fictional books you’ve ever read? in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 2 points 1 month ago

Catch 22 is just about the funniest thing I've ever read. I don't think you'll finish it in a day, but it's amazing.

What are the best fictional books you’ve ever read? in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never Let Me Go is the most "not for me" book I've ever read. I can see why people love it. And I respect what it's doing. I just don't want to play a long.

What are the best fictional books you’ve ever read? in c/[email protected]

[–] nik9000 2 points 1 month ago

Project Hail Mary used to come up on r/books from time to time and was polarizing. Lots of folks loved it. Lots thought it wasn't good.

If you loved the Martian I think you'll like PHM. I did.

Julia Evans' Git cheat sheet in c/programming

[–] nik9000 5 points 1 month ago

I've stopped using stash and mostly just commit to my working branch. I can squah that commit away if I want later. But we squash before merge so it doesn't tend to be worth it.

It's just less things to remember.

60% of Open-Source Maintainers Are Unpaid: It's Concerning & What We Can Do About it in c/opensource

[–] nik9000 5 points 1 month ago

I think lots of the kernel folks are paid to contribute full time. For a while I was paid a full time maintainer on some apache licensed search stuff. Before that web stuff.

I guess the demoninator in that fraction is low.

Do you use your personal Github as a portfolio when applying for jobs, or instead a self-hosted VCS (whether Git or otherwise)? in c/cs_career_questions

[–] nik9000 4 points 2 months ago

My job is almost entirely public on GitHub. It is in my resume and the next time I use my resume I hope folks read it. Lots of folks won't but they probably don't value my particular set of skills.

I think the usual wisdom is most jobs won't care.

Stack Overflow Survey: 80% of developers are unhappy in c/programming

[–] nik9000 3 points 2 months ago

I'm just a hacker. I'll never be a thought leader. But I am passionate about my work. And my kids.

I love solving the problems. I have a few posts on the company blog but they put a chat bot on it a while back and didn't care that it felt offensive to me.

But I'm here, reading this. Maybe I'm grey matter.