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Comment · 4 months ago
The immediacy with which any vision can be built is amazing. But the minute you let go of the direction and abandon responsibility, it eats you alive. Like a powerful dog.

You are the gen. And you are also the slop.

Comment · 1 year ago
You wonder what all the Rust talk was about before the programming language's release in Jan 2012.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I hope this idea makes the rounds. It's so terrible when you have to learn the idiosyncratic nomenclature of products.

It feels like it was already worse some years ago, but this piece spells it out. And, ironically, gives the problem a name, which is a good thing in this case.

Comment · 2 years ago
What are the eyebrow raising connotations you have?
Comment · 2 years ago
I had similar thoughts. But let's not overlook the information asymmetry, which contributed to the dissatisfaction. I don't want to live in a world which is controlled unilaterally, and intransparently by a group of people who assume they have a full picture of the situation and assume they understand moral completely, and also don't think it necessary to explain how they think so highly of themselves.
Comment · 2 years ago
The sensational capture of a coelacanth was really very recent, only since 1938 we know they still live!

Did you know all birds are living dinosaurs?

Comment · 2 years ago
Imagine being part of a management that thinks when your workers lie on paperwork that excuses you.
Comment · 2 years ago
MBP 2014. Firefox is smooth as can be, opening on Chrome blocks the whole machine.
Comment · 2 years ago
I can vouch for Dokku being equally very reliable and surprise-free to use.
Comment · 2 years ago
The link works, but the link parser on HN (of all places) is confused by the parens.

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