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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.
@xxclusionary, on Twitter -
I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
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I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Author Archives: David K.
Loki and Portal
A long time ago, Valve released a little indie game called Portal, and took the gaming world by surprise. They followed it up with a sequel that expanded the world in awesome ways. I mean, it had J. K. Simmons … Continue reading
Excel E-Sports. Not a Joke
So, a long time ago, I found this, and thought it was hilarious. Today, I found this, and discovered that the Excel e-sports “scene” is actually a thing.
iOS 15, Humane
Apple could help us set conditions for how and when we use certain apps. This way, we could set boundaries for ourselves, on our own terms. For example if you’re struggling to use Tinder responsibly, you could create a condition … Continue reading
Kinda a big announcement – Joel on Software
I took a few stupid years trying to be the CEO of a growing company during which I didn’t have time to code, and when I came back to web programming, after a break of about 10 years, I found … Continue reading
Amazon Faced 75,000 Arbitration Demands. Now It Says: Fine, Sue Us – WSJ
Companies have spent more than a decade forcing employees and customers to resolve disputes outside the traditional court system, using secretive arbitration proceedings that typically don’t allow plaintiffs to team up and extract big-money payments akin to a class action. … Continue reading
Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update – Malwarebytes Labs
In a single update, a popular barcode scanner app that had been on Google Play for years turned into malware. Source: Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update – Malwarebytes Labs “Barcode Scanner” had … Continue reading
LinkedIn, as a site, at this point, is at best “weird,” if not downright user hostile. The problem with all of these web 3.0 businesses (because of capitalism in general) is that they keep growing until they absorb everything that … Continue reading
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, a New Book by Cory Doctorow | OneZero
But Zuboff also claims that surveillance literally robs us of our free will — that when our personal data is mixed with machine learning, it creates a system of persuasion so devastating that we are helpless before it. That is, … Continue reading