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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.
Duran Duran, Is There Something I Should Know -
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.
ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen at Never Is Now 2019 – YouTube
It’s time to regulate Facebook, Twitter, Google, et. al. I love just about everything about this, but the money quote, for me, is this, at 15:40… “… when discussing the difficulty of removing content, Zuckerberg asked “where do you draw … Continue reading
Send us your naked photos: An inside look at Facebook’s misunderstood efforts to tackle revenge porn
“What you see is that we will shut this type of content down on our platform, but then people will hop to other platforms and spaces,” Davis said. “What would be great across industry is for us to share intelligence … Continue reading
Truck Spills Dice, Deals 216,000d6 Bludgeoning Damage to Atlanta Freeway
Trivium Games claims that this spill amounted to the largest dice roll in history, a record previously held by the United Kingdom for Brexit. Source: Truck Spills Dice, Deals 216,000d6 Bludgeoning Damage to Atlanta Freeway This article wins the internet … Continue reading
Search warrant overrides 1M users’ choice not to share DNA with cops | Ars Technica
Police in Orlando, Florida, obtained a warrant this summer to search DNA site GEDmatch and review data on all of its users—about a million people, The New York Times reports. Privacy advocates are now concerned that police will continue to … Continue reading
Christian comedian John Crist admits to ‘destructive and sinful’ behavior after multiple women come forward
Popular Christian comedian John Crist, who just landed a Netflix special, admitted to “destructive and sinful” behavior and canceled his upcoming tour after multiple accusations of unwanted sexting, harassment and manipulation. Source: Christian comedian John Crist admits to ‘destructive and sinful’ behavior after … Continue reading
DHH “not yet feeling the awesome” of WSL
This has been one of my all-time favorite Twitter threads. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, is trying to “live” in Windows, and set it up to do Rails work. He’s blogging the “experience,” and it’s not going very smoothly. … Continue reading
H-1B Visas, Facebook, and Cummins
I ran across an article about Facebook’s use of H-1B visas in my news crawl. This part really caught my eye: Since 2017, as part of his promise to “hire American,” the Trump administration has been denying record numbers of … Continue reading
Top Marginal Tax Rates
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, could be taxed NINETY-NINE POINT NINE PERCENT of his net worth, and STILL be worth a BILLION dollars. Let that sink in. $10M is pretty wealthy. $100M is pretty crazy. “Just” $1B is ludicrous. He … Continue reading