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The answer is no, if anyone sees this. Although according to a poster on r/slack who claims to be an employee, a fix is incoming.

The answer is no, if anyone sees this. Although according to a poster on r/slack who claims to be an employee, a fix is incoming.

Q about the new Slack UI. Is it possible to configure things to have all workspaces listed at once, annotated w/ a dot if there are...

Q about the new Slack UI. Is it possible to configure things to have all workspaces listed at once, annotated w/ a dot if there are unreads?

I mean at all times. I know I can hover over the workspace icon to see the full list.

now aka @geoffjentry.bsky.social

now aka @geoffjentry.bsky.social

A hard mental transition engineers have is shifting from standard app dev to data dev (or vice versa, I'm sure). The patterns, and thus...

A hard mental transition engineers have is shifting from standard app dev to data dev (or vice versa, I'm sure). The patterns, and thus local/global optimizations are all different. And for the devs, their assumptions are often wrong.

This command line tool from Google has a flag documented as being " Maximum number of seconds to wait for ...". So of course you...

This command line tool from Google has a flag documented as being " Maximum number of seconds to wait for ...". So of course you have to give the value you supply a time unit, instead of you know, it assuming you meant seconds.

Have seen some devs recognize & transcend this. They still have their preferences, but no longer argue from a dogmatic position. I keep...

Have seen some devs recognize & transcend this. They still have their preferences, but no longer argue from a dogmatic position. I keep thinking about what causes this mentality shift, and how to encourage it in others. It's not (just) age/experience. Beyond that I got nuttin 3/3

When these topics come up on a team it can be rough. Hard for ppl to recognize why they are (or even that they are) talking past each other....

When these topics come up on a team it can be rough. Hard for ppl to recognize why they are (or even that they are) talking past each other. Or why they cant put their finger on why they disagree. Plus, who is going to argue for "unreadable code" if debate is anchored in opposite end? 2/3

An insidious class of software debates are where everyone agrees on the general premise, but the threshold is subjective. eg: Code should be...

An insidious class of software debates are where everyone agrees on the general premise, but the threshold is subjective. eg: Code should be "readable", PRs/functions/files shouldnt be "too long", "single responsibility" principle. 1/3

ChatGPT just told me the same incorrect thing a few times in a row. I told it that it was wrong. It apologized & thanked me. When I...

ChatGPT just told me the same incorrect thing a few times in a row. I told it that it was wrong. It apologized & thanked me. When I asked my Q again it had updated the response.

But now I wonder - I'm assuming it only updated for me (for now?)? 🤔

You know the video is bad when even a few MAGA forums I checked out are condemning the officers instead of suggesting Tyre should have just...

You know the video is bad when even a few MAGA forums I checked out are condemning the officers instead of suggesting Tyre should have just done what they said.

Why do so many people think they're stuck with The Algorithm on the bird app? I've been on there since 2008 or so, and outside of a...

Why do so many people think they're stuck with The Algorithm on the bird app? I've been on there since 2008 or so, and outside of a dark 6 month-ish period you had options

There's a lot of songs that when I hear them I can smell the plastic smell from the old cassette/cd inserts. Brains are weird.

There's a lot of songs that when I hear them I can smell the plastic smell from the old cassette/cd inserts. Brains are weird.

Autocorrect just helpfully fixed "MGH" to "ugh". You're not wrong, autocorrect.

Autocorrect just helpfully fixed "MGH" to "ugh". You're not wrong, autocorrect.

Off to pick up my very last order from Mary Chung's. Fun fact: Including Mary's, there are exactly 3 restaurants in my contacts....

Off to pick up my very last order from Mary Chung's.

Fun fact: Including Mary's, there are exactly 3 restaurants in my contacts. Haven't called the other two in over 10 years, and one has been closed for 9 years.

One could ask - why don't I just start with ChatGPT? Answer is that I don't trust it yet. I'm still afraid that it'll send...

One could ask - why don't I just start with ChatGPT? Answer is that I don't trust it yet. I'm still afraid that it'll send me on some mega wild goose chase that makes all the other saved time not worth it.

But it's getting there, in terms of my trust.

After wrestling w/ an issue today & eventually getting it to work, I asked ChatGPT how to solve it. While the answer it gave was wrong,...

After wrestling w/ an issue today & eventually getting it to work, I asked ChatGPT how to solve it. While the answer it gave was wrong, it would have cut my sleuthing time by about half by getting me in the right ballpark.

I do this a lot, and as much as ppl crap on it for not always being right, I find more often than not it'd have at least removed a few rounds of WTFing.

Excited to see how far things have progressed by this time next year.

For those also on Post, how would you describe it in relative terms to here and bird app?Thinking the elephant might be too user hostile for...

For those also on Post, how would you describe it in relative terms to here and bird app?

Thinking the elephant might be too user hostile for my personal usage patterns.

This whole thing with PG getting banned from Twitter will explode a lot of heads over on HN. Some of them will need to decide if they're...

This whole thing with PG getting banned from Twitter will explode a lot of heads over on HN. Some of them will need to decide if they're a PG or Musk sycophant now.

Woohoo: A new Murderbot novella is incoming!Boohoo: A year from now. And it costs $30.

Woohoo: A new Murderbot novella is incoming!

Boohoo: A year from now. And it costs $30.

@kazulwashere This made me think of you: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/world/bats-death-metal-growls-scn-trnd/index.html

@kazulwashere This made me think of you: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/world/bats-death-metal-growls-scn-trnd/index.html