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One hallmark of poor quality software is the existence of a separate cleanup tool in case the uninstall doesn't work

I think it's more than publicity. Anyone can stand as a candidate, and anyone can vote for them. Money and connections and establishment and everything else don't matter, all candidates are equal on that stage. It's both weird and to be admired.

Dotnetrocks did an excellent breakdown https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/2007

In much the same way as some HR departments exist to protect the business from their employees, some Finance departments exist to not pay the bills (for as long as possible). They may of course do this because the business itself is not being paid

Thanks. Appreciate the thought trail. For an employer, if they delete the data later (if I don't get the job) then I'm ok with that since I'm expecting it to be accessed and used by humans.

Interesting about the website forms that have separate options for each category, I'd always believed this was to wear me down so I click "agree" once instead of changing 98 separate sliders to no.

Can i withdraw consent later? So, attend the interview (to maximise my chances of being offered the job), and then after the application process withdraw consent?

If you don’t like games that require a server to function don’t buy them, that’s a choice that can be made.

"buy" is doing some heavy lifting here. If I buy something, it is mine. If someone else can arbitrarily take it away or stop it working, then it was mis-sold, because what I've really done is rent for an indeterminate period of time. What should be clear up front is whether I'm buying or renting.

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It's an impressive model and I'd like to see it in the Lego shop - but I wouldn't like to own it. When it comes time to use the pieces for something else, that's ten thousand beige blocks. Its like some of the Star Wars Lego, for instance the AT-AT is a fantastic creation but its just all the same colour, and to me isn't interesting for more than a few minutes. I like the larger builds that are minifigure-scaled e.g. the bookshop or Hogsmeade or Ninjago city gardens, there's much more detail and variation and fun

I tried to watch the video on the website, but it auto scrolls to the next video whilst playing

'The changelog reads “performance improvements.”' was the truest part for me. Surely what we're releasing is the most fundamental thing to understand, yet almost every single app update I see is this or something jokey that really means "don't know" or "don't care"

Depends what you're looking for. If I'm looking for businesses or streetview or 3D I'll use Google Maps. If I want to explore I'll use openstreetmap. Sometimes I'll use public rights of way mapping or parking zone boundaries on local council websites, or hiking-specific mapping apps that overlay routes. Having one mapping app that does it all would be nice, but each serves their purpose

"weirdly epic slop" is the most concise description of linkedin posts i've yet seen

One great use of interfaces is for automated testing, the test class can implement the same interface specification as the code.

A long time ago I also used structuremap to automatically wire up default implementations of interfaces, which reduced the need to write boilerplate code enormously. It also helped separate concerns because separating out interfaces means I could concentrate on only the specification of the class.

Asimov missed the idea of the panopticon here, whereby control is self-enforced by the fear of being caught because you can be watched at any time, not all the time

I prefer the pump that is on the side of the petrol cap, but filling up from either side absolutely works for me in the uk, there isn't a "wrong side"

Or, they subtracted a digital elevation model from a digital surface model, ran a point-in-polygon match against an existing building dataset, and labelled the difference as the height of the building. No ML needed.

Interesting, recent podcast on the subject https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/632-the-titanics-best...

Tim Apple is an awesome mnemonic

LinkedIn allows you to write a recomendation, after submission it goes to the other person to approve. If you want to risk a little of your reputation to support another (and your employer doesn't prevent you from doing this) then its an easy way to help someone out

a walk-off. First to 1,000 miles

Yup simple laptop sleeve with a good zip and a reliable handle works well for me. In case of inclement weather there's a ziplock bag inside big enough for the laptop.

That goes inside another thin bag for safe carry. If I'm visiting somewhere new and carrying other things, bag-in-bag works well; leave the day bag in the conference room, the thin bag with the laptop comes with me.

I stayed in a house in Rome that kept out the fierce summer heat, because of thick walls. AC would be redundant. In other places, like Hong Kong, the thin walls of the apartments need AC to remain liveable in summer. I've read about the lack of shade in many built environments. Seen TV shows where someone builds floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows in a location that would be below 0 for much of the year. Unsustainable construction drives AC use and greenhouse gas emission that makes the problem worse.

To a degree this is sensible, if someone is tailgating you and you need to perform an emergency stop there's more likely to be a collision, so you need to increase the space in front of you for more gradual braking.

hold on, i've got an idea for a startup...

Some sites make this into a problem accessing their site by having an unsubscribe that doesn't account for this login method. Unsubscribing from marketing means I can no longer login

"just"

i read from this that he wants US control, nothing to do with privacy

i can think of two reasons for using a third-party dependency

1) a dependency on a third-party service provider that publishes the dependency. So long as that service provider is current, the dependency should be maintained 2) short-cut to code i don't want to write

I have no arguments with (1), there's a business reason and the lifecycles should match. However, I should still expect major version breaking changes in order to keep my application running. For (2), the wins are less clear, more dependenent on the perceived complexity of what I can avoid writing.

Taking on any kind of dependency means that someone else can dictate when I need to spend time updating and testing changes that don't add anything to my product. Taking on a third-party dependency is always taking on a responsibility to maintain a codebase or the risk of not doing so.

https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/ uses payments as an incentive to keep projects going, so dependencies can be updated. .NET Rocks! interviewed them https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1948