1. chowned Oct 31, 2020 parent

   I still don't understand how the wall clock prevents them from getting up an hour earlier or later.
2. chowned Oct 30, 2020 parent

   We can criticize this specific instance of CoC enforcement without making fun of legitimate gender issues in technology.
3. chowned Oct 30, 2020 parent

   The point is to rely on the abstractions. :) I get similar feelings, especially having been burned by software in the past that purported to abstract things properly. But perhaps unlike other frameworks/libraries, I think Rails has solid abstractions. Of course they're not perfect, but much like abstractions provided by an OS, they are complex, and you mostly don't have to worry about implementation details. (And when you do, that's okay, because the documentation is solid too and the code is available.)

   I've been working with Django lately and I definitely had to learn to let go and trust stuff like the ORM. But after watching migrations get handled automatically and easily adding foreign key relationships to tables, I was hooked. I used to be firmly in the "almost never ORM" camp, but that's changed.

4. chowned Oct 30, 2020 parent

   Who hurt you? Seriously, what's your problem?
5. chowned Oct 30, 2020 parent

   I sure am glad my fantastic public high school teachers didn't have your attitude. They sacrificed so much for so little, and I'll tell you what, they made a word of difference in at least one life: mine. From what I've learned of teachers, that's more than enough for them.

   Shame.

6. chowned Oct 30, 2020 parent

   I didn't realize I could watch every show on every streaming platform. That is welcome news.
7. chowned Oct 29, 2020 parent

   Denial is the only way to cope with how impossible it feels to make any meaningful progress. I mean, the alternative is to sit white-knuckled until I die in a food riot. I am well aware of the changes that are coming, and it's one of many reasons why I'm not having kids: I don't believe progress will continue like it has (which was always unsustainable, even without deleterious effects on the climate), and I think the future earth will be much harder for humans in the short term. Sure, humanity will probably adapt, but millions of people might die in the process.
8. chowned Oct 29, 2020 parent

   "History isn't perfect" is not a good reason to avoid doing history. Historians are all well aware of these facts.
9. chowned Oct 29, 2020 parent

   I appreciate the humor, but I think that was a bit of a disservice for her. Because even though you have a cheeky definition, the term does get used fairly frequently in the industry, and it would've been helpful to explain how it's commonly used, even if you don't agree with it.
10. chowned Oct 29, 2020 parent

    That's exactly it. For some reason, developers really want to just write code, even though it's for a web service and that web service doesn't exist in a perfect vacuum. (Yes, I do ops, and yes, I'm bitter and jaded.)
11. chowned Oct 29, 2020 parent

    It makes people wonder how fair the process is.
12. chowned Oct 28, 2020 parent

    It's amazing what the threat of bankruptcy can make people do.
13. chowned Oct 27, 2020 parent

    Not a day goes by on here where I don't read ten comments reminding everyone that employment is a mutual contract that can be terminated by either party at any time. So I'll say to you what those people say: you can always just get a new job, one where sexism is tolerated.
14. chowned Oct 27, 2020 parent

    Um, I would rather work in a place where people are afraid of saying: "We don't need any bitches working here!"
15. chowned Oct 27, 2020 parent

    I have to refresh the page once or twice when attempting to load a tweet in Safari or Chrome on iOS, otherwise I usually get a cryptic "this tweet is not available to you" message or something similar. I also just assumed it was a dark pattern to get me to use the app.
16. chowned Oct 26, 2020 parent

    Imagine being able to destroy the environment with impunity. You get rich, and everyone else is forced to live (or die) with the consequences.

    Well, you don't have to imagine it, because that's reality.

17. chowned Oct 26, 2020 parent

    It's because nobody in the industry wants to acknowledge that there's a power imbalance. You really might need a job, but guess what? Your interviewer already has one.
18. chowned Oct 26, 2020 parent

    Someone with high enough standards to not work for companies that blatantly break laws?

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