wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship
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wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Postwoman – a free alternative to Postman
That's my point, it's literally got a rule telling us to not talk about it. We really should talk about it, though.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Today’s Top Tech Skills
There are lots of ways to interact with folks who don't understand something that get your point across without making them feel bad. I'm guessing you didn't employ any of those strategies.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Today’s Top Tech Skills
We're having this conversation as if everyone making SQL queries is one fat finger away from irrevocable data loss. I know very little about SQL but have managed to build literally dozens of systems on top of Postgres without ever causing a data loss event as a result of my poor SQL skills...
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” password, court rules
Brute force? Nothing brute force about bringing you your laptop/phone so you can unlock your password store.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” password, court rules
They'd get you access to your password store, I assume.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
Or in other words, stop having fun?
There is value in relaxing, there is value in letting go of control and following your impulses. Trying to drive out all fun may lead to a more productive life, but at the cost of a pleasurable life.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
Are you passionate in the same way the commenter's friend meant, though? Passion means different things to different people, and maybe his friend was expressing his desire to be more passionate, which actually sounds like a trait you share with him, considering you're not more passionate about any one particular thing over other things.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
I agree with you, but would go even further and say you're not born interested, the set of experiences you have are what shape your interest. It's both an important and useful idea to consider that people are born blank slates, and experiences drive us.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
The people who dominate the stereotype of "genius" are also those who have debilitating mental disorders, and far too many people can't separate those two things.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
I'm not sure it's a given that natural talent is even part of the equation. A decent number of the behavioral economics who have written popular books (Grit, Peak, to name a few) seem to be converging on the idea that talent isn't really worth discussing as a prerequisite to greatness.
That especially follows if you consider the luck factor mentioned in this article; is it really talent to have a unique way of looking at a topic that moves the topic forward? Or is the uniqueness merely a factor of the set of experiences a person just happens to bring to bear on a problem?
I say this because far too many people get caught up on talent, trying to find what their talent is, when they'd be much more productive simply obsessing.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Postwoman – a free alternative to Postman
People have been right since the begining, and no one wants to talk about it.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Differences between expert and novice brains in mice: study
Love this mindset; far too many people think of the System 1 part of our brains as things to fear and reduce as much as possible. Training it is vastly superior.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Postwoman – a free alternative to Postman
What's cutsey about them?
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Postwoman – a free alternative to Postman
You can't search by arbitrary Unicode characters?
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: Google Kills Cloud Print
Has anyone tried buying these sunsetting projects from Google? I'd definitely pay like $3-$5/mo to have this service, and the implementation is involved enough that it'd be a hassle to duplicate.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: If we burn, you burn with us
Yeah, I realized that after I wrote it, sorry.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: The answer to “Will you mentor me?” is no (2010)
It's gatekeeping, isn't it (in a good way)? Demonstrating you give a shit (rather than saying it) goes a long way.
I went to a meetup around where I live that was meant for developers on my area. What ended up happening was half the group were practicing developers who wanted to socialize a bit more, and the other half were people who were "super passionate" about programming and wanted to talk nonstop about their ideas. Unfortunately I got stuck with the latter half, due to seating, so I had to field all kinds of "Do you think this is a good idea?" questions the whole time. It sucked.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: If we burn, you burn with us
Fair enough, what should I be calling it? Genuine question, not sure.
wehrkeoruw | 6 years ago | on: If we burn, you burn with us
I wonder if there are tactics being learned by other governments (or future potential rioters!) here about how to deal with ongoing instability caused by rioting. At this scale, these don't happen often, so is there a "meta" being played out by the two sides?
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