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xythian | 5 years ago | on: Skip Level Meeting Guide for Leaders

This depends entirely on org culture. I've worked at places where I had to go thru an absolute gauntlet of "prep" meetings to hone my talking points for talking with someone several skip levels above my manager.

And, I've worked in places where you are free to send a DM to the C-Suite if you feel like it's necessary to get your work done. No pre-approval required.

xythian | 5 years ago | on: The No-Code Generation is arriving

I see where you're going here. It might help if we construct a specific syntax and grammar for writing specifications for software. It'll be helpful for all of us if we can make our specifications as clear and efficient as possible. We could even call this combination of a syntax and grammar a programming language.

Just imagine a world when we have these programming languages to help us encode the specifications for our software. Wild! :)

xythian | 5 years ago | on: Python For Feature Film

You might look into 'Data Artist'. It's a small but growing profession that's a bit of a hybrid of data scientist, data analyst, data journalist, and visual designer.

https://www.jerthorp.com/ is one such well known example.

xythian | 5 years ago | on: Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

I've done exactly the same thing over the last month and wish I would have made the change sooner. The mobile web is vastly improved with fewer AMP results and new Reddit is just terrible. :shakesfist:

xythian | 5 years ago | on: DNSSEC explained: Why you might want to implement it on your domain

I'd love to know why some of the major companies of the internet aren't using DNSSEC.

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Netflix, etc. don't have DNSSEC enabled for their domains.

Is it as simple as they're just concerned about the occasional DNS request failing to do DNSSEC issues and thus reducing precious traffic?

xythian | 5 years ago | on: The average consumer loses over $150 a year renting a router from their ISP

Frontier charges you a router rental fee even if you don't physically possess the router. They'll waive the fee temporarily when you decline the router, but eventually it comes back and becomes immovable. The only way to get rid of the fee (that I've ever found) is to switch to a new account in the name of another person at the same address.

F$*# Frontier, I hope they enjoy bankruptcy!

xythian | 5 years ago | on: How coffee became a modern necessity

Exactly, every hobby or indulgence has extremes. I'm happy with my ~$200 in coffee equipment and $5-10/lb coffee. But, plenty of other people spend thousands on equipment and buy $20-30+/lb coffee.

And, some people drink Folgers.

xythian | 6 years ago | on: Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology (2015)

I don't think architecture has been the driving factor for console exclusives as much as intellectual property. MS and Sony have been in an acquisition war for studios for years in order to lock down exclusive IP. This is a pretty costly enterprise because Sony and MS have to buy and maintain entire companies to produce exclusive IP.

xythian | 6 years ago | on: The Evolution of Management: Transitioning Up the Ladder

Yes. You should be having this kind of career conversation with your current manager. Together, you should be able to find opportunities to grow and test out manager-like skills (e.g., hiring and managing an intern, mentoring junior devs, becoming a team lead, etc).

Camille Fournier's book, The Manager's Path, is a good read for learning about some of the common transitions from IC to manager to executive in software engineering.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920056843.do

xythian | 6 years ago | on: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%

Most do not.

> As of June 30, 2019, a total of 21 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted same day registration (SDR), which allows any qualified resident of the state to go to register to vote and cast a ballot all in that day.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/same-da...

And, same day isn't necessarily the best solution. For example, Oregon does vote-by-mail. This process would make it difficult to allow for same day registration. But, Oregon also has nation leading voter turnout. No polling places, no hassle, just an envelope in the mail.

* Oregon also does automatic registrations when interacting with the DMV.

xythian | 6 years ago | on: Owning a Pet Is Good for Well-Being

Huh. I worked at an office with dogs for ~4 years and never experienced pooping or barking problems or heard rumors of such issues.

The biggest problem we had were allergies. There was an eventual compromise with dogs only allowed in specific conference rooms that had air purifiers running.

xythian | 6 years ago | on: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

Yes, it's an issue and there's nothing a pi-hole can do to solve the issue. YouTube is the most notable server of ads from content servers, but one can imagine more content providers following suit eventually.

However, you can have your pi-hole up and running in a few minutes and enjoy excellent network wide ad blocking for virtually every service that isn't YouTube.

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