The other day I was removing a MicroSD card and the spring caused it to be shot across the room, where I still haven't found it. I've also snapped them in half on multiple occasions. So no, I do not wish to be anywhere near a $450 MicroSD card.
Readit NewsDead Comment
hamandchris commented on SanDisk 1-terabyte microSD card is now available tomsguide.com/us/sandisk-... · Posted by u/skilled
hamandchris commented on The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet blog.haschek.at/2018/the-... · Posted by u/geek_at
What's even more fun is that your phone is also broadcasting those SSIDs to the world as you walk down the street, if you have wifi enabled, and likely also your unique MAC address.
So anyone in wireless range of you can 1) track you and recognize you again, and 2) possibly figure out where you work and live (although of course they may see your friends' wifi networks too and not be able to tell which is your network.)
Phones don't broadcast previously-seen SSIDs. Where did you get that idea?
hamandchris commented on JavaScript Equality Minesweeper slikts.github.io/js-equal... · Posted by u/bennettfeely
There needs to be a PHP version of this.
hamandchris commented on Ask HN: What are some tech companies that do not use an open floor plan? · Posted by u/cs44
Funny behaviors from an open office plan I experienced:
- tribes claiming spaces: there was a couch area where a natural affinity group formed based on common personality types typical of urban/suburban tribal divide. developed an in-group/out-group mentality. a counter group formed in a lunch area.
- posturing: top tech individual contributor used main boardroom for "really important video conference meetings," and it became his de facto office unless you had it booked.
- tragedy of the commons: with no private space other than common spaces, meeting rooms were booked up with standing meetings so that it became impossible to get one when you needed it.
- Callout/performative drama: challenging people would use the availability of earshot to try to draw others into their conflicts. Callout culture, where instead of addressing issues, people would call out others to demand explanations in front of teams, managers, or in main slack channels.
- lack of personal boundaries: technical managers with low charisma routinely embarrassed in open meetings where everyone felt they could table complaints and make others accountable in front of a group, further wrecking morale as result of perceived weak leadership.
Interior design wouldn't solve all these problems, but the aesthetic of a kindergarten or hipster daycare certainly exacerbated them. I may long form this post into something, as the anti-patterns in that org were an effect of its culture, which was expressed by aesthetics rooted in beliefs that would have benefited from more insight.
> Callout culture, where instead of addressing issues, people would call out others to demand explanations in front of teams, managers, or in main slack channels.
While it definitely sounds like the open floor plan was weaponized for this, that is definitely its own problem that can be observed anywhere leadership doesn't specifically root it out.
hamandchris commented on The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2... · Posted by u/jxub
Not really a software anti-pattern, as it does not result in any particular software mechanism.
If anything, this is a development-process anti-pattern (not even software specific). Its also extremely obvious and non-specific so doubtful that its worth naming as an anti-pattern.
There is some benefit to naming common problems to help discuss them, but this name strikes me as too clever / not immediately clear enough. "Bit rot" is a somewhat similar phenomena with a much better name.
Sounds like it gets around by changing buoyancy, which is pretty cool and also probably completely silent.