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hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 08:02
It’s not the technical jargon that’s gonna trip people up. They see “O notation” or “microservice architecture” and they know some weird dev kink is going on.
No what’ll catch them is how we — okay some of us — okay, I — appropriate perfectly normal words for our own ends.
Like how “boring” becomes an aspirational goal, and “clever” is a scathing insult.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 08:34
week two and i am starting to remember to check the work calendar for meetings
⭐ gold star for me
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 08:39
@edebill notifications via Gmail itself aren’t working for me — even though I explicitly permitted them — but I noticed if I have the calendar open in its own window / tab, I get event alerts.
Pinning a calendar tab to see if that makes a difference.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 08:56
Rebuilding Doom Emacs muscle memory because hey why not?
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 09:03
Though really I don’t even need to check the calendar. I’ve already got my flawless instincts in place.
I’m ready to get some stuff done! Walk the dogs, tidy up around the house, dig deep into some work code—
I mainly get like that when I have at least two hours of scheduled meetings that will delay getting to the productive stuff until that motivation is largely depleted.
Alas.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 10:41
inner eardrum works great on both sides
which means i get to enjoy that thumping bass a neighbor has in their car
with my headphones on
yayyyy
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 11:53
coming dangerously close to volunteering for stuff
(stuff that might not actually be needed but I know the domain so OGLAF: Labyrinth applies)
(that strip is SFW but please god be careful clicking anything else if you’re on the clock)
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 14:37
@jscholes @mcc Definitely talking about before. I just found out the details of the announcement this morning, and haven’t evaluated the new functionality yet.
But heck even if I like the additions, which I’m sure I will, my tooling advice will almost always be “if what you have is working for you, stick with what you have.”
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 15:37
I worked for a few years at a remote-only company that gathered for annual all-hands events. All the details of travel and accommodations were handled by our employer.
Into my fourth app registration and seventh browser tab right now and I’m kinda missing that employer.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 15:55
currently shooting soft lasers into my ear holes to see how much it helps with tinnitus exacerbated by actually using my ears today.
(it helps a little on a normal day, but both ears ringing so the need is stronger)
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 15:56
@bmac I would have at most taken it as something to plan for grumbling about, but wasn’t in a spot to use it as a factor in my decision.
I do like the thinking, though.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 17:48
@IamMrsGeek nearly unprintable happy noises
So yeah. It’s good.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 18:04
@maddiefuzz @IamMrsGeek it was all so good!
Cream cheese and butter mashed potatoes
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 20:41
@genehack it could be worse — and has been, at at least one contract gig I can think of way back when — it’s just the process of learning the approved paths, registering with the agents of those approved paths, and then actually making the reservations.
Multiple weak links, and they’re all me.
hackers.town: 2024-08-21 Wed 22:43
Is a given path really easier if you have the practice of exploring a dozen similar paths before?
Anyways the note publishing workflow is starting to feel more solid. Basically leaning harder on what Hugo can do for me.
I may be able to use this.
