Dejected Warp Core

Hey baby, wake up from your asleep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQhyDYQ081U

I… I need to sit with this one for a bit. The idea that the Cold War might have been better for everyone is not a position I’m prepared to reckon with.

At the RAM bank.

What’s ipdog?

ipkea

I tried to shop there, but I wasn’t allowed to enter the store.

Whaat?

This is why I always go for a soft taco instead. Hard tacos want to be salad and will detonate into corn-chip shrapnel the instant you take that first bite, unmercifully dumping its contents onto the table and your lap in the process. I can’t imagine eating one mess-free, unless equipped with a jaw that unhinges and a supernaturally flexible neck.

That battle is perpetual. Lazy management sees a number that resembles a statistic, and try to use it as an easy metric for stuff it doesn’t represent. Points do aggregate into velocity, which is worth measuring. But on their own, points are a proxy for estimation in $SPRINT_LENGTH days. The way to manage up is to keep making it clear that the smallest unit of estimation in Agile is the sprint length; points are used to subdivide that but only to ensure that the sprint itself is not overloaded and thus an accurate estimate.

There are some cardinal sins within the annals of software development in the workplace. The relevant two here are:

• Do not build a scoreboard for productivity
• Do not equate keystrokes with effort or value rendered

These create perverse incentives that can really screw everything up, including creating permanent damage to company culture, products, and productivity. Anytime you see these things done, it’s because you have (or are) lazy-ass management.

Edit: I also just learned that this is an application of Goodhart’s Law.

Considering the price of RAM and GPUs right now, upcycling all manner of stuff is going to get real popular. Keep 'em coming. I love simple hacks like this.

I have one of their rice cookers. I didn’t know they made other stuff, thanks!

Not this flavor, no.

Or how cats keep themselves clean.

I used to go to one of those. It has a lot going for it in terms of live acts, but basically it’s always the same. I stopped once I realized I was paying for the privilege of attending a Medieval Times themed shopping mall.

Whoa, is that date actually when this was published? Not quite prescient, but only four weeks before “the world ended” if you go by how that felt at the time.

That’s only because it’s tethered to the wall, lacks wheels, and is two tons underweight. Just like a house-cat: it would if it could.

That would explain the use of 2x12 (2x10 maybe?) lumber and how it kinda disappears into the house past the siding. Still, I wouldn’t want that lumber exposed to the elements like that - it’s like asking for moisture to penetrate the structure.

Also: no ledger board on the house side of that deck. Even with proper post support, it’s still a widowmaker.

I totally get that. Every other game has A for jump, B for shoot, with some subtle variations on top of that. That muscle-memory runs deep. Then this game comes along like “I’m going to destroy this man’s whole career” by changing out jump for “do wildly different stuff depending on which way the d-pad is leaning.”

Just reading this makes me irrationally angry. I’m sorry for your loss.