mlen

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[–] mlen@awful.systems 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So does Java. /me runs

[–] mlen@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He also did sawzall, but thankfully that didn't get widely adopted

[–] mlen@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's called "data chauffered": instead of following the data, tell it where it needs to take you

[–] mlen@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A phrase that gains a completely different meaning once one notices that aella is attending.

[–] mlen@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago

I'd rather drop the religion from that list. Some religions propagate harmful ideas too and historically sided with fascists.

[–] mlen@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago

That certainly is an interesting take. I never thought about it this way

[–] mlen@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Basically means that it cannot be printed and must be done by hand, which originally implied being signed with ink.

[–] mlen@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Switzerland requires "wet" signatures too

[–] mlen@awful.systems 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Google has no maintenance culture. Maintenance is simply not rewarded. Instead in order to get rewarded one needs to launch new things to show "impact". At some point the only way to move forward is to deprecate some unmaintained features or the entire product.

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