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To say "everything has a calculator" or "ChatGPT can just write it for me" misses the point that often we use tools to make jobs quick, but that we should do the work to know how to get the answer before we rely on the tool.
Otherwise how would we verify the tool worked?
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You don't use calculators because you're making your brain get the idea of how to do mathematics _without_ calculators.
You don't copy and paste wiki sources into a page to prove your point, you write an essay that sculpts and narrates your reader to your point.
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There is a troubling sentiment that school work is there simply for you to accomplish, not to partake in.
I always saw school work as rote memorization technique; by forcing you to engage with it, you are forced to learn it.
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Content creators for Warhammer 40k would make a killing.
There's so much free grass fields here. Tournament/gaming streams have MILES they could be improved upon. They're basically impossible to follow right now.
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This is pretty big for me because in general, people say you're not supposed to win for your first year 'competing' let alone first year playing.
Thank you, StarCraft knowledge 😎
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I went 2-4 at Las Vegas Open with my Blood Angels! First Grand Tournament and 2nd ever tournament.
Started playing in June 🙃Here's my army!
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Tons of startup CEOs ? Which is fitting because less than 300 employees are left.
And the correct phrase is “these young engineers are being exploited.” The power dynamic FORCES them to want to stay there til 1am.
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I really think @WarComTeam would benefit from strong presenters for their new model reveals.
A number of these I can think of specific incidents from my experience that I either: lead, resolved, and/or was involved in. A number of others I’ve read and reviewed the post mortems.
If you think these are made up, this was a thread of panic triggers for me.
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I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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Is this a tweet I should’ve kept to myself? Probably.
But Twitter is dying so whatever
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Cory Booker comparing being Theranos trial outcome to other “non-violent crimes”
Dude. This wasn’t stealing a loaf of bread. This was fucking up 1000s of lives.
Go off on defending petty theft, but this corporate rights rampage shit needs to end.
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Is he paying for first class? I bet it’s coach only… if he’s even paying for it. “You make enough money to pay for your own flight”
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NEW: In an email for remote Twitter engineers, Elon Musk says he wants to speak to people on video ("only those who cannot physically get to Twitter HQ are excused") but "if possible, I would encourage you to fly to SF to present in person." He'll be at the office until midnight.
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Ignore the giant bald spot, he got ultrasounds and on steroids so his fur doesn’t grow back.
SO HE GOT A BIG OL NAKEY TUMMY TO RUB
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Having run a massive baremetal infra for a distributed system, I can tell you you _do_ need many engineers working round the clock to maintain your system.
You have maintenance requests, hardware swaps, circuit drains, etc…
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People are saying twitter is going to go down as if the way servers stay up is a bunch of infra engineers sitting in the back room pedaling stationary bikes to power the racks
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idk how this guy thinks the internet works but let me tell you: i have seen many giant websites shit the bed because some hard drive got full and nobody noticed lol
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People are saying twitter is going to go down as if the way servers stay up is a bunch of infra engineers sitting in the back room pedaling stationary bikes to power the racks
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Dude we moved today and my whole body has just shuddered off the weight of our last place. Nothing is really set here and we still have so much at the other place to move over.
But this place feels like home. I feel so relaxed.
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The real expert on this stuff is @Schamtoo. He is legit an expert on keeping distributed systems healthy and reliable. Twitch/IVS is very lucky to have him.
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Let me set a small part of the stage here:
Our bedrooms’ front window which is a huge 3x6’ frame w/ two frames of glass, literally falls in (like on you) when you unlatch the middle latch to open it.
When asked “oh yeah that window isn’t meant to be opened”
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And the problem is to even consider the legal route, you have to basically be missing major things: electricity, water or heating. Otherwise you have basically no case.
Fuck me, lol.
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Ending a my lease for my LA rental. After 6 months of no air conditioner while it’s been _on the lease_ not to mention numerous other crazy problems.
Yet _I_ have to pay to break the lease or go full legal lawyer route. Renting in this country is shit yo.
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Inb4 people jump in with “punks not dead! There’s still new shit coming out” yes? Obviously, but its not like Bush era where it was everywhere and good, and tons of new and old bands emerged.
Meanwhile you look at punk festivals or concerts and it’s like every band form 2001
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Okay, so Trump era didn’t revive punk as I wanted it to, maybe the era of Billionaires going wild af will bring back punk or grunge.
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one man is about to flush $44B down the toilet and disrupts thousands of people's livelihood for funsies and ya'll still think billionaires should exist?
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As always, these types of things exploit H1B workers who have little choice but to accept.
I wish this was illegal.
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Software engineers still at Twitter I am talking with are happy/relieved on this email. Many wanted to leave and were interviewing so this makes it easy for them a I leave.
For those on visas tied to employment, this won’t make it easier though.
Twitter 2.0 starts tomorrow?
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Oh he’s on trial for the Tesla compensation shit today.
That may explain all the other shit coming out today.
The tech industry is still so under staffed, even in recession when doors are closing up.
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If work is dollars per hour, why work more for the same when your boss is readily gonna shit on everything you do publicly?
He ain’t respecting what was done before, he ain’t gonna respect the future.
And now you’re just being paid less lol.
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Turn off all the dbs. Do it.
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Everyone today to me: I HEARD AMAZON IS…
Me: Yes. I know. I’m aware. Thank you.
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Musk declares something he knows nothing about, is corrected by an employee who explains the problem, and then fires that employee and presents their ideas as his own. If this doesn't sum up his entire career I don't know what does.
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The only Mastodon I’m interested in recorded the album Crack the Skye (2009) and everything else is shit.
Even the animal.
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