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There's a new marketplace of facts supplementing the marketplace of ideas and the combined effect is catastrophic.

When I refer to post-truth or transpostmodernism or whatever, I'm not talking about people who have arrived at different conclusions based on the same facts -- I'm talking about people who have based their conclusions on opposing, contradictory facts.

As others have mentioned, having a dedicated office space really does help. A plant on the desk is nice. There's soem light at the end of the tunnel, thankfully.. I think I can whiteknuckle my way through the end.

& thank you. It's far from a dream job but it will buy some time.

I need to start doing more running. I do have ADD but the medications fuck with my heart, which means my life is difficult all the time. Sigh. The meds work so well... it really sucks being unable to use them (including the atypical ones)

I used to go for a run at lunch. Then my co-worker started complaining about how I was leaving my desk to get exercise. I'm still with that company but I hope for not much longer.

i'm so fucking depressed the last few days. i've applied for a lot of different jobs. I have a 'final' interview today with a job that I don't really want, but it's an avenue out of the toxic situation that I'm finding myself in and if I take it, I'll be able to do a couple weeks of vacation time between jobs that I badly need.

I've got so much going wrong right now I'm just feeling beat the fuck up.

I don't drink very much these days.

https://www.welcomehome.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb

- now your enemy is complacent, secure in the knowledge that you are super super dumb

- now your enemy is on the lookout for dog and cat listening devices rather than the 5th generation bird listening devices

- now your enemy is indeed paranoid about any stupid animal roaming about and has to meet in enclosed spaces

- you, knowing that experimenting on cute cats is unethical, seek to terminate the practice by devising an experiment that fails so embarrassingly as to never be tried again

etc

"People on Twitter, including candidates for office, may not claim an election win before it is authoritatively called"

Eventually my interests shifted and I finally misspent my youth in my early 20s. Pushing 40 now and Linux and programming doesn't feel all that mysterious or exploratory or new any more, but it pays the bills. I wish I could recapture that feeling of rebellion, revolution, or of doing something new. I know though that it's just me who has changed.

Yeah just the Hebrew name of God is all

Things to ask:

- Will I be responsible for my the results my team delivers?

- And if so, what tools are available to me that are not available to me in a regular dev role?

This is to say: Will I be a manager? Can I hire, fire, and discipline? Can I delegate and assign tasks?

...

I have been in the situation -- twice now -- in which I was ostensibly the team lead, but had none of those abilities. Leading by example is the absolute base-level tool in your toolbox. If you are responsible for your team's delivery, ensure you have the consummate authority to drive them.