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New comment by spacemanmatt in "Arguing from compassion (2021)"

spacemanmatt — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:56:20 +0000

Understood.

And agreed about the nature of many disagreements coming down to context and facts. My comment is aimed at people who seem to insist that other posters don't understand their context or have all the facts, when they actually do and yet continue to disagree.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Shipping Multi-Tenant SaaS Using Postgres Row-Level Security"

spacemanmatt — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:48:50 +0000

If I were leaning into RLS today I would do it through PostgREST

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Shipping Multi-Tenant SaaS Using Postgres Row-Level Security"

spacemanmatt — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:47:40 +0000

I work with a few former-Oracle DBAs in a PostgreSQL-flavored consultancy now and they are aces. All the root-cause analysis and organization skills transfer handily.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Arguing from compassion (2021)"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:53:30 +0000

how much value can you place on a disagreement based on a misunderstanding, though? i don't think that's the relevant case.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "What’s the end goal for you programmers?"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:52:09 +0000

Well, I believe that as humans they are worth enough to eat, live, and enjoy life, at the very least, but from a surviving-in-capitalism perspective they can't pull their weight for a while in most cases. I'm not arguing against hiring and paying juniors a living wage, just noting that it takes a while and some diverse experience to get most of them over the hump, so to speak.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "What’s the end goal for you programmers?"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:49:22 +0000

Same. At some point I'd love to figure out ways to get entertainment/game software built without sacrificing a team.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "What’s the end goal for you programmers?"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:45:30 +0000

I like things that work, and I like making things that work. Coding has been a thing I do when I need to, but using the skill to investigate existing code has been the dominant practice.

Every time I reach a goal I move the cheese. I think I'm still getting better. But I'm also realizing the potential to pursue previously unknown goals. It is part of an ongoing discovery process that is not limited to engineering.

If I had a lot more money, I would probably pursue my goals differently but I don't think I would stop pursuing them.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "What’s the end goal for you programmers?"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:41:26 +0000

The 5 or 10 years experience they might have is pretty thin unless they have had extremely good mentoring. It takes more than a senior project and a few years as a junior dev to be worth much. I consider junior devs incubation projects. Some of them turn out nicely.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "What’s the end goal for you programmers?"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:38:42 +0000

My career seems to be doing better because I'm crowding 50. I was expecting worse.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Arguing from compassion (2021)"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:02:56 +0000

A phrase I have to issue here on occasion is, "they didn't misunderstand you, they just disagree."

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a review and meta-analysis"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:58:36 +0000

I hope he treats himself in his own clinic. >:)

New comment by spacemanmatt in "We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made"

spacemanmatt — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:57:31 +0000

It's also snarky to post the year as if it's a dated topic when it's current.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "A chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 14:15:56 +0000

So? This is a thread about culture and governments, not race. If you want to have the race argument go find another thread.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "A chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 14:05:34 +0000

I would defer to the background checks the U.S. military and federal government is doing in consideration of selling those Baltic states a lot of weapons. They will definitely do a better job that I ever can.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:59:59 +0000

I've seen this almost everywhere I worked, albeit in milder form.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:58:37 +0000

Relevant in 2022.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a review and meta-analysis"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:32:33 +0000

You should get together with the doctor I fired. He doesn't know internal medicine, either.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a review and meta-analysis"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:30:35 +0000

I think OP was talking about still enjoying a soda after a sustained ketosis period.

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a review and meta-analysis"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:29:35 +0000

> low sugar

Can't go into ketosis while eating sugar/starch

New comment by spacemanmatt in "Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a review and meta-analysis"

spacemanmatt — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:27:50 +0000

Insulin tolerance is not that well known in the public sphere. But it's sure a measurable effect, and among the bigger reasons I cut way back on sugar.