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aduty··on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission
He only cared about sending rockets up. Where they came down was other people's problem.
aduty··on Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
Mopar and dead car.
aduty··on AmigaMidiRecieve – Transfer File from Any OS to Amiga via MIDI
Because some people want to watch the world burn.
aduty··on How functional programming shaped and twisted front end development
If you have a workplace (not just a manager or even a set of them but an entire organization or subset thereof) that is allergic to punishing people then it's easier and less headache inducing to just tell everyone to use a particular framework with a set of customizations to maintain some semblance of unity. This is true if large teams and small "teams" that are overburdened with lots of disparate projects.

Should they be allergic to punishing people? No, but it be how it do.

aduty··on The strangest letter of the alphabet: The rise and fall of yogh
I don't know how many of you need to read this but no one is stopping you from doing any of this. Putting aside cultural friction and being thought a bunch of quacks, you could just start doing these things. There's no real authority telling anyone that they can't despite what some people believe. Just do it!
aduty··on Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover
That is the gist of it.
aduty··on Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover
He has been adopting a more conservative slant and that makes some people irrationally angry.
aduty··on How big a solar battery do I need to store all my home's electricity?
That fuel is probably going to be bad by then thanks to the ethanol that's put in it. Diesel is much more stable in that case.
aduty··on Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?
Yeah, but the manufacturer can't have some Pinkertons go to your house and murder your wife, sons and dogs over it either. You just have financial responsibility for whatever it voids.
aduty··on F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
Hey, all Clippy ever wanted to do was help.
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