I agree he is a genius in this regard, seeing the core of an issue clearly. I also think the world tolerates more from brilliant people, and this is why you in some workplaces have primadonnas. But look at some of the things Torvalds says, it is just ...intolerable. He once asked someone if he was dropped on the head as a baby because he had a suggestion that went against Torvalds'.
Definitely. I was charged with fixing Y2K problems at a hospital in the late 90ies. The software scheduling checkups for pregnant women was first, because it had the estimated birth date, i.e. up to 9 months ahead.
Because LOB (line of business) apps don't need to be as polished as customer-facing tools. Lowcode will mostly get you almost there, but not perfectly. For internal tools it can be good enough.
This is similar to the choice between a salary (quite predictable) and a startup (maybe a lot, might just as well be zero). Or, in a company, between doing consulting or in-house product development.
I love the occasional drink and sometimes getting drunk. But an alcohol dependent work culture is not something to strive for. It is completely ok not to drink and work events should not be completely centered around alcohol.
Will definitely try this. I sometimes used latex at work for things like contracts and other documents that should look formal. But occasionally you need to share it with someone to get their input before it is final. Lots of people are unfamiliar with latex. So I switched to markdown. Markdown does not get in your way, so even those unfamiliar with it get the hang of it.
I have a FreeBSD certification gained from an exam at EuroBSDCon some years (many years actually) ago. FreeBSD is great, and we still run it at work. Great docs is part of the reason we like it.
(Btw this page is extremely annoying to read on mobile. I get that we like the no frills console 1337 vibes, but usability is perhaps even higher?)
Handheld PC (HPC) was a thing in the 90-ies as well with some great hardware such as the Psion 5. Eventually the acronym was "stolen" to mean High Performance Computing. I absolutely loved my Psion.
This is less than 1/10.000 of people. What is more often mentioned is "the 1%". But how much net worth is needed to be a 1% in different countries? Anyone have a source?
I would love for sqlite to add import of JSON. They have great CSV import and export. If we could easily import, say, JSON arrays to a single column table, it would make JSON conversion to/from CSV easier. Especially since jq is slow and unmaintained.
This a marvellous job done by a marvellous group. Keep it up! Haskell is great, I absolutely love my Haskell projects at work. And it all depends on work done by volunteers, or contributions from big corps.
ThinkPadding for 22 years. From the A21p or A31p (I think that was my first, but it has been a while) to the Nano now. Thinkpads are not the same any longer. My nano spontaneously overheats and shuts down out of nowhere when Windows runs the built in antivirus scan for too long. I got the motherboard replaced but it did not fix the issue. But what else is out there if you need a stable solid workhorse? My only requirements these days is 16GB, 1TB and a beautiful display (waiting for affordable OLEDs).