Worst is when someone fucked up the DB time configs at some point and you have datetimes in a column that fall during the “nonexistent” hour in which clocks skip ahead for DST, and you have to figure out what the fuck actually happened there, and where in the data pipeline tz data was either added or stripped (sometimes it’s both, and sometimes it’s not just once), and undo the timestamp fuckery.

Source: did that this week. Was not super awesome.

Ah yes the 34th rule of acquisition: war is good for business take their money while they’re distracted by tits

I’m gonna keep deadnaming his company for as long as he keeps deadnaming his kid

Oh my god yes

gestures around broadly

Oh my god it’s perfect

Man that would be the worst superhero

Glory to you, and your house dry rub!

Rust is not a niche language. It’s a strict and strongly opinionated language by design. People with background in strongly typed languages, who additionally use opinionated linters and formatters have an easier time adjusting. JavaScript “devs” (note: distinct from “software engineers”) probably pull their hair out over a lot of stuff in because in my experience, many js devs know enough about the language to work proficiently in a couple of frameworks, but haven’t really dug into the nuances of the language, and also have limited experience with strong typing.

I’m actually mildly surprised it’s still only two devs. Are they treating it like a walled garden, or is there really a complete lack of interest in contributing to the codebase?

The answer is “whatever looks fun and interesting to you”. And then the lore will pull you in.

Edit: lmao Lore strikes again

In point of fact, the alphabet agencies have for years now adopted a “capture now/read later” approach to encrypted traffic they consider to be suspect. “Later” is code for “after we’ve got cost-effective and scalable quantum compute that can break traditional encryption”. So if you haven’t been keeping up with bleeding-edge quantum-resistant cryptography when generating and using your own keys, you’re probably going to have your traffic read by an NSA analyst (or more likely, some sort of NN-based “terrorist detector”) at some point.

If you bring a black light at night, it looks like the surface of the moon in direct sunlight

Well played, my child.

It’s the OCR of Damocles!

Someone will figure out an exploit to silently turn it on and then exfil the data.

100% CYA, but also, follow the letter of the law. If you are disciplined - or face retaliation - for following documented processes, you bring it to his boss and HR.

Bad people can occasionally do good things, tbh. But it doesn’t make them good people.

Aha! Hence, the French “Allemand(e)” for “German”.

TIL. Pretty neat!

Because the Zuck was like

right, so we’ve got this huge captive audience. If we copy Craigslist and add like 1% more functionality, we can steal that whole market, and also have a decent shot at taking a bunch of the eBay (et al) market share too

Angle of the sun. Sunlight’s not intense enough for your skin to use the radiation to help generate the D.