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It's weird how sometimes, I'm still, like, whoa, Iron Maiden is awesome.
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Workout yesterday: 10-4-4-4-4-9. It was fairly breezy probably because I’ve skipped running this week. I think it’s going to have to be a two-workout week, which is unfortunate because I’m traveling next week.
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I think I got The Sound of the Far Future to sound less bracingly abrasive. (I also got it down to 1.3 MB — it can fit on a floppy!) I presented it today with the earlier more abrasive synths, but it seemed like people did not pay really close attention to the sounds because I was doing a talk over it.
Something I've noticed about both voices and sounds is that when you combine them, neither has to be as good as they need to be alone. Hence, text-to-speech robot voices sound less grating when they're happening over music, and harsh synths don't seem as glaring when they're under talking. I think this is also why you can sometimes get away with recording vocals on an iPhone and put it in a professional recording. -
Sometimes, I feel like I'm not Business enough to last long in the software industry. But I have lasted, like 20 years.
But: Do I have to keep on lasting until I'm 80? -
10-4-4-4-4-9. Feeling like my day has been cut apart today, and I feel a bit "at sea," but at least I did my workout.
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Sound of the Far Future is more or less ready. It's an attempt to communicate about the time scale involved in events in the far future using sound. Let me know what you think! I've run it so many times, I have no idea what to think.
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Well, due to now being able to travel only during the guy's vacation from school, I have to walk back this never again.
So, I booked a flight today. The facial recognition shit is even worse.
I thought I made a decent choice by booking via United which at least is not yet handing your kid's facial recognition data to the CBP, but then I remembered that they're the company that beat a passenger unconscious for not giving up his legally purchased seat. You cannot fucking win.
I still need to be able to visit family, so there's no way out for me. -
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Regular workout today, with burpees! 10-4-4-4-4-9. I didn’t expect to be able to do these. I worked all day (and much of the night) from home on a project I was going to present this afternoon.
When I got in, no one was there. After looking at Slack, I found out they had evacuated the building because of a water leak. So, on one hand, I don’t quite get to be free from this thing. On the other, I have am the chance to fix up some glaring problems with it. The trick is to not get carried away with that part. -
Here's a take on not knowing your dependencies.
On one hand, yes, definitely be careful about pulling in dependencies when you can afford to do so. In the long run, your software will be better, and you will understand more about it by figuring out how to have it do what it needs with the least amount of code possible (including dependency code), and if you do end up using a package after trying to write something yourself, you'll know how to evaluate the package and what you're getting out of it.
However, I can be a little more picky than many developers because I have more breathing room than a lot of people that need to get shit out the door so that they can get paid and live. They cannot investigate whether or not they really need a React component or a framework like React at all. Still, I can't do what this blogger says:For most of my projects, I can probably list the entire dependency graph, including transitive dependencies, off of the top of my head. I can name most of their maintainers, and many of their contributors. I have shaken the hands of these people, shared drinks and meals with them, and count many of them among my close friends. The idea of depending on a library I’ve never heard of, several degrees removed via transitive dependencies, maintained by someone I’ve never met and have no intention of speaking to, is absolutely nuts to me. I know of these problems well in advance because I know the people affected as my friends. If someone is frustrated or overworked, I’m right there with them trying to find solutions and correct the over-burden. If someone is in dire financial straights, I’m helping them touch up their resume and introducing them to companies that I know are looking for their skillset, or helping them work on more sustainable sources of donations and grants. They do the same for me, and for each other.
This is a person that lives entirely off of working on open source software. That is all he does. If he does not want to do something, he does not have to; he will not get fired. Those people tend to have the loudest and most respected voices. People in more desperate situations will try to do what he says without realizing, they simply cannot. -
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Another hack week day, another 13 pull-ups, no leg workout. Also, a brutal but handy user research session was had.
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Yet another busy day. Hack week tends to do this. One set of 13 was my workout. My legs are gonna have it rough next week.
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It’s a really busy week. Did not get a normal workout in; just did one set of 12 on the way home.
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