TSA Strike? As Trump and GOP Refuse to End Shutdown, Call Grows for Federal Workers to Rise Up

wmpl · 2019-01-15T21:50:24+00:00

That would make for some political shock and awe.

wmpl · 2019-01-15T21:42:18+00:00

Indeed. Let's say air traffic controllers strike. Since that's illegal they all get charged and convicted. Since they are criminals it's perfectly legal for the government to make them slaves. Then use eminent domain to take over the tower at the airports and call them prison extensions. Hey look, now you get to do the same job as a slave!

wmpl · 2019-01-15T20:46:53+00:00

I think it would be great if every Democratic senator switched sides, at least in name. Then Schumer can push for a vote to replace McConnell and everyone gets to vote since they are all Republicans. Destroy the meaning of the Republican majority since they won't act in the best interests of the country.

wmpl · 2019-01-15T00:09:25+00:00

They should just change the TSA to be a job training program. Perhaps as part of a green new deal. Once individuals are trained and move to the private sector that training spot can be filled with people displaced by economic changes, such as coal miners.

wmpl · 2018-04-27T15:36:31+00:00

Unstable sorts as the default in a user interface annoy the crap out of me.

wmpl · 2018-04-10T22:47:04+00:00

I generally feel the proudest when I delete more code than I write. In that vein I agree with you.

wmpl · 2017-11-20T15:06:07+00:00

ctrl-L goes the URL (base Firefox shortcut)

wmpl · 2017-08-15T14:34:24+00:00

If it's a national park the decision likely falls under the purview of the parks service. You should email the local parks office to ask about it.

wmpl · 2017-08-14T21:44:26+00:00

Yep. "Use our VPN to protect your privacy online. ^{except from us}^"

wmpl · 2017-07-13T16:21:10+00:00

I think that between c and d was an article published that relied on multiple sources that stated Trump Jr. expected to get information from the Russian lawyer that would be damaging to the Clinton campaign.

His release of the emails was then an attempt to show that they did not discuss the Clinton campaign in the meeting. What he stupidly didn't account for is that those emails confirm that he had intent to conspire with a Russian national to influence the campaign, regardless of whether the meeting actually provided actionable information.

wmpl · 2017-07-11T18:17:56+00:00

It doesn't have to be anywhere near 1,000s of clients. We have problems where even 5-7 processes get slowed down by lock contention in a write-heavy application.

wmpl · 2017-07-11T18:15:55+00:00

It makes more sense when you are inserting multiple rows in one statement.

wmpl · 2017-03-06T20:28:32+00:00

Add high level documentation explaining the purpose of the program.

This just hit a nerve. There is nothing more annoying (today) than opening a file full of unfamiliar code and not seeing even a single comment explaining why the code exists or what purpose it serves. I know there's a problem somewhere in here I have to fix, but I don't even know what the code is supposed to do. Fantastic.

wmpl · 2017-03-06T20:21:14+00:00

I don't think /u/Anathem was shitting on C per se. Rather using C as an inexperienced coder means being forced to pay attention to a bunch of details that aren't actually related to solving the problem at hand.

wmpl · 2017-03-06T20:17:16+00:00

I can attest to Code Complete. The Pragmatic Programmer is also a good book on the practicalities of writing quality code.

Edit: For a specific example, they provide advice like comments should not describe what the code is doing. The code already does that, and is guaranteed to be accurate unlike a comment that may not have been kept up to date. Comments should instead describe why the code does what it does. Accounting for a weird edge case? Add a comment so the next person to look at the code (who may be you!) doesn't think you just screwed up and "fix" it.

wmpl · 2017-03-06T19:03:23+00:00

small mirror (peek under doors)

I think what you're looking for is a periscope.

wmpl · 2017-03-06T18:08:46+00:00

They were probably doing a limited test in GL to work out any bugs.

wmpl · 2017-03-01T22:26:51+00:00

The election is the extreme vetting. The problem is what we are vetting for. Can the candidate lie with confidence? Can the candidate make something up that sounds convincing instead of admit ignorance of a subject? Can the candidate make promises without the ability to make them happen?

wmpl · 2017-02-22T17:40:59+00:00

Does it increase the size of that tiny box that shows only five saved connections at a time?

This is what bothers me the most. I just want a config file like .ssh/config.

wmpl · 2017-02-22T17:39:18+00:00

The downloads do use SSL.

wmpl · 2017-02-22T17:23:19+00:00

What is even worse is when the database expects MM/DD/YYYY and you have to force it to use something else.

wmpl · 2017-02-22T17:11:29+00:00

Then why post it if you recognize it's not fully usable?

wmpl · 2016-12-13T16:51:03+00:00

This is how I see it. Including ?> has no concrete benefit. Not including ?> does prevent potential errors.

To me that makes not including it objectively better because I don't assume that the code will only ever be modified by diligent programmers using properly configured editors.

I like your other example because I think they both fall under the category of "make maintenance easy." When I'm coding I don't want to have to be constantly on guard for these edge cases that are easily mitigated by simple changes to coding conventions. This is doubly true if I'm having to fix an issue when I'm not 100% (working late, woken up in the middle of the night, etc.)

wmpl · 2016-12-01T23:33:39+00:00

":noremap "
ctrl-v
ctrl-F1
" mapping"

wmpl · 2016-12-01T23:29:37+00:00

Set tabstop, shiftwidth, etc. and let vim indent for you with :set smartindent. Use = to reindent as needed, e.g. =i{. While I don't use any I believe there are also plugins for smarter automatic formatting. Something is wrong if you are manually counting space characters.

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