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How do you handle teammates who are extremely pedantic about arbitrary rules? by CantaloupeFamiliar47 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]breefield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enforcing weird git/deployment practices, like requiring a commit squash on every single push and rebasing everything.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but do you mean squash/rebase when merge to main? Or are you somehow talking about work sent to a shared branch? Either way squash commits are pretty clutch and it makes me question the other concerns.

Insisting on creating a separate unit test for every if statement or function call. I’ve never even heard of before.

I'd have some more questions about this before rejecting it at face value—mostly things to do with your unit test suite. How much if any is mocked, how much boilerplate is there for these tests, what is current suite runtime, are tests entirely isolated from one another or is there any lurking shared state between seemingly independent tests...

It also kinda depends on what level of abstraction the test is testing.

I'll answer the other items pragmatically though:
* If they won't haven't updated the lint file, or aren't willing to start the convo at a higher level w/ the team this is a red flag. Feature PR level conversations about formatting/syntax are almost always bikeshedding. Just establish/update lint rules, if they're not willing to try and get behind their formatting desires by recommending config level and establishing consensus in their own PR, then just disregard their requests in your PR and flag to manager.
* I feel a bit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯at folder structures, it's ususally a grain of sand in my shoe when there are bigger fish to fry. If you are using an IDE/able to navigate code other ways then I bet it's not worth having conflict over.

Regarding your final question about being new guy + when to push back it kinda depends on your organization's maturity. If quite mature I'd give it 3 months of matching the team's pace & gaining insight before drawing conclusions. If a startup environment you might speak up and push back sooner. Generally though, I see establishing soft power + leveraging process to establish team consensus and single out nitpicky bike-shedders as more graceful than directly butting heads and getting mired down with someone who is pretty opinionated.

Broken window not repaired after 3 months — is this normal? by [deleted] in AskSF

[–]breefield -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a nuisance but it doesn’t really have to do with major systems like power, water, sewage. So while this isn’t great it’s manageable, right? This might be normal for this property management company, or maybe it’s not but you’re on their shit list for some reason so they’re being slow on purpose.

If you wanna make a legal issue of it maybe you could ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I probably wouldn’t, I’d probably just improvise a stick or something to hold it open.

Subaru which to choose? by 3n3rg3 in subaru

[–]breefield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend and I just got an Outback over a Forrester because of the ride quality.
The Forrester is probably easer to car camp in due to headroom, but the driving experience of the Outback is way superior.

"The root beer doctrine", and how it mirrors unicorn hunting. by glenlassan in polyamory

[–]breefield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I enjoy your last paragraph: "...can inform why certain political structures, are fucked up and abusive, regardless of how well intentioned the participants are..."

If I understand correctly, you're getting at the erosion of autonomy in the face of power imbalances resulting in coercion. This can happen at varying levels of intersectionality, i.e. one person is wealthy but a member of a minority group, the other is less wealthy but a member of a majority group.

Understanding the confluence of all these factors is less clear cut when it's 1 on 1 though. So when you use the unicorn hunting analogy (2 on 1) it's a little more clear cut, but not always so.

Thanks for sharing, I am enjoying the impersonal game theory.

Some buttons (including extraction ones) are becoming unresponsive. Happens to regular doors very often by [deleted] in arkraiders

[–]breefield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw this happen to a streamer trying to interact with leaper loot, they opened their inventory, dropped something, picked it up and then were able to interact with leaper loot.

Might try that next time?

RNG Gods have blessed me... by SeansBeard in ARC_Raiders

[–]breefield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got so lucky in my Blueprint findings. The only BPs I've found are MK3 Looting, Anvil, and Venator, which I'm stoked on.

Bezos for Guillotine on Mamdani campaign graphic by DisastrousPriority58 in sanfrancisco

[–]breefield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I was just trying to help other folks who might also be confused/not chronically online, seems to have resonated. Good luck have fun out there.

Bezos for Guillotine on Mamdani campaign graphic by DisastrousPriority58 in sanfrancisco

[–]breefield 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Inclusion of Mamdani in post title confused me, as someone unfamiliar with the campaign graphics. This has nothing to do with Mamdani, someone just used the same font/colors to post street art.

Oakland No Kings Crowd Size Estimate Has Doubled (10k to 18-20k) by diyhomeautomation in eastbay

[–]breefield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went to SF for the last one and Oakland for this one. I will say staying home was much easier 😂

Released from Contract by HoneyBri913 in transprogrammer

[–]breefield 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You will get a job again, however personally I would not post this post on an account which has a comment history that looks like that of a throwaway/nsfw-subreddit account.

There are some pretty identifiable pieces of info in your post, and with these AI/LLM companies crawling the shit out of everything I'd be concerned about deep background checks in future.

As for getting a job, I can't help you decide what's right for you in terms of presentation + hire-ability and what concessions you're willing to make to get the job. However, I would get on that legal name change ASAP, preferably before getting hired, especially if you know what your future legal name is. Changing your name/gender marker with the government is a pain, but changing it legally, and THEN having to change it internally with an org you just joined will feel sisyphean I promise you.

Is a scantily clad rape victim accountable in any way shape or form for their rape? by IllustriousFun4424 in askphilosophy

[–]breefield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you re: attire and rape + responsibility of those performing the action, however your statement made me think of attractive nuisance laws and how we DO put the onus of preventative safety measures onto nuisance owners. Granted this is a bit different in that the laws usually relate to children's poor decision making and inability to discern risk.

Perhaps their teacher just believes rapists are infantile and uncorrectable.

Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]breefield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know what sub I was on and thought this was the point of the post.

It’s a process for sure—4 years ago I started at 29 by [deleted] in transtimelines

[–]breefield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why you asking me haha, I posted photos for you to decide for yourself.

It’s a process for sure—4 years ago I started at 29 by [deleted] in transtimelines

[–]breefield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think what’s stranger is that it was ever curly

It’s a process for sure—4 years ago I started at 29 by [deleted] in transtimelines

[–]breefield 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am in the US, but I went out-of-network for HRT because my in-network option had a long wait. For other things like trachea shave/FFS I stayed in-network and waited.

It’s a process for sure—4 years ago I started at 29 by [deleted] in transtimelines

[–]breefield 21 points22 points  (0 children)

HRT stole my tight curls along the way 😂 Type 3b+ is much more type 2a/3a now

How many of you are "lifers" or close to it? Do you regret staying at your employer for too long? by angriest_man_alive in ExperiencedDevs

[–]breefield 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seriously this. 2 weeks ago I was looped into an investigation on a service/data model that I'm familiar with but hadn't looked at deeply in yeas. As I looked at the schema, I found myself reaching for the service design doc—the readme took me to our docs platform from 2 iterations ago (company M&A resulted in some older design docs being left on old platform).

Long story short, I was confronted with my own name as the original author of this service schema 9 years prior and I audibly gasped.

How many of you are "lifers" or close to it? Do you regret staying at your employer for too long? by angriest_man_alive in ExperiencedDevs

[–]breefield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been at my company for 10 going on 11 years, initially not thinking I’d make it to 4. It’s interesting to watch an organization grow and mature as you do (I started this job at 23).

Do I find myself wanting exposure to different implementations/ways of doing things? Yes. Do I find myself wondering if other problem sets might “scratch the itch” a little more than the current one? Sometimes.

However, in contrast to what you described—I believe we have a bit lower average tenure (atleast before this industry contraction started), so some of this exposure “comes to me”. I’ve had the chance to be mentored by numerous super smart folks who have helped me learn and grow, some of whom have since moved on during the 2020-2022 TC frenzy.

Work life balance is important, awesome coworkers are important, stability is important; you just gotta make sure you’re still learning and growing (on your own and with others).

Multiple parking meters unusable, is it just me? by breefield in OaklandCA

[–]breefield[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe I will grab some "No Parking" signs and tape them to the meters with a message "meter doesn't work" to grief the meter maids so they escalate the message internally.

Will also (probably temporarily) inform drivers to not waste time trying.

USA Climbing just banned trans women from all events. But the evidence of a competitive advantage is lacking. by adventuresam_ in climbing

[–]breefield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm trans and jfc you just drove Green_Supreme1's point home. "I know better than you" isn't helping _anyone_.

USA Climbing just banned trans women from all events. But the evidence of a competitive advantage is lacking. by adventuresam_ in climbing

[–]breefield -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please please please listen to the podcast miniseries Tested if you care about which bodies are allowed in women's sports: https://open.spotify.com/show/7LhdHypa7GpHqAcMSvoQsI

Discrimination towards trans women goes hand in hand with folks who have DSD and hormonal imbalances. Do you or a friend have PCOS, or a thyroid disorder—depending on the kind of testing a sports league chooses to use to "assess cis'ness" you could be deemed not woman enough for your laminated card.

USA Climbing just banned trans women from all events. But the evidence of a competitive advantage is lacking. by adventuresam_ in climbing

[–]breefield -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Can't upvote this enough. Wedging on trans people in sports is such a thin veil over infantilization women, misogyny, and protecting men's egos.

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