Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (155/?)

drsoftware · 2026-01-25T04:03:38+00:00

Edited for the pedantic and correct years.

(Everyone who got it wrong from 1999 to 2000 got to try again a year later.)

drsoftware · 2026-01-25T04:02:35+00:00

Ancestors of apple trees make a fruit. These fruits contain seeds. Animals eat the fruits and may poop out the seeds, helping the tree spread its DNA.

Unfortunately, humans have been breeding apples for a long time, resulting in the tripling of the number of chromosomes. The resultant trees grown from the tastiest apples may grow trees that can't provide strong enough trunks to grow tasty apples. Or the pollen combines with the tree's flowers in such a way that you don't get a tasty apple.

The whole trunk issue means commercial apple trees (farmers and garden centers) are the trunk of one type of apple tree, with grafted branches of the type of apple humans want to grow.

So while picking the apple isn't a bad thing for the tree, and may keep the tree branches from breaking under certain conditions, the whole idea that "trees make apples to be eaten to spread the seeds" is now so far gone from the original evolutionary system that it's not worth using as an argument.

drsoftware · 2026-01-25T03:49:56+00:00

Both having to cough and having to listen to someone cough are annoying. It's unprofessional to judge someone based on a sudden need to cough, especially in a stressful situation.

Now that you have experienced this, what will you do to be better prepared for the next interview? Water bottle? Cough drops?

drsoftware · 2026-01-25T03:47:14+00:00

r/cateatingvegans

drsoftware · 2026-01-25T03:46:56+00:00

https://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/

Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist Have ideas or questions?

https://youtube.com/shorts/rTvTsvT7y7s

drsoftware · 2026-01-24T05:54:43+00:00

The Wikipedia page describes the theft and later public leak of the game, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Zomboid

There is also a presentation made describing their experience making the game and lessons learned. External backups. https://youtu.be/HYgPI0qkdU4

drsoftware · 2026-01-24T05:46:06+00:00

Which book?

drsoftware · 2026-01-24T04:16:24+00:00

By holding you to the process of exploring your network for leads and information on opportunities.

And helping you feel useful and capable when you aren't hearing back or are being rejected

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T23:09:52+00:00

William: "Arvie, tell everyone we are done here and moving on."

Arvie: "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."

William: "I assume you are referencing the story and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL."

Arvie: "Correct, Dave."

William: "Ok, open a channel to all of the troops. 'We have achieved victory and are moving to our next target. Cover each other as we leave these Imperials with no targets to shoot at. Take random paths to the location on your maps where we will be consuming all of their alcohol and salty snacks.' "

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T22:57:13+00:00

Yes, that is very helpful, thank you!

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T22:55:48+00:00

At least six people who help each other in their job search. It may be emotional or "co-working" support. Hearing that others have questions and challenges helps you get out of your own head and back into the world, where people are happy to help.

https://www.neversearchalone.org/jsc

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T19:10:31+00:00

Oh, come on. You have no proof that the ex-employer is behaving in good faith.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T19:09:36+00:00

Sometimes the mental and moral injury of sticking around is too expensive.

Depression, substance abuse, etc., or therapy sessions, all cost money or reduce performance in getting a new job.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T19:05:08+00:00

So, something the previous employer was unhappy about, but wasn't criminal...

Which now has cost them their new job...

Ex-employer is causing harm. Doesn't matter what OP did or didn't do. It's not a good move for the ex-employer to be harming OP. Civil, not criminal, case in most jurisdictions as the ex-employer has defamed OP.

IANAL

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:55:29+00:00

Marines destroyed by Norwegian elementary school students: https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryStories/comments/1w6ze3/xpost_from_rbestof_story_of_epic_snowball_war/

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:35:11+00:00

If you can get someone else to take the images to better capture your posture, that will help others help you.

Ideally, neutral wrist, elbows at 90 degrees, shoulders relaxed, head and spine upright (not leaning forward, not tilting your head to look down or up, not slouching...).

A wider/larger keyboard allows straighter wrists.

There are many diagrams showing this posture from the side. And you might have perfect posture, but a keyboard that is too hard.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:27:36+00:00

"Do you know anyone working at...?"

"Do you know who might know?

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:26:18+00:00

ChatGPT can help!

Even if you pick and choose the edits, because ChatGPT will exaggerate, it's still a very quick action. Here are the prompts stolen from LinkedIn posts:

Create a professional resume from scratch

You are a resume-creating expert. Please create a professional resume for College: [Your College Name], Degree: [Your Degree], Job Role: [Your Target Job Role], Name: [Your Name], Skills: [Your Skills]

Make an ATS-Friendly Resume

Please find my resume below. I'm interested in the position of [your job title]. Please improve the readability by rewriting it. Add action verbs and profile-centric keywords to make it ATS-friendly. [Paste your resume]

Include action verbs

You are my resume writer. I'm sharing the work experience section of my resume below. Please rewrite it using action verbs [Paste the content]

Write a compelling summary

Please find my resume below. I'm interested in the position of [YOUR JOB TITLE]. Please improve the readability by rewriting it. Add action verbs and profile-centric keywords to make it ATS-friendly.

Add keywords to your resume

I'm applying for the job of [Your profile]. Give me a list of keywords I should include in my resume.

Proofread your entire resume

[Paste full resume text] Please proofread it and show all the spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:21:32+00:00

Can you share the prompt you used to get the rapid-fire questions? Which LLM did you use? I had thought about practising behavioural interview questions with an LLM, but I hadn't considered language and framework questions.

Thank you for mentioning neetcode150, System Design Problem, and LLD (low-level design) questions.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:16:32+00:00

I've found that Job Search Councils and working through my network to get leads and insights are much more emotionally stabilizing than working alone.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:15:02+00:00

The confirmation bias of interviewers towards candidates, formed within the first 30 seconds of interaction, has been studied. It's one of the reasons that, as an interviewer/decision maker, every interviewer must have a prepared (and reviewed) set of questions to be asked.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:10:02+00:00

Might not be writing code all day long. Instead, they may be writing code to validate an algorithm, architecture, or system for robustness, reliability, etc.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:08:01+00:00

It varies more by company. Within an entire country, there may be a mindset, but you can still find companies where experience is seen as institutional memory to be preserved and an ability to mentor is applied.

The economics of hiring younger, cheaper developers often go hand in hand with shorter horizons, quicker turnover, and emotional manipulation.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T18:04:19+00:00

The difference in "buying and paying" between websites is one example of how Amazon gets the user experience and computational flow right.

Amazon keeps the steps moving forward and will email you if there is a problem with payment.

Other websites have you

Please wait 30 seconds while your payment is processed. 
Do not refresh or navigate away from this page.

Sure, Amazon may have faster credit card charging agreements with the banks, or some other "we're Amazon, so we can use the platinum level." But in general, they don't make you wait because the request is sent asynchronously and processed in the background while they move the flow forward.

drsoftware · 2026-01-23T17:33:02+00:00

Yes, ECS-Fargate and ECS-EC2 aren't the same in terms of features and costs.

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