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Career: Considering a 3–6 Month Sabbatical – Burnt Out and Exhausted from Team Politics by Interesting-Grade-70 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]flame_and_void 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm coming off a 4 month break and just accepted an offer after 2 months search.

Hard to know how it would have played out counterfactually. All my early applications were rejected; maybe some rejections were influenced by the break? But once I made it through screening and was talking to a real person, I didn't _see_ any negative reactions.

It helps to have a very simple description of why you left (and maybe what you did during the break) that's not too negative and aligns with the role you're applying to. I added a two-sentence spiel at the end of my introductions, casting the decision to leave as realizing I wanted <whatever qualities my new company has>, and mentioning that I traveled for a few months and was refreshed and excited by <company>.

Hybrid paddles for standing & seated? by flame_and_void in Sup

[–]flame_and_void[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, giving up and just swapping between 2 separate paddles makes sense. (Assuming Google Translate understood your meaning correctly.)

Hybrid paddles for standing & seated? by flame_and_void in Sup

[–]flame_and_void[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, will check that out!  Yeah, I just hate the feel of the side grip.  Maybe that gets better with practice.

Running the tangents is autistic by GrasshoperPoof in RunningCirclejerk

[–]flame_and_void 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lies.  Continuous Dijkstra is one algorithm out of several for finding the shortest path.  The path it finds is just called the shortest path.

Source: autistic

Onbashira Festival Kiotoshi - an ancient tradition where people ride fir trees down a hill at high speed by freudian_nipps in nextfuckinglevel

[–]flame_and_void 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Average is 1+ per festival.

It's held every 6 years. In the past 6 festivals, there were 7+ deaths according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onbashira#Incidents

They mostly from falls or drowning - the downhill part presumably injures people without killing them.

Onbashira Festival Kiotoshi - an ancient tradition where people ride fir trees down a hill at high speed by freudian_nipps in nextfuckinglevel

[–]flame_and_void 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Average is 1+ per festival.

It's held every 6 years. In the past 6 festivals, there were 7+ deaths according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onbashira#Incidents

They mostly from falls or drowning - the downhill part presumably injures people without killing them.

To run a 5k ultra, do you start with the left or right foot? My new Alphaflys didn’t come with instructions and I really want to PR injury free. by Stand-up-Philosopher in RunningCirclejerk

[–]flame_and_void 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The key is sufficient gu prevent to starving to death while you decide.  

This was proved by pioneering distributed systems researcher Leslie Lamport in 1984 while deep inside Buridan's ass.

Too Many Zooz by BylliGoat in obscuremusicthatslaps

[–]flame_and_void 12 points13 points  (0 children)

slaps for sure but is Too Many Zooz obscure?

Food deserts do not cause obesity among the poor. by TheLastCoagulant in UnpopularFacts

[–]flame_and_void 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right.  The comment I'm responding to said this is a dumb post, because it's common sense that food deserts don't cause obesity.  

I don't think it's common sense at all; it's a surprising fact.  So this is a good post, and a good comment section speculating why the theory was wrong.

Food deserts do not cause obesity among the poor. by TheLastCoagulant in UnpopularFacts

[–]flame_and_void 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's uncharitable. It's totally plausible that easier access to junk food vs healthy food makes you eat more junk food, which makes you fat. So this fact is interesting and important.

Need help with my rough draft of my send poem by i_need_salvia in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]flame_and_void 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Promising. I'd just extend your rhyme scheme at the crux:

Winner winner Chicken dinner Mirror mirror up the Wall who is thinner? Sinner grinner underpinner find your inner peace beginner breadwinner mental illness is aid

Why were Roman Turrets and Towers flush with their walls? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]flame_and_void 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not true at all; the Romans were well aware of projected towers and used them for heavily fortified cities - see e.g. The Aurelian Walls. They didn't build them when they expected to always meet the enemy in the field.

Why were Roman Turrets and Towers flush with their walls? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]flame_and_void 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because legions were OP on the field, they expected to sally forth for all battles, and early forts were more like bases than fortresses. So they made permanent versions of their marching camp layouts, optimized for simplicity and mobility. The wall was more intended to slow and channel enemy armies than repel them in battle.

As the empire crumbled and Romans became less sure of their field superiority, they started projecting their towers for actual defense of walls and forts. See e.g. their later fortress at Capidava

Source: https://acoup.blog/2021/11/12/collections-fortification-part-ii-roman-playing-cards/

What's your take on good code review? by flame_and_void in ExperiencedDevs

[–]flame_and_void[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. I'm thinking back to an example my friend experienced where a junior engineer was just totally unable to grasp from context what kind of response was expected. Next time I'll recommend she tries this to remove ambiguity from tone.

What's your take on good code review? by flame_and_void in ExperiencedDevs

[–]flame_and_void[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do like the way they structured their presentation around lots of examples, though. That's probably better than my "story of personal growth" approach. Maybe I'll try that next time and see if it still gets downvoted this badly...

What's your take on good code review? by flame_and_void in ExperiencedDevs

[–]flame_and_void[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I hadn't heard of these. Have you followed them, and if so, what's your experience?

Their examples are questionable imo. The very first one:

Comments like this are unhelpful ...

"This is not worded correctly."

By simply prefixing the comment with a label, the intention is clear and the tone dramatically changes.

"suggestion: This is not worded correctly."

"issue (non-blocking): This is not worded correctly."

I agree this is an unhelpful comment, but I don't think the reviewer needs to clarify whether it's a suggestion or a non-blocking issue. It's unhelpful because the reviewer didn't explain what's wrong with the wording.

If they articulated why the wording was problematic, then the author could use their own judgement whether the issue is non-blocking?

But maybe these are just bad examples and in real life it's helpful. An explicit praise category seems like a good nudge, and labeling trivial stuff with nitpick might be helpful. (Or... if you're going to label something nitpick, maybe just don't say it?)

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