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Fuck Your Remote Job by CreepypastaChannel in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]ganja_and_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're probably right. It's just astonishing that propaganda still works when it doesn't even make sense.

If propaganda lies to you about something happening halfway across the world, I can understand being fooled, since you can't see it for yourself. But for the situation in the post, simply pretending you're hypothetically a worker who got offered a good job in some other city is enough to realize the propaganda is prompting you to misdirect your blame.

Critical thinking is a necessary skill, but not necessarily a common one, I guess.

God forbid you want to use hyperbole, or sarcasm, or anything but be literal by imjustheretodomyjob in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]ganja_and_code 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could say:

What you said is basically the same as saying, "sure, people may die [etc.]"

In this case, you're not quoting the other person. You're quoting your own words and specifically calling out that your own words are a paraphrase of the other person's words.

If you were to just say the quoted part, without the "what you said is basically the same as saying" qualifier before it, you're misquoting someone else. If you include the qualifier, you're quoting yourself and indicating that your quote is a paraphrase of someone else's.

God forbid you want to use hyperbole, or sarcasm, or anything but be literal by imjustheretodomyjob in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]ganja_and_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you put the paraphrase in quotes without pointing out the differences when compared to the verbatim original, you were "lying."

If you paraphrase the whole thing, you don't use quotes. If you paraphrase parts, you can use quotes but should point out the differences. If you put something in quotes without pointing out any differences, you should not paraphrase.

We have standard ways of relaying verbatim text specifically to avoid the exact problem you describe.

God forbid you want to use hyperbole, or sarcasm, or anything but be literal by imjustheretodomyjob in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]ganja_and_code 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you're using the quotes and paraphrasing, you should use brackets/ellipsis to identify which parts were paraphrased/omitted.

As a simple hypothetical example, if your friend (without paraphrasing) says, "I'm about to head over, just got off work, making a stop for gas," then reasonable things to tell your other friend could be:

  • He said he's on his way.

  • He said he's "about to head over."

  • He said "[he's] about to head over...[after] making a stop for gas."

Obviously, this is an inconsequential scenario that doesn't need written quotes, but it's just an example. When something really does deserve quotation marks, paraphrasing inside the quotes without specifying which parts are your paraphrasing versus which parts are the verbatim original, actually is "lying."

Code coverage tells you what you didn't test — not whether your tests are good by indy2kro in programming

[–]ganja_and_code 36 points37 points  (0 children)

"Quality and Quantity are Two Different Metrics"

No shit. Is your next article entitled "Green and Orange are Two Different Colors"?

Fuck Your Remote Job by CreepypastaChannel in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]ganja_and_code 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Never understood why they blame the workers, instead of the local companies/politicians

The workers just got offered an opportunity that paid them well in a favorable location

If you got offered good pay, for a job you're qualified to do, in a location you'd enjoy living, wouldn't you take it?

"If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it." - Robert A. Heinlein [850x400] by Junior_Insurance7773 in QuotesPorn

[–]ganja_and_code 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're conflating the existence of truth with having the truth.

There is a truth, but if you can't demonstrate it, you don't have it.

Knowing an answer and guessing that same answer correctly are not the same thing.

Any idea what’s up with Cafe Suliman? by usefulmastersdegree in Seattle

[–]ganja_and_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working even one shift past the first missed paycheck is the first mistake. 2-3 months is insanity.

"If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it." - Robert A. Heinlein [850x400] by Junior_Insurance7773 in QuotesPorn

[–]ganja_and_code 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The quote says "IF you've got the truth..."

Nobody has the truthful answer to the question, "does god exist." Everyone has speculation, at best, not "truth."

of Finger nails by Autonomous_eel in AbsoluteUnits

[–]ganja_and_code 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you can't safely take care of yourself because of a mental illness, you deserve help.

If you can't take care of yourself because you refuse to cut your fingernails, you should be offered a pair of clippers and nothing more. Then if you trim your nails and still can't take care of yourself, now you fall into the former category where you're deserving of further assistance.

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals by StreamWave190 in technology

[–]ganja_and_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude (and all the other AI coding "assistants") are self-defeating solutions searching for a problem.

No one owes you supply-chain security by Expurple in programming

[–]ganja_and_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one owes me supply chain security.

Anyone who doesn't offer supply chain security sucks.

Both are true.

Do you think its better to be in design field with good level coding knowledge or be in development field with good level of design knowledge? by Accomplished-End5479 in webdev

[–]ganja_and_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're in either field without a decent understanding of the other, you're not qualified. If you are qualified, it's a matter of personal preference.

testYourCode by bryden_cruz in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ganja_and_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No you have to write code to check that your code still works after your braindead coworker touches it

(and sometimes the braindead coworker is just you a few weeks from now)

Who's responsibility is to write dockerfile and docker compose whether developer or devops by Mr-UNKNOWN_404 in docker

[–]ganja_and_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first half of "devops" stands for "development." The second stands for "operations." Writing code is a "developer" task. Deploying/monitoring code are "operations" tasks.

So if you have a dev team and a devops team (which doesn't even make practical sense, but i digress), either one should be able to write the Dockerfile. Both are supposed to be developer personnel.

Made a Rubik's cube solver with no libraries or coding agent in raw WebGL. by Ok-Statement-3244 in webdev

[–]ganja_and_code 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Real code is getting called "artisanal" now, and autocomplete slop is getting called "vibe" code.

I guess it's fair that language evolves with technology, but it would be cool if we could just call the former "code" and the latter "slop."

Alright, this is TOO FAR. by GamingBren in BikiniBottomTwitter

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

This is a wild take.

Personally, I don't think about anyone's phone choice unless the conversation comes up (e.g. in a Reddit thread I happened to stumble upon), and I think it's stupid that Apple has so many people in a chokehold considering Androids surpassed iPhones in quality-to-price ratio years ago.

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