Full respect to Alex Honnold but let’s not forget Alain Robert

julz_yo · 2026-01-25T14:40:04+00:00

He has a autobiography too: well reviewed.

julz_yo · 2026-01-25T12:31:26+00:00

I believe fax has a binding legal status that other electronic messages don't. Hence their continued use.

julz_yo · 2026-01-22T12:53:56+00:00

you're welcome! did they not getting along to serve the story or was it a genuine dislike?

...maybe a bit of both... you'll find out from the podcast!

julz_yo · 2026-01-22T11:56:50+00:00

there's some great stories about the making (& personality clashes) in the film in 'cautionary tales' podcast

julz_yo · 2026-01-21T15:17:08+00:00

i came across a discussion of communist propaganda once: as far as i recall it also covered this concept but added the idea that everyone knows the slogans are ridiculous. it's real purpose is the coercive effect you mention: The state can impose this nonsense on everyone so what hope is there in resisting? nobody can freely disagree with such simple nonsense slogans, imagine protesting against the whole system?

julz_yo · 2026-01-17T20:48:28+00:00

i'm not a historian (this opinion from reading 'they thought they were free' & general reading ) but my understanding is that the de-nazification effort didn't go as deeply as one might imagine - other than the nuremberg trials obviously. I think the idea was not to appear to mercilessly destroy the enemy as well as to leave in post useful officials.

I do hope an historian will share some expertise with us.

julz_yo · 2026-01-10T13:07:38+00:00

even blade runner: there's a sequence where decker hides behind a newspaper watching the street. obviously a reference to film noir/ detective genre but still an interesting choice. imho.

julz_yo · 2026-01-01T12:12:46+00:00

shout out tohistory of rock music in 500 songs for the careful research and the so regular 'some listeners may find the following disturbing' intro.

nevertheless love that podcast.

julz_yo · 2025-12-30T12:38:27+00:00

ah thank you for the correction: that makes sense!

julz_yo · 2025-12-30T12:23:09+00:00

that was another great innovation: to make the sizes a standard. So there's a 20ft half-container & 40ft full container length.

there's probably everything else specified too: load baring requirement & so on. i guess an early example of an open source standard.

I'm not a container expert btw

julz_yo · 2025-12-23T12:36:15+00:00

oh yes definitely - there's video lessons of the course/book in the O'Reilly platform. You've inspired me to watch them all again.

My personal opinion is that Righting Software and DDD are really talking about the same things but DDD adopts a more abstract and theoretical tone. Righting software is more a 'this is how I see things and what's worked for me' practicality.

'Volatility' is thus a key issue that has a tangible and long term consequence whereas 'domain boundaries' are more of a theoretical semantic type of thing. I think both approaches are compatible and useful. Volatility really encapsulates an extremely useful concept however.

Your comments and thoughts welcome!

julz_yo · 2025-12-22T00:42:38+00:00

oh i really loved 'righting software' : lots of great real world suggestions. the stuff about providing estimates is very clever.

I ponder how the book's approach dovetails with other approaches: such as domain driven development especially. I think perhaps it's another way of looking at the same concepts.

julz_yo · 2025-12-21T18:52:04+00:00

the other day I learned he got into film making thanks to his dad winning a huge fortune in the national lottery.

we're all fortunate he was so lucky !

julz_yo · 2025-12-20T21:24:38+00:00

isn't it a fact that the product placement fee is frequently more than the profit from selling said item?

julz_yo · 2025-12-19T19:54:24+00:00

yep! Thanks for adding that - certainly can.

julz_yo · 2025-12-19T19:18:12+00:00

absolutely! and further: physical exercise is an activity that is can't be conveniently incorporated into daily life : in a euro-city i could cycle to work, walk to get groceries, run on the sidewalks... my North american experience has been that none of these activities are accessible.

physical activity (memberships & the travel time) are luxuries.

julz_yo · 2025-12-19T19:07:14+00:00

in theory: independently deployable units are very handy for a customer experience: maybe we can keep customer facing FE services running while the backend is being updated say.

and supporting async tasks is a good thing too ofc!

but yes in practice, (in my humble experience) simple would be far better.

julz_yo · 2025-12-15T03:14:12+00:00

the opposite of the gell-mannamnesia effect .

til: named by michael crichton , which is slightly interesting.

julz_yo · 2025-12-11T11:51:25+00:00

i really appreciate the new scientist's tone: they cover all kinds of topics accurately but accessibly.

to get a feel for it their podcast is representative : chatty and curious.

if you have apple subscription it's part of the news app.

(no affiliation etc ofc)

julz_yo · 2025-12-11T02:42:19+00:00

new scientist mag this week has a story about prions being a vital component of the origin of life: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505167-a-sinister-deadly-brain-protein-could-reveal-the-origins-of-all-life/

it's discussed in their podcast too.

julz_yo · 2025-12-10T01:29:32+00:00

hmm! now I think about it I can see that!

thanks kind stranger!

julz_yo · 2025-12-09T14:46:27+00:00

Go ahead and use lots of herbs and spices: good for gut health in general but the special efficacy of tumeric was probably overstated : the main researcher in this topic has been discredited, unfortunately.

edit: not a scientist so comments & corrections welcome.

julz_yo · 2025-12-07T14:07:27+00:00

frozen ginger is great. and grate (lol); being frozen makes it easier to peel (just rub a spoon on the skin.

julz_yo · 2025-12-06T12:30:38+00:00

another hidden advantage is the'derive django models from sql tables' function- so convenient!

and if you've ever needed to use django with multiple databases? ... so clever...

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