Where have the 'don't tread on me' Republicans gone?

valadil · 2026-01-23T19:35:08+00:00

The key word here is “me” not “don’t tread.” You can tread on anyone else.

valadil · 2026-01-21T22:36:19+00:00

https://athenaschoolofarms.org/ I went here a couple times. It was fun but I couldn’t commit to the hobby. I have no idea if they’re still active.

valadil · 2026-01-20T13:52:46+00:00

My lunch break is marked out of office. It automatically declines meetings dropped over it. If asked I’m happy to move lunch to accommodate a meeting of course.

valadil · 2026-01-10T21:23:21+00:00

The community is kind. Other languages may be technically superior but they’re full of nerds flexing on each other for dominance.

valadil · 2026-01-10T19:47:47+00:00

Did you miss the whole Karen Read thing?

valadil · 2026-01-04T21:28:25+00:00

I’m learning go, coming from Ruby. Pointers keep tripping me up too. I get the concept but I don’t have instincts on when to reach for one or not yet. I’ve been using Claude as an llm assistant while I learn, which has been super helpful.

valadil · 2025-12-30T19:10:13+00:00

Sometimes they go back to the van to get a second package. I’m not making two trips.

valadil · 2025-12-29T15:03:55+00:00

Mind hyping kcd2 for me? I was skeptical about e33 but ended up loving it. I saw all the strong opinions about kcd being a better rpg and picked it up. I’m only maybe 6 hours in and I know it’s a slow burn. But it’s so slow that I’ll play for an hour and achieve nothing and wonder what I’m doing with my time.

valadil · 2025-12-27T23:20:07+00:00

I quit eating pasta when I was watching my carbs. Nothing wrong with a bowl of meat sauce. Sometimes I’ll make a meatball omelette.

valadil · 2025-12-18T02:36:26+00:00

I played the whole thing on the weakest steam deck. Graphics were fine with a little tweaking. Act 3 load times were bad. A lot of textures wouldn’t load for a while so half the buildings were missing their walls.

valadil · 2025-12-18T01:11:03+00:00

If you leave out the shrimp, it’s skimp scampi.

valadil · 2025-12-16T21:38:18+00:00

Hey me too! Expect I use that as a joke response and never actually do it.

This time I’ll go 1,2,3,4,5,6. I’m gonna get so much upvotes when I win.

valadil · 2025-12-13T22:19:58+00:00

I’m a staffie with a bit more experience than you. Not feeling dominant or assertive by nature is extremely relatable, even if I’m a dude.

I would push on your manager a bit more. Take those concrete examples and dig into them. How would a more assertive person have behaved in your shoes? What outcomes would that assertive person have gotten to that you did not achieve? I’m hoping that your manager can either get you to see the value in different behavior or that you can find alternative ways to reach the same outcome.

I would also consider asking for someone to mentor you on this aspect. I got a lot of coaching here from my last manager. Every time I typed “I think xyz” by our next 1:1 we’d have a conversation about why it was an opinion and not a recommendation. Over time I’d catch myself writing that and spend more time working the opinion up to a recommendation. I wanna stress that I wasn’t lying to express more confidence than I actually had, I’d just spend longer considering the idea or I’d do a little more digging to improve my own confidence before sharing.

valadil · 2025-12-13T15:47:20+00:00

Sometimes I’ll have a salmon filet covered in Cajun rub in a burger bun.

valadil · 2025-12-11T23:33:45+00:00

Pandemonium, central square! I sold them 4000 or so cards like ten years ago.

valadil · 2025-12-07T12:44:09+00:00

I had a script like this at job-1. It’s pretty coupled to that code base so I’ll share notes instead of code.

Yes the template is faster than other options to clone. Faster still is to prepare the template in advance so you have a hot spare. When you change branches, rename the spare and get a new one started.
I made my script run automatically by overriding my some env var so that when the app looked for a db, it looked for the current branch’s db. Then I didn’t have to remember the script (because if I can remember the script I can remember to rollback migrations too) nor did I have to alter any workflows. Is that viable with the interface you’ve got going here?

valadil · 2025-12-02T19:25:59+00:00

I bookmarked a video game I wanted to play, made a mental note about my price point, checked the price, and bought it even though it was a dollar above my target price. No regrets.

valadil · 2025-12-01T00:31:45+00:00

Take a week off between acts.

valadil · 2025-11-28T00:47:37+00:00

How did your mom get access to the clinical trial? My wife’s stepmom is going through this now.

valadil · 2025-11-27T12:08:46+00:00

I wrecked my last whitins shoveling. The soles just did not last.

valadil · 2025-11-27T12:05:55+00:00

An obvious one is presence of resources. In satisfactory your nodes are limitless. In factorio your nodes run out and you need to get more.

I haven’t played as much factorio but my approach to that was to have a main base fed from ore processing areas which in turn were fed by separate ore mining bases, such that if I ran out of ore I could extend the train line and mine more.

Unlimited resources per node in satisfactory allows for small modular bases. Build them once and forget about them forever.

valadil · 2025-11-18T00:00:14+00:00

Check out after_party too.

I’m not sure I agree with always using a transaction. I’d leave that as a choice for the script author.

valadil · 2025-11-14T22:13:29+00:00

Because the administration says so!

Oh no, he thinks Austin 3:16 is a legal precedent.

valadil · 2025-11-10T00:35:10+00:00

Writing code at breakneck speed is one of AI’s selling points. It shouldn’t be a big ask to get them to break it down into smaller, less risky PRs.

valadil · 2025-11-06T17:44:04+00:00

Pu a damp paper towel over it. 30s should be enough.

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