[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Secondhand nicotine does you no harm. The reason cigarettes are so bad for you is that you're smoking tar. That's what makes the walls of a smokers home yellow, and what gives them cancer.

Nicotine is addictive, but largely harmless at the levels in cigarettes and vapes for the primary smoker. A secondhand smoker will be getting almost nothing. The problem with vapes is, I suspect, the flavourings. I'm aware of mounting evidence that they're not harmless, but I think that's only to primary vapers, not secondary.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Nobody is saying to you that blocking shouldn't be available. They are saying to you that blocking large numbers of people to create a bubble is harmful to you and the wider community.

Hence blocking people who agree with a certain post is going too far. The action is too heavy handed for the "crime". It would be a harmful feature. It's"shooting people in the head for laughing at an edgy joke" levels of heavy handedness.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure there is. The whole point of these anti-cheat systems is to detect running on modified setups that allow for the injection of code. An emulator is one such system.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago

Wasn't this in the Falklands War? It was a choice of landing here or nowhere.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

...because if you stop listening to other opinions you end up in a divided society that has no way of healing.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 6 days ago

If you really want to give it one last chance before leaving my advice would be to have a 1-on-1 talk with her.

Start out by saying that:

  • You understand that she works in a different way to you.
  • You feel more secure when your private and work lives are separate.
  • You feel you are able to do your best work when you can focus on the task without distraction.

"Feel" is an important word here. You're not trying to be confrontational. You're trying to express your position so she can understand you and how you work better. You're trying to show her the right way to manage you, rather than pointing out the wrong way.

Then ask a couple of questions:

  • Does she want you to communicate more because she's worried that you're not communicating issues that she needs to be aware of in her role? If so, that's a valid concern. Maybe organise a fixed time each week to discuss such issues so you can plan for it and come prepared.

  • Does she think she can accommodate how you like to work?

I expect she values "openness" but that doesn't need to be sharing your whole life with the people you work with. So meet her half-way, be open about what you're working on and the problems you're facing. She may be able to help you by resolving your dependencies on others, or getting you what you need.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago

It's an issue for society.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

...and the reason those Nissan batteries are failing is because they famously weren't (aren't) temperature controlled. Most batteries are looking like they'll have longer lives.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 36 points 6 days ago

Anti-cheat "compatibility" means allowing software kernel level access and after Crowd strike I think that tide will be turning even on Windows.

Anti-cheat will change. Not Linux IMHO.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Getting interview practise is no bad thing. Being interviewed is a skill you learn to be sure.

I think a lot of people miss that interviews in the technical world are often not smartly dressed exams. Some are, but those are probably jobs where they won't mentor you and invest in you. They expect you to come fully developed.

Good interviewers are trying to imagine you as an every-day team member. Will you...

  • ...work well with others?
  • ...be engaged with the problem space?
  • ...ask for clarifications or just make assumptions to avoid appearing "dumb"?
  • ...let a lack of knowledge on something become a road block?

Knowledge is easy to give you. These things are much harder to teach.

Also, knowledge based questions might be designed to find your limit. So if you don't know something, that doesn't mean it's pointless from that point on. The interviewer may just have pushed you to your limit, and only they know if that was good enough. Keep going, stay engaged.

I don't know if any of that helps you design your bot, but maybe it gives you some ideas about being an interviewer.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 98 points 6 days ago

...and let me guess. Critizing Israel's actions is tacit support of Hezbollah?

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 40 points 6 days ago

Worse than that. Fraud. He's scammed people out of millions.

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