elephantium @ elephantium @lemmy.world

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EN-UK vs EN-US thing

That might be it. Circumvent in this context would make perfect sense to me, but circumnavigate threw me for a loop.

That still doesn't make a lick of sense in this context. It has the feel of someone picking the wrong word entirely.

They do tools for programmers. Big projects! But not stuff sold at retail. The plugin stuff is saying it plays well with the other kids on the playground.

And you get extras if you pay more.

Some people called Romans, they go the house?

Circumnavigated? Like, sent it around to everyone in marketing, one after another?

That...doesn't make much sense in the context you provided. Autocorrupt strikes again?

Doesn't anyone say 'slashdotted' anymore?

X sounds like a porn site of some kind

Ha, just like people gave you side-eye for mentioning 'hotmail' back in the 90s. "Hotmail, eh? Why do you need a raunchy e-mail address?"

I do agree that X is a stupid name.

I'm a software dev whose first job out of college was at a tiny company, 10-15 people.

Pros: I learned a lot. Each project had different technologies involved. I def didn't get bored! Basically no red tape. I reported to the IT director, and he reported to the owner. Nothing could really get lost in bureaucracy there.

Cons: Payscale was weak, but eh, it was my first job out of college. No room for advancement. What even is a promotion when the whole company is only a dozen people? Limited mentoring. While I had a lot of guidance from my boss there, especially early on, now years later I'm looking back, wishing I'd gotten a more varied perspective. You can only learn so much from one person's perspective.

Like thermoclines :D

I named mine Rhaego

Over Greedo's dead body.

Cheap security cams with “enhanced night vision” might get somebody jailed.

Might? We've been arresting the wrong people based on shitty facial recognition for at least 5 years now. This article has examples from 2019.

On one hand, the potential of this type of technology is impressive. OTOH, the failures are super disturbing.

PC load letter?!

It's a scene from a movie.

It's quite good, I'd recommend it even now.

Yep, it had lots of cool ideas. I'm glad to have read it.

Definitely! It was an excellent read. I do think you hit the nail on the head with

it’s not exactly uplifting. Thought provoking though.

I'm charmed to see Perdido Street Station come up! I was talking to my wife about this very book earlier this evening.

Summon bigger fish

SO SAY WE ALL!