I know it’s a fun, goofy space comedy, but I cried the last time I saw it.

My guy stopped growing them and raised turtles instead,

I wish my resume looked that good.

Nah, in the future we’ll have Space Force and no OSHA

I think you thinking people are lazy for not typing the way you do says more about you than it does about them ;)

You don’t need to use a period on the internet if it’s the end of a line. The line break signals the end of the sentence, unless maybe they trailed off in

The kill command allows you to specify which type of kill signal you want to send. -9 sends signal 9 or SIGKILL, and we’re sending it to pid 1.

That would force kill systemd, which I just have to assume will send your computer to a crashing halt.

The echo command is writing "c" to a file at /proc/sysrq-trigger which I don’t really know how it works but this suggests you’ll “crash the system without first unmounting file systems or syncing disks attached to the system.”

I haven’t installed fuck so I’m not sure how that works

I worked retail in consumer electronics when the PS3 was new and blu-ray was just taking off.

As I recall, the PS3 was stupidly expensive when it came out, but after a couple years the hype died down and the price dropped. It was still more expensive than a standalone blu-ray player, but sometimes you might talk someone into buying a playstation instead of the player.

At the time it was pretty cool that the PS3 was an all-in-one entertainment centre. A lot of families had the “computer room” plus half a dozen devices plugged into their TV. The PS3 really combined a lot of them into a single package. Families could monitor their kids’ youtube usage because now it was in the living room, cable/power management became a lot easier, and you could still watch the new movies on it.

I’m nostalgic for the PS3, so I’m sure I’m looking at the past with rose-coloured glasses. All the same, I’m saddened by the PS5. It seems Sony’s really pushing away from what made their devices great. Instead of offering the user more choice it seems they’re trying to trap them in their own commercial ecosystem.

A hammer is beginner friendly, but learning to use a hammer doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ready to build a house with it.

I genuinely thought erudite was a noun. Thanks, TIL

Well, I’m not a psychologist, so I suppose my interpretation might not be correct - the irony mounts.

But from the graphs you shared, it looks to me like the only people who underestimated themselves were the top performers. And from what I know firsthand with imposter syndrome, a competent person underestimates themselves.

I used hyperbole for effect, so I don’t think that if you believe you have zero competence in something because you actually have zero competence means that you’re secretly good at something. If you know nothing about plumbing, don’t try to install a toilet.

But if you’re working in the software factory then you don’t actually have zero competence, you probably have formal education and some experience. Having that feeling that you might not be good enough is a sign that you’re on the right track.

I’ll take a crack at this one. For what it’s worth, I think the first couple are just loanwords from another language which sometimes gets used incorrectly, and the last three are uncommon words in conversation. Know your audience.

“This isn’t a meeting about the budget per se”

“This isn’t exactly a meeting about the budget”

“The victim met their demise vis a vis poodle attack”

“The victim met their demise by way of poodle attack.”

“Steve’s a real erudite.”

“Steve’s a real reader.”

“Tom and Jerry is a fun cartoon because of the juxtaposition of the relationship between cat and mouse.”

“Tom and Jerry is a fun cartoon because of the oppositeness of the relationship between cat and mouse”

“I don’t understand, can you elucidate on that?”

“I don’t understand, can you explain?”

I felt like that early in my career. I used to think that being a rockstar developer was a good thing, and I’d be happy to describe myself as one.

The thing is, a lot of rockstars are really just churning out heaps of unmaintainable code. They think they have a high degree of proficiency, they’re confident in their competence, but there’s a disconnect between what they think and what they produce.

It can be a sign of personal improvement to question yourself when you think you’re doing great. We owe it to ourselves to ask ourselves critically if we can be doing better. Because if we don’t, and we just assume we’re awesome, then we’ll happily churn out sub-awesome cruft.

The insidious thing is that self-criticism leads to self-doubt, and imposter syndrome can be quite paralyzing. But if you learn to control your criticism instead of allowing your criticism to control you, you can achieve higher heights than rockstardom.

Bone spurs go brrrr

Based on what I know of Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect, it seems you’re at your most competent when you feel like you’re at your least.

So if you’re feeling badly because you feel like you don’t know enough to do your job, take some time to remind yourself that other people who appear to be confident have no idea what they’re doing.

It’s fake-it-till-you-make-it all the way down.

I don’t know if I’d call selling plasma a scam, but it doesn’t really feel like a good thing either. I know people on a fixed income where this is one of the only ways they can make some extra cash, so I understand why people would do it.

Like, sure, you get money for your fluids that you’ll replenish naturally and that has its appeal. But for a lot of people it’s a slippery slope argument about what parts of your body you should be able to sell.

If you’re economically depressed (the system is working as intended) then you might be tempted to start selling organs. Would you accept five figures for a kindey or cornea? Would you sell your heart or liver for six?

You might even be able to argue that it’s a noble sacrifice to give your life to secure your family’s comfort. But there’s something to be said about being forced into that position in the first place.

But why not get the drop pods to fly the ring to Mordor?

“We can’t force our people to work, so let’s call on someone who can!”

I’m here to plug for Godot, it’s the best engine I’ve used to date.

Unity can suck a lemon. The squeeze has already begun, and if they’re walking back the runtime fee then they must have plans on something else.

When I was growing up you’d hear stories about how the local Chinese immigrants would eat neighborhood cats when they caught them.

But our “Chinese” neighbours were actually Portuguese, and vegetarian.

Racists are going to be racist, regardless of reality