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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Again, I cannot stress enough: until you understand something about the system you own, DO NOT GO SHOPPING FOR A NEW SYSTEM.

Teams that operate their tools can succeed on any stack. Teams that don't understand what their tools generate will fail no matter how good the tech.

So, until you've got a handle on *why* something isn't working, don't rip it out.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“people do not understand the teaching of Joan, that whatever seems human is human.”

— Norstrilia (with the prequel, The Ballad of Lost C'Mell) by Cordwainer Smith
https://a.co/h4FVPyd

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

My wife is away, hangin' with the granddaughter, and I'm stuck in Morris with nothing but deadlines to entertain me.

Wheeee, look at 'em zooming away!

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arca0@bsd.network ("Arcaze R0") wrote:

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I was going to recommend *"Love of Shopping" is Not a Gene* by Anne Dagg as a good antidote to evolutionary psychology, but it's out of print and Amazon sells it for $135!

https://amzn.to/3EfV6sO

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DanShappir@webperf.social ("Dan Shappir") wrote:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

You will not, on the first pass, really understand what you're looking at. The important thing is to *keep looking*, make small changes that you think might improve things, and test again. Eventually, you'll develop more of an understanding of the system.

Also, there's great reference information out there about what each of the bits of the trace represent:

https://nooshu.com/blog/2019/10/02/how-to-read-a-wpt-waterfall-chart/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Apparently I went on a podcast? Thanks to @DanShappir for inviting me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc1l5DqyLb0&t=1s

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“…special purpose grand jury’s report on efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election, including the introduction, conclusion and a portion in which the jury “discusses its concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony to the grand jury.” The rest of the report, including charging recommendations, will be kept under wraps until the district attorney’s investigation concludes.”

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-02-16/georgia-special-grand-jury-report-on-2020-election-fraud-released

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javan ("Javan Makhmali") wrote:

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• Screenshot of select text from https://webkit.org/blog/13851/declarative-shadow-dom/ > In addition, many modern websites and web-based applications deploy a technique called “server-side rendering” whereby programs running on a web server generate HTML markup with the initial content for web browsers to consume, instead of fetching content over the network once scripts are loaded.

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otso@pleroma.karjalazet.se wrote:

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• "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect" Mark Twain (remote)

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mike@thecanadian.social ("Mike Fraser :REDCDN:") wrote:

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auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world ("Auschwitz Memorial") wrote:

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• Photo of a smiling girl with long dark hair and wearing glasses. Margot Frank - Anne Frank's sister. (remote)

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“This account is run by our engineers, and none of us know how social media works. We were told to use hashtags.”

https://mastodon.social/@SpiderMonkey/109874524955427717

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matthiasott ("Matthias Ott") wrote:

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pruvisto@graz.social ("Manuel Eberl") wrote:

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workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:

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marthawells@wandering.shop ("Martha Wells") wrote:

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joshsternberg@mstdn.social ("Josh Sternberg") wrote:

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• N.Y. Times contributors and LGBTQ advocates send open letters criticizing paper's trans coverage Hundreds of current and former contributors to the paper say the Times’ coverage of transgender people has violated its editorial guidelines. (remote)
• In Defense of J.K. Rowling (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Makha Bucha Day in Thailand

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Nylon patented, 1937

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Pierre Bouguer born, 1698, founder of photometry

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

an interesting start from NIST, worth thinking about

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2023/02/15/nists-ai-risk-management-framework-plants-a-flag-in-the-ai-debate/

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Science apologizes for being nice to William Shockley. A little more kicking of his corpse would be nice, but this is a good start.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/16/science-apologizes/

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• William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor. Also a flaming evil racist. (remote)