Apple is a strange beast. I was at their space ship HQ getting interviewed, and the guy kept pointing random facts about it. Like, this particular wood was harvested in the winter so that made it better, or that entire segments can be siloed off, or that the full height glass walls of the cafeteria can be opened on pivots, and there was just so much effort in making sure things worked just right.

Meanwhile [this team] had to test software fixes for their product by provisioning ancient Mac mini’s in a closet lab because they wanted to test the “full experience” and so every patch and update they had to do was painful and horribly tested. They all hated each other (which was obvious to me just from my time in their interviews, so it must have gotten really bad during the workday I imagine). Everyone seemed on edge all the time. Even the people in the hallways. But they were all super excited that they could order lattes from the iPads tethered to the break room countertops. And they had an apple orchard I guess. The idea of changing how they do what they do was completely unentertainable.

The whole experience felt surreal, like I had stepped into the world according to The Onion.

Whelp, I’m dead. GG hippo.

Lineeses.

They’re paying you to get a job done. They’re paying your manager to manage you, so don’t do that job too unless you’re getting paid for two jobs. If your manager wants to be a dick and micromanage you to death, get a new job.

It was very much a product of its time. It was alright.

Same. When my dad turned retirement age I would make absolutely sure every waiter and cashier knew he was a senior. I’d loudly ask if his senior discount had been applied. Ah, the sweetest of petty revenges.

(Karmic backlash: my kid has always been tall and strong for his age. I lost out on years worth of “kids for free” discounts. The ONE time I tried to eek him under an age limit he quite expertly shut down any shenanigans by stating his birth date, age to the day, and a proclamation that he would be ordering from the non-kid menu anyway, so it didn’t matter. He had just turned 6.)

Oh for sure, and some of those are not ok with swapping the interpreter out 🤣

It is, and it’s a valid complaint. Go and Rust have handled it differently than Python or JavaScript, and all of them have their faults and bonuses.

It’s a load bearing S.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyPy

Their greatest mistake was not naming it Ouroboros.

Looking at the thing again to verify what you said let me see that they call shares “re-truths” which is so perfectly on the nose it would be groan inducing if this was a novel instead of real life.

Implement doesn’t mean “manifest from the aether with zero work”. It means do every step until it’s done. This is like step 5 of a lot.

5% pleasure

50% pain

100% his reason is so we remember his name (🤮)

They started at Java’s build system and set a course for Hell.

His eyesight is probably terrible, but of course he’s too vain for glasses. Hell, he might just be assuming she is his wife.

It blows my mind that the greatest trick Valve ever pulled was releasing a console that relies solely on backwards compatibility. There are zero games released for the steam deck.

I’m only commenting because the actual python is practically pseudo code:

# A turtle class
class Turtle:
    shell=True

# A boss class
class Boss:
    authority=True

#A class that inherits from another
class TigerTurtle(Turtle):
    fuzzy=True

# Multiple inheritance, or "The Devil's Playground"
class TigerBossTurtle(TigerTurtle, Boss):
    #  shell, authority, and fuzzy are all true
    ...

“Datacenter Operations”. These are the people that bless the racks, perform the Ritual of the Wires, have access to the Room Of Windy Floors, and get to keep stacks of dead hard drives under their desks as footrests.

You don’t even need a degree, just show up to any data center with a vape and a hoodie and they’ll probably just let you in, especially if it’s third shift. Closest thing you’ll ever have to working in an isekai dungeon.

(I have nothing but respect for the datacenter denizens)

Have you considered multiple inheritance. It’s an upgrade. All upside, literally no downside. I’m trustworthy. Trust me.