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pborenstein

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I write #API #documentation for money.
#techWriting #writeTheDocs #techComm #apiDocs

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Edent, (edited ) to random
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Do you spell it:

pborenstein,
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@Edent E-mail is very 20th century, kind of like to-day was in the 19th

lzg, to random
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prayer requires no gods

pborenstein,
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@lzg just because there's no one to thank is no reason not to be grateful

rebeccawatson, to random
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Finished watching Sugar on AppleTV last night and why the fuck aren't more people talking about this on my timeline?? I don't want to spoil anything so I'll just tell you to go watch it, especially if you like noir.

pborenstein,
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@rebeccawatson OK, that's a good rec. Have you watched Ripley? What did you think if you did?

pborenstein, to random
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How would one even go about using an LLM to write a novel? I can't imagine the process

annika, to random
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Just saw a Temu ad for a car dashcam with a monitor you strap over the top of your rear-view mirror, fully obstructing it 😅

pborenstein,
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@annika that's how they get you to buy the optional rear view cam?

schwa, to random
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    pborenstein,
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    @schwa sometime I feel like the west coast is a whole different country

    sue, (edited ) to random
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    Any theories on the underlying psychology or other drivers of the tendency folk have in tech to prioritise completeness / technical correctness even when it makes a thing less usable or valuable?

    Is it a need for control, or a need to believe the world is knowable? Risk aversion?

    Is it the result of organisational cultures where folk are encouraged only to see the parts and not the whole?

    I am fascinated by this!

    pborenstein,
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    @sue The indignation sounds like Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. As you say, it probably has to do with psychological safety.

    over the years, I've chalked it up to

    • fear of blame for leaving something out
    • discomfort with leaving something unfinished
    • comfort with current problem and afraid to look at next project
    pborenstein, to random
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    I'm not saying they're remembering it wrong, but riding in a car without seatbelts, while your parents smoked and argued with the windows closed, was not the joyride the memes would have you believe

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    A highly accomplished and refined gay man, photographed by the best photographers in the world, on the cover of Vanity Fair, can’t pull off looking cool with the latest design-marvel Apple gadget

    pborenstein,
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    @thomasfuchs flashback

    pborenstein, to random
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    "I have a stovetop kettle. Why is an electric kettle better?"

    It's the difference between UI and UX

    pborenstein, to random
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    All of these "event X" is closer to "historic event A" than … I CANNOT DO WORD PROBLEMS CUT IT OUT!!!

    pborenstein, to random
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    What is it with people? When I ask you where the code is, I want a link to a repo, not an explanation of how complicated programming is and how I might find github intimidating

    pborenstein, to random
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    we're expecting a little bit of snow

    (prob FB, via Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/s/Ghrn2M9bN1)

    pborenstein, to random
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    I love nor'easter goofiness

    pborenstein, to random
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    The people I am most like are exactly the people I least want to hang with. Weird.

    pborenstein, to random
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    Last night in SF and is next door. The stress of three days of meetings melted away, and I only visited 2 floors. Apparently first Thursday is free for local SFians. The plague did a number on SF, but this is a jewel.

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    pborenstein, to random
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    There goes New England. I used to say, Our gun laws may be lenient, but our people are decent.

    https://www.necn.com/news/local/maine-authorities-investigate-2-active-shooter-events/3075726/

    pborenstein, to random
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    If you schedule a meeting without an agenda you are a poop head.

    pborenstein, to random
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    @fraying My partner loves the CBD roller. "Maybe it's just that the ball is the right size, but that stuff's amazing."

    pborenstein, to random
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    Seems like the best way to get recruiters to stop emailing you is to reply

    pborenstein, to random
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    Used to have a friend who'd crank the heat up to 85 to make it warm up faster. "You're not making it hotter faster. You're just making it hotter."

    https://wapo.st/3ri32Gd

    pborenstein, to random
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    I've been working remotely for over 10 years. But if someone really wanted to get me back in the office five days a week, they'd just have to replace what I already have. Easy peasy.

    • my own office
    • my own door
    • my own light switch
    • on-demand door-to-door transportation every day
    pborenstein, to random
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    "You're documenting this procedure not for us but for Janet Gonzales."

    "Who's Janet Gonzales?"

    "Someone we'll hire in three years who will be tasked with figuring out why this broke, long after we've left the company.

    pborenstein, to random
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    "Hey, Dad, you were around during the Cold War, right?"

    "Yeah, I suppose."

    "What were the memes like back then?"

    "Sweetie, you know there was no internet then."

    "But every culture has memes."

    This was the only thing I could think of, and it occurs to me that commercials were the memes of that era.

    https://youtu.be/FpypTXccG2I

    pborenstein, to random
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    first roller derby since the pandemic

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