NomadicCoder's recent activity
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Comment on Insurers use aerial photos to check out roofs or to spot yard debris and undeclared trampolines in ~finance
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Comment on ADHD productivity fundamentals in ~health.mental
NomadicCoder Link ParentSimilar here -- I cannot keep a long running TODO list for the life of me, it ends up having so much old obsolete clutter on it that I give up. I've never been able to use a pre-bound notebook...Similar here -- I cannot keep a long running TODO list for the life of me, it ends up having so much old obsolete clutter on it that I give up. I've never been able to use a pre-bound notebook because it ends up full of nonsense scribbles and doodles.
What I've personally found works well for me is to keep my todo lists on paper and re-write them every day. I only copy the items that are the most important, focusing on the top 10 or 15 items. I find that anything that's not in my top priority list usually ends up being a non-issue anyhow, especially when it's related to my work. Anything big or long term goes into the issue tracking software anyhow.
For me, the act of reviewing, rewriting, and re-prioritizing the list is a bit of motivation that helps me get going again.
...as for the notebook that I mentioned above, I've always kept loose leaf pages. In university (before laptops were good enough to use and tablets weren't a thing) I would write my notes on loose leaf papers and put them into one of those accordion expanding files, putting each day's notes in the back of the section for that class -- that allowed me to doodle on something else and then only keep the actual notes. Similar now, except I don't have clear divisions between topics so it's hard to be quite as organized but I keep a clipboard with a stack of printer paper on it and when the top page gets cluttered with notes and doodles I take it off, review it, and then re-write what I need from it neatly on a new page and then discard the messy page.
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Comment on America's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing in ~tech
NomadicCoder Link ParentMedical devices make sense. I’ve been a medical device developer for almost 30 years, and we have very strict reproducibility and traceability requirements for product safety and recall ability....Medical devices make sense. I’ve been a medical device developer for almost 30 years, and we have very strict reproducibility and traceability requirements for product safety and recall ability. Having random people make changes effectively breaks that traceability.
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Comment on Historic covered bridges in the US are under threat by truck drivers relying on GPS meant for cars in ~transport
NomadicCoder LinkHere in VT it seems that I hear about one of the bridges being hit at least every few months. It's shocking how frequent it is.Here in VT it seems that I hear about one of the bridges being hit at least every few months. It's shocking how frequent it is.
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Comment on Reddit pops as much as 70% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range in ~tech
NomadicCoder Link ParentIt feels to be like high speed trading and day trading is bad for the economy in the big picture. I wonder how things would change if stocks could not be sold in less than 6 months without a very...It feels to be like high speed trading and day trading is bad for the economy in the big picture. I wonder how things would change if stocks could not be sold in less than 6 months without a very severe penalty.
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Comment on Donald Trump's lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454 million US civil fraud judgment in ~news
NomadicCoder Link ParentYou are not AP’s costumer, the news outlet that’s buying their work is — their customers demand salacious stories to draw readership.You are not AP’s costumer, the news outlet that’s buying their work is — their customers demand salacious stories to draw readership.
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Comment on The end of the MrBeast era in ~tech
NomadicCoder Link ParentFor the last month or so I've noticed that if I open YouTube in incognito mode it takes me to a page with no videos and only the message: I like that -- no reason to pre-bias people.For the last month or so I've noticed that if I open YouTube in incognito mode it takes me to a page with no videos and only the message:
Try searching to get started
Start watching videos to help us build a feed of videos you'll love.I like that -- no reason to pre-bias people.
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Comment on How American evangelicals use digital surveillance to target the unconverted in ~tech
NomadicCoder LinkUgh, that's horrible. I live in one of the least religious states and we get preachers moving up here to try to start churches. I really wish they wouldn't....Ugh, that's horrible.
I live in one of the least religious states and we get preachers moving up here to try to start churches. I really wish they wouldn't.
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Comment on Children to no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England confirms in ~lgbt
NomadicCoder Link ParentIt's an interesting thought, and a way of thinking that I hadn't considered, but I strongly suspect that it's much simpler than that... Having grown up in that ultra-right-wing religious...It's an interesting thought, and a way of thinking that I hadn't considered, but I strongly suspect that it's much simpler than that...
Having grown up in that ultra-right-wing religious environment I'm fairly certain that the thinking goes: "trans different, trans scary, trans bad; I don't know why, but that's what I have to say to fit in with the people in my church who also don't know what to believe, nor why, but they're saying it to fit in too".
...so glad to have escaped that brianwashing, just wish I'd have escaped it much earlier than I did -- so many wasted years.
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Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech
NomadicCoder LinkI've been using Linux since ~1993 on a 25MHz 386SX, starting with one of the first Slackware releases. I was one of the early adopters for daily use back when it was VERY hard to do so -- very...I've been using Linux since ~1993 on a 25MHz 386SX, starting with one of the first Slackware releases. I was one of the early adopters for daily use back when it was VERY hard to do so -- very little software support, completely manual configurations (that could destroy your monitor if X was misconfigured, been there, done that), very limited hardware support, etc.
I now use Linux for work and don't feel like I'm missing anything. I'm also tired of futzing with it, so I use Ubuntu with the i3 wm (which did require some futzing initially, but have been using the same basic configuration for about 4 years now), and it "just works" -- I get support for basically every software package, all of my hardware works just fine (I use Thinkpads, which have good support), and basically set it up once and forget about it. I'm done with messing around with compiling custom kernels and fighting dependencies (my first Slackware version had zero dependency management, you had to choose each and every package individually)
It's not necessary to go through all of this -- you can just use it and not worry. :)
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Comment on The sins committed in the name of Agile development in ~comp
NomadicCoder Link ParentThe complaints stem from companies forcing developers to "use Agile" top down, but they implement a completely broken facade that has nothing to do with the actual Agile principles and end up...The complaints stem from companies forcing developers to "use Agile" top down, but they implement a completely broken facade that has nothing to do with the actual Agile principles and end up creating a disastrous process that doesn't help anybody except for giving middle management the appearance of hard data to present to their managers, meanwhile the feedback coming from experienced developers is generally ignored.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 4 in ~news
NomadicCoder Link ParentSo are you arguing that states cannot unilaterally enforce the other limitations? That makes no sense to me. Does congress have to get involved for every person who tries to run who isn't...So are you arguing that states cannot unilaterally enforce the other limitations? That makes no sense to me. Does congress have to get involved for every person who tries to run who isn't qualified?
(For example, Cenk... why is he on the ballot? He should also be removed)
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 4 in ~news
NomadicCoder Link ParentUnanimous? WTF?!? I never expected that. What does Putin have on them?Unanimous? WTF?!? I never expected that. What does Putin have on them?
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Comment on What watch do you wear daily? in ~hobbies
NomadicCoder LinkFor a long time I wore (and still own) a Seiko 5 automatic winding mechanical watch (https://www.amazon.com/Seiko-SNK809-Automatic-Stainless-Canvas/dp/B002SSUQFG), but my wife bought me an Apple...For a long time I wore (and still own) a Seiko 5 automatic winding mechanical watch (https://www.amazon.com/Seiko-SNK809-Automatic-Stainless-Canvas/dp/B002SSUQFG), but my wife bought me an Apple Watch S2 years ago and I later gave it to my daughter and replaced it with a S6 (huge jump in usefulness), so it's rare that I wear the Seiko anymore. I do miss the simplicity of it and love anything mechanical, but I use the Apple watch for tracking outdoor activities, often in the forest off-trails (i.e. foraging) where having a map of where I've been and came from can be very useful, so I just wear the Apple Watch now -- the number one app for me is WorkOutdoors, which tracks on a OSM base map where I've been, shows trails on the map, can import GPX files from AllTrails, can export GPX files for use in updating OSM trail maps, and has way way more data than Apple's activity app.
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Comment on Can European carmakers stop China’s electric behemoth BYD? in ~transport
NomadicCoder Link ParentThe thing is, I wasn't in China -- it was one of their export vehicles.The thing is, I wasn't in China -- it was one of their export vehicles.
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Comment on Can European carmakers stop China’s electric behemoth BYD? in ~transport
NomadicCoder Link ParentRecently drove a Chinese made vehicle that was only a few years old (rental in another country) and it was the biggest pile of garbage imaginable. It was fairly new and had low mileage, but the...Recently drove a Chinese made vehicle that was only a few years old (rental in another country) and it was the biggest pile of garbage imaginable. It was fairly new and had low mileage, but the doors were super thin and got damaged by a gust of wind while I had it, the back door latch jammed multiple times, the stereo was buggy, the brakes pulled, it didn't want to start a few times, one of the seatbelts refused to retract... felt like a rolling deathtrap.
Maybe some Chinese car companies are better, but this one was made by SAIC which is the biggest car manufacturer in China.
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Comment on Hurricane — Bob Dylan’s howl of protest still resonates today. The hard-hitting 1975 ballad tells the story of a black boxer framed and jailed for murder. in ~music
NomadicCoder Link ParentThank you for the link. I've always processed song lyrics as just another instrument -- and with voices like Dylan's it's hard to heard the lyrics even with conscious effort, so I had to go look...Thank you for the link. I've always processed song lyrics as just another instrument -- and with voices like Dylan's it's hard to heard the lyrics even with conscious effort, so I had to go look up the lyrics. Even though I've heard the song hundreds of times I had no idea what it was about. Unfortunately that link doesn't have the lyrics, so I found them here:
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Comment on Selling subversion in ~misc
NomadicCoder LinkI guess it shows where my mind is that I was at least half way through the article still thinking about how I'd never seen an ad for the open source VCS and wondering when they'd get to the part...I guess it shows where my mind is that I was at least half way through the article still thinking about how I'd never seen an ad for the open source VCS and wondering when they'd get to the part about selling Subversion.
Oh, they mean subversion, not Subversion!
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Comment on Reddit is letting power users in on its IPO in ~tech
NomadicCoder Link ParentWow, you're right -- I just looked, my account is 16 years old, almost 17, but only has a 15 year badge.Wow, you're right -- I just looked, my account is 16 years old, almost 17, but only has a 15 year badge.
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Comment on Why you should consider a smaller keyboard in ~comp
NomadicCoder Link ParentAnother point -- I have written so many automations and mapped them to so many key combinations that I NEED all of the keys that I have, and more... taking whole rows of them away and using...Another point -- I have written so many automations and mapped them to so many key combinations that I NEED all of the keys that I have, and more... taking whole rows of them away and using combinations that I already use for other things would reduce my productivity -- and those productivity automations far out-class potentially slightly increasing my typing speed by a few wpm.
Time to start sunbathing in the buff in my back yard. I hope the neighbors don’t mind. :)
I have mixed feelings about this one, the resolution required to determine the condition of my roof seems a bit invasive.