Have you ever heard the famous "he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician" quote?
There is a reason it is famous and it could be very much projected on programming.
Programming requires be creative.
So I don't know where did the "generally known" comes from. In my 20 years experience, I knew hundreds of programmers and probably majority of them were extremely artistic. Writing games as a hobby, drawing miniatures, some were writing books, music bands...
> Finally, "full stop" is what you say when something isn't up for debate.
Is it the only way you can say "full stop"? Can't you just say it to yourself in the way of "full stop, this shows ME this is based on wrong premise, and I don't need to waste time on keep reading it"
> As I understand in US, if you take vacation longer than week, you're in the fear you will be fired. Is it true?
This is a common misconception which comes from the fact that there are no federal required vacations. That does not mean companies don't offer vacations as a benefit. I have yet see any positions without offering any.
In IT it's pretty much universally quite good.
I had 5 weeks before, but now we switched to unlimited (as long as you do your job ok). I now take around 6 weeks per year, and I don't really need more.
Just in case you haven't tried it - perhaps it might ignite the love to programming (if you want that).
Python made the programming fun to me again. Especially without the boilerplate code.
Try to ignore the community strong push to use typing everywhere and just write some clean small code and it feels amazing. Designs and ideas in simple implementations.
Dark times were when my manager forced me to use GUI to draw diagrams.
I need to convey my thoughts and design. If A related with B - in my head it's "A related to B", not some bubbles in air with different sizes, arrows pixel left, pixel right. Tools like mermaid.js is what makes it beatiful. I describe the design - an it draws it consistent way.
Arrowhead are literally saying that requirement was always there, it was just temporary not enforced/supported. It's not Sony that suddenly introduced that new requirement.
Arrowhead were the ones having this delayed-change-of-contract.
Arrowhead allowed their game to be sold in countries where you will not be able to play.
> I can't ready my city's sub because it's always the same tired politics posts instead of "what are some good restaurants" or "here is a photo of a building I've never seen before".
I find it funny, that I am completely opposite. I would very much prefer the local news/politics/crime, as this directly affects me and my life - e.g. don't go to the highway today, because protestors block it. Vs. the boring similar photos I've probably already saw like 100 times from a slightly different angle or they are not interesting at all and author highly overestimates their photography skill.
If your intention to stop communication - you can block someone.
Or if that's the words that would've been chosen - I would agree to you.
But if you mix those words with extra message, then no. A reply to this new message is warranted.
E.g. if you add a reason and that reason is unreasonable - it's warranted to address that and reply to you.
Either do a request without attached strings, or block.
Don't write extra conditions/reasoning and then complain that someone doesn't agree with you on those and kept messaging.
To be honest it does feel weird that the subscription allows you to upgrade to latest yet not use it after it ends.
I personally would think that something like "You purchase a year of versions, so final one you would be able to upgrade to - would be your perpetual subscription"
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So many people I know don't switch to FF because of missing tab grouping (and no, not a single addon gives the similar fast and nice experience). It's like number one feature and yet they waste time on stuff like this
So I don't know where did the "generally known" comes from. In my 20 years experience, I knew hundreds of programmers and probably majority of them were extremely artistic. Writing games as a hobby, drawing miniatures, some were writing books, music bands...
> Finally, "full stop" is what you say when something isn't up for debate.
Is it the only way you can say "full stop"? Can't you just say it to yourself in the way of "full stop, this shows ME this is based on wrong premise, and I don't need to waste time on keep reading it"