On the important issue of discrimination, Clause 9 makes it clear that a transsexual person would have protection under the Sex Discrimination Act as a person of the acquired sex or gender. Once recognition has been granted, they will be able to claim the rights appropriate to that gender.
- Lord Filkin, the Minister who introduced the Gender Recognition Bill in the House of Lords in 2003 (18th December)
It’s smooth to a point, but not smooth like OS X is. It might have improved (I think I last tried desktop Linux a year ago). I do enjoy using Linux as my default headless OS.
I could never get smooth scrolling to work on Linux in any mainstream web browser, most people don’t seem to see it, but I’m sensitive to things like that.
I saw a post on LinkedIn, from GitHub, boasting about how many changes they deploy in a day. I couldn’t believe it. GitHub actions have been broken so many times for me this past month, not able to deploy my code when I want to, so it felt like a slap in the face.
I got myself a fancy job at Spotify. It was a dream come true, or so I thought. I couldn’t believe how many meetings I had to be in each day. I couldn’t believe how little autonomy I had or how much time I had to devote to preparing (months in advance) for performance reviews. I also couldn’t get over how many middle managers had a chip on their shoulder about the idea that “technical” work might have equal value to management work at a tech company.
I became a contractor and that’s where I realised the true programmer dream. I just cycle between collecting requirements & analysis and writing code. I spend maybe 2-3 hours in meetings per week, just to aim the cannons, as it were.
I agree. I’m a contractor and I feel the tech list allows the client to know upfront what I know out the gate and what I don’t. They can make an informed decision around who they want to get in for their project.
I find myself acquiring lots of books lately, books I won’t read for at least 6 months. It feels like you can’t investigate topics online anymore without some machine somewhere watching you. If I look something up about my house plants in a reference book, sure it might take longer, but there’s something quite liberating about knowing I’m not being watched by some Ferengi-esque bot that wants my money. Same applies to fiction, maybe I want to be able to read or reference Moby Dick in peace.
I found the first solution easier to understand, but I have this infuriating (even to myself) obsession with ternary operators that could introducing some bias.
Everyone views the world through their own lens. We are individuals. Why would I express someone else’s view?
Spending your life trying to outsmart the inevitability of death is a futile waste of a life. Money isn’t the issue, but it does afford one the ability to indulge delusions like immortality to a ludicrous degree.
I’ve no doubt many billionaires are happy, but thinking you can outsmart the grim reaper is a tad sad. It doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, we all have to learn to accept the inevitably of death. I learned to cope with death a long time ago, we all have to at some point.
It all made me feel a little sad. This person’s fear of death stops them living. It’s like buying a Porsche and never driving it for fear of damaging it.
- Lord Filkin, the Minister who introduced the Gender Recognition Bill in the House of Lords in 2003 (18th December)