mike susz
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me from the 90s is extremely jealous of me now
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mike susz
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so... twitter is preventing me from talking about words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings or spellings. it's filtering 'homophones' in a reply to someone.
mike susz
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need to build an email filter that uses regex, if the subject is over 50% CAPS hit the 'unsubscribe' link, delete
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to Florida friends and others in the path of Dorian, if you have SiriusXM you can listen to The Weather Channel on channel 105 from Saturday, August 31 at 8pm ET through Tuesday, September 3 at noon ET https://blog.siriusxm.com/listen-to-the-weather-channel-on-siriusxm-during-hurricane-dorian/
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@moriahmaney i'm sorry. this was a crappy thing for me to do.
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“there’s a purple cat. his name is bob.” “i found a tv in a tree.”
my son has discovered Animal Crossing.
my son has discovered Animal Crossing.
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i am home from New York and we have foster kittens.
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this is our youngest cat, her name is Puppy. and she is NOT having it. nope.
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I don’t know how New Yorkers do it, this place is exhausting. And I have only been here for 24 hours. exciting but exhausting.
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only Photoshop kids will understand this!
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YES! a new album from @osoosoband :) https://osoosoband.bandcamp.com/album/basking-in-the-glow
mike susz
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i've been moved to help on a different project at work while still helping to manage iterations on my former project. i find myself struggling to balance "project 1 time" and "project 2 time" and "freaking out about stuff time" and "what if i never figure this out time" and
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@cssgirl also funny: i get shaming emails and now _snail mail_ telling me how much more energy i use compared to similar houses nearby. i live in a town with a lot of vacation property, and a large religious group that generally doesn't use tv, computers, or air conditioning.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
mike susz
@mikesusz
try to do something that makes you feel competent every day. even if it's not related to your job; it could be the victory you build from, or it could be the only victory you have that day.
mike susz
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be kind
mike susz
@mikesusz
i saw an oval sticker on a car that said "NDA" i guess they may have ran an unspecified distance in the past, but are not able to talk about it publicly
mike susz
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Internet rando archetypes:
* Rando Jackson
* Marlon Rando
* Rando Quaid
* Rando Calrissian
* Rando Jackson
* Marlon Rando
* Rando Quaid
* Rando Calrissian
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a company having an extended 'vacation/retreat' is only going to benefit and promote people of a certain situation in life, who are able and willing to suspend their responsibilities and routine in order to attend. it will both directly and indirectly punish those who cannot go.
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70 degrees on a Saturday afternoon in August?
https://sqd.co/_/claps.gif
https://sqd.co/_/claps.gif
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i’m sure this is fine.
mike susz
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any of my friends with directv also getting tired of ads when they pause their DVR?
mike susz
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like the skin-tone selection for emoji, when you use the ice cream one you should be able to select from other flavors 🍦
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in case anyone is wondering why said driver behind me shouldn't be upset, here's the law for yielding way to emergency vehicles in massachusetts (the state i was in at the time) https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlexiv/chapter89/section7a
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just in case you're having a bad day, a person in a car behind me this morning went ballistic that i pulled over and stopped for an oncoming emergency vehicle with their lights & sirens on.
mike susz
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i've done a bit of math, and i will now refer to any particular unit of 6 seconds as a 'feral hog'
usage: 'i think the espresso machine is a little slow today, it took five feral hogs to make my coffee'
usage: 'i think the espresso machine is a little slow today, it took five feral hogs to make my coffee'
mike susz
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just a reminder/warning: it’s the first weekend in August so Pumpkin Beer will be available soon if not already.
mike susz
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if you can’t think of anything better to do, go to bed.
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could still happen
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/628326156165640193
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/628326156165640193
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time for this again: https://twitter.com/mikesusz/statuses/936300470783574017
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Me: I avoid seeking help from professionals for problems I'm struggling with
Therapist:
Me: ...I really need to find a therapist
Therapist:
Me: ...I really need to find a therapist
mike susz
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that thing where your partner had been out of town for a while and you’re cleaning up before they return and you have to find a balance between “there is still so much work to do” and “everything is done and is easier when you’re not here”
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where my astronomers at?
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/625465277959008256
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/625465277959008256
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this was a triumph
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/758033421792841729
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/758033421792841729
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@mikesusz
when Optum moved our office from Waltham to Fenway, it did not go well for me.
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/755563189144780800
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/755563189144780800
mike susz
@mikesusz
None of these Internet mattress companies innovate in the correct way — we need a square mattress with square fitted sheets so it doesn’t matter which direction you try to put them on
mike susz
@mikesusz
most obvious question i’ve asked all day: “did you eat ALL of the watermelon?”
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working on a new post, hope to get this up soon
mike susz
@mikesusz
today i’m not using CSS, i’m using SSS
mike susz
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one really great thing about this '10x' nonsense is that i can add it to the keyword list in my email rule that filters out and deletes linkedin requests from recruiters (adding to the list that already contains 'ninja' and 'rockstar' etc)
mike susz
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be careful which golden cow you hitch your wagon to. unless you’re a crummy early stage investor who only cares about meteoric early growth and plans an exit strategy before things turn sour. enjoy your “10x” engineer. /rant
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and also the repercussions on the rest of your team - tolerating people like this will drive any conscientious person away - whether they work with them directly or not. having a bratty “golden child” in engineering will ruin your company’s appeal to marketing, ops, etc
mike susz
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the original post is not wrong though - having someone on your team like this can speed your product to market. as long as you and your investors are willing to accept the risk of trusting the stability, usability, extensibility, and scale of your application to one fickle person
mike susz
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yes they are responsible for a lot of the code because they wrote it without input or exposition or documentation or review. of course they’re the only one who can fix it because sometimes it’s a tangled mess that they created and only they can understand.
mike susz
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in all seriousness i’ve worked with “10x” people like this, exactly as described. yes they produce a lot of code. yes they fix the bugs we discover in production. yes they caused the bugs in the first place by being “above” peer code reviews and working in a vacuum.
mike susz
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i’m glad i learned this week how to spot a “10x engineer” now i know what to look for when hiring to make sure i never have a person like this on my team
mike susz
@mikesusz
remember as you code today, often zero is not null. zero means something. don't default to zero if you mean 'nothing'
mike susz
@mikesusz
that thing where you get a LinkedIn connection request from a great co-worker out of the blue
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mike susz
@mikesusz
turns out i should have taken the day off. my cognitition was lacking, i left at lunchtime to go home and take a nap.
take care of yourself, people.
take care of yourself, people.
mike susz
@mikesusz
can i go back to work tomorrow please
