malikolivier

قبل 3 أشهرdiscuss

This is to solve such issues that I am using and running StableBuild.

It is a managed service that keeps a cached copy of your dependencies at a specific time. You can pin your dependencies within a Dockerfile and have reproducible docker images.

malikolivier

قبل 3 أشهرdiscuss

It should be noted that only Modern Standard Arabic (the modern common Arabic language based on the language used in the Qur'an) still has dual. Most (if not all?) spoken dialects, which evolved from this form of Arabic have already lost dual.

It's interesting that we notice a similar pattern of losing the dual in many languages. And it would be very interesting to find the opposite pattern: a language where the dual newly develops out of nowhere. However, I do not know of such language.

malikolivier

قبل 3 أشهرdiscuss

This is exactly to avoid this kind of issue that I decided to work on StableBuild. StableBuild pins and hosts a copy of your dependencies at a specific freeze date, so that your supply chain is never contaminated. This way, a compromised version published after your freeze date (even with the same version number!) would never reach your build.

malikolivier

قبل 4 أشهرdiscuss

Such issues is what brought us to keep native honeybee species where I live, and not the domestic Western bees. The productivity may not be as high as the domestic bee, but we still get honey and it's very good! You would also notice the difference in taste. Apis mellifera honey is usually sweeter than the Asian honeybee, and not as prone to fermentation. A slightly fermented honey is also super good!

malikolivier

قبل 4 أشهرdiscuss

I did not know the existence of this manual. It was a very interesting read! Especially after page 28 (General Interference with Organizations and Production).

malikolivier

قبل 7 أشهرdiscuss

I encountered a similar situation in my career. The work looked good, the team looked good, money was good.

Then when the work contract came up, there were some unusual clauses about my salary that I was not comfortable with. They first said that it was OK to ignore the clause as they would pay my salary as explained orally. I insisted that they write the work contract as they plan to pay me. After about 1 week of back and forth, they admitted that the clause was indeed unusual, was there for historical reasons and that they plan to change it in the future. However, they said no clause in the contract could be changed as of now, as it was the same contract for every employee, and no past had employee ever complained about it.

Unfortunately, I ended up declining the offer, as I considered the risk was not worth it.

malikolivier

قبل 7 أشهرdiscuss

If I remember correctly, the properties mentioned in this document are well-known and commonly found in mushroom field guides or scientific literature written in the Chinese language.

I've been to Yunnan and have eaten that mushroom too (properly cooked!). We can find closely related species to this one in the wild in Japan too, but documentation for those Lanmaoa species found outside China is currently lacking, I believe.

EDIT: Found the field guide I was thinking about on my shelf. It's "中国真菌志牛肝菌科(III)" [1], which is only about boletes!

[1] https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%9C%9F%E8%...

malikolivier

قبل 7 أشهرdiscuss

I've never smelled cannabis before in my life and don't know what it's supposed to smell like. I live in an area of the world where it's illegal and I guess not many people are smoking it. I may also have had a quite sheltered education.

This year, I went to British Columbia, and there was this weird scent everywhere that I could not describe. My wife said it was cannabis. I'm still not used to it so I don't know if I'll be able to recognize it next time I travel to North America.

malikolivier

قبل 7 أشهرdiscuss

I know companies that are posting vacancies that currently don't exist in order to keep good candidates on the hook. They tell the candidate that we should keep in touch for when the company is ready to hire them.

I am not sure if it's bad or not. It's true that it kinda wastes the candidate's time. In some cases though, the candidate is so good that the company will create a position just for them.

malikolivier

قبل 5 سنواتdiscuss

We are a small company and have been paying for GitLab's Bronze plan for about two years now.

We have about 5 devs, but the bulk of our GitLab users are non-technical (sales, customer support, etc.) who probably do not even know what git is. Those users are lurkers, but their input can be valuable and if possible I'd like them to be able to login onto GitLab.

Getting billed $228/users/year upfront is a harsh blow. I don't think I will ever be able to justify such cost to our CEO.

The way I see it now, we will renew our Bronze plan during the one-year grace period, while we are preparing the transition to another tool. Hopefully, we never really integrated our processes too much with GitLab, so we can transition whenever we need to.

If the "per user" subscription is to be that expensive, then I would suggest GitLab to provide a monthly subscription and/or a "per committer" subscription instead of a "per user" subscription.

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