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ddejohn
·il y a 8 jours·discuss
> the killer feature that kept me on Firefox

precisely, I do occasionally have to switch browsers which is incredibly frustrating but that's more of an indictment of the current state of the web than FF in my mind
ddejohn
·il y a 8 jours·discuss
Great to see this feature being added to other browsers. I use the Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, and Containerize extensions to manage my browsing and it's (mostly) a very nice experience. There are some rough edges for certain tasks, but I've not had any desire to go back to containerless browsing for a few years now.
ddejohn
·il y a 8 jours·discuss
I still regularly visit TheGearPage forum for musicians (mostly guitarists), and it's still active.

There's also Hardforum for hardware related discussions, though I don't visit as often anymore.

Many others I used to visit are dead.
ddejohn
·il y a 23 jours·discuss
What are you using for cell service? Been wanting to switch to GOS for years, but I've also been really uninterested in having to find a new service provider (currently using fi).
ddejohn
·il y a 29 jours·discuss
> What time you have in mind, that was really better?

Don't think there's ever been a time in human history that would qualify as good, but I will take better: any time pre-COVID. We have completely gone off the rails since the pandemic.

I don't really feel like elaborating.
ddejohn
·il y a 30 jours·discuss
Deeply sickening that modern society is such that we have to make room in our brains for objectively outlandish connections like these. That a children's cartoon and game about cute little companions has to in any way be involved in the same sentence as the flattening of a city and genocide is just... pure insanity. The world has truly, collectively, lost its fucking mind.
ddejohn
·le mois dernier·discuss
> storytelling “My Journey” type stuff

This is the stuff with which I struggle the most. I'm an introvert, and "my journey" sounds so insufferable and egotistical to me, I physically cringe at the thought of having to talk about this kind of stuff.

At the end of the day, I just want a paycheck and to work on at least marginally interesting problems. I'm not interested in having to lie about how passionate I am about what company X is doing, nor am I a salesperson that feels comfortable hyping myself up. It feels so fake it becomes a distraction during the interview, which causes me to freeze up and start floundering.

I work hard and I take pride in what I produce, I have plenty of hobbies and get along with others well, and I thrive in environments where I get to mentor and be mentored by others. These are the soft skills that are actually important for working on a team, but they're the most difficult to convey in the traditional interview format.
ddejohn
·le mois dernier·discuss
I am miserably bad at soft-skills interviews and never get past this round. Been over a year since I've had somebody actually try to assess my technical competency in any real capacity.

I'm also getting maybe 1 INITIAL interview every 3 months right now because of this AI screening stuff and I just haven't felt like re-writing my resume to game them.
ddejohn
·il y a 3 mois·discuss
when I first read "orbital slingshot" in the title I thought it was a game about doing gravity assists, which I think would be much more interesting and fun
ddejohn
·il y a 10 mois·discuss
Who is the other?
ddejohn
·il y a 10 mois·discuss
I use 12 columns so I can still do this 1/3 - 2/3 split, but other proportions as well. I tend to have a chat app on the left quarter, browser in the middle half, and a music app on the right quarter. Lots more freedom than only two zones!
ddejohn
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
No problem. Also, hello Denver neighbor! Cheers, best of luck.
ddejohn
·il y a 11 mois·discuss
heads up, your resume link is a 404
ddejohn
·l’année dernière·discuss
Ed writes a lot of good stuff, but yeah, they're usually a slog. His diatribes seem to be getting longer lately too.
ddejohn
·l’année dernière·discuss
You have constructed a representation of me in your head that in no way reflects reality. Good luck in life.
ddejohn
·l’année dernière·discuss
This is the silliest thing I've ever heard
ddejohn
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
> And a way to pay signal anonymously?

Heh, I donate monthly to the Signal foundation but still get the occasional notification in the app to do so. In some sense, I am paying them anonymously :D