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Literally stupid. If I write a function, and EVERYONE uses that function over & over & over because it’s so incredibly useful, do I get LOC credit for every where it’s used? I swear, I’m gonna die whilst yelling “Goodhart’s law! They didn’t listen to Goodhart’s law!”

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Here is a big co secret (esp engineers whose main job is to code) — People will look at lines of code written to decide if you’re in or out. You can cry all about how it’s gameable, it’s not efficient etc. But that’s a metric all big cos use to assess poor performers.

Apoorva Govind (@Appyg99)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:31 GMT

Kyle Shevlin (@kyleshevlin)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:53 GMT

https://twitter.com/Appyg99/status/1588917038881595392

It’s actually not a metric the big companies use at all. Nor does it indicate poor performance. People working on the hardest problems write less code, because the work isn’t in the coding, it’s in solving the problem. This shows you don’t understand software development.

Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:48 GMT

Naren is looking for next project (@DudeWhoCode)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:56 GMT

The dichotomy of a girl in sweat pants truly comfy boarding this plane and then also with a face full of makeup … truly wild to me.

reba t (@rebajesse)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:59 GMT

Who among us has not both fucked around and found out?

Hank Green is Changing his Name While He Can (@hankgreen)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:20 GMT

Forbidden frankfurters

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Hi there, to round out your weekend, you've officially been notified that there's endemic Mexican maize that has aerial roots that use bacterial colonies to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere. It looks like this. You needed to know that.

Planthropology Podcast🌵 (@Planthropology_)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:39 GMT

genecluck (@genehack)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:23 GMT

In my early 20s, I thought sleeping only for four hours a day and working 80+ hours a week was fine. I have two chronic diseases and I rely on meds now. Don’t compromise your sleep and health for a job even if you’re the founder.

Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン (@rakyll)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:39 GMT

anyway my favorite part of all this is watching musk try to follow the age-old internet advice of Post Thru It, but he is terminally incapable of Posting so it's just a bunch of weirdly unfunny stale memes. he wants so badly to be a poster but even in times of crisis, he is not

Kat Cosgrove (Rat Arc) 🐀 (@Dixie3Flatline)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:36 GMT

This wouldn’t be a problem if I could pay for a blue tick

Troy Hunt (@troyhunt)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:17 GMT

Advice for any tech worker who's been laid off: if your former employer comes running back to you asking for you to save their bacon, you can and should quote your "fuck off" consulting rates. Also, if it won't buy a house those rates are almost certainly not high enough.

Ada Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️ (@pikhq)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 02:19 GMT

https://twitter.com/pikhq/status/1589080024808062981

In the case of Twitter, y'all are negotiating with the richest man on the planet who just yesterday was claiming you were dead weight, and has spent the past week abusing you and your coworkers. _Think big_.

Ada Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️ (@pikhq)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 02:22 GMT

I can’t shake the feeling that some folks are licking their lips at the market downturn, hoping that the boundaries workers have set up to not be exploited are gone. They aren’t.

Sarah Drasner (@sarah_edo)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:39 GMT

https://twitter.com/sarah_edo/status/1589356737228079107

It feels like some CEOs want to ignore what we've learned about burnout culture. Folks are free to grind if that's their choice (often isn't, but should be). You can otherwise still get your best work done within business hours - healthy orgs don't leave you drained.

Addy Osmani (@addyosmani)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:49 GMT

https://twitter.com/jna_sh/status/1589251708613337089

Still can’t stop laughing about the man who doubled the size of a company overnight by importing his department from his previous company acting like he was set up to fail by overstaffing

Joe (@jna_sh)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:43 GMT

Seeing all your favourite twitter famous tech ICs turn startup founders trot out to agree with Muskrat and DHH has been…a lot

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if i have a contentious software opinion, it's that you can build a great product on time without resorting to human sacrifice which doesn't sound that contentious, but wait until you tell a founder slash ceo that you're not a fan of sleep deprivation and unpaid overtime

tef (tired) (@tef_ebooks)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 01:33 GMT

Joe (@jna_sh)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:41 GMT

https://twitter.com/ascriven01/status/1589230897169305601

Because Old Twitter did things in phases: 1. Plan it 2. Build it 3. Test internally (I understand it was here) 4. Test with cohorts, take feedback to make it better 5. Roll out globally

twitter.com/gergelyorosz/s…

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https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1588991941940695040

Doing it “right” would have meant shipping mobile changes to prod while building backend, then doing small cohort tests, then getting feedback + fixing outstanding issues, roll to a bigger group. It would have covered most edge cases from day one. BUT it would have taken long.

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:31 GMT

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:21 GMT

are you ready to jingle your bells

marina 🌿 🇨🇦11/18-12/2 (@marinaxdove)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:58 GMT

https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1589229849998426113

“So if they built it, why didn’t they ship it?” Old Twitter did things more careful & slow - both to get early feedback, and to not release half-baked features. This will clearly change. For the better in speed of release, and perhaps for worse for of quality, bugs, confusion.

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https://twitter.com/ascriven01/status/1589230897169305601

Because Old Twitter did things in phases: 1. Plan it 2. Build it 3. Test internally (I understand it was here) 4. Test with cohorts, take feedback to make it better 5. Roll out globally

twitter.com/gergelyorosz/s…

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:21 GMT

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:55 GMT

out of context the thick of it (@OOCThickOfIt)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:01 GMT

What would @elonmusk do? Do the opposite.

🇺🇦 AngryTechFeminist (@TheCrazyDogLady)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:02 GMT

Camden must’ve missed the past week on LinkedIn, the turnover of Roe v Wade, this year’s layoffs, the political conversations… LinkedIn is a special kind of hell because you have those who are fake with toxic positivity and those who don’t give a shit that they’re assholes. twitter.com/camdenhutchiso…

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Linkedin, the preferred social media platform for business professionals, is 100% positive and supportive interactions. Twitter, the preferred social media platform for academics and other "intellectuals," is a toxic hellscape. What does this tell you?

Camden Hutchison (@CamdenHutchison)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:03 GMT

Kelly Vaughn 🍝 (@kvlly)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:12 GMT

https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1589259474216587264

In summary… all of social media is a shitscape and there are harmful people no matter where you go.

Kelly Vaughn 🍝 (@kvlly)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:13 GMT

i love the contemplative photo with the shallow depth of field, that's just good visual storytelling

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This is almost my favorite kind of NYT article

Alex Sayf Cummings🌹 (@akbarjenkins)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:45 GMT

Cara (@caraesten)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:16 GMT

This is almost my favorite kind of NYT article

Alex Sayf Cummings🌹 (@akbarjenkins)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:45 GMT

Ernie (our dog) just asked to go for a walk, let Naomi get him all dressed in raincoat and harness, and then gave the biggest “fuck that, are you mad?” to the weather the minute the door was opened

Joe (@jna_sh)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:19 GMT

so nazis are ok but people pretending to be elon musk isn't

Florence Schechter (@floschechter)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:37 GMT

I was not laid off yesterday, but I don’t know how to move forward. Reminders of my friends and teammates are everywhere -- we’re taking over code they drafted, deploying changes they landed on Thursday, and pinging in team channels just to see if anyone is left 💔

Kelly (@kng)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:16 GMT

The greatest irony of the pandemic for me is that many of the protective measures instituted against covid were successful enough that people became convinced they weren't necessary in the first place.

Kit Yates (@Kit_Yates_Maths)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:38 GMT

Employers that don't want to hire neurodivergents like ADHDers, autistics etc: you likely already have. You just don't know.

Päivi Butcher ADHD/Autism Advocate (@Finnattentive)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:33 GMT

congrats to every Twitter employee who commits their entire venv/ for avoiding the layoffs. Elon needs allstars like you who can push 200k lines of code in a single merge.

Senior PowerPoint Engineer (@ryxcommar)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:28 GMT

https://twitter.com/bj_carter/status/1588699827197837312

Roku's working on it. In the meantime there's VPN (Very Probably No) way to watch it legally. I'm sure you have a TORRENT of other questions, but I have to move along, sorry.

Al Yankovic (@alyankovic)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:28 GMT

Weird Al, proletarian polka king

Abe Goldfarb (@AbeGoldfarb)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:34 GMT

https://twitter.com/ClatchardCraig/status/1589203286535843841

No the translation is the Conservatives controlling the media and allowing a decent point being taken out of context to make the opposition appear bad

Ryan Vens (@ryan_vens)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:35 GMT

you don’t understand, this is my emotional support dying social media platform

Taryn (@_aceinthehole)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:25 GMT

I love this image. Saturn's moon Mimas, hanging in space in front of the giant planet's northern hemisphere. The bands across the planet are the shadows of Saturn's rings, which make an appearance at the bottom of the scene.

Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 21:56 GMT

https://twitter.com/ladyaeva/status/1589218107717210120

lmao eat shit twitter i'm going to bed

aeva (@ladyaeva)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:36 GMT

"Verification" means nothing in a week so shout out to the blue checks facing God and walking backwards into hell.

Matt Boyd (@3PSboyd)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:48 GMT

Every time I hear a Tory MP complain about £5 million or £50 million being spent on asylum seekers I remember that they spent £120 million on the Festival of Brexit which included putting an old empty oil rig on display in Weston-super-Mare

Matt Chorley (@MattChorley)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:22 GMT

The contradictory Oxford comma use, the missing punctuation, the random insertions of Elon-speak… It’s always immediately noticeable when copy editors get fired

Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:54 GMT

From a Twitter engineer who was fired on Friday: “We built this already, and the whole product team that created this functionality was fired. Same with the other product ideas Elon is sharing (eg better search).”

twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:14 GMT

saw an article that was like "big butts aren't hot anymore" and that is absolutely not a decision you get to make on my behalf

Cohen is a ghost (@skullmandible)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:36 GMT

My 7 yo just asked ME when was his birthdate. I told him his birthday and the exact time of birth. Him: you know too much of my personal business.

Princess| Household Wellness (@themultiplemom)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:15 GMT

I am a freedom of speech absolutist and I eat doody for breakfast every day

Elon Musk (@SarahKSilverman)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:31 GMT

https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/1589052710485385216

This is now canon

Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 01:35 GMT

No identity verification, & 8 bucks for a verified account? Get ready for the new cyber criminal playbook: use stolen credit card to buy verified Twitter account, impersonate real customer support channels, trick users into handing over account details in DM, account takeover.

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We saw internal docs with more insight into the new Twitter Blue: -Launch on Nov. 7 but only in current markets (US, CA, Aus, NZ) -Check marks for subscribers, no current ID authentication -Some features announced by Musk won't be ready -Euro launch soon nytimes.com/2022/11/03/tec…

Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18)Thu, 03 Nov 2022 22:56 GMT

Rachel Tobac (@RachelTobac)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 03:08 GMT

New "Dear Console,…" script: get all external links as markdown. codepo8.github.io/dearconsole/sc…

Chris Heilmann (@codepo8)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 08:28 GMT

Elon Musk trying to rapidly and without consultation jam the square peg of his libertarian fever dream into the round hole of Twitter like a month after watching the spectacular failure that was Liz Truss trying the same thing with the UK economy. She beta tested for you, man.

Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:40 GMT

https://twitter.com/philsturgeon/status/1588844128003305472

Underrated use of a password manager

Hugh Wells (@crablabuk)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:46 GMT

If you're thinking "I don't want to make another account on Mastodon" take this oppertunity to clear out all the other random shit accounts you don't need and balance it out. I am rampaging through 1Password closing everything. JetBlue, British Airways, Carta, Mancrates(?!).

Tree Sturgeon 🚵🔥🌍 (@philsturgeon)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:42 GMT

https://twitter.com/joinmastodon/status/1588959499708432384

...because the point of verification should be about actually verifying who you are, not about paying for fancy badge and utilizing an algorithm to artificially inflate your social media clout. 📈

Mastodon (@joinmastodon)Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:22 GMT