Yup, there are a lot of old forum posts that basically boil down to:
Lost user (0 comments/1 posts): Hey, I’m having a weird error and haven’t been able to find anything about it. Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I’ve already tried searching for it and have come up empty-handed:
{Detailed error description}
{Detailed instructions to recreate error}
{Debug level logs showing the error}
Forum mod (1,234,567 comments/65,535 posts): {Insert any/all of the following: RTFM/This could be fixed with a simple command (without posting what the command is)/It works on my machine/Just run sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / and go back to Windows, Skill issue, Duplicate post (without linking to the post that has an answer), etc…} Closing this post.
And Docker. There are a number of ways of packaging complete self-contained images with all of their dependencies included. In the olden days, managing dependencies on a stack of services was basically a full time job, especially when you had multiple services that all needed different versions of the same dependency.
Of course, the downside is that it potentially leads to bloat when you have multiple containers running. If you have three different images that are packaged with the same dependency version, you’re effectively running that dependency three times. Compared to simply running it once, and having all three services access it.
It’s really just a trade-off between convenience and efficiency, and most modern hardware is probably capable of handling a little bit of container bloat. Containers effectively take the modern AAA game dev approach of “we don’t need to make it ultra efficient or worry too much about compressing file sizes, because modern hardware will be able to handle it even if it’s inefficient. If users can’t boot it, we can just tell them to use better hardware.”
I’d argue that management is simply a different skill. And the reason so many managers are bad is because they were promoted from roles that didn’t previously require management experience.
Let’s say you hire someone to bolt things together on an assembly line, and then three years later they’re managing projects (without ever having gone to school in those interim years to learn any management skills). Yeah, they’ll probably be a fucking awful project manager. Unless they’re naturally gifted at management and really good at thinking on their feet, they’ll be flying by the seat of their pants. They’ll be using a ton of maladaptive tactics that were developed for surviving, not thriving. Because their original skill set and experience wasn’t based in project management, and they haven’t done anything to further their managerial skills.
It’s the old “if you judge a fish by its ability to fly” quote, except that fish keep getting hired because they’re good swimmers, and then they get promoted into positions where they’re expected to fly.
Yeah, every “real” job I’ve had was due to contacts I made while freelancing or working other jobs. The sad reality is that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Most of the people in my industry who struggle to find (and keep) work are because they have a bad reputation, or they’re an asshole and nobody wants to work with them. Being kind and personable (and showing up sober in an industry where that isn’t taken for granted) will do a lot more for your career than any job site will.
It is still unfortunately the go-to landing spot for basically any “I’m having an obscure tech issue and only one person posted about this specific error code six years ago” type of search.
The idea is that instead of making a sweeping change for every single user, you roll a feature/system/UI update, etc out to a small number of users, to see how effective it is. It gives you time to see how those users react to it, how they interact with it, how it impacts their broader site usage, etc… And then once they have had time to gather some feedback and work out the bugs, they push it out to the rest of the users.
Most big tech companies use A/B rollouts nowadays. YouTube, Meta, Reddit, TikTok, etc all give users access to different updates at different times. Because it allows them to gauge how their users are actually interacting with the updates before they accidentally tank their entire system with a bad update.
For new features, it can also give the company time to properly scale their backend systems to accommodate a new feature. For instance, when Tiktok rolled out images in comments, they likely had to do some work on the backend to ensure their systems could handle the added load of suddenly downloading a bunch of images any time a user opened a comment section. By phasing the rollout in multiple steps, they didn’t have to upgrade all of their systems up front before making the feature available to some/most users.
Using this post as an example, imagine if there was a bug that didn’t allow users to log in after they got this prompt. Or didn’t allow logged in users to access the site, because it kept redirecting them back to this page. Or it allowed users to continue browsing without a login, as long as they were in Dark Mode. Or any number of other potential weird issues that could arise. The A-users are essentially pushed into beta testing the new feature, before the B-users get the update. In this case, you’re simply a B-user who hasn’t been scheduled to get the update yet.
My only guess is because they want to force AI scrapers to pay for access. And most scrapers probably work best on old.reddit because they keep changing new Reddit’s layout. As a programmer, if you’re going to code something to access a site, (and you don’t want to constantly have to rework it every time they make a small UI update) you’re going to use the version that never changes. So by forcing them to log in, it makes tracking the individual users (and thus, identifying potential unauthorized scraper accounts) easier.
Fetterman currently polls at around 17% approval with democrats, but around 80% with republicans. And Pennsylvania went red in the last election. If he sticks with the democrat party, he has basically zero chance of getting elected.
All of this is to say… He’s going to change parties regardless of what the party stance is. And good riddance. Dude is a DINO
It’s an old Reddit story. Some sort of “what quirk does your family have, that you didn’t realize was weird” /r/AskReddit thread.
A dude’s entire family took shits so massive and solid that they had a butter knife that was designated as the poop knife. If they took a shit too big to fit down the drain, they would use the poop knife to dice it up before flushing. Apparently this was a fairly common occurrence, to the point that they just had it hanging on the laundry room wall for anyone to use in any of the bathrooms in the house.
And then he went to a house party, and had to take a shit. So he dropped a football in the host’s toilet, walked out of the bathroom, and casually asked where their poop knife was. Cue a literal record scratch moment, where the music was paused and the entire party turned to go “where is the what?” It was in that moment that the dude realized that normal people don’t have poop knives.
Yes and no. People tend to get grumpy about public sector employees making money… But then they simultaneously lament that government is broken and incompetent, because nobody talented wants to work in the public sector. Because why would they, when they can make 5x as much in the private sector?
If you want to attract competent employees, you need to offer competitive rates. Otherwise, you’re asking people to actively sacrifice their own livelihoods. I agree that $250k is plenty in most places, but I also haven’t done the math to see if that is a decent salary for NYC.
If anything, the government paying decent rates will incentivize the private sector to match it as well, which helps every employee. The same way minimum wage is a major market push for increased wages across the board.
He’s currently polling at ~19% approval among Pennsylvania democrats, but ~80% with republicans. So if he sticks with democrat party, he has basically no chance of getting reelected. But republicans tend to do a little better in Pennsylvania (or at least, they used to, but Donny’s current term may have changed that,) so he could have a shot at winning reelection if he switches to Republican. Especially since Republicans love “I used to be a Democrat then I got some common sense” types of stories. He could ham it up for republican voters, and would likely do pretty well if he could convince them he has truly switched sides.
Fetterman’s approval ratings in Pennsylvania have fallen to a dismal 19% among Democrats, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. That would make it extremely difficult for him to win a Democratic primary if he opts to run for re-election in 2028. His approval rating among Republicans was 77% in the poll, although it’s far from clear whether they would vote for him.
Lol yeah, he has been a DINO for a long time. He co-opted the democrat party to get elected, but never intended to follow party lines. He has pretty consistently voted with Republicans on key issues.
He’s saying that his win in 2016 was fair, because Obama ran a fair election.
But his loss in 2020 was unfair because he was in charge at the time. He was super corrupt and ran a corrupt election, so his loss was invalid.
And then in 2024, Biden had managed to repair things and ran another fair election, so Trump’s 2024 win is valid.
But now that 2026 is on the horizon, he’s now saying that his corruption will prevent another fair election, so when congress flips it will be invalid.
Yes, and to be fair it is a security breach. Sure there are memes. I’ve booted Doom on some stupid things in the past, just to see if I could. But national security isn’t the place for memes. If someone has managed to boot Doom on one of these, it means they accessed it with some sort of storage that was previously plugged into an external system.
A dirty USB drive breaks any kind of air gaps that may have been implemented for security. Computers in secure military facilities are actually configured to instantly bluescreen whenever anyone plugs an unapproved device into them, (and you’ll quickly be surrounded by very grumpy soldiers who will not-so-gently “escort” you to your boss’ office before you get court martialed). The forced kernel panic (blue screen) is specifically to prevent a rogue device from accessing anything on the affected machine.
Yup, there are a lot of old forum posts that basically boil down to:
And Docker. There are a number of ways of packaging complete self-contained images with all of their dependencies included. In the olden days, managing dependencies on a stack of services was basically a full time job, especially when you had multiple services that all needed different versions of the same dependency.
Of course, the downside is that it potentially leads to bloat when you have multiple containers running. If you have three different images that are packaged with the same dependency version, you’re effectively running that dependency three times. Compared to simply running it once, and having all three services access it.
It’s really just a trade-off between convenience and efficiency, and most modern hardware is probably capable of handling a little bit of container bloat. Containers effectively take the modern AAA game dev approach of “we don’t need to make it ultra efficient or worry too much about compressing file sizes, because modern hardware will be able to handle it even if it’s inefficient. If users can’t boot it, we can just tell them to use better hardware.”
For the curious, it’s because some kids were singing “LMNOP” and thinking “elemenopee” was all one letter.
I’d argue that management is simply a different skill. And the reason so many managers are bad is because they were promoted from roles that didn’t previously require management experience.
Let’s say you hire someone to bolt things together on an assembly line, and then three years later they’re managing projects (without ever having gone to school in those interim years to learn any management skills). Yeah, they’ll probably be a fucking awful project manager. Unless they’re naturally gifted at management and really good at thinking on their feet, they’ll be flying by the seat of their pants. They’ll be using a ton of maladaptive tactics that were developed for surviving, not thriving. Because their original skill set and experience wasn’t based in project management, and they haven’t done anything to further their managerial skills.
It’s the old “if you judge a fish by its ability to fly” quote, except that fish keep getting hired because they’re good swimmers, and then they get promoted into positions where they’re expected to fly.
Because I know how much of a dumbass I am. If I’m the smartest, the room is full of complete fucking idiots.
Yeah, every “real” job I’ve had was due to contacts I made while freelancing or working other jobs. The sad reality is that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Most of the people in my industry who struggle to find (and keep) work are because they have a bad reputation, or they’re an asshole and nobody wants to work with them. Being kind and personable (and showing up sober in an industry where that isn’t taken for granted) will do a lot more for your career than any job site will.
She’s also one of the single greatest Easter eggs in modern gaming history. Red/blue strobe warning
It is still unfortunately the go-to landing spot for basically any “I’m having an obscure tech issue and only one person posted about this specific error code six years ago” type of search.
Welcome to A/B rollouts.
The idea is that instead of making a sweeping change for every single user, you roll a feature/system/UI update, etc out to a small number of users, to see how effective it is. It gives you time to see how those users react to it, how they interact with it, how it impacts their broader site usage, etc… And then once they have had time to gather some feedback and work out the bugs, they push it out to the rest of the users.
Most big tech companies use A/B rollouts nowadays. YouTube, Meta, Reddit, TikTok, etc all give users access to different updates at different times. Because it allows them to gauge how their users are actually interacting with the updates before they accidentally tank their entire system with a bad update.
For new features, it can also give the company time to properly scale their backend systems to accommodate a new feature. For instance, when Tiktok rolled out images in comments, they likely had to do some work on the backend to ensure their systems could handle the added load of suddenly downloading a bunch of images any time a user opened a comment section. By phasing the rollout in multiple steps, they didn’t have to upgrade all of their systems up front before making the feature available to some/most users.
Using this post as an example, imagine if there was a bug that didn’t allow users to log in after they got this prompt. Or didn’t allow logged in users to access the site, because it kept redirecting them back to this page. Or it allowed users to continue browsing without a login, as long as they were in Dark Mode. Or any number of other potential weird issues that could arise. The A-users are essentially pushed into beta testing the new feature, before the B-users get the update. In this case, you’re simply a B-user who hasn’t been scheduled to get the update yet.
My only guess is because they want to force AI scrapers to pay for access. And most scrapers probably work best on old.reddit because they keep changing new Reddit’s layout. As a programmer, if you’re going to code something to access a site, (and you don’t want to constantly have to rework it every time they make a small UI update) you’re going to use the version that never changes. So by forcing them to log in, it makes tracking the individual users (and thus, identifying potential unauthorized scraper accounts) easier.
Fetterman currently polls at around 17% approval with democrats, but around 80% with republicans. And Pennsylvania went red in the last election. If he sticks with the democrat party, he has basically zero chance of getting elected.
All of this is to say… He’s going to change parties regardless of what the party stance is. And good riddance. Dude is a DINO
It’s an old Reddit story. Some sort of “what quirk does your family have, that you didn’t realize was weird” /r/AskReddit thread.
A dude’s entire family took shits so massive and solid that they had a butter knife that was designated as the poop knife. If they took a shit too big to fit down the drain, they would use the poop knife to dice it up before flushing. Apparently this was a fairly common occurrence, to the point that they just had it hanging on the laundry room wall for anyone to use in any of the bathrooms in the house.
And then he went to a house party, and had to take a shit. So he dropped a football in the host’s toilet, walked out of the bathroom, and casually asked where their poop knife was. Cue a literal record scratch moment, where the music was paused and the entire party turned to go “where is the what?” It was in that moment that the dude realized that normal people don’t have poop knives.
Yes and no. People tend to get grumpy about public sector employees making money… But then they simultaneously lament that government is broken and incompetent, because nobody talented wants to work in the public sector. Because why would they, when they can make 5x as much in the private sector?
If you want to attract competent employees, you need to offer competitive rates. Otherwise, you’re asking people to actively sacrifice their own livelihoods. I agree that $250k is plenty in most places, but I also haven’t done the math to see if that is a decent salary for NYC.
If anything, the government paying decent rates will incentivize the private sector to match it as well, which helps every employee. The same way minimum wage is a major market push for increased wages across the board.
From roughly $250k to roughly $300k. So he will continue making just over $250k.
He’s currently polling at ~19% approval among Pennsylvania democrats, but ~80% with republicans. So if he sticks with democrat party, he has basically no chance of getting reelected. But republicans tend to do a little better in Pennsylvania (or at least, they used to, but Donny’s current term may have changed that,) so he could have a shot at winning reelection if he switches to Republican. Especially since Republicans love “I used to be a Democrat then I got some common sense” types of stories. He could ham it up for republican voters, and would likely do pretty well if he could convince them he has truly switched sides.
Lol yeah, he has been a DINO for a long time. He co-opted the democrat party to get elected, but never intended to follow party lines. He has pretty consistently voted with Republicans on key issues.
Yeah, modern journalism really seems to boil down to “what is Twitter posting about today?”
No, quite the opposite.
He’s saying that his win in 2016 was fair, because Obama ran a fair election.
But his loss in 2020 was unfair because he was in charge at the time. He was super corrupt and ran a corrupt election, so his loss was invalid.
And then in 2024, Biden had managed to repair things and ran another fair election, so Trump’s 2024 win is valid.
But now that 2026 is on the horizon, he’s now saying that his corruption will prevent another fair election, so when congress flips it will be invalid.
Yes, and to be fair it is a security breach. Sure there are memes. I’ve booted Doom on some stupid things in the past, just to see if I could. But national security isn’t the place for memes. If someone has managed to boot Doom on one of these, it means they accessed it with some sort of storage that was previously plugged into an external system.
A dirty USB drive breaks any kind of air gaps that may have been implemented for security. Computers in secure military facilities are actually configured to instantly bluescreen whenever anyone plugs an unapproved device into them, (and you’ll quickly be surrounded by very grumpy soldiers who will not-so-gently “escort” you to your boss’ office before you get court martialed). The forced kernel panic (blue screen) is specifically to prevent a rogue device from accessing anything on the affected machine.