jtrek

joined 6 months ago
[–] jtrek@startrek.website 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not scared enough

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 14 points 3 months ago

What a piece of shit.

In both 2024 and 2025, the department suggested Batman use the building’s rear entrance to avoid seeing the flag and that he seek counseling for any distress he might experience.

Truly.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I think the floor isn't "intern". I think the floor is "middle schooler".

Meanwhile, every job I'm looking at is saying "must be enthusiastic about AI" 😭

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 35 points 3 months ago

This is a good point. He's not a bad guy. He's just not very technical, and sometimes that's frustrating.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The biggest ones I've seen are 1.2GB.

Why this company uses gigabyte CSVs is a separate problem.

(Also sometimes they want to compare a CSV to what's in a database, which the script can also do but I didn't mention in the post)

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 123 points 3 months ago (25 children)

One time at work I was tasked with writing a python script to compare two data sources. Like, you give it two CSVs and a primary key, and it tells you what data is in one but not the other, or mismatched, and so on. This worked fine and was in git, so anyone can use it.

My boss then asks if I can "put it on a website so anyone can use it".

This team has never done web development. Nothing for that is set up. Like, I could spin up a quick Django app or similar, but there's a lot of stuff to do and potentially fuck up.

I said "that sounds like a lot of research and ongoing maintenance costs. I think it'd be better to just check out and run the script"

Luckily for me he said "oh, okay"

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

A DM running a traditional game of D&D?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago

Exact same thought.

Though they're probably mad they can't use it for their particular brand of evil.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago

Violence isn't the answer. It's the question. Right now the answer seems to be "poor people and minorities". We should change that answer.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

But if you build transit then some people will be uncomfortable and it won't be an immediate drop-in replacement! The biggest eyeroll.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Guild wars 1 and 2 are good games. The second one is still very active.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 3 months ago

Velocity is not helpful if you’re not pointed in the right direction, and even if you are pointed in the right direction it’s not useful if you overshoot your destination.

I made this metaphor at work but management is not interested.

Giving an incompetent team AI is like giving a child a chainsaw. Maybe he'll chop wood faster but that's probably not all that's going to happen.

view more: ‹ prev next ›