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I didn't start that long ago but at my first fulltime job I also had my own office. An unthinkable luxury compared to now. Also figuring out requirements on my own was nice. On the other hand I think work was much more isolated, the office was in the middle of nowhere. Also during that time it was still normal that every second project failed or became some sort of internal Vaporware. Functioning Management seemed almost non-existent.

Many companies have buggy code bases that need fixing or refactoring. It's essentially a one time job and once the heavy lifting is done, for an employed Dev the job changes a lot. So working on legacy code bases would work but maybe also offering to refurbish/consolidate

Probably some companies would be happy to offload the risk of a complex refactoring

That's true but I think the normal reaction is when it feels cold to turn up the heater and not waste a thought about getting wool blankets to sleep for instance. Also I never used indoor thermometers until very recently.

Still possible to learn from other people's errors. Also I think these kinds of messes always have the same history. Lots of time pressure, technical debt was ignored... On the upside when being a bit more senior it's much more likely management actually listens to requests to keep technical debt in check

The good part of changing jobs is you get to see actually a lot of bad and good stuff, often even at the same project.

Not that many people smoke and also it's quite easy to choose a different tobacco vendor. Not to speak about the rest, I assume you didn't read the article.

The situation was also comparable with KDE, I think KDE 3 was for me peak Desktop. It seems afterwards the race to be like Windows started. Although the common Linux Desktop environments were far more advanced than Windows especially in terms of flexibility - just the application variety was lacking behind.

That's not how it works though. It just lowers the price for luxury apartments.

> windowless offices are fine

I think that's a bold statement already

I didn't follow the news on this but there used to be regular protests against Google

I've also been on a team with a technical consultant. Finding someone with that specific expertise and fitting into the environment would have been really difficult and probably more expensive, also considering the risk of a bad hire.

Almost every part of these 2 sentences is factually wrong, as a quick Google searches would reveal

Well a lot had to be configured especially for non-standard hardware. But generally it was far more stable and snappy than Windows. Also constant reinstalling and rebooting wasn't necessary. The QNX demo was nice but to be fair you couldn't do much with it unless you wrote your own software I guess...

Yeah also looking at what jobs are in demand at recruiters from LinkedIn, I can see already since the pandemic it's more from companies with proven business models and rather small startups. Good to see some real numbers actually. But of course the effect is there, job seekers and companies get more cautious. Still, better than hiding this data. Also I don't think there is a real reason to worry within tech

But one part of Smart grids is just measuring everything. Another part is decentralization which actually increases resiliency. In a positive light it's probably a bit like Internet vs. telephone network. Higher complexity but the tools are there to make it work

Although I think Smartgrids and all technology close-by including usage counters would really make a difference. No matter if you're for renewables or even Nuclear. Considering how much energy goes to waste because of inefficient usage. Every 60W laptop has an elaborate power management but multi kW homes aren't even close.

Still that's just one building block obviously...

> If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on Poland.

That's exactly the narrative that Russia is trying to sell now since 2 decades now. It's not the first time pipelines are damaged. Please read up on the recent history, if this year hasn't been lesson enough what then...

Years ago I worked at a company where one of the first paragraphs in the contract was that you have to pay a 4 digit sum if you didn't show up on the first day. (The company was small with solid funding but had actually a massive churn)

OTOH I experienced the reverse. Shady offers where red flags kept popping up after accepting the 1st interview round. E.g. the (ext.) recruiter lying about the funding or the company revealing shortly before signing the contract that the runway is just half a year. Not surprising that some applicants aren't 100% truthful either...

> Armchair defeatist here: Browsers are huge, complicated beasts, the standards are a constant moving target, and websites won't uphold standards.

I think that's the irony here, the standards are pretty much set in stone and just incrementally grow. Some old cruft is beyond obsolete though. On the other hand nobody uses most of the bleeding edge APIs. But JS (and the part that is actually in use) is indeed growing at a solid pace.

I mean for instance comparing an App written in a native framework with an Electron App or even a Web App. It's likely more snappy and more secure.

But I also think "back in the days" life was more fixed. Probably getting a full time job as employee, starting a family, getting a house was not really optional. Now there are much more choices. Add to that all the hyper-connectivity. I don't really think people were better off but were just forced to handle everything more calmly. Growing up in the 90s, what I've found is that things changed a lot when people were starting their jobs.

Speaking of energy I think energy saving software could be something. Native Apps on the PC/Mac without Electron might have a comeback

This makes me actually wonder how the daily peak temperatures changed over the years

I mean ssh certificates can be x509, Azure VMs used to be provisioned with PEM actually, also PGP can be used. Not sure, I guess a use case could be to create client certificates remotely that are part of a certificate hierarchy. Obviously this doesn't solve any root of trust issues if the creation is initiated by the client.

By doing a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from the client. Not sure when it's actually worth doing this extra effort but with the right automation (e.g. with Ansible) it's doable. Never tried this for ssh though. Additional security if you use HSMs.

I agree that the losers are renters, at least for now. Although it does speak volumes that at the current stage professional investors in Germany are expected to shift investments into bonds because the yield will likely be higher. It's still popular with small scale investors but I doubt that many people are really familiar with the possible risks.

That said I'm curious how things will develop. Now that U.K. expects up to 18% inflation I wonder if the price-salary-real estate spiral in the metropoles can keep up its momentum.

I used to, an internal recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. Actually I answered quickly because the job was really interesting and the interview was the other day I think. The overall processes went over a few weeks though but eventually I asked if it's okay with the contract that I still have a freelance job on the side. HR said I could be working part-time until I'm done (or the whole time) They asked what I'll be doing the whole time and I said just going for hobby projects

How is Parsec actually in comparison? Never tried RDP but Parsec just blew my mind

That probably works if people get bribed with interesting enough projects (Linux) or money (banks, lawfirms...). Most other projects probably fall apart before you can blink an eye

It's the current state of the art anyway. But also it's worth mentioning it's more complex than just a function x^2. When looking at a Feynman Path Integral you integrate an Operator (mapping a function to a function) over a an uncountable domain of functions. The other approach which is used to calculate probabilities goes with an approximation that cannot be used for simulations though. All this is not mathematically bullet-proof as Mechanics also speaking about Wightman axioms. (And even in Mechanics it's possible to construct infinities)

> Storage via gravitational potential energy is extraordinarily inefficient.

I think the point is that what we do right now and what has been considered good practice is extremely inefficient, engineering-wise and economically.