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Now this is going to sell some headsets.

For what it’s worth, I have the QC35 II and they do have a “low cancellation” setting. It’s not the default though, which would be annoying to change every time you turned the ‘phones on.

Somewhat off-topic, but if you enjoy writing LINQ to SQL (like EF), I think you will really enjoy LINQPad.

https://www.linqpad.net/

It's my primary tool for querying against databases, because like you, I really prefer writing LINQ queries to SQL. It won't let you do most DB admin tasks, but that's what SSMS is for.

I haven't! Thanks for the tip. I must take this for a spin!

Sure looks like it would work better than them just texting me what they'd like added to the server, heh.

The o-rings also don’t dampen the upward click of the key in release, whereas the dampened switch models do.

The old-school YouTube iOS icon for the favicon is a great touch!

One of the rules made me chuckle:

> "No", when the attempted move is illegal, given the opponent's position. [...]

>"Hell no" (or "Impossible"), when the attempted move is always illegal regardless of the opponent's position. [...]

I wonder if it has something to do with the number of hexes it takes to cover a sphere with? It seems to me like the larger hexes/pentagons are mostly just illustrative borders.

My anecdote: I've been what one might call "10x" on some projects, and 1x on others.

In a position where I built the system/product from scratch, I'm the "10x" person. This is because I know the system's ins and outs better than I know myself. Of course I'm more productive with it. Of course I know exactly where to look when a bug arises. Of course I'm 10x better (across whatever arbitrary productivity dimension) than the new hire. It's not because I'm magical, it's because I was there when there was nothing.

Drop me into a new stack, with a new system, and I'll be -1x for at least a few months. Eventually I'll work my way to productivity, and that's fine. It's expected.

I think developer productivity has a lot less to do with technical skill than many people would like to think. I agree heavily with the article's points that "work environment matters a lot" and "productivity is a combination of inherent traits and acquired skills."

In defence of the mobile app, the experience is far, far better. I really like a lot of things about it. It has a lot of polish that makes browsing quite slick.

I do, however, notice that it does tailor the content to you in a way it didn’t before. The “hot” queue used to be the same for everyone viewing the same page. I like to read AskReddit posts, and on my front page I get many AskReddit posts that have very very little activity.

Do ethical strategies to accomplish that exist?

My Tegel story: Just landed after the last leg of my trip (originating from western Canada) waiting for luggage. Time passes. People start to become visibly annoyed. More time passes. Still no luggage. The next plane starts disembarking. Still no luggage. People beginning to get heated, lots of angry german being tossed around.

It turns out the airport hadn’t assigned a crew to unload the plane, and Lufthansa sent an entire plane’s worth of checked luggage to Reykjavik. Cue the whole plane having to be processed through lost luggage. That’s was a long day.

Gotta say, that's a damn talented mechanic they had on that episode.

Most environmental health regulations (all the ones that I know of, at least) forbid the use of air hand dryers in restaurants and public kitchens, instead requiring paper towels. That should tell us something.

>But at a certain point you just have to realize that there are differing points of view, that is just the way things go, and "progress" includes all of them.

This is really insightful, to me. Worth keeping in mind in today’s world.

Maybe you're talking about something else, but have you heard about IBM's infamous Phoenix Pay System?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_pay_system

In short, it's costing Canada billions of dollars and has affected countless people's livelihoods.

I imagine it's a lot to do with history, going back to black-on-white being the way that people were used to seeing text on paper.

It's also more effort to develop a dark theme, in my experience. Most frameworks and project templates just start you off with a light theme.

Rainmeter gave me a nostalgia trip back to Windows Vista widgets.

+1. It’s pulled me out of a few jams, and the GUI is simple and without bloat.

Bulk Rename Utility (Windows) is something I’ve been using for years to rename my music and video libraries in a uniform way. I usually just use it to rename seasons and episodes of shows incrementally, but it's capable of a lot more advanced rules.

It works well, does everything I ask of it, and it’s just totally free of bloat. Hasn’t changed in years in fact. Just does what it says on the tin. Renames your files in bulk.

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

I worked remotely from Canada for a California-based company for a while. On the books, they hired me as an independent contractor, but in every other respect I was treated like an employee, with the exception of health insurance benefits (which I found personally and was compensated for in cash by the company).

My SO won’t sleep in the same room as me without my CPAP.

Thanks so much for the response, and I am sure it does get asked a lot. I will be sure to keep an eye on your project in the future!

I use Chocolatey right now. Are there any particular advantages that AppGet offers over Chocolatey?

In Canada, the server generally just brings a terminal to my table with the bill. They put in the amount owed, and I use the terminal to add tip and complete the transaction.

And potentially a group of people. Maybe I am giving Bloomberg too much credit at this point, but their article cites a number of sources -- albeit anonymous ones -- and I think it could very well be a coordinated effort from a group of interested parties.

Jordan Peterson absolutely and completely does not "insist", insinuate, or suggest that "white men are the most oppressed group". I am a really big fan of Dr. Peterson's work and I have never heard him say or publish anything remotely resembling such a statement. In fact, he is completely opposed to identity politics on the whole.

Some misguided white men might think that they are "the most oppressed group", but they are just that: misguided.

My rule of thumb for email correspondence is the "you idiot" rule.

If the email could be appended with the words "you idiot" without changing the overall tone, then I need to rephrase.

I went from Inbox to Fastmail about six months ago, more due to data privacy concerns, but that's not necessarily important here.

Fastmail is a great service that I'm very happy with so far, but you will have to set up your own "bundling" if you want that feature. I have found the Fastmail rules configurator to be easy enough to use and set up. For example, anything from '*@amazon.com' goes into "Purchases", anything from 'mom@email.com' goes into "Family", various mailing lists go into "Newsletters", etc. All the other stuff gets archived. The rules configurator is much more comprehensive than this, but I haven't found a need to filter by much more than domain name yet.

Their stance on privacy is great, their phone app is slick, their calendars and file storage get the job done and are at least as good as their Google counterparts. It's very easy to set up forwarding and replies from your gmail address as well. I am happy to pay for their service and plan to keep using it for the foreseeable future.

It's definitely common in gaming-focused apps, but not in the general or business focused apps like Skype, Slack, Teams, etc.

We use Teams on our team, and my current PTT technique is to Ctrl+Shift+M to unmute and mute every time. Très annoying.