techacolyte42

I got a work computer that was on Sonoma and had to update. Was prepared to be angry, especially after the time spent updating, and then it's eh, fine. The picture of Lake Tahoe makes me happy.

My family does small scale cattle ranching - we do end up selecting for some combination of dumber and more docile, just by getting rid of any cows that are aggravating ringleaders. Sure they're mostly happy, but the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, or you're weaning, and then it's really nice not having the ones who'll break free and take everyone else with them.

I use Elixir about 30% of my time at work. I feel like 75% of my code/architectural sense comes from studying how the Elixir community does things - the quality of discussion in the forums and issue trackers is amazing and generally packages feel quite comprehensible. It's a breath of fresh air and clarity after React Native and Rails - there are a lot more resources for those two, but I find myself doing a lot more digging through noise.

Learned on the job, I get a little recruiter email about Elixir specifically but there are definitely less companies that use it. There's reasonable chance I'll end up in Go or Clojure for my next position but even if I were to never use Elixir again the learning will have been worth it.

Follow up question if anyone feels like speculating, can GDPR compliance be used as a stick when intelligence agencies and law enforcement are looking to collect information on individuals? "Now that all your user information is definitely queryable give us everything you have"?

I generally feel positive about the law but I'm curious how this feels from a position of paranoia. (Very tangential followup this is just the first time I've seen intelligence agencies and GDPR mentioned at the same time).