Madrigal

The Y9999.999999871K bug

Then your only challenge will be converting to and from human-friendly formats and cleansing user input. Easy.

I asked ChatGPT for some potential solutions to the Y10K issue. I particularly enjoyed this suggestion:

Plan for Y10K Early: Build flexible and extensible systems now, with modular design to incorporate future changes seamlessly.

It’s what happens when James uses the good dining forks to unjam the cupboard door again.

Well, that was certainly the peak of human artistic achievement.

Imagine thinking that’ll be the biggest date-related computing problem for a galactic society.

If you really want to make programmers despair, point out:

• massive variations in day, month and year lengths on different worlds.
• some worlds may not have “months” (no moons, or many moons).
• ambiguous definition of “year” for multi-star systems.
• days may be longer than years (hello Venus).
• communication latency across interstellar distances.
• tine dilation.

Gin trap.

No, just bored by lazy trolling.

I wasn’t implying that stealth sections were enshittification.

Fair point, but I suspect even people with disabilities hate the general enshittification of games.

That’s your biggest worry with modern gaming?

Oh. Yay.

Oh yeah, it’s easy enough to beat one you know how.

Yes, thanks to moderators who abuse the system, and lazy admins who don’t hold them to account.

Reddit uses fingerprinting techniques to track you across accounts. You need to look into defeating these tactics in order to successfully register (and keep) a new account.

Change browser, block html canvas, change IP address, etc. Also time plays a factor. Leave it a couple of weeks.

Or, recognise that Reddit has become completely overrun with shitposting bots and has little in the way of interesting content to offer these days, and move on.

We went back to a simple spreadsheet. 😆

Two? Colleague from our IT team reckons it’s more like six.

New Teams has more options for opening new windows, but it’s also more stubbornly determined to open docs in the web app (embedded within Teams of course).

Shifts is a straight no for my team. And don’t get me started on Planner…

Most modern UIs are shit, and not just for people with ADHD.

The biggest sins IMO:

• Everyone has to be unique, instead of sticking to established and successful design patterns. *Breaking existing UI elements (looking at you, infinite scroll).
• Trying to do everything, all at once.
• Not getting rid of old shit (hello Microsoft).

Yeah, it has the same initials as “Atlassian Intelligence”. It could really confuse people.

Career-wise, yes, in my experience.

When you start out in junior positions, you don’t tend to have a lot of autonomy in your work life. Other people are setting priorities, deadlines etc, and you’re just along for the ride.

As your career advances, you tend to take on more leadership duties. You’re more responsible for managing your own work, and then eventually other peoples’ as well. This is where executive functioning deficits tend to start to really hit home.

It’s not for nothing that a lot of people get diagnosed in middle age.