I like this format and I also like irreverent humor like the BOFH chronicles... can I submit content for consideration in the next issue ?

I think we should try. We'll have to figure out how to mark it so that it's clear it's a work of fiction, though on the other hand it might be obvious. Anyway, submit it :)

Also, how about 1 page tech-related entertaining short stories?

And here I am, stuck with only cable modem connectivity.

that's unfortunate since fiber has better bandwidth, congestion control and large packet support.

Digestion control

Are you on your work laptop? Your corporate IT "security theater" department may not recognize .xyz as a valid TLD.

Sounds like your security software is broken. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/9e0c8d513f58a8053284b8145...

False alarm.

What browser blocked it?

Umbrella seems to be blocking it, for one.

lol

Imagine if the walls were thin resonant panels and every time the Captain says "make it so" it will reverberate and sound like a commandment from God !

I love how they have documented the wall coverings from all the TNG episodes in minute detail.

They just pushed a new redesigned page for pull request diffs- must have bloated the DOM.

I still see a little "try the new experience" link on the PR diff page (top right of page) so the rollout might be gradual. I won't click.

I tried it! I like it generally, but it’s too buggy. The whole diff explodes if you expand to more lines (for example). It’s easy to switch back.

I am such a masochist that I actually click those buttons. If it's good, great, if it's shit, I have time to adjust before they foist it upon me anyway

I am on insider previews and betas for all apps I use. You're not alone.

I prefer to delay the pain as much as possible instead

I know someone who didn't get the lottery for 3 consecutive years.

Life is a series of lotteries. Where you're born, how wealthy your parents are, what genetic endowment you receive, what environment you grow up in. You have to win enough times and then you get a shot at a happy life.

Is it fair? Not really. Most people lose. I also lost. But, such is the reality we live in.

That's a bit defeatist. When discussing policy, we strive to create optimal, not random outcomes.

Realistically, policy is the outcome of the political process. There is no single optimal policy because what's considered 'optimal' depends on what you want to achieve, and these goals will vary across individuals or groups.

Some people don't want anybody to come in, others want just the brain drain but nobody else, others want cheap unskilled workers, others want open borders. And this is just a small sample.

There are still less and more optimal choices for any given goal. I can't think of any view on immigration that is favored by a lottery.

I think it's a compromise between:

  1. We want to do brain drain to remain a leader in science and technology.
  2. We don't want immigration and we don't like immigrants.
  3. We can't discriminate based on where you come from, that's racist.

So let's have H1B (satisfies 1), but put a cap on it (satisfies 2), and have a lottery if the cap is exceeded (satisfies 3).

There could be a better solution for reaching these goals, you could switch priorities, cancel H1B altogether, or lift the cap, or have stricter requirements, or separate caps per country of origin, or per sector, there are a lot of options.

From my point of view, it's all still a lottery.

I agree - we need a large example not the toy examples of NeoPixels chained together. Also, in the Github module library, I found only ESP32-C3 modules but the hobbyists use ESP8266 and ESP32 and ESP12-E as well as STM dev modules...I suppose its one of those things where contributors will help populate the library but I don't see instructions on how to build all the artifacts I see in the library - there are atleast 12 artifacts for each module...

Busy work- yet another browser/IDE/framework because why not.

"Only available to the people paying $200/month"...nothing to see here