@retoor

I agree. At a consultant company where I worked, for a short while before changing to my current job, we used Slack and it was actually quite OK for a chat. I don't use chats in general as they are distracting, just like phones. But for short text-based meetings they can come in handy. We're not using any chat at my current job. There's the one in Teams but its UX is horrible, even worse than Jira. Most of our written communication takes place in either Jira or by e-mail.

@retoor Atlassian are doing that weird shit. I don't like products from Atlassian. Jira and Confluence have too many bells and whistles, evidently to cater for the needs of people with ADHD who can't live without a cluttered screen. Back in the really old days, on 8-bit home computers, screens were small (usually 320*200 pixels), memory was small (somewhere between 10 and 28K freely allocable RAM) and processors were slooow (a few *mega*hertz), and multitasking wasn't even a known concept to the common user. Perhaps these limitations were a blessing in disguise as any user interface tended to be extremely clean and simple, focusing on a few details at a time.

Follow your heart. You may not have much money, but you will be rich with experience and purpose. Bon voyage!

This is what I'm talking about.

I've clearly disabled cache in Firefox (highlighted in green), yet Firefox doesn't automatically reload content when reloading the page, but instead I need to open the developer console, choose the Networking tab and manually click "Uppdatera" (Update) to reload the content. I mean...we...what...why...how is this sort of idiocy supposed to be helpful to a developer? Just reload the fucking page and all of its content every time so I can immediately see the effect of any code change I've made! I don't care if it takes a few more milliseconds! Just screw the fucking cache already!

@retoor

Sure, if you're coding for an environment where you have full control. But how do you suggest you do this in, say, a web application where the browser takes care of all that? No, I'm talking about caching in general and nowadays I find myself coding in high-level languages in friendly and "helpful" environments where everything from memory allocation to garbage collection and caching, not to mention graphics, happens magically under the hood. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the simplicity of modern programming and don't want to go back to Assembler or even C, but the downside is, of course less control. Caching in general, and especially in web browsers, is one of the things that can drive med mad! In Firefox, it doesn't even help to check the "Disable cache". It fucking caches anyway, that sod of a program. I doubt that it's any better in any other browser. I wouldn't know as I refuse to use Chrome and Edge, which are both crap IMHO.

And this morning the entire UX of Teams was totally messed up so I couldn't find the meeting I was to join without opening Outlook, choosing calendar view, looking up the calendar event for the meeting and, from there, clicking on the link. Cumbersome, to say the least.

@phibbs

Piss off you fucking spammer!

@jestdotty It sounds like you're moralising about moralising. The thing you're saying about me regarding my standards higher, goes right back at you. Be free, you say. Like you? Who's actually free? Freedom is an illusion. Everybody is accountable to someone and we're all limited by our physical needs, confined in our bodies that will eventually die. Perhaps then our souls will be set free.

@jestdotty

If thinking it's unfair that some untalented bimbos become filthy rich from yapping nonsense, while hard-working, talented people struggle to make a living is being "jelly", then yes.

@dissolvedgirl

It's probably going to be based on gpt-4o, analyzing all output on the screen in realtime.

Then it would go:

"I see you are using WSL2. It's not recommendable to use any kind of Linux as Windows is a superior operating system. To uninstall WSL2 from your Windows system, you'll need to follow a series of steps to ensure all components related to WSL2 and any installed Linux distributions are properly removed. Here is a step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Uninstall Linux Distributions

Open Settings:

Press Win + I to open the Settings app.

Go to Apps > Apps & features...."

@lorentz

Who said anything about fame? To me, being somebody is to have a value, to matter, to make a difference and to be loved by somebody. Being famous is not the same thing. In some cases it's even the exact opposite. Take influencers for example. Don't even get me started...Famous, yes. Still, useless, worthless, nobodies whose biggest achievements are to make young girls feel unhappy with themselves, and to make people shop unnecessary crap, thus accelerating the climate changes that will eventually lead to our doom.

@Tounai

*lol* I hear you :)

@Grumm

I think this one is best answered with a poem I wrote a couple of years ago. It's too long for a comment so I posted it as a new rant.

Both of my grandmothers passed away decades ago. They never got to experience using a computer or a cellphone, let alone a smartphone. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise.

@retoor So is RPG. Role Playing Game. Rocket-Propelled Grenade. And last, but also least, Report Program Generator 🤮

@qwwerty Yeah, you have a point. Correction: Adobe should stick with developing...nothing at all, because they suck at everything they do. Period.

@kiki Regretfully, yes. Not my decision, though.

@donkulator Yeah, it's giving even big players a bad headache.

@localpost *lol*

Not only is our Project Manager a windbag who goes around disturbing devs. He also doesn't do what he's supposed to do. I just noticed that some stories I've delivered to test like weeks ago, are still not assigned to someone to test! I mean, WTF?! What's the point of developing anything if it's never released because of a sloppy/lazy PM who doesn't pull his shit?! :(

I'm so looking forward to this project finally being over so we can move forward, dropping some dead weight. External consultants are not cheap, and there are way better contenders in-house. Most of my colleagues are truly amazing :)

@usr--2ndry I totally agree. And yes, the atmosphere on most Linux user forums I've seen, is indeed not the most welcoming. It's like "I use this geeky, exclusive OS called Linux. Any other OS is mainstream and therefore trash, and their users are lamers. Don't you dare come here messing up our fine community with your noob questions." That sort of "friendly" attitude is what has kept me away from Linux. That, plus whatever you want to do on Linux, you need to first compile or even code a bunch of drivers. I don't want to work in my sparetime.

@Grumm Yeah, I know that, but I want the week number on the week itself so I can immediately see what week I'm on, not having to shift my eyes between the week and the month, and map the dates of the week to the corresponding dates in the month calendar.

And...he did it again. "murmur...murmur..that issue with that network resource you need access to, is this something I can help with?"

No! You're a project manager, *not* a dev or tech or anybody else with any skills to "help" with anything. If you'd bother to actually read the jira issue, you'd see I've already put the infra guys on the issue. They can help me. You're not helping me. Barging in here to disturb me is the opposite of helping!

@lungdart That's a very good suggestion! It's just that I have this condition that makes it almost impossible for me to lie.

In Swedish it would be artist. (art=species)

If Roblox were a dev platform to be taken seriously, they wouldn't trust first-gen chat bots with all of their support. Also, they would hire competent infra staff to ensure their servers wouldn't go down more often than not. But if you take Roblox for what it is, namely a toy, then it's a lot of fun for trying out some ideas and play around with.

@C0D4

*lol*

@darksideofyay

I know. When I first got to use Telerik I hated it, but that was before I got across SAP Crystal Reports. Suddenly Telerik was a breeze in comparison.

@joewilliams007 Idk where the heck they come from, but I mean these guys: https://www.sap.com

...and two years later I'm still using PHP :)