Alan Krueger
@alankrueger.social
Decline if it offers to upgrade you.
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Decline if it offers to upgrade you.
I felt similarly back in Jan 2023's layoff. It's traumatic, but it gets better over time. I'm sure someone with your skill set and community engagement will find (or even pave!) a path forward.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I felt similarly back in Jan 2023's layoff. It's traumatic, but it gets better over time. I'm sure someone with your skill set and community engagement will find (or even pave!) a path forward.
Check out the resources at xoogler.co if you haven't already.
Check out the resources at xoogler.co if you haven't already.
Or that we've been warning about this for years now, the majority doesn't appear to really care [yet], and there's not much we can do to stop it now. And also we have bills to pay.
March 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Or that we've been warning about this for years now, the majority doesn't appear to really care [yet], and there's not much we can do to stop it now. And also we have bills to pay.
I was wondering if anyone would notice that. This is why we have code reviews. Sadly, this platform doesn't seem to support edits or I would have fixed it earlier.
March 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I was wondering if anyone would notice that. This is why we have code reviews. Sadly, this platform doesn't seem to support edits or I would have fixed it earlier.
I love Pi Day (for MM/DD locales), but clearly ISO 8601 (YYYY-DD-MM) is the best date format.
It can easily be sorted chronologically just using alphabetic collation, can be used in filenames in most filesystems without escaping, is unambiguous, and is an international standard.
It can easily be sorted chronologically just using alphabetic collation, can be used in filenames in most filesystems without escaping, is unambiguous, and is an international standard.
March 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I love Pi Day (for MM/DD locales), but clearly ISO 8601 (YYYY-DD-MM) is the best date format.
It can easily be sorted chronologically just using alphabetic collation, can be used in filenames in most filesystems without escaping, is unambiguous, and is an international standard.
It can easily be sorted chronologically just using alphabetic collation, can be used in filenames in most filesystems without escaping, is unambiguous, and is an international standard.
Did they just take your message, or did they try to justify it?
March 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Did they just take your message, or did they try to justify it?
Browsers will un-mangle various mistakes in URLs when they're typed in.
That really should have read https:// at the start.
That really should have read https:// at the start.
February 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Browsers will un-mangle various mistakes in URLs when they're typed in.
That really should have read https:// at the start.
That really should have read https:// at the start.
Don't forget the practice of reading concurring opinions in one's echo chamber of choice and calling it "research".
February 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Don't forget the practice of reading concurring opinions in one's echo chamber of choice and calling it "research".
Or when someone insists something is "perfectly legal", you can bet it's absolutely not.
November 27, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Or when someone insists something is "perfectly legal", you can bet it's absolutely not.
I used to read books voraciously the customary way, but found out when I listened to the audiobooks that my brain was rushing through the book and missing a lot of the detail, even on rereads.
Also narrators like Ray Porter and Peter Kenny bring far more richness to the story than I can on my own.
Also narrators like Ray Porter and Peter Kenny bring far more richness to the story than I can on my own.
November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I used to read books voraciously the customary way, but found out when I listened to the audiobooks that my brain was rushing through the book and missing a lot of the detail, even on rereads.
Also narrators like Ray Porter and Peter Kenny bring far more richness to the story than I can on my own.
Also narrators like Ray Porter and Peter Kenny bring far more richness to the story than I can on my own.