joranvar

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[–] joranvar@feddit.nl -1 points 3 weeks ago

I agree that adding a tag or warning might be useful. But it's also an option to just block it for a week or so. Like you would do if you read the webcomic directly on their website. Hope you're doing well in any case!

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there a generic (non-brand) name for these boiling-water faucets? (That's not a mouthful like "boiling-water faucets"). I think we call them quookers here, which is also a brand name, and I slightly dislike that practice. I mean, "brand name for generic thing" is very common, but the brands and things differ per country, so it's like a layer of jargon to decipher.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Extrapolated from the relevant information in the post (a single data point), that is a solid hypothesis.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

I do my time tracking in org-mode, and export it to JIRA once a day or so. It is quite a specific/tailored setup, written in a mix of elisp and, well, org-mode (specific names and tags are used to configure some settings), but I'd love to look at this tool to see if I can extend my workflow by using it for the "massaging into a nicer shape" part. I might end up writing some extensions for either side (org-mode input format and JIRA REST calls output format).

My current tooling quantizes everything by rounding start and end times to the nearest full 15 minutes, and starting a new task at the end time of the previous one when clocking in, so that my team lead does not have to report so many fractions of hours to higher layers.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I hear the GOAT is even better.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No need. Only the average Dutchman. And he's only average, so...

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don't think their "No" was a disagreement, but a confirmation of your second line. https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/88502/how-to-agree-with-a-negative-statement-with-yes-or-with-no Sometimes, language can be a tricky tool to wield.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

That fills me with determination.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably understood that in the wrong direction. Ze (eng. phon.) would be spelled more like "sie" (ger. phon.) and would sound like "the" with a German accent. They would become either dey (eng. phon.) or zey (eng. phon.), spelled like "deej" or "seej" (ger. phon.), or even without the y (or j) at the end.

I think. I'm neither native German or English.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago

As Flatfire mentions, another issue can arise if plugins can modify the config. I assumed config to be read-only for the software, only editable by the admins, and never by the tools themselves.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd try to share the config space as much as possible. Options 1 and 3 make sense then.

What feels "right" to me, when using NixOS and its module system, is that all config has the same shape, and is therefor easily moved to a different section, or to a section that is shared by a subset of plugins.

Con: It could lead to bad practices like strengthening dependencies between plugins (if they hard code to use a specific config option of another plugin).

Pro: But if you can discourage that, or use "deprecated pointers" to the new location of an option, the ease of moving shared config options to a more generic level can make it easier to maintain the total configuration. Developers of the separate plugins can build on what others have already done, and even synergize functionality (add a convenient integration if they see another option configured).

If some options are "secret", though, and you don't want those shared, they should either be in their own config (easier), or you'd need some access control on the configuration storage/file for each plugin (more work). Allowing a plugin to have a separate file for credentials, for instance, could be a good choice.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago

I agree, and I love how it has these younger words with a vivid etymology, how it shares so many common roots with English, German, the Scandinavian languages, and a serving of French, but also sprinkles of many other languages from its seafaring and otherwise trading history. And I love the grammar rules that allow one to be precise and concise in many things (but there we must definitely bow to German).

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