[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

He can appoint two new members to the Supreme Court and then have them rule that Trump, as President, is immune to being prosecuted or held responsible for any state or federal crime but like Bush v. Gore it isn't a precedent and doesn't apply to any other President.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Great question -- would someone ask that of my boss please? 😉

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

On my profile it says "redditor for 18 years".

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. That worked.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds like it might be worth trying. Where can I find it?

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I found that to be pretty insightful.

I completely agree with the analysis that the ability to search is in tension with privacy and a guarantee that posts will be forgotten. Allowing individual posts to declare how they should be shared is a good idea.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmm... A few thoughts based on my somewhat extensive experience (~25 years working in this industry now).

How hard it is to get used to conventions. So I’m doing TS React and C# .net. I know react but this app is something else. So many custom hooks.

There are two things here. One is getting used to the conventions -- that's something you actually pick up fairly quickly after you've done it a while because you start seeing the same (or nearly the same) conventions in new locations. The other is getting used to a new codebase you haven't worked in before -- and that one never goes away. As far as I can tell it ALWAYS takes a while to get familiar enough with a new codebase to feel comfortable in it.

there are no timescales (only 6 employees). I get given something to do and left to it. I’ll be wondering am I doing it right is it taking too long but nobody ever comes for an update

That can be a bit of a red flag. For the moment, while you are brand new, just take advantage of it. But in the longer term you probably want to push for some clearly expressed expectations, or else set some yourself. A project with no dates tends to float along blithely for some time until one day someone suddenly decides it's 3 weeks overdue and has to be finished by tomorrow or heads will roll! Once you have enough experience to be confident in your estimates, you'll probably want to head this off by creating estimates even if they aren't requested.

It’s just difficult as I’m used to working shitty jobs where you are pestered all the time.

And THAT, unfortunately, isn't really a feature of the job so much as a feature of having a good boss. Poor tech managers will micromanage and pester you all the time; skilled tech managers will set clear expectations then let you handle it yourself. You likely won't always get a manager who does this well but you should enjoy it while you have it.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Congratulations and welcome to the industry!

So, what are your first impressions? Is there something so far that has surprised you about the job?

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A swappable battery. I could buy a few batteries and never be out of power. I could replace the battery on an older phone without pretty much having to replace the phone itself.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you! That was a very helpful review of the game I had never heard of.

[-] mcherm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Does it "put you on a watchlist"? Well, it depends on just what you mean by "a watchlist". If you mean any list anyone has then yes, I'm sure there is someone making a list of who they saw participate in a community about anarchism. Probably some other member of the anarchist community who is looking for like-minded friends. If you meant some US government list that is used to persecute people and deny them jobs -- we did that up until about 1975, but it's not something we do today. If you meant some US government list that is secret, but might be used to consider whether to give someone a security clearance then the answer is maybe -- after all, the list is secret, so we wouldn't KNOW if it exists.

"Can you get arrested/charged for crimes?" No. Discussing anarchism is NOT a crime. Now, if you have a chat with your anarchist friends about the best way to build a bomb and about how you plan to use a bomb on October 7 to blow up the President or some Supreme Court justice, then THAT is a criminal conspiracy, and you should expect to be hunted down and arrested. But if you are just discussing policy the First Amendment guarantees your right to free speech and free association. And while the enforcement of that has been spotty over this history of this country, at the moment we don't put people in jail for joining an online community.

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