I understand there are probabilities and shortcuts in weather forecasts.... but what part is non-deterministic?

what? I don't see ads unless the creator themselves are doing it, and even then it's two clicks on the right arrow button and we move on

Sponsorblock is a god send. It automates all that

I'm with you, I enjoy the craftsmanship of my trade. I'm not relieved that I may not have to do it in the future, I'm bummed that it feels like something I'm good at, and is/was worth something, is being taken away.

I realize how lucky I am to even have a job that I thoroughly enjoy, do well, and get paid well for. So I'm not going to say "It's not fair!", but ... I'm bummed.

In my experience, it's xml-ish and HTML can be described the same way. The relevant strength here is the forgiving nature of parsing tag-delimited content. The XML is usually relatively shallow, and doesn't take advantage of any true XML features, that I know of.

counterpoint, and I know it's not apples to apples, but have you ever used an old terminal app? Buffering the key strokes and then applying them _once_ the menu was ready was awesome. You could move so fast through an app

Could often do this in ye olde Macintosh System Software, too. Could fill the event queue with events, and rely on the program to intelligently clear the queue just before an incompatible UI change.

I do both of those, it's a constant battle in my own head. I'm always reminding myself that it's ok to make music just for my own enjoyment, and that don't need a potential monetary angle for some hobby.

I'm not justifying this mindset, which preceded LinkedIn. I don't like it.

"magic quotes" have entered the chat :D

I think they understand that, and are referring to more nuanced side effects. Logging, for an example, is a side effect, same with even using a date function. Hitting an API endpoint without cache may be functional if the response never changes, but do you want that? Usually we want a cache, which is skirting idempotency. The closer you look, the more side effects you see

Really? You don't think there is a middle ground? Are the cops watching this fight or hearing about or later?

"perfect" is a weird word to use in stoicism, but I do think it can be used to justify that things "are the way they are" and shrug it off with some visualization.

I always saw Stoicism as “things around you are going to be really screwed up and panicking about it will make it worse”

The first part of that sentence is opposite to what the author here suggests.

both "screwed up" and "perfect" are judgements calls/perspectives, and panicking isn't going to change things (panic doesn't necessarily make something worse either)

I think panic almost always makes things worse. There's a reason that in an emergency, the first piece of advice to people is "don't panic".

almost is the key term here, yes, it depends on the situation causing the panic.

Panic always makes things worse

you can't think of an example where it doesn't? I can. I'm not saying there is any virtue to it, but panic can subside without having had negative side effects on anything other than your mood