Note that OP made a distinction between “need” and “ought to” and I agree. You don’t “need” to know any of these, but you “ought to” because knowing them TO SOME DEGREE helps you use the machine more effectively and safely. Networking course is definitely going overboard, but I still think they’re important to know. I’m pretty sure doctors already do understand the basics of how MRI machines work.
Learning the basics of how WiFi works avoids people getting confused when WiFi doesn’t “just exist” everywhere, or why it drops out suddenly when a lot of people are using it even if you have full bars. Learning about HTTPS and SSL lets you understand what it keeps secure and how that can keep you secure when you’re e.g. banking.
That being said computers and software now are specifically designed to hide their inner workings as much as possible to simplify things for their users so it’s a bit of a special case.
Do you mean admonitions? E.g. info, warning, etc? There’s precedent for that in commonly-used open source implementations, e.g. obsidian.md (which uses the same syntax, and started before). What semantics does it break? It’s designed to read well in plaintext and render nicely even if used in a renderer that doesn’t support admonitions, e.g.
[!NOTE] Information the user should notice even if skimming.
As opposed to other common markdownish implementations that use nonsensical plaintext which renders poorly in alternative renderers. Here’s a discussion on the topic in the CommonMark forums.
My “scrum leader” (who we handled agile just fine without before) is constantly complaining about points or priorities shifting, to the point that he’ll tell us to not put what we’re actually working on on the board because it’ll mess up the burndown chart.
One of the 4 values of agile is “responding to change over following a plan”. He’s parroted this to us before, and yet still doesn’t seem to see the irony.
Horizontal is directly in front of me, used for whatever I’m currently focusing on - usually IDE or browser.
Vertical is to the side, used for anything auxiliary to my current task - browser, bug report, notes, chat, git gui, etc.
Laptop monitor is for anything I want to monitor, but don’t need to look at constantly - logs, news, incoming bug reports, etc.
I also make use of virtual desktops, so I have one for chat/email/general browsing, one for code editing with browser, git gui, IDE, and one for notes/zoom. Laptop screen doesn’t shift with virtual desktops so I always keep the monitoring open.
I usually don’t pay much attention to the “new software” section, but PerPlexed looks pretty cool! It never occurred to me that it would be possible to create an alternative Plex UI from scratch like that
Also, I was just looking this morning at writing something like that Fitbit/influxDB integration for YNAB (You Need a Budget) for visualization in grafana!
One of my biggest annoyances when talking to (especially older) people about my job as a software engineer is when they’re like “but how are you still working on it? Don’t you just like, make the app and you’re done?” They don’t realize the amount of work it takes to write everything, because they don’t understand the complexity involved in writing software.
Though it’s not as bad as “so I have an app idea… It’s like Uber but for clothing”
Supreme Court: Drivers hauling baked goods are in transportation, not baking (finance.yahoo.com)
But the Supreme Court’s April 12 ruling that they are in the transportation business opens the door for them to take the dispute to court....
Anon revisits early youtube (sh.itjust.works)
Anon learns about cars (sh.itjust.works)
[Comics] Interesting comment from Toph on politics (files.catbox.moe)
Introducing selfh.st/companions, a Directory of Companion Apps for Self-Hosted Software (selfh.st)
Not my website. Interested to see how this will play out though!
What is the next "big thing"?
Right now it seems like its "A.I.". Still big now are the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Recently we had COVID 19....
GitHub-like WebUI for Subversion
I already fear that this may be a bit too specific since it’s a bit of a niche need, but here goes:...
Did the year zero never exist ?
Please explain my confused me like I’m 5 (0r 4 or 6).
GitHub Is Not Open Source, A Rant (listed.to)
The US Army is pushing adoption of Agile (2024) (www.army.mil)
Microsoft 365? (lemmy.ananace.dev)
“I was thrown out of fourth grade because I couldn’t write my own name, and it’s all been downhill from there” - Linus Torvalds (www.yarchive.net)
To those with 2+ monitors on your machine: What's your use case, and how much does it actually boost your productivity? (lemmy.world)
I’m mainly curious about software developers here, or anyone else whose computer is somewhat central to their life, be it professional or hobbyist....
Introducing selfh.st/apps, a Directory of Self-Hosted Software (selfh.st)
As a long time follower, this is pretty exciting! I’ve definitely been looking for something along these lines.
This Week in Self-Hosted (29 March 2024) (selfh.st)
As usual, not my blog, just a good community share. Authors are on Mastodon at @selfhst
PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small airplane crash (m6n.io)
Now, which Court does he belong to? (lemmy.world)
SWAT Team Raids Innocent Family Over Stolen AirPods Dropped on Their Street (www.riverfronttimes.com)
This Week in Self-Hosted (22 March 2024) (selfh.st)
The weekly post. As usual, not my blog, just a good community share. Authors are on Mastodon at @selfhst.