It’s easy to get so caught up in work. I forget how nice it is to take a break, and head to the park towards the end of a day. 🌳
You’d think that I’d get out more given that I work from home, but I seem to do it less frequently.
Category: Mindsets
A perspective on what it’s like to be a Jew in the United Kingdom at the moment
Thank you for the thread. You offer a valuable perspective on what it feels like to be a Jew in the UK.
You shouldn’t be victimised for being a Jew, certainly not because of a distorted view of what our government is doing to keep us safe, here in Israel.
Also on:VS Code has a little too much of the old Microsoft
Update (2018-09-18): I had this wrong. I was able to disable the Live Share and Azure extensions in VS Code. I just wasn’t paying close enough attention to the error messages I highlighted below.
You can disable the both the Azure and Live Share extensions by first disabling their dependencies. In the case of Live Share, I first had to disable the Live Share Audio extension. In the case of the Azure extension, I had to disable the Azure Functions extension first.
I like VS Code. That, in itself, still surprises me a little given which company created it. I still remember the Old Days when Microsoft took every opportunity to coerce users to use its solutions, often using pretty aggressive tactics.
Many have said that we’re dealing with a new Microsoft, friend to the FOSS community, trusted custodian of critical platforms like GitHub. That may well be true. At the same time, I still see a little of the old Microsoft seeping through now and then.
I opened VS Code today, to take a look at some code I’ve been meaning to continue working on. I noticed that Live Share updated when I open the app, and then seemed to start running for some reason.
I don’t use Live Share (although the functionality is interesting).
Rather than have extensions running that I don’t use, I thought I’d disable Live Share, along with the Azure extensions that seem to be installed and activated by default. That didn’t quite work out for me.
As good as VS Code is, I don’t like being required to keep Microsoft’s extensions installed when I don’t make use of them. I’d expect that from an application that doesn’t hold itself out as “extensible and customizable”.
This just taints the progress the company has made, to a degree. It also leaves me wondering what else is running in VS Code when I use it, that I didn’t enable?
Where does the expression “Ok” come from?
https://www.vox.com/videos/2018/9/12/17850662/why-we-say-ok-okay
I watched this Vox video about the origins of one of the most common expressions I use each day, “Ok”:
I use this so often, I rarely pause to think about its origins. It’s a pretty interesting story too!
OK (or okay, ok, or k) might just be the most widely spoken word in the world. We use it so often, we barely notice it’s there: It’s in our speech, our writing, and even our computers. It feels like it’s been around forever, but it actually dates back to an obscure language fad in the 1830s where people facetiously misspelled abbreviations.
The lonely side of remote work
Rian linked to an interesting article about the challenges of working remotely titled “What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work“. I started reading it to get a sense of it, then sent it to my Pocket queue to read later.
This is how the article begins, it will give you an idea of what to expect:
Articles about the remote work lifestyle have tended to focus on drinking piña coladas on the beach, traveling the world, and otherwise enjoying a life that inspires envy in your social media following.
This is not one of those articles.
As an Automattician, I work completely remotely, although I’ve chosen to work from home. I think I’m pretty well suited to remote work. I much prefer working remotely to being in an office environment. There are downsides, sure, but the benefits far outweigh the challenges, at least for me.
When you’re not the victim of violent crime
This may not be the best option for everyone, but in this case this citizen fought back against violent crime in South Africa, and it worked really well.
When you’re fed up with crime pic.twitter.com/iN17itb6rQ
— Sure Kamhunga (@sure_kamhunga) September 8, 2018
Fighting Waterblight Ganon in Legend of Zelda is like Groundhog Day
Matthew Reynolds (Eurogamer.net)How to defeat the Vah Ruta dungeon boss.
My gaming experience in Legend of Zelda was going so well, until I found myself facing Waterblight Ganon in the Divine Beast Vah Ruta. Defeating this creature requires a level of coordination that seems to elude me.
I’m slowly getting the hang of jumping out of the way (although in some rounds, my special skill seems to be jumping into the path of Waterblight Ganon’s spear), but when it comes to switching to an attack, or using my runes to smash incoming blocks of ice, I just seem to hit the wrong buttons. And die. Repeatedly.
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Apparently this creature is the easiest of the four Divine Beast monsters, to boot. Hopefully this isn’t a case of me simply being the wrong generation to handle a dozen or so buttons on a controller. I don’t know how kids can be so coordinated.
Thankfully there are guides with tips on how to defeat these creatures. Unfortunately, you still need a level of skill to execute. My wife helpfully suggested that I just get my son to do this level for me. I’m tempted.
Also on:Gazing up at Mars
I get a kick out of looking up at the night sky, and seeing Mars all the way up there, like a reddish star.
It’s exciting contemplating another planet in our Solar System that Humans will eventually visit.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech