Rick Meneely

Technologist by day, spacecraft designer by night, and Dad joke aficionado by choice.

[Rick Meneely @RickMeneely]

I have moved to Mastodon. If you're interested in moving to an open-source, decentralized social media platform, you can find me on Mastodon via the link below. As Twitter is blocking all links to Mastodon you will need to remove the X in the link.

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@davefarley77 @Dom_FiveDotCo @ErikKalkoken Yes, and be willing to change it whenever it’s value decreases, or it starts leading you in the wrong direction. I usually refer to them as ‘indicators’ instead of metrics, since their purpose is to help you focus on the right question, not give a definitive answer.

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@Dom_FiveDotCo @ErikKalkoken @davefarley77 I believe value delivered, improved availability, reduced bugs found, and customer satisfaction are better metrics. Operational data such as lines of code are useful when diving into issues, but poor indicators themselves. I try to not measure something simply because it’s easy.

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@NanouuSymeon Whichever one interests you the most.

Many languages have special uses, which may help you decide. Python is a good general purpose language that’s easy to learn, has lots of resources for help, and is widely used across the industry.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Since Elon Musk refuses to stop talking about free speech, let’s look at his actual record on the topic.
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@nixcraft Yep - Ethernet BNC T connectors. There were a real pain to troubleshoot whenever a computer was spewing garbage onto the network.

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@tunguz It could probably be further simplified by dropping the input box and just show the results.

[Soonson Kwon @ksoonson]

Someone built a real tombstone of Internet Explorer in Korea. "He was a good tool to download other browsers." https://t.co/42vnkoQshd

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@RandallKanna Very cool. Thanks - started ⭐️

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@RandallKanna Congratulations!

[Gritty is the Way @Gritty20202]

545 days of torture in Afghanistan
15 years in Guantnamo Bay
the wrong guy

This is horrifying.

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@GergelyOrosz Are you able to do what's typically called a same day sale to cover the $250k?

[Brenda Elthon @LookNoFurther4]

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[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Reminder: The defense appropriations bill gives the Pentagon $10B *more* than requested—all while proposals for working people are on the chopping block.

$3.5T is already the compromise. It’s time we finally made critical investments in our human capital.
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[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Here's a new concept:

Democrats, after forty years of a failed strategy, take on @Sen_JoeManchin instead of being afraid of him.

#JoeManchinSenatorForSale

[Resist Programming 🛰 @RzstProgramming]

ESPN’s Jon Gruden in 2016: The NFL should “cut” Colin Kaepernick for protesting.

ABC’s Howard Cosell in 1968:

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@socialiststeve6 Caring

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@myraccoonhands @cecil @EmilyKager @puiwingtam @farazamiruddin I had a similar question many years ago on "how many basketballs can you fit into...". I basically said I'd figure out the volume of material needed to make a 'standard' size basketball and then divide the room volume by that number - storing it in liquid form; silly question.

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[Sarah Beckman @SarahBeckman3]

More video from the John Deere workers on strike in Ottumwa. They’re operating in shifts. Been out since midnight. #JohnDeereStrike