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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • it’s just as likely to read that as assuming Microsoft will block all content in order to ensure the safety of sensitive data.

    Hang on. If you’re rejecting rational use cases that companies use Teams for, then your assumption must be that Microsoft will block ALL screen capture when a teams meeting is occurring whether its of the Teams meeting content being shared or not. As in, even the presenter would be blocked from doing screen captures of their own system. Why isn’t that your conclusion?

    Why are you, again, from the headline only, assuming that screen capture would mandatory for just content shared to you by a Teams presenter? You chose a middle ground, but why didn’t you choose full blocking?

    Sniff tests have to be adapted when things tend to stink in general, or companies regularly try to cover up their smell.

    So are you adapting yours back now because yours was proven wrong?



  • You are much more than simply what value other people determine for you. You are your own person with intrinsic value completely separate from the opinions/cares of others. You are doing yourself an injustice if you are dismissing your own value to yourself. No one can take the value you have to yourself away from you, only you can do that. Don’t do that to yourself. Recognize your own value!




  • If one product manager gets added to a call, I hear about it from the other PMs. A good day for me is when I have 8 straight hours of coding to do and I don’t speak to a single soul at work.

    Unless you’re coding for yourself, you’re not going to escape PMs in any other org you would go to. Your situation is where soft skills come into play. Identify a PM you like, and route all your communication through them. If others want updates, point them to your chosen PM. If others want invites to meetings tell them “no problem, reach out to [favorite PM] to get added”. If Favorite PM doesn’t invite them to the meeting then its an argument between Favorite and the other person and you’re out of the loop.

    The best engineers aren’t just good at their technology, but also communicating with others effectively.









  • I’ve been banned from blahaj and beehaw for reasons I don’t agree with

    Both those instances have very specific rules that they have established for the protection of their communities. If you go in their clubhouse I think its reasonable to abide by their rules, no matter your opinion on them. If you don’t like the rules for whatever reason, there’s no requirement to go to those instances. There are lots of other instances with are more laissez-faire in their approaches if thats your preferred interactions.