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IMO, MS Teams works pretty well. Not as good as Slack, but not horrible.


So if I understand the article, one should use the communication pattern:

When ____[observation], I feel ____[emotion] because I’m needing some ____[universal needs]. Would you be able to ____[request]?

For instance:

When [you're acting like a dickhead], I feel [the urge to punch you] because I'm needing some [fking professionalism]. Would you be able to [stop acting like a dickhead]?


There are several sentences in the piece dedicated to explaining that treating the [emotion] section as a synonym for [attack that happens to be prefixed with the word feel] is a corruption of the practice.

There’s also a section explaining the difference between requests and demands.

But your formulation does tend to highlight why people get incensed at amateurish imitations of NVC.


Reading your post, I feel that you don't understand the article. I come to HN for substantive commentary that engages and expands upon the source material. Would you be able to read it again with a fresh perspective, and share your criticism in a less sarcastic and more informative way?


"you're acting like a dickhead" is not an observation, it is a characterisation.

"the urge to punch you" could be phrased as "angry" perhaps?

"fking professionalism" isn't what you need, it is a trait you want the other person to show. What is it that you need?


On a Windows PC, what (free, open source) drawing program would I use to create illustrations using these pieces?


Inkscape


Is the first "Using a Configuration File" example a bit misleading? The example is:

... Host remoteserver HostName remoteserver.thematrix.io User neo Port 2112 IdentityFile /home/test/.ssh/remoteserver.pub

IdentityFile typically (always?) specifies a file with a private key, right?


Unless you're using something like a smart card as identity with gpg-agent, then you won't have a private key file. Because of that, you can specify a public key file to identify this private key.


Also it's suggested to use ~/.ssh/key to specify a key in your home folder to be a portable config and don't really need to show others what your user name is if it gets shared.


Totally agree. The author needs to read the Python docs.


Hi, just curious: could you say a bit more on the the backend and frontend tech in use?


Hi, it is: Angular 6, PrimeNG, TypeScript SPA frontend, ASP .NET Core application server (REST API only) and Sqlite as a key value data store


How powerful is a Z-series mainframe?


You can find out in this impenetrable, 500 page technical guide here: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg248451.pdf

It contains crystalline prose like this, something all technical manuals should aspire to:

"Digital technologies are driving major industry shifts, ushering in a new age. In the Cognitive EraTM1, it is either disrupting or being disrupted. Tomorrow’s disrupters will be organizations that can converge digital business with a new level of digital intelligence. A key in digital transformation is the ability to accelerate the innovation of new business (Internet of Things, Cognitive, and Virtual Reality), while keeping complexity in check."

The answer to your question, by the way, appears to be 'very'. You can have lots of processors and 32TB of RAM.


170 different cores to choose from. Not sure how they go about determining capacity on a first-time shop, but ongoing installations looking to upgrade base the capacity on the new box against their growth rate and plan accordingly for however long they expect the new mainframe to be on the production floor.


170 different types of core? Sounds like a nightmare for a new customer, conversely a bit of a dream for the mainframe sales team.


The Register has a few more details - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/17/ibm_latest_mainfram...

It features the next generation of IBM's CMOS mainframe technology, with a 10-core CPU chip using 14 nm silicon-on-insulator technology, and running at 5.2GHz, claimed to be the fastest processor in the industry. Each core has hardware accelerated encryption implementing a CP Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF). The CPU also has 1.5 times more on-chip cache per core compared to the z13. There can be up to 32TB of memory, three times the z13 maximum, and its IO is three times faster as well.


Technically there can be up to 16PB of memory in all their 64-bit systems, I just don't think IBM is going to sell you more than 32. The Z13 definitely sold up to 20TB, though half that was usually for redundancy.


claimed to be the fastest processor in the industry.

Defined how?


Very.

They are also built like a tank, and have so many levels of redudancy and reporting that if any component breaks in your machine they guarantee there won't be any downtime (and a technician is dispatched to fix it automatically). That includes things like CPU cache line bridges, complete cooling failures, storage failures, etc. Also they guarantee that every new version of the mainframe will not increase power consumption (which is absolutely insane).

Oh, and the bill will make you dizzy.


If you get dizzy from the bill you can't afford one. Personally I think they come with technicians living inside.


They also ship with a small eolic propeller and the case is made with photovoltaic cells. All in case of power shortage. And of course the case contains few pigeons for ip over avian carriers in case of network shortage.


I would not be surprised if that were the case. They might even start doing IP-over-technician while they repair the problem with avian flu that spiked the packet loss in the ip-over-carrier-pidgeon channel.


Just in case no one else mentions it...how about transparent geo-clustering? How about duplicated components and self-healing for critical subsystems?

Really, it's the way that non-computer people think that all computers are but actually aren't because they aren't mainframes.


Nice.

Has anyone tried the tracks from Music To Code By (http://mtcb.pwop.com/) ?

I bought a few of them and IMO they are nice. The tracks are all 25 minutes in length.


I love these. Very good for background music, and they're repetitious, which works for me.

My wife, however, is a classical/jazz musician, so she can't use music to focus, it causes her anxiety because she spends time analyzing the music. She tends to listen to ambient noise playlists (rain, etc.)


Perhaps you should change careers? Get a job where you interact with people in a positive way - for instance become a teacher, work in a kindergarden or similar.


Big changes are in general a bad idea when it comes to people struggling with clinical depression. Developing a healthy daily rhythm (sleep, food, exercise), dropping drugs and limiting alcohol intake are the first lifestyle changes a depressed person should make.

And don't forget depression is an illness. Medical help is a must. There's no healing without medical help.


I cannot understand why anyone would not use SQLAlchemy if they're building a database-backed Python application.


True today, but not 10 years ago :)

Plus Odoo ORM and SQLAlchemy have different purposes.


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