Or anywhere for that matter. Have you got nested IF()s in Excel? For crying out loud, pop into VBA and write it up as a custom function like a human being.
jadero
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I guess I'm out of the loop on this one. Why is RCS crap? A quick search didn't turn up anything obvious.
I'm pretty sure non-programmers share much of the blame. Here's what I imagine goes through the minds of most people, especially management types.
"Oh, a nerd. Great we need another nerd in here because things are not moving fast enough."
I've had job offers for everything from equipment maintenance and repair (because there was a PLC hooked up) to network administrator. It's all computers, right?
When trying to use some of the truly atrocious stuff that gets rolled out with a web interface, I get the distinct impression that random "nerds" are dropped into random slots. There is no consideration that maybe saying "nerd" is like saying "doctor". If that's all you look for, you might get an economist instead of a surgeon.
I've heard that, but have difficulty understanding how that would happen.
I guess I could see running a free trial (as opposed to free tier) without payment information getting locked, but anything marked "always free" should continue indefinitely.
The worst that's ever happened to me was that an instance I started and then did nothing with was shutdown after a period of no use. I got an email before that happened and it was just a shutdown, not a lockout or removal. All I had to do to was log in to the console and start it up again when I was ready to move forward.
I convinced my managers to move away from waterfall to a more iterative process using a financial analogy. Pretty much everyone understands the concept of compound interest as it applies to both debt and savings.
I framed the release of small but functional components as the equivalent of small, regular deposits to a retirement account, where benefits start to accrue immediately and then build upon each other with every "deposit". I framed the holding off of a major project until completion as the accumulation of debt with no payment plan. I also pointed out that, like a sound investment strategy, the "portfolio" of features might require adjustment over time in order to meet objectives under changing circumstances, adding substantial risk to any monolithic project.
Not if he's off screen. It's only a visual cue if it's captured by the video.
If you have a separate video of the guy falling over dead, you can use that video to get a window of time to view in the other video, but one video that captures only parts of the scene can easily leave you with no visual cues.
Just to add to the "completely change fields" thing in light of your "move to the woods" option:
I did the move to the woods thing (technically, bald prairie...) and found that there were enough other people out there to still find work. And where I moved to, they were desperate enough for good workers that most employers were willing to train, including picking up the tab for short courses. Some of the jobs were pretty shitty (sometimes literally: I spent a few years cleaning out clogged sewer lines), but, for me, the rest of the lifestyle more than made up for it (we found a place on the shore of a lake).
Although my objective was to just ditch tech, once word of my past got around, I had to beat them off with a stick.
I was probably in a bit of a different place, too. My main objective was to bridge the decade between "I just don't want to work anymore" and my actual retirement.
Also, my wife might have gained more from the move than I did!
If you explore this route, I recommend looking into service organizations to join in the area. Joining one rapidly turns you from outsider to insider. Mine was volunteer fire and rescue.
It's not clear just what you are trying to accomplish. Is the bot signup field a tripwire to detect and prevent bots or do you legitimately allow bots in the same way Lemmy does?
Either way, I think your intention can be better expressed in other ways.
I think many try to some extent, but we don't exactly leave a lot of room to manoeuvre. Classrooms don't seem to work without substantial conformity, bills have to be paid, employers catered to, and even just plain social pressure to not stray too far off the beaten path.
I guess we're of similar vintage. I'm using Linux now because BeOS never quite made it to being suitable as a daily driver and Warp ultimately died.
There's also the fact that I'm retired now. There is little to be gained in doing what anyone else is doing, so I might as well do as I please.
Oh, I didn't know that Excel could do JS. I haven't touched it since I got out of the field a decade or so ago.
One of the things I did was quite a bit of Excel consulting and training. I remember the joy of trying to decode massive formula cells, especially when there were nested IF()s. My rule of thumb was that anything with more than three functions in one formula got converted to a custom function, even if it didn't have general utility.
I found that anyone who could construct and understand those massive formulas were generally capable of dealing with the equivalent VBA with a bit of training. Also, it was generally true that if they couldn't handle the relevant VBA, they were in no position to deal with massive formulas anyway.