Luis Guillermo

Picard management tip: Refusing to decide is the worst decision you can make.

Exciting news: EFF’s Privacy Badger is now available on Safari for macOS! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Picard management tip: Know your audience. Display strength to Klingons, logic to Vulcans, and opportunity to Ferengi.

Picard ethics tip: Before undertaking a mission, it is our moral imperative to consider any obvious negative ramifications.

Ultimate Lemmings: an unofficial native macOS project bringing classic Lemmings, Oh No! More Lemmings, the Xmas and Holiday releases, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, and Lemmings 3 into one connected app. github.com/ErikVeland/L...

Honouring the legacy of Margaret Hamilton, the pioneer who coined the term “software engineering.” Her brilliant priority-driven software helped keep the Apollo 11 computer running through critical overloads during its final descent, helping land humanity safely on the Moon. RIP.

Picard management tip: Surround yourself with people whom you would trust with your life.

Picard management tip: Even without game-changing results, experimentation is time well spent.

Picard management tip: If you've recently turned into a monster, go take a vacation.

Picard engineering tip: Maintenance of existing systems is just as important as building new capabilities.

Potential root cause of Alzheimer’s may have just been discovered

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to allow the U.S. Postal Service to carry out parts of a new rule on mail-in voting.

All car bumpers should be made of resilient black rubber at a fixed height designed to absorb force and bounce back but maintain perfect shape and an u damaged state at speeds up to 35 mph.

60 years ago today, they starting filming the 1st episode of Star Trek. Weird to think I didn’t even exist. 🖖

the entire story of Theranos is a cautionary tale of Gall's Law "A complex system that works has evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system built from scratch won’t work." they leaped to the end, failing to solve any of the intermediate gnarly problems, and it was impossible

@vira_plants shows us the natural color of the rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta): #AGoodPlace

Picard management tip: You are a dignitary representing your organization, always.

Picard management tip: Once in a long while, pilot the shuttlecraft yourself.

Now that we have it under our control, should we change the name 'Celestial Temple' to DUKAT Temple??? Like the Federation, under my leadership it would be “hotter” than ever before! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President GUL DUKAT #StarTrek #Sisko197

Picard management tip: If it's not ready, and if your enterprise can survive without it, then don't rush it.

Picard management tip: Problems worth solving will present themselves. There's no need to invent busywork.

I wrote my first line of code in one of these.

Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule. Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.”

Picard management tip: It's okay to be gentle and kind.

You're a great software engineer if you: • Focus on problems that matter, not just tech • Understand leverage and the value of uplifting others • Write well and often • Own your projects end-to-end • Set direction using data • Learn through curiousity

Why I hate wasting engineering time in meetings:

Why keeping a "work diary" is helpful for software engineers: Writing down what you do, useful commands/info, and ongoing investigations expands your memory. This is critical in software engineering since there's so much to remember. Here are a 4 use cases for this diary:

Pancreatic cancer is so tough. But in an early trial, 7 of 8 patients (87.5%) who responded to a personalized mRNA vaccine + immunotherapy are still alive 6 years after surgery. It's designed to train the immune system to fight remaining cells. Promising, and worth attention.

Picard management tip: Empower others to command when you are unfit. You never know when your mind will be taken over by an alien.

Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.

Picard style tip: If you're balding, don't hide it. Own it.

Picard management tip: Keep group meetings short. Take your time with one-on-ones.

Picard resistance tip: Occasionally there are times when you must draw a line and refuse to budge.

Picard management tip: Suppress your inner alarm. Be the calmest person in the room.

The AI craze dies when it's the new normal. Once this stuff works, and gains broad adoption, people eventually move on to the next big thing, and repeat the process.

Picard management tip: Malfunctioning systems must be fixed right away. There is no excuse for delaying repairs.

Picard management tip: Succeeding at the very last second is still succeeding.

"If these tools are so good, where's all the magic software?" I see more bugs now, in software that was rock solid before. The uncomfortable question: when does that hit something load-bearing? Has it already?

Picard management tip: Be on the same side as the crew, not against them.

RSS has been around for decades, but it’s still one of the most powerful tools around to take control of your media and social consumption. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Picard tactical tip: There is no shame in a wise retreat. The shame would be in risking one's crew because of selfish pride.

Picard management tip: Take some alone time. The crew will be fine without you.

The court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and are citizens at birth. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

With four cases left to decide, the court has indicated that today will be the final opinion announcement day of the term. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

"We're accumulating code faster than we're accumulating trust." Code you can fix. Trust evaporates in an instant and doesn't come back. XP was a trust factory. Every practice that builds it makes you trustworthy. Vibe coding removes those moments: newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/trust-fact...

Picard management tip: Become a symbol of stability for your crew. This takes time, but then they'll move mountains for you.

Court records belong to the public. PACER's paywall puts a price on public access. The Open Courts Act would modernize federal court records and eliminate PACER fees. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Picard management tip: When crew members are unsuccessful, urge them to try again. Encouragement and persistence may be all they need.