109 sats \ 9 replies \ @k00b OP 8 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Name something you once wanted that you're happy to have never received? meta
I'm sure there's some cognitive bias at play (lol is there a "seeking gratitude" bias?) - and I certainly wasn't glad it never happened when I wanted it to happen - but it forced me to be resourceful and learn some things a harder way.
The hard way of learning things tends to have side lessons that aren't easily taught. You get ahead slower but you can end up with more tools.
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There was a time when working at google was a huge status thing (a pretty reliable marker for being good and paid well) ... still is but vanishing.
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I saw the original. Our deletes are truly permanent. We do not store what has been deleted or what something was before it was edited.
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one day I must verify this though, still on my todo to clone your repo and poke around, but fml too much other stuff to deal with at the moment, lol :)
Relevant lines where you can see we overwrite the item content. But don't trust us, verify for yourself. I actually prefer when people don't trust us. :)
But sometimes I wonder if being OSS is actually enough. How can we proof that this is actually the code that is running in the backend?
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But sometimes I wonder if being OSS is actually enough. How can we proof that this is actually the code that is running in the backend?
I don’t know how to accomplish that. That thought crossed my mind as well
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Of the named biases, maybe it is a form of a status quo or loss aversion bias. I'm surprised there isn't a named bias for often faulty reappraisals.
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