‘Like cloud-scale, no-code scale or NoSQL scale’.

That is the dumbest statement I have heard this week. You should perhaps refrain from commenting, at-least until you gain the modicum of intelligence that you currently don’t have.

True, but in some cases , it’s just a case of pedagogical mismatch . May I recommend https://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec9.html ? I have cribbed from this endlessly when explaining quantum computing , and it’s certainly my goto talk for explaining quantum computing.

Wouldn't the challenge be what does it mean that 'one tried their best' ? By using the word best there, it becomes yet another goal.

I think that is a good point.

Im not saying dont have goals or desires. Im not saying to ignore if you succeed or fail either- that is important data and part of learning.

To me - Trying my best means looking back to identify things I know I could have done better with more dedication. Could I have done better with the knowledge and tools I had.

>By using the word best there, it becomes yet another goal.

This is kinda the point. Doing your best becomes a goal in of itself. You have 100% control over it and get the satisfaction of meeting it, independent of if you meet your other goals or not. It builds self respect

A lot of religious/theological texts and frameworks talk about the balance between self forgiveness and self efficacy, and the need for perspective.

"It was said of Reb Simcha Bunem, a 18th century Hasidic rebbe, that he carried two slips of paper, one in each pocket. One was inscribed with the saying from the Talmud: Bishvili nivra ha-olam, “for my sake the world was created.” On the other he wrote a phrase from our father Avraham in the Torah: V’anokhi afar v’efer,” “I am but dust and ashes.” He would take out and read each slip of paper as necessary for the moment."

Yegge called this the anti-loop - http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-goog... - back in 2008 hah. Still holds true.

'Fast Inverse Square Root algorithm, which is under the GPL'

The algorithm isn't under GPL, the code is. John took the algorithm itself from code which was written earlier.

Wouldn't personality disorders be inseparable from physiological problems ? Is there any particular literature/reference you are basing this on, curious.

Neither was I, but honestly, that wasn’t a hard argument to follow .

Okay. So what's the actual argument? All I can pull out of it is insults and sarcasm toward the GGGP, along with an assumption about what GGGP would do in a different scenario.

What is GGP's actual argument for why GGGP is wrong?

Shouldn't everyone be judging (and improving) the quality of everyone's work in a team, if you want the project to succeed ? How is a manager to judge the quality of technical output other than peer feedback ?

Sure, code reviews, architectural review, etc. First line managers should be technical enough to know whether their reports are doing a good job.

Or they get tired/can't keep up with having to continuously learn and adapt, which cognitive dissonance defensively turns into disdain for 'something new'.