Originally, ChromeOS was the Chrome browser with just enough code to boot to and take care of other essential OS functions. Like, the system settings and browser settings were practically merged.

The author is alluding to more recent efforts to untangle and separate ChromeOS from the Chrome browser. I believe the goal is for the Chrome browser on ChromeOS to be essentially the same as other Linux browser builds.

So these days ChromeOS is structured more like other Linux distros, with a huge difference being how locked down it is.

Trivia: defenestration originally referred to throwing people out of windows, not things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration

I know someone who does this. He’s more productive at home, and near-zero people he meets with at the office, but there’s a mandate to badge-in so many days a week. So he does.

He’s not slacking, he’s being made less efficient by complying with a broken policy.

I’ve been at this for 25 years and a restriction on variable name length hasn’t been a problem since then.

A good senior dev shouldn’t just be older, they should have continued to learn and evolve.

I do remember texting abbreviations because we texted on a number pad with no autocomplete.

Everyone I know was happy to switch to better keyboards and autocomplete as soon as they were available.

Then link to the politico story, not a screenshot of a post about it.

Buy a Framework, System76 or something else with first class Linux support.

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In well-functioning teams, devs aren’t publicly shamed. We learn and move on.

The peer reviewer, who is often more senior, missed the issue too.

And if there was no peer review, then that’s a process issue, not a personal issue.

“14,250 residents…300,000 condoms”.

So, 20 per resident.

On the other hand, a Garmin Fenix can be easily opened with an inexpensive tool and replacement parts are easily found online.