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The Scott Alexander Email: An Explainer

So, Scott Alexander sent an email to someone in 2014. In 2021 the person who got that email thought that Scott was not being honest about his relationship to the neoreactionary movement, so they published it.

Although this has been widely available, even people who have read it have often missed what the email is saying. There are some cases of genuine ambiguity, where there can be more than one meaning. There are also cases where there is only one plausible meaning, but that meaning is expressed indirectly, subtly, or by linking to something else. Because what the email is saying can be difficult to understand, it seems like it would be of general interest to publish an explainer that went over these ambiguities and the links.

It has sometimes been said that this email should not be read because it was released without permission. This seems like a bad position.

First, because information is information. We know, due to the circumstances, that this was somewhat i

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

This is a compiled list of falsehoods programmers tend to believe about working with time.

Don't re-invent a date time library yourself. If you think you understand everything about time, you're probably doing it wrong.

Falsehoods

There are always 24 hours in a day.
February is always 28 days long.
Any 24-hour period will always begin and end in the same day (or week, or month).

Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

General rules

Follow standard conventions.
Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
Always find root cause. Always look for the root cause of a problem.

Design rules

About Me (not a rule)

These are how I'm appraising places the I'm looking for full time employment. These rules are very specific to me, as a disabled black trans woman. I am not accepting feedback on these rules from anyone except other black trans fem people. Figure out if you / your teams meets the rules before asking me to fill out any sort of application. Feel free to ask me to explain anything here (but like, to explain the facts / wording, NOT explain my reasons for having these rules).

Professionally, I'm a self taught full stack web developer with two years of industry experience, the majority of that experience being with python, team management, and crowdfunding.

twitter: http://twitter.com/lynncyrin (@'s / DMs are better than emails)
resume: http://lynncyrin.me/resume.pdf (frequently out of date, most recent information is on this gist)
website: http://lynncyrin.me/
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/lynncyrin

guys, dudes, bros

I think you mean team...

I think you mean squad..

I think you mean gang...

I think you mean pals...

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