Steve Downey
sdowney.org
Steve Downey
@sdowney.org
It's my fault "throw 💩;" is no longer valid C++. In penance, I worked to make optional<T&> happen.

Parody of a real software engineer and grown up.

Software engineer at Bloomberg LP

Views are my own

he/him

@[email protected]
I strongly believe that all-gender is fine, however, I also believe this needs to include urinals, and this has been a problem for many women.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Median non-cop NYC working class conservative minus racism. Tends to hate lots of people, but retail not wholesale.
Also was a comic book vigilante for many years. Comic books did not approve.
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Assemble. The side unit?

Wat?
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When you spend a decade or two adopting positions insincerely, you cannot be shocked when people adopt them sincerely.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
But also, in particular, in follow up on how the medication is working, I said that I wished I had done all this much sooner, and they told me that is so very very common.
The largest barrier is often just getting started. "Ironic", but not really.
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'd of course read ahead ahead of time. But as a white cis male in my late 50s I know I got easy mode. There's an assessment form somewhere in my files, but I was fortunate that the neuropsychologist spent time talking with me first.
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Appearing very organized with everything labeled, sorted, filed, because otherwise everything vanishes.
"If it's not on my calendar it doesn't exist."
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My experience was also very non-adversarial. I was asking for help so there was a baseline assumption that I needed help, finding out what help was appropriate was the goal.

But I had to figure out to ask.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The extra keys in current use, the extra keys not in circulation, or the not extra key from which others are made?
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This exact contingency is written in law.
Which is crazy, but where we are.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Especially if the question about coffee is, "I don't know? All the time? Doesn't everyone always have coffee all day until bedtime?"
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Without judicial review we don't actually have a written constitution anymore.
Supermajority to change the rules of the game are a good thing.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There were definitely worse Generals in the Revolution, but Washington also had the distinct advantage of being childless.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thanks. My wife has one generic from Sun, I don't, but checking with our pharmacist, they've long since used up the possibly affected bottles.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM