"Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide, All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."
Information/Internet technology is inseparable from politics now. I never asked for that and neither did any of us, but that's the inescapable reality.
Our inventions are being used to both enhance and disrupt democracy, and they are causing real people real pain along with the huge benefits to millions of others.
Like many, my own productivity has taken a huge hit in the last year because of all of the political news. I resent this in the same way I'd resent a hurricane hitting my house, but pretending it isn't happening won't help.
HN being a blend of pure tech stories along with political+tech stories is absolutely the right blend because IT REFLECTS THE REALITY OF TODAY'S WORLD.
Trump's election is the biggest change in politics in the last 50 years, and IT was at the heart of that election, in terms of the forces that have caused the desire for change (e.g. worker displacement, cultural upheaval), and the mechanics of the election itself (e.g. Twitter, news feeds, fake news, media manipulation, big data, etc.).
We, the IT workers of the world, are the new weapons-makers. That we never meant our work to be used that way is immaterial. Everybody in tech should now be politically informed. We should be tuned in. We should know details. We should learn the facts.
I'd love to spend 100% of my time learning about new frameworks and hardware, and that's what I enjoy doing.
We have the ring now, even if we never wanted it. Now it's our job to keep it out of hands of evil.
P.S. I started writing this response with, "Good! I am so sick of reading about politics everywhere. Great move, HN!". Then I changed my response to the one above.
Talk to your boss. That amount so low that there's no question of overreacting: you basically didn't get a bonus.
Having worked before in larger tech companies, I would entertain the idea that the amount is a fluke of accounting rules--you said you only started six months ago: maybe there is some kind of vesting rule. It's very likely it's nothing personal. If the company is indeed doing as well as you say, they would either give you no bonus or something real. If it's the former, they'd probably be talking to you about leaving. It's unlikely that this is some kind of passive-aggressive gesture because they secretly want you gone.
Unlikely, but not impossible: bad management definitely exists, so anything is possible. If this was an intentional act then definitely leave at your earliest convenience. But I bet it wasn't.
Also, note the "PongIt" link that appears after you start a new animation. Cute feature to make a quick animation based on some images. Check out a timely example that only took me a few minutes to create:
Ok, switched to requestAnimationFrame. Removed the param on the variable system cycle clock speed--not necessary. The right way is to just use requestAnimationFrame.
Yeah, 999 is a lot of sprites to move around. Point well taken about the example image though. The text in the help actually works. I'll get the insta-start example working.
This library is definitely not meant to complete with something like GSAP. It's a subset of functionality to allow a quick and fun animations and it just uses CSS to animate so it's not for hard-core games and so forth.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide, All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."
Information/Internet technology is inseparable from politics now. I never asked for that and neither did any of us, but that's the inescapable reality. Our inventions are being used to both enhance and disrupt democracy, and they are causing real people real pain along with the huge benefits to millions of others. Like many, my own productivity has taken a huge hit in the last year because of all of the political news. I resent this in the same way I'd resent a hurricane hitting my house, but pretending it isn't happening won't help. HN being a blend of pure tech stories along with political+tech stories is absolutely the right blend because IT REFLECTS THE REALITY OF TODAY'S WORLD. Trump's election is the biggest change in politics in the last 50 years, and IT was at the heart of that election, in terms of the forces that have caused the desire for change (e.g. worker displacement, cultural upheaval), and the mechanics of the election itself (e.g. Twitter, news feeds, fake news, media manipulation, big data, etc.). We, the IT workers of the world, are the new weapons-makers. That we never meant our work to be used that way is immaterial. Everybody in tech should now be politically informed. We should be tuned in. We should know details. We should learn the facts. I'd love to spend 100% of my time learning about new frameworks and hardware, and that's what I enjoy doing. We have the ring now, even if we never wanted it. Now it's our job to keep it out of hands of evil.
P.S. I started writing this response with, "Good! I am so sick of reading about politics everywhere. Great move, HN!". Then I changed my response to the one above.