I would categorize that under "poor people are also kinda stupid." My family volunteered at a local food bank quite a few times. At some point I threw up my hands. I wouldn't say I'm angry, but it's like dealing with…
This is dumb. FP isn't going to get you 10% improvement in any metric related to code. Not that I think you shouldn't use Functional style, you definitely should. But as far as a "secret weapon" goes, the only thing I…
Not sure why the downvote when it is abundantly clear that in every corner of the USA there is this general trend towards decay with very little offsetting it. All our infrastructure is falling apart. I blame the…
That's how I see it. In 2005 I worked at a tech startup that was building out surveillance camera networks for Australia to spy on its rail system. I was aghast and the enormity of the project and how much money was…
Right. We live in a country with around 50 million illegal immigrants that the state government do their best to look the other way on despite the numerous crimes they commit. But I'm supposed to comply with every…
Sure, right after the people rise up and kill 50,000 statists to send a message that we're tired of their bullshit. Not holding my breath on that, though.
Statism, the replacement of religion by the state. Also, some people have a character flaw in that they want to control other people and they genuinely believe they know what is in everyone else's best interest. Armed…
I still don't care. I want my freedom back.
How much does it cost to raise someone's IQ by ~40 points?
I'm pretty tired of re-framing this same issue. I sit here at work because although I'm nearly a multi-millionaire, I have very little actual long-term confidence that that nest egg is going to have any value over say,…
Oh hell no. They just need to stop working on Saturdays. Fucking unions...you have clearly never been involved with one! Goddamn shop stewards and other assholes who take a nice chunk of YOUR money to back slap and…
People labored 16hrs a day for pennies. There was no OSHA and no governing bodies because there was nobody to complain about where the tracks were laid, etc.
Kneecapping the competition, piracy, whatever it takes.
That's just it--they don't do shit about the spate of littering in my city. I'm the one out there with a bag picking up other people's fast food trash and plastic bottles. The littering correlates well with the huge…
Yeah, I don't know why we bothered to fight two world wars against crap like this if we were just going to adopt it wholesale. Makes no sense at all. Sick of it. I've noticed the cops now use unmarked or very lightly…
You're equating state sponsored propaganda to free speech? Please. They were going to murder those people with our without the consent of the rest of the ignorant masses. You might as well be a 2nd Amendment absolutist…
My understanding is that he put those slogans on the gun because his intent was to cause censorship, which the NZ government then obliged.
The "offended" are playing that card to limit speech because they want to control you. That wars have been fought over issues like this in the not too distant past goes right over their heads. It is playing with fire.
Yes! I got into tech to liberate humanity. That's an excellent idealistic explanation for why. And I'm extremely annoyed and pissed off about how things have turned out lately. The "true potential" you mention must be…
Is there a name for that phenomenon? I recall the early days of eBay and how cool it was and then everyone jumped in and ruined it. Same with Craigslist, Reddit, well, everything. What is the term for how this happens?…
I hope I live long enough to see us burn this shit down because it has already gone way too far and they're just getting started.
Not really a fan. I have seen a few great examples, but most people just seem to think that it means they can stop mowing their lawn and let the property look abandoned.
Am tired, just dead bones tired of all of it. It's all just this or that money making scheme with guys like me caught in the middle. I despised Waterfall, fell into scrum and in the past ten or so years kinda sorta saw…
I wish more companies would realize the growing commute issues. I'm 14 miles from the office, but it takes 35-45 min to get there on good days and often in the winter if there's even a single snowflake falling, I'm…
While interesting, it sort of bugs me that we're more interested in "restoring" past, way out of date tech that had a purpose and was used up for that purpose and that we really just aren't moving forwards. Not that…
I would categorize that under "poor people are also kinda stupid." My family volunteered at a local food bank quite a few times. At some point I threw up my hands. I wouldn't say I'm angry, but it's like dealing with…
This is dumb. FP isn't going to get you 10% improvement in any metric related to code. Not that I think you shouldn't use Functional style, you definitely should. But as far as a "secret weapon" goes, the only thing I…
Not sure why the downvote when it is abundantly clear that in every corner of the USA there is this general trend towards decay with very little offsetting it. All our infrastructure is falling apart. I blame the…
That's how I see it. In 2005 I worked at a tech startup that was building out surveillance camera networks for Australia to spy on its rail system. I was aghast and the enormity of the project and how much money was…
Right. We live in a country with around 50 million illegal immigrants that the state government do their best to look the other way on despite the numerous crimes they commit. But I'm supposed to comply with every…
Sure, right after the people rise up and kill 50,000 statists to send a message that we're tired of their bullshit. Not holding my breath on that, though.
Statism, the replacement of religion by the state. Also, some people have a character flaw in that they want to control other people and they genuinely believe they know what is in everyone else's best interest. Armed…
I still don't care. I want my freedom back.
How much does it cost to raise someone's IQ by ~40 points?
I'm pretty tired of re-framing this same issue. I sit here at work because although I'm nearly a multi-millionaire, I have very little actual long-term confidence that that nest egg is going to have any value over say,…
Oh hell no. They just need to stop working on Saturdays. Fucking unions...you have clearly never been involved with one! Goddamn shop stewards and other assholes who take a nice chunk of YOUR money to back slap and…
People labored 16hrs a day for pennies. There was no OSHA and no governing bodies because there was nobody to complain about where the tracks were laid, etc.
Kneecapping the competition, piracy, whatever it takes.
That's just it--they don't do shit about the spate of littering in my city. I'm the one out there with a bag picking up other people's fast food trash and plastic bottles. The littering correlates well with the huge…
Yeah, I don't know why we bothered to fight two world wars against crap like this if we were just going to adopt it wholesale. Makes no sense at all. Sick of it. I've noticed the cops now use unmarked or very lightly…
You're equating state sponsored propaganda to free speech? Please. They were going to murder those people with our without the consent of the rest of the ignorant masses. You might as well be a 2nd Amendment absolutist…
My understanding is that he put those slogans on the gun because his intent was to cause censorship, which the NZ government then obliged.
The "offended" are playing that card to limit speech because they want to control you. That wars have been fought over issues like this in the not too distant past goes right over their heads. It is playing with fire.
Yes! I got into tech to liberate humanity. That's an excellent idealistic explanation for why. And I'm extremely annoyed and pissed off about how things have turned out lately. The "true potential" you mention must be…
Is there a name for that phenomenon? I recall the early days of eBay and how cool it was and then everyone jumped in and ruined it. Same with Craigslist, Reddit, well, everything. What is the term for how this happens?…
I hope I live long enough to see us burn this shit down because it has already gone way too far and they're just getting started.
Not really a fan. I have seen a few great examples, but most people just seem to think that it means they can stop mowing their lawn and let the property look abandoned.
Am tired, just dead bones tired of all of it. It's all just this or that money making scheme with guys like me caught in the middle. I despised Waterfall, fell into scrum and in the past ten or so years kinda sorta saw…
I wish more companies would realize the growing commute issues. I'm 14 miles from the office, but it takes 35-45 min to get there on good days and often in the winter if there's even a single snowflake falling, I'm…
While interesting, it sort of bugs me that we're more interested in "restoring" past, way out of date tech that had a purpose and was used up for that purpose and that we really just aren't moving forwards. Not that…