Well played. Technology is cyclical, after all.
> metal road TIL metal road is actually gravel road in NZ.
Where is this? Just ballpark it.
When I see a conviction I'll be satisfied. You can arrest pretty much anybody.
> with broadly-attended meetups How often do you feel is enough?
Last several replies you gave are such high quality. I hate it when people overintellectualize such obvious things like having a kid. I would have flipped out at the other poster, but you stuck in there and gave some…
Try asking them?
Now that you've put it that way then yeah, I see how most Russian are absolved of guilt for this war.
> which is far from representing the whole population. They had parents, went to daycare, went to school, made life choices, went to university, worked a job... They didn't just materialize in KGB one day.
> This will be the first time in history that a non-American nuclear power is losing a war. Soviet invasion of Afganistan?
This. Why should the West act as a safety valve for Russian dissidents? It's their society, they've made it the way it is, it's not like Putin created the modern Russian society. Putin is just an amalgam of forces.
Perhaps if Russia society didn't just descend in apathy this whole mess could have been avoided. They took the easy way out, now it's time to pay. It was one thing when it was someone else doing the fighting, but now…
My nation state exterminated Jews and other nationalities in WW2. I do feel a bit of responsibility and shame. Putin didn't appear in vacuum. He is a product of his society. Every Russian out there is to blame for this…
Exactly. It's your companies money at stake and by keeping the boss happy I get to take a part of that money home with me. It is a financial transaction in the end. Plus I get to see the downsides of another crappy…
I have zero interest in getting on my boss' bad side. I will definitely express my opinion and that is enough for me. If the higher up still pushes for doing things his way, so be it. I did my part.
There are a few differences between you having to wait and a Soviet having to wait for a car multiple years: * You most probably already have a car and just want a newer model. A Soviet citizen just had a bike. * Soviet…
It's really nice that you care so much. I had a similar problem, worried everything around me might come tumbling down. This was 10 years ago. Over time I just stopped caring and started living my life. Then war in…
When you make a change to your job/status you can make it so it doesn't get propagated to the rest of your network. I keep all my status changes quiet for the exact same reason as you would like.
I love people like that. They have a whole philosophy constructed around this and that. I laugh at the amount of thought that went into the reasoning why they would rather not have kids. When they start dishing out…
I don't know, I have never put in the same sacrifice/money to charity.
You are intellectualizing too much.
Once you realize work is work and not some romantic endeavour, then things become easier. All I read from this guy's post is a lot of bitching about how the work he has to do is meaningless and hard and it is just…
> One thing that's worth noting is my job has changed in this time to something that doesn't interest me as much. Two things to do, not necessarily in that order: 1. Take a break from work and hobby software projects.…
Well played. Technology is cyclical, after all.
> metal road TIL metal road is actually gravel road in NZ.
Where is this? Just ballpark it.
When I see a conviction I'll be satisfied. You can arrest pretty much anybody.
> with broadly-attended meetups How often do you feel is enough?
Last several replies you gave are such high quality. I hate it when people overintellectualize such obvious things like having a kid. I would have flipped out at the other poster, but you stuck in there and gave some…
Try asking them?
Now that you've put it that way then yeah, I see how most Russian are absolved of guilt for this war.
> which is far from representing the whole population. They had parents, went to daycare, went to school, made life choices, went to university, worked a job... They didn't just materialize in KGB one day.
> This will be the first time in history that a non-American nuclear power is losing a war. Soviet invasion of Afganistan?
This. Why should the West act as a safety valve for Russian dissidents? It's their society, they've made it the way it is, it's not like Putin created the modern Russian society. Putin is just an amalgam of forces.
Perhaps if Russia society didn't just descend in apathy this whole mess could have been avoided. They took the easy way out, now it's time to pay. It was one thing when it was someone else doing the fighting, but now…
My nation state exterminated Jews and other nationalities in WW2. I do feel a bit of responsibility and shame. Putin didn't appear in vacuum. He is a product of his society. Every Russian out there is to blame for this…
Exactly. It's your companies money at stake and by keeping the boss happy I get to take a part of that money home with me. It is a financial transaction in the end. Plus I get to see the downsides of another crappy…
I have zero interest in getting on my boss' bad side. I will definitely express my opinion and that is enough for me. If the higher up still pushes for doing things his way, so be it. I did my part.
There are a few differences between you having to wait and a Soviet having to wait for a car multiple years: * You most probably already have a car and just want a newer model. A Soviet citizen just had a bike. * Soviet…
It's really nice that you care so much. I had a similar problem, worried everything around me might come tumbling down. This was 10 years ago. Over time I just stopped caring and started living my life. Then war in…
When you make a change to your job/status you can make it so it doesn't get propagated to the rest of your network. I keep all my status changes quiet for the exact same reason as you would like.
I love people like that. They have a whole philosophy constructed around this and that. I laugh at the amount of thought that went into the reasoning why they would rather not have kids. When they start dishing out…
I don't know, I have never put in the same sacrifice/money to charity.
You are intellectualizing too much.
Once you realize work is work and not some romantic endeavour, then things become easier. All I read from this guy's post is a lot of bitching about how the work he has to do is meaningless and hard and it is just…
> One thing that's worth noting is my job has changed in this time to something that doesn't interest me as much. Two things to do, not necessarily in that order: 1. Take a break from work and hobby software projects.…