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"Beef" was pretty great, I'd recommend that. I'm surprised to see no mention of "The Witcher", though, I figured that would've ranked relatively highly despite the many creative sh…

It's a standardized file that describes a 3D scene (with references to assets, transforms, etc). It makes asset pipelines easier to spin up and iterate on, but I don't think anythi…

> pruning dead weight That wasn't my experience with the current layoffs at big tech. There was no effort to find positions for the engineers who performed well in the previous yea…

> US or the poorer parts of Europe Sorry to nitpick, but I've driven across the USA many times and I've never had much to complain about with regards to our roads (outside of Ohio,…

People pleasers can cause people to dislike them in a workplace, ironically. Being a people pleaser in software dev very often means you will over-burden yourself because you'd rat…

> democrats are only for it just enough to foil the republicans Absolutely not. Modern Democrats are neoliberals to the extreme. Neoliberals are very pro-immigration.

> SC2 just released a huge patch that revamped a lot of balance issues I feel like tossing in a patch from SC2 as an indicator that it's actively being supported is a little mislea…

> US workers are unfortunately lazier and slower and more expensive I guess we just kinda stumbled into being one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world while …

> assume they have no self-discipline I can't say that every skinny person has a healthy relationship with food, but I can say that almost every overweight person does have an unhe…

I find people who complain about the PC community far more annoying, tbh. The PC community is just a bunch of young altruists trying to do the right thing (however misguided the at…

> my daily caloric intake to about 3500 calories How tall/big are you if you don't mind me asking? I'm 6'0" 180lbs and my caloric intake is about 3500 when I'm in a bulk cycle (I d…

> Unhealthy food is delicious, and choosing healthier options and eating less in general requires a good bit of willpower Just want to say that, in my experience, this is only if y…

You're completely right, maybe a software developer's total contribution to the bottom line can be conveyed with a few snapshots of context-less code. Maybe every complex problem h…

Junior/Mid Perspective: "I was hired to write code, sometimes I solve business problems" Senior/Staff's Perspective: "I was hired to solve business problems, sometimes I write code…

I'm no doctor, but it makes sense why exercise is also prescribed for countering diabetes in that case. If organs and muscles are "hungrier" for glucose when routinely exercising i…

For software development, I feel like being "overemployed" would be relatively easy as a mid-level or senior developer. Job #1 is your 'mainstay' job with decent pay/benefits (but …

> “Trump is a murderous liar” You could argue that using drones to kill people is murdering, you can point to times when he lied. It also just strikes me as different when saying t…

> Say the wrong words and get financially destroyed I would argue that a failed society is one that protects an individual at the cost of the group. You only see one individual hel…

A myriad of issues with FB is worthy of support but the moment they partner with MSFT it's a bridge too far, eh?

There are many forms of exercise outside of a fitness center. I know a handful of guys in their 60's and 70's who are in fantastic shape due to fencing. They can still regularly pl…

I kind of agree with you, actually. I think when it comes to clients, you should be presenting yourself in such a way that's most likely to sync with them. If your client is a bunc…

Speaking of Office Space, the way it's branded in this article reminds me of the "flair" scene. Manager: "We need to talk about your job performance." Employee: "Really? I'm perfor…

Personally, I don't mind routine checkups from management. The leading cause of detachment for me is tasks and meetings that generate no business value taking up an inordinate amou…

Devs: "Overworked? Too many disparate responsibilities? Not being able to write enough code? No team cohesion? This is a systemic failure of leadership, start interviewing for othe…