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Well, no, but you can't survive on oranges either!

Why citrus, specifically? Are they especially profitable?

That's a great idea, shame I don't know anything (spot the Philosophy graduate!)

I'm about to lose my job to AI and offshoring - a job that started well, but which I ended up less than ecstatic about. I'm wondering - what else can a software developer do that i…

> I never fully went back to it, due to fear of getting sick Does running long distance increase the chance of getting sick?

Me too, actually. Still need to get my family off Whatsapp though...

Might buy a second copy. Can always give it away.

They elected a Jewish leader, so not that anti-Jew.

I used to be fat, currently I'm not. A lot of people who hadn't seen me in a while congratulated me. After that I haven't noticed much difference TBH.

If self-determination means an enthnostate then no people has that right. If every ethnic group had its own state in which it was guaranteed supremacy, the world would be a complet…

Well that's "think about the Roman Empire" ticked off my daily todo list.

I wonder if this is why I also can't log in to O'Reilly to do some "Docker is down, better find something to do" training...

Why did they laugh? They drone kill plenty of people.

Pay off my mortgage, do a masters, have a nice holiday. Probably not the most financially sensible thing, but its what I would like to do.

Mediocre success makes the world go round.

It isn't victim culture to not like an advert. Apple's customers don't like the advert. There's not point in Apple arguing with them. Its like trying to argue with someone about wh…

Naively I wonder if the tendency towards "plausible bullsh*t" could be problem here? Making very convincing legal arguments that rest of precedents that don't exist etc.

You too, huh?

If they get rid of the libraries the savings will be used for tax cuts. Guarantee it.

But then, when chimps and gorillas do something human-like, it inspires laughter and delight rather than discomfort.

I have sometimes wondered if ideas about dwarves, gnomes, trolls or other vaguely human-shaped mythical creatures might have originated in encounters with other, now-extinct human …

That deadline has passed, but I was living in a one bedroom flat making no money at all at 25, as were most of my friends.

I wish I lived in a society where I could have a kid at 25 rather than 35 without messing up my life. I feel like we ignore how nice it must be to have another 10 years with your p…

But you can't e.g. prove your ability to manage without being given a team to manage...