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Yeah sounds like it's his problem. Maybe he sucks at on-boarding, or maybe he's over-worked and it's easier to blame the underlings. Hope it doesn't mess with your head any more.

Criticisms often bother us when we suspect they might be true I find. Not at all saying that your boss was right, but a lot of people have 'imposter syndrome' so it can become a ca…

It's pretty good. Mainly in 'maintenance' mode, doing minor improvements. The whole stop letting stuff you can't change bother you and focus on what you can change. Common advice, …

What would an HN guidelines compliant post have looked like? Genuine question. This was an event that might have killed as many people as the holocaust, and someone said it was "we…

What are people using C++ for in 2019? Last time I used it was for a Qt desktop application of all things. I would imagine its main usage is in high performance or hardware constra…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4o5n2EGyA Two times this video has been posted, and two times it's been flagged. Politician in center left UK party saying historys greatest mass …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4o5n2EGyA Here it is again. UK labour politician saying Mao did more good than harm. Why does this continually get flagged?

How do we know? Remember the Nazis were brought before an international court. The CCP never had a Nuremberg.

You've lost me. Returning an interface isn't returning a concrete thing. It's returning the thing that implements the interface I'm a very low level functional programmer. I'm big …

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It's interesting though how very well meaning utopian policies The largest tragedy of the 21st century is that people still think these policies and these people were 'well-meaning…

Haven't had a coffee yet so go easy on me - doesn't this solve your issue? interface Functor { map (f: (a: A) => A): Functor ; } You map over an option, you get an option. You map …

Why not our information? Nationalise the New York Times!

Even in countries where it's illegal, it's common practice. It happens regularly in Singapore, one of the world's wealthiest nations.

Does anyone really believe it was a suicide?

I don't understand wealthy Americans at all. It seems like they want to abolish the concepts of borders and immigration control entirely. I assume it's so they can more readily acc…

Ethnically Chinese is often used to mean Han, both in English and Mandarin.

I asked him how come he didn't know how to copy-paste. His response was - I am retired now and there's nobody to tell me or teach me. I can see the cognitive decline. Are you posit…

I love the idea of smaller more logical operating systems. I am surprised that in the era of giant tech companies with top programmers and a lot of resources the most commercially …

You're arguing past the GP. They're saying "here's some practical tips, in the real world, at this point in space time, to stay safe while riding a bicycle". And you're talking abo…

I'm a long time cycle commuter and you are spot on. If your lane is obstructed, switch lanes. So much safer than just hoping you won't get doored.

Presumably named after Jomo Kenyatta, who was Kenyas first president in the 60s and 70s. I can't really tell you why that name took off, maybe due to some of these Americans, who w…

There's a bit of irony in the UK state run broadcaster doing this, giving the UKs poor track record on freedom of speech.

Maybe they understood the point and disagreed with it.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the internet not agreeing with me 100% of the time. Oh shit forgot to post this from my throwaway account