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This article has it backwards. > is why intellectual progress is stalling. It's stalling specifically because of the "progress" we have made over the past 100 years. Welfare didn't…

>But there can also be comradeship and a sense of being part of something historical if you choose the harder path. Meh, I've tried and all I got was hate for many years and very f…

These examples all say the same thing. You have outgrown that company. I bet you've been there for more than 2 years, hm? 2 years is the average period at a company these days unle…

money making idea: make a SO clone with ads, where you ask your question and the AI gives you the code. Profit.

People around me have started really forgetting things, to the point where I've had to remind a co-worker twice in the space of 5 minutes what they were supposed to be doing, or re…

> I'm pretty close to going to Linux on this system Well, I'm one step ahead of you. As of last weekend, I purchased and returned 3 games due to unplayability on Windows 10 (yes, p…

In all my years of coding, I only knew one developer who did TDD properly. He taught me, as I was struggling trying to track down an intermittent bug and nothing was working. Not g…

You don't need to have cookies on your website unless you need to reconnect the browser to a session where you're keeping their authorization etc. Unfortunately most people just wa…

Getting your hands on equipment to make identity documents is physically difficult, requires lots of deals, is costly, and is limited to a few people. Replacing this with an electr…

Companies have had women employees since the first businesses crawled out of the swamp. Why is this a company issue? Or TikTok specifically? This faux outrage is childish. This rea…

I waited until the initial rush of comments were complete before throwing my 5c in. The first thing that sticks out is you being a good little slave, and your shitty job. I've had …

When a user comes over and says "this isn't happening" I write a test and sure enough, the test fails. I fix the case, re-run all the tests, push to UAT, and ask the user to verify…

Go away, or I'll replace you with a script

This assumes that trucks and cars will continue to use "nozzles" and "hoses" rather than the evolution of swapping cannisters of hydrogen. If Tesla can build a mostly-robotic facto…

This sounds familiar - but I will say, at least you're making an effort to discuss the issue and gather feedback before taking any actions, which is a good thing, most companies wo…

The title isn't quite correct, their last death was July 24 according to the stats at worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden

Yeahh...I'm gonna have to ask you to come in on the weekend.

I remember reading some of a book about the psychology of pushing people into the far-(right|left) camps. It went something along the lines of "if you reject them, it crystalizes t…

quote from The Independent: The company, which is based in Houston, Texas, says that XRP is the least damaging, using 0.0079 of a Kilowatt hour (KWh) per transaction. Dogecoin, whi…

Because he wants you to buy Dog Money!

>wears mask >catches covid via eyes sigh

This is masturbation. complaining about rich people doing rich things is a waste of time unless you're going to revoke the ability of corporations to exist and act like people. Unt…

They have a lot of money, and can easily store the radioactive waste, but - out of sight - out of mind for the Japanese. I lived in Japan for many years, and the feeling I left wit…

Everyone would start marrying and having families again.

Since this hit the newswaves, I've read both sides, and investigated the claims from both sides. Interesting.