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    Comment #47423114

    I think from a proper systemic view that joke is more correct than not. AI is just the frontend of people ...

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    Comment #47395910

    That may not be a bad comparison. A F1 car is really fast, really specialized car, that is also extremely fragile. A Lada may not be too fast but its incredibly versatile and robus…

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    Comment #47306281

    > I saw tables with more than a thousand columns. I used to work in a company that had all the tags in their SCADA system feed into SQL tables. They had multiple tables (as in tens…

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    Comment #47259474

    you mean agile dot ai?

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    Comment #47259455

    > "but real scrum has never been tried" types. Im one of these people. I do think for real that what most companies do is basically project management that wears the skin of scrum,…

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    Comment #47032310

    Except sometimes you get absolutely banger dreams.

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    Comment #46987438

    Friedman is also not someone anyone should be taking seriously in the year of our lord '26

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    Comment #46853529

    Also rigor is slow. Looks like a waste of time. What are you optimizing all that code for, it works doesnt it? Dont let perfect be the enemy of good. If it works 80% thats enough, …

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    Comment #46853513

    > If a data science team modeled something incorrectly in their simulation, who's gonna catch it? Usually nobody. At least not until it's too late. Back in my data scientist days I…

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    Comment #46809652

    > No, they are equals. IDK, where I am its always been that managers specifically have power over ICs

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    Comment #46809543

    > even when they resist understanding Agreed. You may know so many things, but ultimately its useless if the other party does not care about wanting to understand them. And I have …

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    Comment #46762835

    Generally yes. The more power one holds in an organization the more safe they are from automation.

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    Comment #46676076

    > the real cause of nobody being able to afford anything is rent extractors. Employers/Owners are essentially rent extractors to workers. Its even worse IMO. They buy some of your …

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    Comment #46644381

    > You have to be the one who creates things to do. Problem is it gets fucking exhausting to organize and reach out after a while. Especially with DnD.

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    Comment #46629542

    > I’m reading Domain Driven Development and learning why so many of my projects have been tough to maintain. Oooh, thats a good one. Next read the Architects paradox, Why Greatness…

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    Comment #46629468

    That I promised my boss to check the office fridge for what we need for the team breakfast and forgot about it. Also that Newfoundland has a pretty unique music tradition, that cap…

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    Comment #46312426

    Almost everywhere management- whether wearing the skin of agile on top, is still bound to good old school Taylorism. And there is always this complete lack of understanding of the …

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    Comment #46299402

    People in some places already are doing that. The Dystopia is now

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    Comment #46288606

    We should make one new standard for everyone to use ...

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    Comment #46107182

    I am working in a company that never did the whole agile thing and stuck to project management approaches from the last century. I never thought that Id ever miss Safe and crunchy …

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    Comment #46056765

    I have a pet passion for an old simulation language called Dynamo. I think you will find people passionate about LISP and people that care about COBOL, and C is already multiple de…

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    Comment #46055743

    Rent wont pay itself. Switching jobs has costs.

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    Comment #46031822

    The problem imo tends to be not that there are guard rails in place. It's that they are often build by people that only care about the guard rail part and completely forget that it…

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    Comment #45979607

    > we have pursued equality by making this dream accessible to NO ONE. Nah, that is not what has happened. Equality is more of an unrelated thing. Business owners and capital are by…