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I read worryingly little (no?) counter to the sentiment expressed by the lyrics as part of your message and the comments here. And the implication that people in other countries wo…

Turboprops are awesome and underrated. They have some advantages over jet engines such as faster response times (they can angle the blades instead of having to rev up RPMs), easy r…

I don’t think this makes much sense in the real world. Shit happens and plans change. What if an aircraft needs to do a go-around, do they suddenly face 45m of delay or immediately…

Of course. My point is that this exact same situation, at a different company, may have surfaced a Tim that actually should be PIPed because he wasn't doing what he was asked to do…

I agree that firing people based on delivered story points is probably wrong. I disagree that measuring the amount of story points someone delivers has no benefits. In this case, i…

As a manager in technology I'm starting to really detest stories like this, because they are often bandied around by IC's with a very narrow view or opinion of why it's bad to do n…

No, that's not the thing, they are already a business. They sell three tiers of the app, one of which is a subscription. The current price of the subscription is $13/year. > Additi…

I personally don’t understand the outrage. Reddit obviously has costs, and if it wants to make a profit it should not subsidise third party apps that cost double - both no revenue …

It’s 0,00024 per request

This is a very naive, simplified, and wrong take on a generally well accepted concept. Point 1: increased demand for stocks will increase the price of it and thus the market cap. P…

Of course, because every time it happens, unless I don't want the answer, in order to move forward I do need to explain the context. So I do. And invariably either the original res…

I often encounter the opposite. I would have a complex problem that I can legitimately solve by something reasonably simple yet I don’t posses the expertise on. Asking how to do Y,…

The extensive lack of database consideration in many decisions is indeed concerning, and obviously integrity checks should be standard and default.

(not a rebuttal on your comment, just a continuation of the conversation) I found it an interesting criticism, and from what we know about the project I don't think I agree with th…

As everyone's "hate-boner" will be personal, to me a part that stands out is that Columbus seemed to be a conspiracy theorist akin to the flat-earther. The reason why his expeditio…

I don't think this is the main reason. How many millions in licensing fee profit are they really earning? It seems like a drop in the bucket comparative to their total profit. And …

It's in the first point: "durable competitive advantage, or moats"

Maybe overpaying 50% for talent is an OK price to pay for what they were actually trying to achieve. Engineers are fickle - they'll complain about one side of an equation while ign…

The most likely explanation is that your premise is wrong - top management of these companies is not low quality. Instead they are very good at their jobs, but what that means is j…

hard to make that study work, it presupposes that users (a) understand that their battery life is decreasing and (b) understand that this application is responsible for it (and to …

Make it broader - before take-off, pilots enter the expected destination (or expected distance). During cruising, computers keep track of how much fuel is being used (lost) per uni…

That hasn't been a blocker in the past (see: all the other taxes that exist), why would it need to be going forward.

That's a completely different concern.