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Skilled programmers working on boring stuff like office. Most programmers today don't have the skills they think they do and would find working on something like Office boring.

Dumb fucks is what the founder of the company has thought about it's users since day 1. They've been caught lying to cover up terrible things they've done so many times it's just a…

Splintered streaming services cost more than a cable package used to.

Some are H1B fraud where they already have the person they want and advertise and interview to fool USCIS.

I've had a great career and very positive feedback from every employer. I would do absolutely terrible in this kind of interview.

Well, we're pretty unhealthy. These agencies don't seem to have been very successful at making us healthy. Probably time to try another approach.

I was a developer for a long time before git and used many different VC systems. Didn't need to read the book on any of them and had no problems. For most cases, VC is simple. Git …

Spot on. I think it won because of who created it. I love linux and have been a daily user for like 25 years, but that doesn't mean I'm going to have a positive bias towards new to…

The US has planned for that scenario by heavily investing in defense to minimize risk to our security even if our allies abandon us. The rest of the NATO alliance does not appear t…

I do everything in my power to stop the US from funding Israel and any foreign war I think is immoral.

Everyone outside China saw tankman and the other protesters get killed by the CCP in 1989. I think another group of brave Chinese like them will one day succeed in defeating the CC…

Maybe, but I don't think that would be the outcome. It's a risk I'd be willing to take. Personally I'd never side with communists for any reason at all, even if it meant my life be…

I don't advocate war, but I'd prefer a relationship similar to Russia or North Korea. No trade whatsoever. No trade with nations that trade with China.

The US and most of Europe share a military alliance. The US and China are adversaries.

Do you dispute the persecution of Uyghurs in China? The UN, US Dept. of State, House of Commons in the UK and Canada, Dutch Parliament, French National Assembly, New Zealand, Belgi…

Yes, I've worked on small teams of highly experienced people where code reviews may only happen a couple times a year for the purpose of knowledge transfer. This is how I've seen i…

The kind of work you're describing doesn't benefit the company, it benefits the individual. It's not what they were hired to do. The poor quality code they produce can be a net neg…

This is the norm on my majority H1B team. Nobody sees anything wrong with it but me so I stopped caring too.

This really only happens in states where the majority of residents share an ideology that criminals shouldn't be held responsible for their actions.

Indians don't coast like Euros. Average standard of living is much lower in India which motivates them to do things to raise it.

Toys? Not a priority. RCAT is the best American drone company. I won't disagree communists can produce efficiently, but that comes with a culture that guns down their own like the …

I don't think it's a problem. What's preventing other countries from building something similar to the US tech companies is a combination of regulation and culture.

In the event that happens, and I'd not be surprised, I'd still expect him to remain just as popular with readers.

All the developers I work with have stopped using Google search entirely in favor of ChatGPT. Even my wife prefers it after seeing how bad googles results are and full of ads.

I like it too. Reminds me of Akavit, which I love.