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"It doesn't have to be like this // All we need to do is make sure we keep talking" (that's Pink Floyd)

I think this is too harsh a take, at least without knowing more. There are some managers and shops where "find something useful to do" is encouraged, or at least accepted. I was sh…

Essentially all humans materially support atrocities and war crimes, and historically this has always been true. That certainly includes everyone paying taxes in any major country.…

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This has been flagged, but for anyone still following, Adams' follow-on interview with Hotep Jesus is worth a listen. It's two hours of mostly Adams talking and fielding questions.…

I'm watching this now, and it's worthwhile, at least if you want to profess an opinion. The section starts in minute thirteen, but if (like me) you don't really watch his podcast, …

Your second link is not an example of purposeful bad driving. It's an example of terrible design. And more generally, a demonstration of how well-intended bicycle infrastructure ca…

As detail, I live in one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. Lots of infrastructure, markings and signals set up to favor cyclists, and so on. Before moving here, I woul…

> What really ticks me off with that is that it's based in denying freedom to everyone else. Next time you're bicycling down the sidewalk, remember that this is how pedestrians fee…

Sigh. https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence

Re "Everyone is against illegal immigration", I don't think that that is close to true at present. You will search in vain to find a left-leaning Congressional Representative that …

Not OP, but consider illegal immigration. It is apparently leading to a surge in child sex trafficking, among other ills. But, being against illegal immigration is currently consid…

People deserve forgiveness. Corporations do not. Act accordingly.

Where I currently work (academia), it's a litmus test. At least for faculty and management staff, if you don't submit an appropriately florid DEI statement, you won't get hired. Th…

Hmm. So, try to get more men to enroll in mainly female courses? Might work, but I doubt it. And no university anywhere frets about disciplines where males are underrepresented. Ma…

Definition 2 is interesting as well: 1. An object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration. 2. Something that serves to guide. [French, Ursa Minor (which contains t…

That seriously sucks. During periods of my life, my "family" has sometimes included in-laws, friends, and maybe church. Even a shrink occasionally. Work with what you have. Everyon…

Mine: Don't move away from family. There's no there there. If your mate doesn't have your back, leave. Give them a heads-up and 90 days. That's it. Consider going to church. I'm co…

Worked there in the 90s. Probably the most professional engineering environment I've ever seen. And compared to what you might expect of the time and place, quite egalitarian. My b…

There is no fairness in hiring (nor anywhere else). I once saw a hiring manager pull a resume out of the stack and throw it away because it was printed on cream-colored paper. I gl…

Not a book, but an animated short: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, an…

Grumpy old dev here. I make my money cleaning up messes caused by ill-considered attempts to use something new. Thank you. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_stopping

I did. My places were wealthy (endowments), which means good offices and equipment. But, it also means that bad apples can cause a lot of trouble without getting fired. Money not q…

Dear ChatGPT: Please produce a spam filter that differentially filters out emails from party X (vs party Y) and yet seems in all regards to be intended to produce only neutral resu…