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> In 2016 alone, Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, spent $2 million on lobbying, ProPublica reports. H&R Block spent $3 million, some of it on the same efforts. I'm not convinced $5m…

Its not the predatory companies that are the problem its the US tax system. If it was possible for people to "check the numbers from the government" on an app, it would happen here…

With Python at first I was scared of GIL being single threaded, now I'm used to it and it works great. Thousands of threads used to be normal for my old Java projects but seems cra…

That's why I'll never use a virtual bank, I need one with branches just for that time something breaks.

I've gone in a cycle through different Social Media sites, after a year or so I manage to get the strength to leave but usually end up on a different site. One thing is I always de…

How does that work across the EU though? Eastern Europe has minimum wages of just a few EUR/hr.

You should see our k8s migration, its the biggest waste of time for everyone I've ever seen.

conda was necessarily 5 years ago but now pip seems a lot more reliable so I've given up using it.

This is how the internet works now. If you ask a question its rare to get a good answer. If you post a faulty opinion as advice you're more likely get a good answer.

Interesting. It doesn't say they're illegal, it says they're illegal in Single Family suburbs. Its like they want the benefits of low density housing but somehow not do low density…

> that means we must reach some agreement on what "better means" 90%(?) of America lives in Single Family homes. We've agreed that this is the best. Dont change it.

So you're saying there are areas with single-family homes and areas with higher density. Surely everyone is happy then? If you want HD, move there, if you want LD you have suburbs.…

You're right its long term thinking. A lot of people like suburbs, it makes sense to keep strict zoning for the benefit of the residents long term. That is true long term thinking,…

Japan is a terrible example. It has near-zero immigration. Its population is now falling is the same as it was 30 years ago. In the 80s it had the highest most unaffordable prices …

I kinda feel at this stage we should go back to air gapped intranets and working from the office again. SAAS just isn't worth it, and the other things like stack overflow you can d…

Regulation is so critical, the financials I've worked at are soul-destroying because of the bureaucracy. Its impossible to do anything. I'm surprised RH has managed to get this far…

Right, I'm from a small town myself and moved to a big city. Small towns are very convenient but life is more about having a convenient commute, easy parking and a big back yard.

Its true though. 75% of my IT dept are outsourcers - or those who used to work for such companies.

I wish I was like you. I volunteer to get involved in lots of projects then fail at half of them and end up burnt out.

Lowest memory overhead mainly. Even zgc/g1 have full GCs some times, I never had that problem with dotnet.

You're both right. I agree Spring Boot is great if you know it well and are knocking out micro-services. If you have a ball of mud like my current project with mixes of XML config,…

I moved from C# to Java project. I preferred C# Syntax but amazed by the number of Java libraries. However I've found Java world full of neck-beard developers that make everything …

Same for most of tech. My friends in finance are working for banks where the stock is lower than 10 even 20 years ago. Completely different attitude.

I've worked for up or out companies most of my career. I get it can be uncomfortable but there is a good reason there is forced ranking. Most managers hate giving bad reviews to pe…