I hate defending cowardly corporate bullshit but any tech company that doesn’t kiss Trump’s fucking ring is absolutely in for a world of retaliatory pain in the next four years. Smaller companies like mine are just divesting from the US but large companies are logistically unable to do anything.

All the tech CEOs donating to the fuckwad’s inauguration is just as meaningful as companies that put up a rainbow flag during pride month. It’s all just empty lip service.

There’s plenty of shit to rage against Apple for - donating to Trump is really low down on the list of shit I care about even if it sets a terrible precedent.

Just #adhd-things

It’s a really heavy read. If you’re not in a good place mentally, I’d really advise against it.

This story isn’t unique and a lot of programs for people in a rough place were designed around this kind of tough love - they started out mostly as cult like organizations for adults who had repeated difficulty stopping self-destructive behavior (Synanon was a notable example) and then at some point some asshole figured out they would try it on kids. If you ever have kids never trust programs like this…

But yea, if you’re getting ill reading it it’s probably not healthy to continue and that’s alright.

So long as after the person does self checkout you have someone manually confirm they scanned all the items.

I applaud the massive theft from Walmart people pissed off with having to pay and scan their own shit have been pulling off.

Paris Hilton is actually deeply invested in fighting the troubled teen industry (aka fuckwads like https://elan.school/ (TW child abuse and lots of other shit)).

It’s important not to reduce people into caricatures of their public selves.

Good project managers are invaluable. I’d much rather explain status to a sympathetic ear and have them reword it for diplomacy than try and directly advocate with executives - and I celebrate any customer communications I don’t have to be a party to.

When PMs act like part of the dev team and handle the communication side of the project it lets devs focus on the important shit… and if your PM is asking for daily updates then they’re too green (or you’re too unreliable) to have built up a good level of trust. Nobody fucking cares if a project is delivered at 3PM or 4PM, so who the fuck cares about daily or hourly project updates - the status won’t be materially different.

It’s like managers or fellow developers - good ones are invaluable and shitty ones make everyone’s lives harder… the difference is that PM seems to be a position that attracts do-nothing folks so it’s more likely you’ll get a shitty roll.

It’s a dumb short term move though. The employees you’re going to lose are your top performers.

Goodbye talent!

Global Warming is getting to the point where the US government will probably need to step in as insurers start going under. This is pretty fucking scary considering it’s Trump and he’s likely going to fuck over California home owners out of spite.

I hope those affected by the fire carefully consider global warming when choosing where and how to rebuild.

But my code runs 3% faster on that instance than a t3.small - it’d be inefficient to use anything else.

Assuming the trial results in a hung jury the state can refile the case over and over again - but if the outcome isn’t viewed as a fluke then it’s just a huge waste of money.

To clarify a hung jury and jury nullification are different things. The most likely outcome is probably a hung jury and I’d rate a non-guilty declaration as more likely than a guilty declaration.

No, it’s probably just DEI.

Leave it and…

Leave it and…

block that steaming pile of garbage.

It’s critical to make this asshat’s soapbox irrelevant.

I grew up in Boston with the T - Skytrain is rather pleasant to ride but has absolutely horrible coverage. It connects to only a single university and it’s VCC - there is no connection to neither SFU nor UBC and in terms of commuting it’s only really relevant to New West and a narrow slice of Burnaby… there’s also no skytrain link to North Vancouver (I’m not counting SeaBus - while it’s a treat to occasionally ride it it’s slow as ass).

Basically, any tech bro that doesn’t present the whiney baby with a million dollar voluntary donation is likely to be punished by the regime.

From the tech bros perspective giving such a token amount is a no-brainer regardless of personal beliefs… and it’s an extremely worrying precedent to set.

I asked ChatGPT and it confirmed the allegations. I guess we have to believe it because it’s such a valuable tool and totally not just a glorified Markov Chain that can write porn.

Fair enough. Hopefully they can intervene quickly enough.

I have! VIA is actually worse and it’s so fucking disappointing.

I will grant that I’ve never actually lost my seat on VIA due to overbooking (fuck Amtrak) but VIA’s pricing is so fucking horrible that it’s pretty much made itself irrelevant outside really short journies like the St. Lawrence valley cities.

By like… the Supreme Court?

No worries. I read far too many books as a kid!