KingThrillgore

https://youtu.be/ZuKqBX9oEfs

Glory holes

Lotteries are no different than stepping on people. They have to buy into the process, but the amounts allocated from lotteries for education or other grants is outpaced by what is given up in prizes. And many lotteries engage in games and mechanisms to keep people in the feedback loop of pouring money in. It's a tax on the stupid and the poor.

I firmly believe greed comes from two thought processes: A sense of fear, or a desire for authority. I don't know if wealth will make you a monster, but it will certainly show what you really are.

Great, they're gonna serve ads while we take a fucking phone call next

First step to becoming a billionaire: start with 1 trillion

Him and Rev can go fuck themselves and die

Agile has poisoned software development to the point where it's fine to ship shit products that can be fixed post-release, which of course gives stakeholders and execs the reasons to tie performance and bonuses to shipping, as opposed to routine stable operations.

I don't know if going back to Waterfall is the right fix, but something has to change. Shipping crap is the new normal. If programmers organize to fight for better wages and conditions, we absolutely must fight to hold management responsible for code quality. Get us additional hours for unit and behavioral testing, assessing and tackling technical debt, and so on.

Hey I can relate. I miss the office too. I was far more productive there and the cooperation and mental space was better there too. But this is a new world we live in, and if you want me to drive to an office, you had better be ready to pay me a fair salary for it.

Oh, you won't? Guess I'll go elsewhere.

Its there, you have to find it.

We're getting awfully close to another World War given ongoing affairs in Ukraine and the Middle East...

I'm sure his impact will be felt in the setting probably as you describe, but people getting bent out of shape because its a woman are chuds and losers; it was never his story to begin with.