Man made. Caused by the person cutting the plank doing a shit job.

Haha, that’s the attitude :)

I did say, in a nice way, that “they are your competitors either way”.

And yeah, companies treating interviews as a one-way evaluation is a red flag.

There was this book that was hype around 2010, called “Are you smart enough to work at Google?”. It was full of interview questions and brainteasers that I strongly suspected I’d find interesting, but I couldn’t get over the title. I wanted to scream “Fuck you, book! Is Google smart enough to hire ME?!”

We are, as a profession, systematically manipulated via these interview processes to feel stupid and inferior to drive down wages. I’d rather come off as slightly too arrogant now and then, rather than submit to that.

there are people who make me feel good because they give me various benefits. is that what you mean?

No, but it is a good point to bring up, because it illustrates the attitude you bring to human interactions. It reduces people to transactions, and it shines through. This creates a very strong wall/barrier to forming connections.

Start liking people. Practice finding things you like with people around you. Things that make you feel they are a good person.

React positively to other people when they say or do things.

Show interest in what occupies other people.

(And of course don’t do stupid shit like lash out or insult people to feel better.)

Real conversation, not exaggerated. Actually slightly toned down:

“We offer a competitive salary! It’s $number!”

“I have 2 offers 10% higher, from a shipping company and a finance company, in the same city”

“We don’t compete with the finance and shipping sectors”

“And 15% higher in one of the consultancies”

“We don’t compete with consultancies either”

(I think I’m going to put Reigninh Monarch of Norway on my CV. I just don’t compete with King Harald.)

Memoization cards! Good for driving snippets of information through short-term memory, medium-term, and into long-term.

Cut up cardboard pieces roughly credit card sized.

On each write a cue on one side e.g. “Anatomical name of funny bone”, and answer on other side e.g. “ulnar nerve”.

Keep them in stacks of “hourly”, “daily”, “weekly”, “monthly”.

Every hour, go through the hourly pile one by one and try to answer it, then flip and check. If correct, move to daily pile.

Every day, go through daily pile. Correct go to “weekly”, incorrect go back to “hourly”.

Etc for the other piles

i was literally just asking about mosquito bites what the fuck

You also asked if you should lie about safety on stuff to inject into other human beings who need medical aid. That shouldn’t even be a question. Needing money is no excuse to gamble with the lives of others.

Why would anyone give a shit about negotiating with a government that change course 180 degrees on a whim, and recently launched a surprise fucking drone strike on Iran even while they were cooperating militarily?

Any negotiated promise or commitment from the US would be literally worthless. They’d just forget in a week anyway.

Guns 'n Poses? Guns 'n Ropes? …hmm still kinda cool.

Guys 'n Roses? Buns 'n Roses?

Fleetwood Man

Scooner

Guts 'n Roses

The Olsen Brothels

The Fillers

The music is stored in compressed form 7z, which as far as I can tell contains a few notes, a folder A that says “1000 x notes”, a folder B that says “1000 x A”, a folder C that says “1000 x B” etc in a long LONG string.

Except they made funnier folder names.

Instructions unclear. Sent them dick pics.

It’s either a scam or a hellscape.

Is it a privately owned company under at-will employment? Then don’t allow yourself loyalty to an abstract entity that would ruin your life if it was more convenient than not.

At any rate: If you change, you are safer long term. When things one day get hard, it is healthy to know that you are able to move employment on your own terms.

Also the you don’t have to use it, is a weak argument not even for or against

“Our pizza now comes with a topping of human feces!”

“Ew”

“What? Just scrape it off if you don’t like it”

I’m a software developer, and understand the technicalities and options available to me. I am capable of forking Firefox and make myself a custom build with anything I don’t like stripped out. (Capable of, not wanting to.)

They removed “We don’t sell your data and we never will” from their FAQ and they added “We may sell your data” to the ToS.

I am unhappy about this change. It is a clear sign that the people in charge of Firefox want to sell user data, and that the irrecoverable enshittification path has been chosen. It means that at some point in the next few years, I can’t trust Firefox’ with my privacy. And they sure as fuck don’t have anything else going for them: The browser eats memory and freezes my camera during video conferencing, and is plain not supported in some of the software I use at work.

The rationale is probably something entirely reasonable, like “While we do not intend to sell user data, the phrasing was too vague and not helpful. What is selling, and what is user data, really?” An organization with strong privacy values would be so far from anything “bad” that the phrasing as it was would not be a problem for them.

It’s irrelevant that right now privacy settings and xyz and telmentry is clear and opt in etc. Because the point is that they are gearing up to change that. The settings will be less clear, user data will be separated into shit like “operability assistance”, “personal information”, “experience improvement metrics” with some of it enabled by default because, etc.

Reading past the headline, the article goes on to say that calorie in/out is correct but hard to calculate usefully and thus they recommend strategies that are easier to keep stable.

It’s pretty shitty to equate a first worlder feeling hungry for a bit to actual starvation. One is unpleasant. The other is serious.

People peddling off-brand christianity were hunted down and tortured to death: https://www.history.com/topics/religion/inquisition

If you express your viewpoint in a kind way, that’s genuinely the most “winning” you can possibly achieve.

Convincing people in one go is not achievable by just finding the right words.

People may disagree. They may downvote you to hell. They may thank you. They may agree. They may misunderstand.

But as long as you write kindly, people will read what you say and give it thought. Maybe it plants a seed for them to change their mind another time.

Go for it! Let your enemies learn that you can come for them any time!