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601.
by gedy 2y ago
They occupied Cambodia for 11 years, so it's a stretch to say they were adamantly against the idea of foreign interference. Khmer Rouge were nasty to their own civilians, but so were the Viet Cong, especially early on in the conflict
602.
by gedy 2y ago
They occupied Cambodia for 11 years though.
603.
by gedy 2y ago
Other reply pointed out "It Seems To Me" which seems reasonable.
604.
by gedy 2y ago
I enjoyed the read but it stopped short, and I think people in the west too readily latch on to the "anti-colonialism" part of the 30+ year Vietnam war. Certainly fighting the French was motivated by this, however the last 20 year
605.
by gedy 2y ago
Agreed, this is/should always be the deal basically - "here's a bonus so you stay while we transition" is the only reason many folks stay post aquisition. It should not be revokable, especially last minute.
606.
by gedy 2y ago
> ISTM software engineers Probably not the International Society of Travel Medicine, what's the abbreviation?
607.
by gedy 2y ago
I agree that them becoming big and successful trends them toward mediocre products and quality, though also enables big jumps like Apple Silicon too.
608.
by gedy 2y ago
Not defending Apple which I have my annoyances with, but at some point a company can saturate its area of focus and expertise and do well in it. Apple is really successful, and so what's the problem exactly? They try some new products
609.
by gedy 2y ago
We didn't have an automated pipeline since the UX team wasn't really tech savvy enough to dive into detailed styles, so we relied on recurring syncs every 2 weeks. The DS changes tended to be slow and incremental from the UX side
610.
by gedy 2y ago
Yes this basically why we used Bootstrap. The components and patterns UX wanted to use were a close match for Bootstrap's components, aside from colors, fonts, etc which we then adjusted.
611.
by gedy 2y ago
Kids are a lot of work but I'll say that of my multiple middle aged siblings, the only one with regrets is the one who chose to have no kids.
612.
by gedy 2y ago
Not to nitpick terminology, but I don't think it's helpful to equate "design system" with component library. A design system is the design tokens used to describe an organization's application(s), and largely indep
613.
by gedy 2y ago
Truly private companies I respect their choice, but this just feels off that companies "stay private" yet you can wheel and deal in shares or similar with them, and they raise capital, etc. This is what the stock market is for.. y
614.
by gedy 2y ago
But China is and has been producing warships at a rapid pace for some time.
615.
by gedy 2y ago
This mentions the Fortune 500, and some of the financial companies I'm familiar with treat IT like janitors and have no qualms getting the lowest crap devs whom they can boss around. They don't want good devs and someone part of
616.
by gedy 2y ago
That's not the point at all. But it is a bit like saying California high speed rail must be a glowing success because look at how much they've spent, etc.
617.
by gedy 2y ago
Cool but I'd wish we measure the output vs how much we spend, as it's frequently dumped into a black hole with little to show for it.
618.
by gedy 2y ago
Makes sense, though I mention since I'm reading the OP not wanting to move back home to bad situation, others suggesting working at fast food, etc. Both of those seem really drastic compared to considering military (unless OP is holdi
619.
by gedy 2y ago
2008 wasn't that bad for tech, but 2001 was and might be better comparison.
620.
by gedy 2y ago
No one has mentioned considering the military. An MIT grad could be an excellent candidate for an officer. Joining the military has been the way many young men and now women have got out on their own.
621.
by gedy 2y ago
Some do but wasn't always like that either. I really don't care for nuanced tastes, etc. at least when I'm hungry lol.
622.
by gedy 2y ago
I suppose it's because I grew up with it, but I greatly prefer food from these type of restaurants than from fancier more expensive restaurants.
623.
by gedy 2y ago
Honestly man since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the left in the US threw their whole weight into pushing the Overton window on identity politics/intersectionality to the point that "real" old time leftists and communists (lik
624.
by gedy 2y ago
Possibly, but I've seen a lot of passionate types also very often have double standards. E.g. "That's different!", etc.
625.
by gedy 2y ago
And I say this with all sincerity: I'm also disappointed in my friends continually voting for Democratic candidates after Obama, as it's clear the DNC will do nothing as long as they can rely on these votes. They put up losing an
626.
by gedy 2y ago
Maybe try understanding that expecting everyone to hold their nose and vote for the dog shit alternative "opposition" candidates provided is not a good litmus test for friendship either.
627.
by gedy 2y ago
I think if you look at how most people lived, worked, travelled, communicated, educated, etc before WW2 - there was a huge improvement after the war that resulted in lots of development and economic opportunities for the average person.
628.
by gedy 2y ago
Looks nice, and I'm glad they put some effort to fit into the current properties and capabilities. It felt like in past, examples such as adding CSS grid syntax was really different/idiosyncratic for unclear reasons.
629.
by gedy 2y ago
In 25 years in industry, I have never seen estimates proven to be valuable or important, mostly used for dumb purposes, and generally are a waste of time. At this point I feel Kanban style priorities and limiting work in progress to be only
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by gedy 2y ago
> Fittingly, with the new tarrifs, we all lose. I live in a former Avocado farm that was subdivided into homes after NAFTA made US production less viable after Mexico undercut our labor. It was a 50 year old industry and local jobs that

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