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by nzmsv 5y ago
I never said it's wrong, I just said I don't understand it. I think my post sounds a lot less moralizing than the one I am replying to. On-call is not some kind of basic virtue. It is simply part of a job description, and that&
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by nzmsv 5y ago
There are different ways of handling on-call and the practices at the companies you mention are very different, as is the on-call load. There is a world of difference between someone voluntarily accepting on-call as part of their duties in
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by nzmsv 5y ago
It seems crazy to me that we don't even consider a calm and peaceful society as an available option. Those bad people are bad. How they got that way - who cares. Cue the downvotes. Canada doesn't need to pick either of these ex
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by nzmsv 5y ago
I get it, I really do. This is an attack on our collective sense of security and it's close to home. The people who did this are in the wrong. But: do you generally associate a calm peaceful society with a lot of security or little?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
There's another angle here too. Kids often force us to re-evaluate our own habits and improve. Here's what I mean. Imagine you are teaching your kid (OP: the kid can be imaginary, just imagine that you love them very much) abou
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Chain got too deep to reply. We did adopt his methods, but many years and hundreds of deaths too late, and not before declaring him insane for his beliefs and putting him in an asylum. What I'm saying is that authority has a dark side.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
As an engineer, sometimes I say "ship it!" to code that doesn't make me happy but works and solves a real problem. Edit: I meant this to go with debating techniques, not cures. There are people for whom no amount of saying &
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by nzmsv 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Isn't this an example of some rigid and ineffective thinking patterns? Article publishes sound arguments, doesn't talk down to the audience, admits problems with appeals to authority... and converts a conspiracy believer! ...No wa
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by nzmsv 5y ago
The conclusion of the article deals with this very question.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Up to speed on their way out the door if they have any self esteem at all.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Unacknowledged overhead happens even with a PM present. Usually it's work that is absolutely critical to getting a project done but a PM would tell you it's a waste of time if you brought it up with them.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
True. I think a child would benefit the most from an involved male and a female figure in their lives, but even one is better than none. In other words, ideally that should read "and a father" ;)
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Sucks to be the kid of these bursting energy balls though. Hope the kid has a nanny or a grandmother who isn't like that.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Most people associate tiger parenting with the "you must practice the piano or I will hurt you physically, emotionally, or both" mentality. The original tigress was also incredibly restrictive of who her kids could associate with
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by nzmsv 5y ago
A child can be genetically loving, but beaten down by a poor environment. Have you never seen someone suddenly thrive after leaving abusive parents, bosses, or partners?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
QSBS
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Nah, some of these manager types are a little too full of themselves and could use a reality check. He did them a favor. If enough people do this, maybe late one night this manager may start to wonder if there may be a point. If we all s
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by nzmsv 5y ago
They are probably thinking H1, not green card lottery. Other than that, the answer to "why don't Canadians drive 3 hours south" is "they do". The brain drain from Canadian tech is real.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Yup. I have never driven a car where you have to double-clutch but I know they exist. Most people probably don't even know this and yet are still good drivers. They get out of driving what they want to get out of it. Not everyone h
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Kids also used to stand in the back while being driven around. I certainly did. Not only were there no car seats, there weren't even seatbelts in the back. Putting kids and their toys in the back of a station wagon for a road trip u
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by nzmsv 5y ago
I'll be another voice so that it's not just Chris :) Backover accidents are real. Cameras help a lot. Arguments about "but they are not in all cars" forget that seatbelts, airbags, and ABS were also once in that catego
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Try reading "Panic Free" by Tom Bunn. It approaches the fear of flying from a psychological perspective, has concrete cookbook style suggestions, and definitely appealed to the engineer in me.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
And are "these folks" as wrong as you imply? Is there a better indicator of inflation than a dollar's purchasing power?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Even if they don't, that's not a valid argument. A metric can be misleading even in the absence of better ones. The parent comment does not deserve the downvotes. For a balanced take: https://www.investopedia.com&#x2F
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by nzmsv 5y ago
It aims. And misses.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Ideally as close to never as possible. Just have meetings with people you are working on on an as needed basis.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Teams are built out of people, and I think if you ask you'll find that people overwhelmingly hate standups. So what exactly is this teambuilding building?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6787874-on-20-july-1969-nei...
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by nzmsv 5y ago
And it's working so great in politics. The party that's supposed to help the poor and downtrodden has managed to completely alienate them through precisely this kind of condescending manipulation.

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