papito

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by papito 4y ago
It's very baffling why, after Russia conducted multiple invasions of bordering countries, the states elsewhere became "US-friendly". Russia is the victim. Yes? Thirteen time zones of territory, and their prime time TV is fill
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by papito 4y ago
Does this mean "once the people have a normal life, they won't want a war?" I am seeing the opposite. All dictatorships seem to start getting land conquest ideas once they have the resources. There is a direct correlation bet
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by papito 4y ago
Man, I remember I had a crappy Celeron because we were dirt-poor. At some point I finally bought a Voodoo 3, popped it in, and fired up Tomb Raider. I was blown away. The game went from pixelated chop-o-rama to smooth and gorgeous (in those
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by papito 4y ago
I really wonder how many companies have figured out how to properly secure equipment and access used by a distributed work force.
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by papito 4y ago
I wouldn't call the full-time status as "job security". It's healthier to arrange your life and finances in a way that assumes your job can end at any moment. Employers love FT because you pay a fixed salary but you can
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by papito 4y ago
The problem is that the very young employees for whom this may be their first job do not have the context. Looking back, I gave away a lot of my work-life balance and health on office heroics to make others look good. It takes working at a
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by papito 4y ago
I think the audience is different. I would wager that the intersection between people who consume mindless celebrity TV and listen to informative podcasts is almost non-existent.
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by papito 4y ago
Well, I've been using "hard" lists for months now. I only see what I want to see. Works like magic. The day Elon fanboys get "god mode" and lists go away, call the time of death on the whole thing.
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by papito 4y ago
They investigated nothing. They just 1000x-ed his tweets. All problems go away if the one twit that matters is happy. Not to mention that the guy who suggested that Elon's popularity went down (with charts) because his content is at th
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by papito 4y ago
Absolutely. Capitalism in fact does not incentivizes destroying companies. Actually, the new broken American capitalism does - squeeze a company for revenue to juice share prices and walk away from the ruins, but that is different. Musk’s b
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by papito 4y ago
Can’t say I’ve ever seen one those, but the good old forums were rather small compartments with a limited blast radius. It was a good thing. Mastodon actually is the same idea, so we are going back to the basics, in a way. I would argue tha
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by papito 4y ago
Exactly. I never listen to a podcast because it has a name attached to it. It's incredibly stupid. "Obama!", "Harry and Meghan!". So? Do I learn anything from it? Is it good content ? I think these executives serio
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by papito 4y ago
If it is ever aliens, we will know about it.
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by papito 4y ago
I would say overwhelming and daunting is not knowing why your software becomes fragile and low quality without tests. TDD gives you a sense of control. You know that you are done once your tests (read: documented requirements) pass. And y
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by papito 4y ago
Not only. There will be a tangible increase in productivity worldwide if he torches the company. Twitter is super-addictive if you use it well. For a news junkie, being plugged into the matrix of streaming events is irresistible. I have bee
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by papito 4y ago
Fax machines are also still big in Japan. https://www.insider.com/japan-cant-get-rid-the-fax-machine-o...
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by papito 4y ago
This is not new. It has been well-known that the surefire way to get shitcanned with Musk is to utter any remote synonym of "no" or "not possible". The best thing is to just completely avoid meetings where he is present.
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by papito 4y ago
Most companies in the US stay afloat even despite the incompetent, self-sabotaging geniuses at the top. Only because the employees are hard-working little bees saving the companies from themselves. We can't get fired - need health insu
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by papito 4y ago
US unemployment is the lowest since the Moon landing in 1969. We are not looking at some tech decimation. The companies were spending like drunken socialist sailors during the pandemic because the oracles in upper management saw us all stay
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Trump White House Asked Twitter to Take Down Chrissy Teigen Burn(nymag.com)
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by papito 4y ago
Yes, I live near a large park. I walk/run there every day, but the point is, the routine of doing everything alone (walking, shopping, working, eating) starts grinding on you.
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by papito 4y ago
Seeing how Twitter was up for months while being proactively destroyed by an incompetent doofus, I would say this is a testament to solid resilience and scale engineering that was.
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by papito 4y ago
From personal experience, I am MUCH happier getting out of the house a couple of times a week. Lockdowns felt like house arrest, and commuting 5 days a week felt completely unnecessary and exhausting. For many people I know this is the case
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by papito 4y ago
I often go to WireCutter before I even look elsewhere, but it's a hassle. Amazon and Etsy should be at least partially responsible for policing what is being sold on their sites. They are not helpless victims.
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by papito 4y ago
It's almost like we need a way to certify products and authentic, much like we look for the "organic" label in a store. I don't know if that's the solution, but with Amazon also going downhill rapidly, something has
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by papito 4y ago
That's not a Left/Right problem. Everyone, and I mean everyone , fell for the "Russia is not an empire" schtick. Right now the world is in a process of reevaluation, and academia is a huge part of this. Educational inst
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by papito 4y ago
No? Who is doing the killing in Ukraine right now? A lot of them don't look Slav to me at all. Russia has built the definition of an imperial army. Once I see the moscovites dying in droves for more territory (9 time zones is never en
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by papito 4y ago
You can't just say "Left" and "Right". That distinction has become rather meaningless. While the Right as a whole is leaning stronger and stronger in at least silent support of people like Putin (Christian defender
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by papito 4y ago
Yes, I feel very comfortable trusting the wildcard that is Elon Musk with, well - EVERYTHING.
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by papito 4y ago
It always fascinates me how Japan is full of anachronistic, counter-productive traditions and is also one of the most advanced countries in the world at the same time. The whole place is full of contradictions. If everyone works absolutely

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