theworld572

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by theworld572 7y ago
I'm not equating killing yourself with not having children. Of course they are not the same. I'm simply reflecting irq11's logic back at him: if the only measure by which you judge a solution is how much CO2 emissions are red
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by theworld572 7y ago
So you're basing it on nothing?
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by theworld572 7y ago
Based on what?
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by theworld572 7y ago
Sure but who is denying that you don't need to pay the other 95k? The article is arguing against a straw man. Nobody is saying that electric cars will be the end-all solution to climate change. Literally no one.
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by theworld572 7y ago
You know what would be EVEN more effective at fighting climate change than not having children? Committing suicide. But people don't want to listen to the harsh truths. They would rather consume their way out of the problem with electr
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by theworld572 7y ago
> To this end, it’s worth pointing out that the only item on that list that relates to family size is midway down, where it talks about family planning for the third world "Educating Girls" and "Family Planning" are r
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by theworld572 7y ago
So, while you sit there waiting for the perfect solution (which is completely unrealistic) people actively working on real solutions. > spending billions on something that gets you from 100 to 99.9 you're wasting time and energy tha
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by theworld572 7y ago
Electric vehicles are ranking number 26 in terms of total cost and total atmospheric reduction of CO2: https://www.drawdown.org/solutions-summary-by-rank So its not a talisman, but it is certainly a real step in the right d
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by theworld572 7y ago
So whats the alternative? Do nothing at all? If you have $100k left to pay on your mortgage, and somebody offers you $5k towards the mortgage are you going to tell them they're offering you a "false hope because you'd still h
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by theworld572 7y ago
they weren't good culture fits
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by theworld572 7y ago
Credentials - in my experience they just aren't a thing in software development. Apart from juniors just starting out I've never once seen a CV or a job application that mentioned any kind of programming credentials or certificat
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by theworld572 7y ago
No, do not do a bootcamp. As others have said bootcamps are for people who have never coded before. If you want to up-skill and get a job using more current technologies, then you can self study in the evenings and weekends (if your circums
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by theworld572 7y ago
How about volunteering to teach disadvantaged people how to code and help them get a job? For example https://www.hackyourfuture.net is in a few European cities, might not be in your city but perhaps you could try starting one w
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by theworld572 7y ago
You could well be right about that.
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by theworld572 7y ago
Hey, your CV looks good, I wouldn't worry too much about the template, layout etc. at the end of the day employers decide to interview you based off of you experience and education - not because you picked a nice font for your CV. That
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by theworld572 7y ago
The best comment so far!
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by theworld572 7y ago
lmao, I'm pretty sure the commenter said "if he had built this in the US", rather than "if he had flown across the atlantic"
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by theworld572 7y ago
Most likely because developing a web app using a react frontend and an API backend adds a significant amount of work for arguably little to no benefit, especially not at MVP stage.
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by theworld572 7y ago
I've been on both sides of this game - worked as a developer and also worked as a penetration tester. I've seen pen testers laugh at the stupid vulns that developers introduce and I've laughed at a few myself. But I've a
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by theworld572 7y ago
Good to know.
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by theworld572 7y ago
I never said I wanted software engineering to be fun. I have worked on 4 different teams that followed Scrum and all four of those teams suffered from the same problems - low productivity and poor management. The most entertaining was a rec
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by theworld572 7y ago
That sounds like typical scrum-enthusiast double-speak to me! :D https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum "This Guide contains the definition of Scrum. This definition consists of Scrum’s roles, events, art
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by theworld572 7y ago
Whats the point of SCRUM then? If all it does is to tell you "do what makes sense" why do we even need it? Thats a rhetorical question, I already know the answer is that we need it in order to keep SCRUM consultants, certification
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by theworld572 7y ago
My biggest criticism of Agile and Scrum is that it assumes that you can just plan out how a feature will work by sitting in a meeting and talking about it. Then spend the next two weeks implementing that plan. Software development almost ne
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by theworld572 7y ago
Making a move to embedded programming sounds like a good idea, but I think its definitely possible that after a few years of doing that you will get bored too. You say that you "don't want be stuck writing code to automate busines
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by theworld572 7y ago
> Nope, this would be to move to London. Ah ok, that makes a lot more sense then. > So, this would be a developer with ten years experience looking for essentially "any" developer role in London. Really? So you have been wor
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by theworld572 7y ago
This seems to me like a real failure of late stage capitalism. Similar to how factories in the soviet union were overstaffed with middle managers who barely lifted a finger. I might be wrong but this just seems almost like a ponzi scheme of
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by theworld572 7y ago
I studied maths and computer science at university for precisely this reason - I heard many programmers say they wish they knew more mathematics. Honestly there have been very very few times where my knowledge of mathematics has directly he
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by theworld572 7y ago
> I can get to London by 9 if I get the first train in from Bristol, so travel isn't a huge issue > a few of them were for companies hiring in my exact stack, while also saying they sponsor visas So you are looking for a job at
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by theworld572 7y ago
> The problem can be addressed by removing the "employee mindset" from potential programmers. This is very true and a nice way of explaining it. Also the people who got hired 5-10 years ago with no college degree are the ones w

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