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Well, how else would they develop products? It’s not like they have any engineers, just a bunch of MBAs padding their resumés for the next gig.

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MBAs really is just a cult or I guess based on the amount of people it can be considered a religion?. They got a bunch of little equations they threat as universal laws of science all in an effort to 'maximize' profits in the short term and ruin the whole company in the medium/long term.

They are a plague that infects every business. Remember that spot you used to visit that was good but now it's shitty and expensive?. Where instead of going back to what used to sell they double down on making it shittier and or smaller. They employ any and all cost cutting strategies imginable, they have less staff, go cashless, etc.. yet they will keep charging the same or more than before.

I mean, they just put astronauts into orbit a minute ago. What’d you do today?

And they did it a year late and over budget (thankfully they had to absorb the loss), despite submitting a much higher bid than their competitor. So it may not be a total failure since they did eventually launch, but I would hardly call this a success.

Everyone going up and coming down is a success. Everything else is not a success.

If you want to care about the schedule or cost, you’re welcome to.

When we are paying for it, we should care about those things.

JWST was about 15 years late and 20x over budget; would you apply a similar criteria, in which case that would probably be "a total failure"?

No, because I don't have another data point to compare. In the case of Starliner, there was a competitor, with a lower bid, that launched 4 years prior and did not suffer a billion dollar loss to top it all.

> I mean, they just put astronauts into orbit a minute ago. What’d you do today?

Well, I'm currently unemployed, and my new job doesn't start for a few more weeks.

So my accomplishments for today include:

* I hung out with my kid before he went out to the school bus

* I made the guacamole for tonight's dinner, because it benefits from sitting in the fridge for a few hours.

* I partially caught up on today's new Crunchyroll episodes. But Konosuba season 3 just isn't amusing me the way the first two seasons did.

* Played "Endless Space 2" and "Age of Darkness: Final Stand" for a while, because I'm short on sleep today and my brain wasn't good for much else.

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So, I didn't put anyone in orbit today, but I think I'm doing pretty okay, thank you :)

Which faction are you playing in Endless Space 2, and why is the only reasonable answer always Horatio?

Humans / Zelevas, because I'm lazy and I play ES2 when I just want to zone out.

Nothing constructive to add here… just think it’s awesome you got to hang out with your kid and… I never knew that guac benefits from sitting in the fridge. I always thought it was the opposite.

> I never knew that guac benefits from sitting in the fridge. I always thought it was the opposite.

I'm sure it's subjective, but see my sibling comment for the details.

As someone that always makes guacamole immediately before eating it - what do you say changes with the flavour profile by letting it sit?

When I first make my guacamole, it often tastes too strongly of fruitiness (from the limes), salt, or garlic. Any/all of those seem to mellow out after a few hours in the fridge.

For context, here's my recipe: 5 avocados, 3-4 limes, ~1 tsp of minced garlic, 1 tomato, a few dashes of cayenne, and salt (to taste).

Getting to orbit is the easy bit. Coming back is the hard part.

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