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bombolo··on Scrum is a cancer
Ah yeah I had a boss that wanted me to open tickets, estimate them, plan them, do them, to fix 1 line issues that I would randomly find working on other tasks.

Normally I just fix them within a separate commit.

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
Well I'd have exponential taxes on homes. So 1 home has reasonable taxes, 20 homes should be so heavily taxed to be not feasible to own.
bombolo··on Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge?
> What is left wing anyway

Stuff like healthcare and education regardless of income.

bombolo··on Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge?
> In the mall, after 17 o clock the refugee/migrant youth would group together and hang out. That didn't feel safe either

Basically that's because there are no squares or other spaces where they CAN hang out.

I had a similar experience in sweden. In the end they are just meeting their friends. It feels weird I think because whites don't really meet their friends like that. At most they go into a cafè/bar, but you need money for that. And in sweden cafè are really expensive, and pubs… well require you to drink alcohol, so there really aren't many around migrant areas.

bombolo··on Let maintainers be maintainers
Sounds to me like you're getting micromanaged.
bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
> yet people make do in mobile homes.

Unless they don't, of course. Especially considering every year will be hotter than the previous.

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
I'm not sure how bad north korea really is. Because, despite what you may think, we do get propaganda. See how every single time a ransomware hits a company it's always russia/iran/north korea sending it? Do you really think there are no criminals in the rest of the world trying to make some quick money?

Or, notice how ukraine went from "nazi shithole" to "beacon of freedom and democracy" once the war started?

To know how things really are behind the propaganda is basically impossible.

> Of course you will not do that, everyone is a hero on the internet

Well most people don't speak korean…

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
You advocate for a society without jails?

I mean it'd be great but is it really feasible?

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
So he lives in a thing that is freezing cold in winter and exceedingly hot in summer?

That's not going to work in several areas of the world. Which is why we normally make houses.

> the rest of the country thinks it's in a "shithole state".

You mean if he's gay or an atheist he will get shot? Perfectly reasonable to ask people to go live there, of course.

> Which of course makes perfect sense, and there's nothing wrong with that picture.

"I got mine, I don't care if you don't get yours".

You should give speeches, we could bring school children to learn what's wrong with humanity.

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
A nation that went from middle ages to the space age in 50 years, and where the standard of living went up immensely?

Sounds better than the current situation where the trends are reversed.

bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
You sound like the stereotypical boomer saying "people don't want to work anymore", not understanding that nowadays it is impossible to own a home unless you inherit one.
bombolo··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
True, you also need to cap house and land prices.
bombolo··on Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded
You claim that 60% humidity and cotton clothes you will not be sweaty by the end of a bicycle ride under the sun in the summer?

I have lived on earth for a few years and I have very strong experimental evidence that you are incorrect.

bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
Turns out that having skills to get money is exactly the point I was arguing, in response to "there is an infinite supply of (crappy) music, so its value is 0"…

Good that you changed your mind.

bombolo··on Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded
Doesn't work unless the air is dry and your clothes are not cotton.
bombolo··on Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded
If you are in italy in the summer you will sweat even if you are just standing still
bombolo··on Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded
Let's not forget the "not too hot" part
bombolo··on Danish cloud host says customers ‘lost all data’ after ransomware attack
So you only have 1 backup that you daily overwrite?
bombolo··on Google engineer earns $150K works 1 hr/day, spends rest of time on his startup
I think it's made up but can be used to justify return to office.
bombolo··on Google engineer earns $150K works 1 hr/day, spends rest of time on his startup
You mean, if it was actually true?
bombolo··on Saving Lives (2004)
It is very useful for noobs.

Once you become an expert you spend much less time on SO because you just don't need it. So what are the chances that when you do need it, another expert in that specific thing (of which there are maybe 20 in the world) will also at the same time need to use SO, and stumble upon your question?

It's like using tinder in a sparsely populated area.

bombolo··on Saving Lives (2004)
The huge majority of people asking questions on SO are noobs and most likely haven't thoroughly considered all other options.

If they did, they should say so in the question.

The majority of people answering questions are also noobs, and this should be taken into account. Experts in their domain don't need SO, and so don't go there at all.

When I was writing my thesis, years ago, SO was already basically useless to me because nobody could solve any of the problems that I was encountering then.

I just use it when I can't be bothered to look up stuff in the documentation, but I see it mostly as a resource for people who are learning or are very early in their career.

bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
I don't think i was discussing addiction.
bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
I just gave you an example of how it's easier to play, allowing more music to be played...

It's not just about the sound.

bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
Most people are not professional movie critics and enjoy more a hollywood film rather than me recording barbie dolls and making them talk.

Did your video game sell as much as outcast? A game with a proper music score.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcast_(video_game)

Does your game have a wikipedia entry?

Could I assume that people enjoyed outcast more than your hobby game?

bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
They might not be able to point exactly the problem, but they will most certainly enjoy better produced content.
bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
I agree that a 2 million $ guitar isn't better than a 2k$ guitar.

But a 2k$ guitar is certainly better than a 50$ guitar. Not only in how it sounds but in how easy it is to play it.

My 1st guitar was bad so I couldn't do barrè chords. I thought I was bad and pros could do it. Turned out pros just had better guitars.

Better guitars also have less noise, better cables are shielded.

Yes, more expensive is better (up to a point).

bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
You need time, which isn't cheap :)
bombolo··on Saving Lives (2004)
Most people ask how to make some absurd hack when there is an easy and proper way to solve their problem.
bombolo··on Don't fire your illustrator
People being able to afford professional equipment and professional session musicians vs a guy recording himself in a bedroom over a MIDI karaoke track is not the same at all.

If you can't hear the difference, see a doctor.

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