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`eh` and `ay` can both easily be read as a dipthong that would be represented as `ei` in any reasonably spelled language (like Finnish).
It's also really useful when there's comment on Hacker News pointing out the things that have been glossed over in an over-hyped article, so thanks. (no sarcasm intended)
But I like standing for dealing with random little things (email and other reaction mode type stuff), and the standing desk also makes it a lot easier to show people things on your screen when they walk over.
It doesn't need to be the whole solution - regular education and training still plays a big part, because many skills are general enough - but there should be some responsibility for a company to help develop the employees that it needs. (Maybe through tax incentives or what-have-you.)
It should also be clarified, it was not 700 previous reports of burns, it was 700 previous lawsuits. That implies that there were far more burns and spills that did not result in lawsuits. On your part though, the lack of infamy implies there were plenty of cases that were settled or where the judge agreed with McDonalds.
In the Too Much Coffee Man comic (if you'll forgive getting some info from a comic) others have posted: http://www.tmcm.com/tmcm/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit/ It's important to note the emotionally offensive arguments that were made by McDonalds, that actually helped tilt the case over to Stella Liebeck's side. Mainly, I expect, that she was asking for too much money because she was so old that she wouldn't get much more use out of her ahem parts. The awarding of punitive damages, I expect had to do with the 700 previous lawsuits which resulted in no change in behaviour.
Spilling a bit of coffee, especially when the cup is at its fullest and hottest, especially when in the cramped confines of a vehicle, is a common enough occurrence that I don't consider it unreasonable that McDonalds should have taken earlier action.
The Starbucks approach also highlights the liability - because you must request that temperature, it can more reasonably be claimed that you should know to take extra precaution. Certainly, it can't be claimed that you didn't know just how hot it was going to be.
For what it's worth, I've had to revise a little just how clear cut this is. But I still feel that the legal system was working as intended, that this lawsuit doesn't deserve its frivolous reputation, and that it's important for ordinary citizens to have these methods of recourse against giant corporations.
The pet project can be easy, as long as you have the time and motivation - pick a tech and make a small hacky thing. (I must admit to being an unrepentant procrastinator so this is advice I have rarely followed myself.)
The work route can also be rewarding though, given the appropriate work culture. I haven't found it too hard to take the time to learn about a thing that is blocking my team, and in my case I've gradually built up my knowledge of infrastructure and deployment practices where previously I'd mainly only written code.
When you run into a bug, make sure you dive down into _why_ it broke in the first place, as well as what. This will help you avoid [cargo-culting][1] and can also give you some [pretty fun stories][2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming
[2]: https://medium.engineering/the-curious-case-of-disappearing-polish-s-fa398313d4dfThat said, the nonlinear part: picks out every now and again a pop culture echo of the current theory being discussed, like the Terminator or the Time Machine or Heinlein's "—All You Zombies—" i.e. the one where a person is their own mother, father, son and daughter. (I really wish it talked about Looper or 11/22/63 or Rick & Morty.)
Discusses whether time travel is logically possible, how paradoxes could ever work, causality - the overall tone being time travel is basically impossible as we know it but boy is it ever fun to think about.
"Oh, we're walking or driving through the woods" "Cool, we found a place that looks cool and has cool people" "Oh, the cool people were actually horrible for some reason" "Time to blow it up I guess."
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I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make in contrast - could you qualify how politicking and 'warmth' is relevant to contributing to the brogrammer culture?
Which isn't to say that people would exclude you from their team if you don't get involved, but you couldn't say that you have the easy camaraderie that most of the team seems to have. You're a little outlier, you're not quite in-step, references fly over your head. And you have to be _so careful_ to be friendly, but not _so_ friendly that your co-workers think you're hitting on them.
Occasionally, you miss a decision that happened to be discussed at the cocktail bar over lunch - it was just a spur of the moment thing, forgot to invite you, didn't think you would be interested. You talk about how you would have solved the problem, but it's just not seen as graceful enough to be worth exploring further. Because you weren't involved in making those decisions, your name doesn't come up when being considered for lead positions.
You're at a company event, and you think you've escaped someone asking you about your spouse that must work there. Then, someone hands you the trash to take out while they tell a hilarious joke about the only things men are good for.
You can't put your finger on any one thing (ok, maybe the trash thing), but when another opportunity comes along in a different field, maybe you take it. You can't say you really enjoy your work anyways.
Try to catch yourself the next time you put your ATM card somewhere other than in your wallet. Try to catch the moment where you think "I'll just put this here for a second so I can juggle this other stuff", and instead, put it in your wallet.
It's tough. I'm still constantly looking for my phone when I've left it in an odd place. If I'm distracted on my way out the door, I might forget it altogether. Making it my wallet has helped - one less thing - but I have had a few embarrassing moments where I've taken everything _but_ my phone and have needed to ask a favour.
Best of luck in the struggle!
It may attract more trolling but pretending it isn't happening also doesn't generally deter the determined.