stickyricky

Uhh, please don't listen to any advice in this thread which says "fire your highest performing engineers". You will literally turn your project into a "legacy" system overnight.

You're a manager. Your job is to focus their priorities on business outcomes. If you're not providing focus they will run with whatever pet problems they have with the existing system. That's called doing their job.

I would not worry about style or complexity. Style is irrelevant and complexity is driven by the business case. Don't try to write software that will last 100 years. Its going to be put on maintenance mode and never touched again the second your highest performing engineers leave or are re-orged.

You should give it a try! It's a lot of fun. In Chicago (as an example) you can drive your car downtown, park it, and rent a bike with the Lyft app. They have bike stations all over the city. Try to rent one near the lakefront and bike up and down on the car-free lakeside trail. Its safe, fun, and you can get around the city really quickly.

If you want to understand what cyclists are upset about, be adventurous. Ride in the urban core and then work your way outwards to the suburbs. You may develop an understanding for their perspective!

This is tangential to your question. Mostly because all I can do is sympathize and wish you the best. But I did not care for London. Edinburgh is the friendliest place I've visited in the UK if you have the flexibility to spend your vacation elsewhere.

Businesses which sell to the public should provide accommodation for the public. Bad actors should be handled by the legal system. When their sentence expires they should be allowed to re-enter the public spaces they previously disrupted. A private "legal system" administered by global conglomerates is totalitarianism by another form.

It makes sense if Ghana doesn't have US dollars and expects to have difficulty acquiring them. Their trade balance with the US isn't stable.

Mass foreclosure forced people out of homes. If that happens housing prices will decline. I think we had a surplus of homes in 2008 as well.

Hard disagree. I'm not a Fed economist though...

How is a scarce resource going to devalue in a high inflationary environment? The cost of building homes continues to go up, the availability of land has not changed, restrictive housing policies are not being lifted, wages are growing, the population is growing... Where does the decline in price come from?

Demand side prices can come down if lots are divided. But supply side profit remains the same or grows. High rates will not help first-time home buyers. More housing will.

That wasn't provided as a condition. In a bank run, Visa's existence or non-existence is irrelevant. Credit is frozen.

I go to the bank and get cash. Businesses accept that cash for goods and services. I observe no difference in my social media habits because I do not use Meta products.

The best part of my day is my son hugging me when I return from work. No other feeling like it.

> When are you going to be affected by this theory? Are you swayed by lies and misinformation? Do you cling to beliefs in the face of fact and evidence? Are you undeserving of the right to speak because of it?

You have reduced my capacity for action and I am disengaging from this conversation. Because of this thread I no longer recognize Plate Tectonics and now believe in Expanding Earth Theory.

> it's worth noting that it takes orders of magnitude more effort to fight against lies and misinformation than it does to create them

How could this possibly be true. If that were the case then you could simply lie to a person until they accept a more reasonable position. Instead of using facts and evidence to support your position just lie to them and make stuff up. The fact that you cling to evidence in your arguments (I assume) means you don't really believe lying will sway people to your perspective.

> We've seen this exact thing play out on every social network.

We haven't. It may be true but that data is not available to us. These could be bots, they could be new converts (with the old ones de-converting), they could be paid propagandists, or trolls. It could just be the algorithm promoting people who create engagement. These people could be incredibly rare but incredibly prominent on the platform.

When are you going to be affected by this theory? Are you swayed by lies and misinformation? Do you cling to beliefs in the face of fact and evidence? Are you undeserving of the right to speak because of it? Why should you have been allowed to leave this comment? You have not been vetted to make these statements.

Physical books for everything. I've been burned by too many tech companies to trust ebooks. I keep a collection of PDFs that are freely available online but otherwise I buy physical copies.

Does it make the situation better if everyone is mistreated? Part of me wonders if its a bunch of old money Lords and Ladies bank rolling these businesses. They just crush you and tell you its a "competitive market".

What do I know. I'm literally making stuff up on a Saturday morning. At his experience level and skill set you can make triple in America.

Choose your own adventure:

> I'm talking to him; not you or all Europeans. He's being taken advantage of and feels as much. His story is too common for people from the UK.

> All the things I value I have.

> shitposting on the internet

> And the crescendo, sorry if I caused offense. It was not my intent.

Its shocking to me how poorly people are compensated in the UK. There's no way a competitive market could exist there. Move to America if you dare... you can actually make something of your life.

> What gives?

It's a law. You can just put in exemptions.

- "Land tax increases shall not exceed X% if it is your primary residence."

- "Land tax shall not increase if you are over the age of 65".

- "You may deduct monies put into the improvement of a property from your land tax."

- "You may not pay more than 5% of your income in land tax".

I don't see the issue. We don't tax income at 20% with no deductions. We don't place a sales tax on all goods equally. We don't tax corporations the same way we do individuals.

I've unfortunately been bitten twice in the past 4 months. Its made me very aware of their presence in my home. I've developed a weird fascination with them since. They're cute in their own way but that doesn't stop me from shuttling them out the door.

> A constable may arrest without a warrant to prevent the person in question [from] committing an offence against public decency (subject to subsection (6))

I'm not sure of the specifics as to what "public decency" means in the UK but I believe your implication. I think subsection 6 supports my 'theory' (read: wild accusation)? Seeing as it was posted on the internet and could reasonably be avoided.

Even if that's not so, this seems like a tort and should not be handled by the police. Just my opinion.

Did the police catch him in the commission of a crime? If not then, yes, they would need a judge to sign a warrant. Seeing as he was released without charges it seems the police grossly overstepped their authority.

Edit: Let me caveat because I fired fast and loose with this reply. This is from an American perspective. I am not a UK lawyer so this could very well be perfectly legal. Though I do view it as "bad" and would oppose the introduction of these norms in America.

> grossly offensive or indecent communications

Did a judge sign off on a warrant for his arrest? If I find your post grossly offensive should you be removed from your home and sent to a police interrogation room just in case you hurt my feelings? And how would the police be able to determine that outside a court? My feelings would have to be litigated which would require my filing suit. Any suit originating from a civilian is civil in its nature and is outside the scope of police action.

Google should let their employees work wherever they want. Why constrain people. Just go remote.

Brilliant work. Looks terrific. Very easy, declarative interface.

It is not comparable to Washington. Much less corruption. Must shorter waits. Much more trust in the system. And, as you mention, much less expensive.

Living there.

This is not a uniform problem. States like Washington has really great administrative capacity. Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee... not so much.

Sorry to hear about your dad but I'm happy he's doing better.

Its not difficult to pay with cash and to not enter your phone-number at the register. Paying with cash is a helpful way to budget.

Absolutely not. I live in a rural area. A car is a necessity but it isn't my ideology. Living in cities is a lot of fun. Living in cities built for people and not cars is life changing. No hate for anyone here or there.

My car is a tool. Full stop. If provided an alternative I would take it (and have).