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Big up for the unions!
Roman here. We have a joke that we cannot dig a hole in the ground without finding a piece of our past, and that makes us hard to progress. Now we are also finding pieces of someone else's past. We are doomed.
If my kids cannot change a boolean into a json, they do not deserve the [redacted]
They will stop bombing as soon as Iran comes back to the situation for which it was bombed.
Re:The Cognitive Dark Forest on Sunday March 29, 2026 @06:05PM (#47567893)
Big up for the reference
That's peter principle 101
Indeed, with a big BUT: you don't want to overvalue loyalty in respect of competence. You don't want to have a boss that is not good but "is here since forever".

Instead, reward them economically. Everytime the company takes a leap forward, make clear to them that they were important for the process, and share some profit.

And make clear that being important in a moment doesn't automatically mean they will be important in the future: they will have to compete on results, like everyone else.

2025: I wonder if I can be in the industry in the future

2026: I wonder if I want to be in the industry in the future

Re:Thought-Terminating Cliché on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:53AM (#46947559)
A thesaurus for gaslighting
I'm sure there is at least one security-claiming act that can be used to override that sentence
Re:Maybe comments should explain 'what' (2017) on Sunday January 04, 2026 @08:54AM (#46487978)
I'm glad LLMs will make these conversations obsolete, just like linters did to tab-vs-spaces
How come such kind of content is never promoting equality, fair salary, worker rights, wealth redistribution?
Re:Overconsumption is a spiritual problem on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @10:45AM (#46289975)
I kinda feel it's victim blaming.

You have an entire system built around laws, companies and education that consistently targets your attention (and your wallet).

But hey, if you fall in the trap it's because you lack values.

Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:14AM (#46274802)
AI is not replacing workers. Companies are. Thus what about taxing company profits?
Thanks!
Re:Jujutsu Worktrees Are Convenient on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:51AM (#46190847)
Maybe "best ever" is too bold, but both proven efficacy and mainstream popularity for over 15 years, without being a bulky thing everybody just accept (like vscode), I don't see many other software examples.

Anyway, sorry for triggering you with the first bold statement! I actually wanted to emphasize the curiosity over jj.

That looks amazing, thanks for sharing!

I have a git-based sync tool for my dotenv files. Maybe I can store my ssh keys, too

Re:Jujutsu Worktrees Are Convenient on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:01AM (#46190489)
I consider git the best software ever written. I used to work with some other SVCs, and I cannot thinking on leaving git now. Somehow, I feel it like a limitation for my mind.

I'm following this Jujutsu project, I'm genuinely curious to see what it can bring to the SVC scene.

Re:Catala – Law to Code on Saturday December 06, 2025 @11:06PM (#46179075)
Can't wait for lawmakers to get a red CI before merging ;)

Jokes aside, I'm trying to imagine what a pull request workflow would be for law making.

For example, there might be a test that checks that a law has adequate budget before applying it; or to get an error if it conflicts with another law.

Also (Italian here), I would be very happy to do "git blame" and discover who actually introduced a modification.

Taipei? Are they ever bene there?