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NYC feels like a free-for-all nowadays.

Post-Covid I see the following every single time I step outside.

- stop signs are optional

- gas powered mopeds in the bicycle lanes

- e-bike Citi bikers being riding recklessly

- bicycles on the sidewalks

- NYPD nowhere to be seen.

Traffic cameras are easily beaten by tinted license plates. I see them often in NYC.
Does anyone have proof of storms that happened in those areas coinciding with the burns and then subsequent wind patterns kicking off the larger burns?

It's believable but without proof it's just as plausible as coordinated arson.

Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @09:55PM (#35722334)
Question for car owners with massive screens in the console who live in rural areas:

Does the ambient interior light from the screen + dashboard overpower your ability to see the road at night?

Re:AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:52AM (#35424612)
Why did you use React for landing page?
Re:AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:45AM (#35424479)
One deck is made of wood. One deck is made made of steel. They will behave differently after years of weathering.

Just because they are both both decks doesn't mean they are the same.

Re:AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:39AM (#35424359)
That's true. But we know exactly why it can't do it.
Re:AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:22AM (#35424049)
How often are calculators confidently wrong?
Re:You can't tell people anything on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:48PM (#35284040)
I've seen this time and time again when attempting to implement a centralized design system across a group of existing apps.
I'm sorry but if someone is trying to get a job with the title, "Software Engineer" in it and they cannot do a nested for loop (the slow O^2 solution) I don't know what to tell you other than that person is not fit for the job.

In terms of basics it's akin to "fizz buzz".

I just interviewed a developer for a senior level front end position and they couldn't print a 2d array to the console. They apparently worked on a large web application and wrote typescript everyday.

What I've known for years, I'm finally seeing first hand: There are way too many people out there that should never have been engineers in the first place.

This is a rebalancing. Those who are competent will always be hired. Those who are are not, the jig is up.

Re:I have no idea what “The MSM” is on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:34PM (#34445929)
A perfect cog.
Re:Saudi Arabia's wealth fund raises Nintendo stake to 6% on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:36PM (#34360576)
It must have been so cool to be a Soviet and have all your work and wealth go directly to the state and only be used for the good of your people. /s
* Quitting daily/consistent Marijuana smoking. It's a wonderful substance but consistent usage will absolutely affect your sleep and leave you groggy the next day.

* Weight lifting 5 times a week.

* Paul Stamets microdose stack (3 days on, 2 days off).

* Big mushroom trip once a month to reset preconceived notions, negative patterns.

* While Product and Project management set silly deadlines, I still work at my daily pace and forget they exist. If we miss the deadline so what? Hitting it doesn't affect if I keep my job or not (large corporation).

Re:Vaccine for Honeybees Against American Foulbrood on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:41AM (#34325514)
You added 5G.

The point is that the ultra wealthy are going to corporatize farmland and the basic building blocks of food generation.

Soon you won't even be able to go to a local farmer to get fresh produce or meat (because meat is murder! /s). You'll only be able to get food on their terms, similar to healthy food deserts in cities that we see directly affect the health of inner city populations.

Re:Vaccine for Honeybees Against American Foulbrood on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:26AM (#34325270)
Bill Gates buying farmland.

Bees need Vaccines.

We are screwed.

Re:Find places to go on dates in London on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:55PM (#34265582)
The text that appears in tabs: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_title.asp
Re:Base components are still useful, just not in your UI library on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:40AM (#33985000)
They are scrambling as they are part of the fluff of this bubble.
Re:Why Hasn't Twitter Crashed Yet? on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:38AM (#33984956)
Because 80% of the company was cruft. As it is in most large orgs.
Imagine if you and similar, "driven" folk stayed and made where you're from better.

Imagine if you started small businesses and hired/trained the locals.

Maybe everyone left behind wouldn't have to work at a big box store or just die to reduce the societal burden.

Edit: Not blaming, just food for thought.

Re:Leaving San Francisco on Thursday December 01, 2022 @10:48AM (#33817823)
6 jobs in ten years?

How can anything of substance be built if the default is to hop?

Re:Why do I like Feynman? on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @11:56AM (#33626347)
Richard Feynman - Names Don't Constitute Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIYKmos3-s
Re:Mortgage Rates Could Tank Home Prices by 20%, Fed Study Finds on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @11:14AM (#33625557)
"Ownership beaten into our heads" is your own baggage.

Some people are handy and enjoy taking care of their home.

Some people don't like hearing their neighbors footsteps above them all the time.

Some people play Drums and don't want to pay/share a small 10x10 room to practice in.

Re:Mortgage Rates Could Tank Home Prices by 20%, Fed Study Finds on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:53AM (#33625143)
and we'd likely have a healthy housing market if more people were rational like this.

But no, let's take a loan out against our RSU's so we can get a $1M bi-level because the schools in this district are amazing /s. Now a house in North Carolina is worth as much as one in New Jersey.

Re:Mortgage Rates Could Tank Home Prices by 20%, Fed Study Finds on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:50AM (#33625091)
You can refinance in a few years, however you cannot change what the house price was when purchased.

If the house prices is lower, every extra payment to the principal will drastically decrease the interest over the entire term, much more-so than the initial larger loan/principal.

Re:Mortgage Rates Could Tank Home Prices by 20%, Fed Study Finds on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:16AM (#33624423)
Lower home price means 20% down is feasible.
Re:Mortgage Rates Could Tank Home Prices by 20%, Fed Study Finds on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:13AM (#33624358)
Good.

Maybe the people who didn't bail on their communities during covid can finally afford a home.

My comment in no way denigrates the experience of those affected by the Holocaust. It's merely to point out that even, "the people you should listen too" can be very wrong, especially when there's social pressure or regulatory capture behind the mandate.
Don't let them get you down.

Never forget that the most fashionable, educated germans literally became Nazi's for their own "greater good" in a few years. It happened and can happen again at any time. The reason is always justified in their current context, otherwise it wouldn't work.