jjjalljs @ jjjalljs @ttrpg.network

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Can we start reframing this as instead of "saved $500mm" we say "stole $500mm from labor"?

“There are government programs that I’d like to see discontinued or cut back, especially those that don’t affect me,” said the retired Scottsbluff firefighter. “But the ones like the Postal Service, yes, we count on them.”

What a piece of shit. I'm so tired of selfish idiots ruining everything.

What is "brining" for cars? Is this a joke?

Half of US adults can't read at a 6th grade level. I think speed and accuracy of reading is also pretty low (I read like 80 wpm and 80% accuracy somewhere, but i couldn't immediately find a good source for that).

If you're on a text forum like this you're probably well above the average person, and your experiences are not universal.

That said, I don't have any data on hand about readability so you could be right. I'm sure people have studied it.

Great. Most AI is a net negative for people and crypto sucks.

I think it's partly because many people are only semi literate, and breaking the text up helps people read it. A larger block of text is "intimidating'

I think it's funny that people get mad at that but don't get mad about someone born into $50mm of wealth collecting $166,666/mo partly insured with no obligation to work or even fill out forms.

I've worked with a few people who are just incomprehensible. One refuses to write commit messages of any detail. Just "work in progress". Cast him into the pit.

There was another guy that refused to name his tests. His code was like

    
describe(''. () => {
  it('', () => {
     expect(someFunc()).toEqual(0);
  }
 it('', () => {
    expect(someFunc(1)).toEqual(0);
  }
 it('', () => {
   expect(someFunc("").toEqual(1);
 }
}


  

He was like, "Test names are like comments and they turn into lies! So I'm not going to do it."

I was like, a. what the fuck. b. do you also not name your files? projects? children?

He was working at a very big company last I heard.

edit: If you're unfamiliar, the convention is to put a human readable description where those empty strings are. This is used in the test output. If one fails, it'll typically tell include the name in the output.

Meta should be split up and its leadership ruined

Friends are almost all on signal. Parents are bad at technology and can barely figure out sms.

The funniest part is, the poorest people i know have a hatred for the poor.

I think people often hate things that remind them of things they don't like about themselves

I overheard on the street the other day someone saying "Democrats are focused on humanity, but Republicans are focused on Americans". Like what. What kind of onion of bad takes is that?

Google should be broken up and its leadership fined into oblivion for anti competitive behavior

I'm pretty sure the book doesn't say the boys fucked each other explicitly, nor is it in the subtext. It is very detailed about them fucking the girl. (From what I remember. it's been a while)

Right? They could have just cut their hands and smushed the blood together to nail the "we have an unbreakable bond" vibe. The sex thing, especially when it's like 7 boys fucking one girl, is just bad.

If I was afraid of being on a list, I would say nothing. Why draw attention to it??

Oh yeah, every time I talk about king's IT, I go "It's great except that one scene, right?" and anyone who's read it agrees.

Yes, though that's faint praise considering how car-centric most of the US is. I've lived here without a car for most of my adult life, and it's been fine.

More people need to learn about and think about externalized costs.

"This plastic cup is free! ... if I ignore the fact that it's going into a landfill or worse"

"This delivery is free! ... if I ignore the fact that the delivery guy is getting fucked by capital"

I don't think anyone credible sincerely thought the cyber truck was going to do well