I loved google reader, many people were blogging and social network was "ick" as people immediately associated the term with okcupid/friendster(myspace?) and reader was decentralised and encouraged all walks of life to participate... maybe I just missed the vibes back then, gosh I was so hopeful

I blame this book's incendiary title, was a fun read for sure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure,_White_and_Deadly

i've long held a view that what CCP is doing is cancer to all citizens in previously free countries, our democratic leaders are quick to show disgust and disdain, but the actual owners of the country, actual powers that be are enamored and mesmerised by what they're doing to the Chinese populace especially when it comes to messaging/propaganda. block and track everyone then just tiktok your way high heavens. it's not even what aldous huxley meant by the pleasure essay anymore it's deeper and more manipulative

now that's a word i haven't heard in a while...optimising

If you used it yourself, even if only to ask out loud whether the performance is acceptable enough not to require the extra work, you'd hear it all the time. Be the change you want to see!

> optimising

Usually followed by "stock holder value"

And to the tech staff, some out of context and misunderstood quote from semi technical management which starts with the word "Premature"

Yeah. I'm all for sprints to start focusing on optimizations and bug smashing instead of just barreling down the road of profitability while the middle managers hold a gun to your head.

they've never done me wrong over the years with crucial whether it's ssd or memory... godspeed and i'm sad to see a good player quit.

even though biden's already left I am still quite surprised how little views his pro union videos got https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpUD9KgYc4 this video was on whitehouse's youtube channel

the owners; actual owners no doubt have their finger in the commercial real estate pie too. And they are obviously not ready to get a haircut on that portfolio so here it goes. COVID-19 hasn't disappeared yet, so all this is going to do is accelerate infection and churn through more people quicker. ASHRAE did update and release ASHRAE 241 but I really doubt building managers are eager to implement that costly compliance standard especially still shell shocked from WFH

it's just the mindset of management 101.. you do not ever let your engineer be bored. literally the first thing they teach in 101 is you deliberately overburden them with crazy THEN set impossible deadline so that they build only the very core and you ship it immediately then refine later. sure the method might be different now, but the spirit of such process is the same, you do not ever let your engineer be bored as boredom is waste, and waste is not efficiency. this is to ensure that creative (value-add) portion is left to the management.

Can you expand further on that, and maybe send some sources? Interested to learn more about this.

just what i was taught when i took a management 101 class in my university years.. it was one of my elective papers outside of my core curriculum quite enlightening and helped me manage my managers...

come on man, give us a clue tell me at least it won't kill anyone

I guess the fear is always then we suddenly would have a lot of little guy conjured up from thin air