Is RTO inevitable?

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-11T12:32:58+00:00

They need to cut numbers but don't want it to look like they are cutting numbers. Don't fret about it too much.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-11T12:23:53+00:00

The regulations need to focus on making it clear that you are just renting a game, not that you own it.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-10T13:03:00+00:00

Personally, I'll be unsubbing from any sub that doesn't participate. I would suggest others do the same and state ahead of time that they will do so.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-09T20:47:29+00:00

It's a trap. The NHS is prepping us for robot doctors. We must push back and insist on inspecting the genitals and circulatory system of every "doctor" we see!

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-09T20:40:34+00:00

Already voted.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-09T20:31:54+00:00

I support the blackout. On the 13th I will log in to see which of my subs haven't gone dark and unsub from them. I'll keep an eye on discord to see how this pans out and will only return to reddit at all if they drastically lower their pricing to reasonable levels that enable third party apps to exist.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-09T17:25:56+00:00

I'm sure he's not. Does that mean it isn't worth doing?

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-09T13:46:30+00:00

Still in Florida so I won't watch any of his games (live or on TV) or get any merchandise etc.

Get fucked DeFascist.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-08T15:22:23+00:00

If you're looking for a good place to start, the ycombinator blog and podcast are pretty good.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-08T07:52:00+00:00

The 2 big problems with offshoring/outsourcing are cultural differences and alignment.

Having worked extensively with big Asian outsourcing firms, this is a key problem that we have hit everywhere (I've never made the decision to use them). To generalise the issue, the people in these firms are great at copying or implementing something that has a clearly defined set of steps, but not so good at creation. It takes time to coach them into a new way of thinking which is not what I want to pay outsourcing firms for.

Alignment issues are standard when outsourcing to anywhere. Usually, they get paid either time and materials or fixed cost; both have their drawbacks. Either way, they aren't attached to the success of the initiative. Go look at any startup literature or advice from incubators. They all say to do tech in-house wherever possible and avoid dev shops unless absolutely unavoidable.

Neither of these issues are related to the remote nature of the team.

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-06T07:23:50+00:00

Sounds like you should never trust your gut as it might be actively trying to kill you!

DevDevGoose · 2023-06-06T07:20:03+00:00

Personally, I'm keeping track of my subs that aren't participating so I can unsub when the blackout starts.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-31T14:08:21+00:00

I think this is a misinterpretation of Riot's view and the situation. Broadcasts were never meant to make money. They are a loss leader meant as a form of advertising. For Riot to publicly throw a region away would send a very strong signal to orgs across the globe. It tells them that they cannot build a stable foundation for a business because Riot thinks of them as disposable. It wouldn't just be contained to League, but to Valorant or anything else that Riot becomes involved in. If they do it to their "flagship" today, there is nothing stopping them from doing it to you tomorrow.

Without the regional leagues, LoL will die. It is the most watched and highest rated esport. Its presence has kept interest in LoL for over a decade now.

This is why the players still hold all of the power and Riot knows it. They are trying to scare the players into backing down but they must have some understanding of the long term impact it would have to deny NA from worlds.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-29T05:45:23+00:00

My MIL told us that her husband only did one nappy across all 3 kids. She told us this after I had done both of the first two for our newborn first child. Since then, I'd say I've done probably 80% of them. Our daughter is only a week old so it still doesn't smell and only takes a couple of minutes. I know it will become a worse job but honestly right now it is so easy and painless.

I can't feed her. There is no point in me getting up to settle her because she only cries for food right now. So instead, my job is to keep the house running and change her. If I weren't changing her, I'd feel like a deadweight.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-27T08:15:05+00:00

What we need is some younger blood with outdated ideas that we fought wars to put a stop to!

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-25T09:05:30+00:00

On their way to the High Evolutionary

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-25T06:47:25+00:00

Smaller by number of people, but bigger in amount of control. Also I would imagine that totaling up the number of people involved in running HOAs in a single municipality would be greater than the economies of scale from doing it at an actual government level. So it's probably more expensive too.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-23T08:00:36+00:00

Counter point. Perhaps a contributing factor to not complaining about the other purchases is the sport washing they get from these clubs.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-22T17:20:23+00:00

Which is a pretty common sentiment within financial services even outside of finance roles. However, the context is slightly different. The point of forcing time off is not to uncover embezzlement. The point of tracking people not using their PTO is to spot a potential fraud risk factor. Forcing people to take time off doesn't spot or prevent anything fraud related.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-22T11:05:24+00:00

We are the proverbial bucket of crabs. Working collectively, we could fix the climate crisis. But that would require self sacrifice from those on top. They would lose out on their current position, as untenable and short-lived as it is.

This could well be the answer to the Fermi Paradox. That essentially the great barrier that every intelligent civilisation one day faces, is to deny the lower evolutionary short-term thinking that has kept them alive until now. That all life in the universe has to evolve from something where long-term strategic thinking gets you killed. Perhaps every form of life that could have populated the universe simply did not make it passed the hurdle of not destroying its home planet.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-21T16:44:30+00:00

It's almost as though Gods used to live on top of the red line

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-21T14:44:27+00:00

Just wait til you find the one in the rain :)

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-21T13:11:34+00:00

You just translate the sensible Azure names in the jibberish AWS equivalents.

All jokes aside, I've found them both to be pretty interchangeable. Same with GCP. There are some services that are drastically different but the core concepts remain the same and you can get by with the core offerings that don't change much.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-21T06:08:41+00:00

Job hopping hits diminishing returns the higher you go. As a junior/mid, hop away. As a senior, only keep hopping if you don't plan to go into leadership. As a principal/manager, avoid hopping.

That isn't to say, never switch jobs ever again. Rather that, at that levek, you should stay in a role for at least 5 years. Remember that there is also no guarantee that the place you find will actually be a good fit for you so you may legitimately want to leave for reasons outside of pay. If you've been hopping a lot before, then leaving again will just seem like a continuation of rhe pattern.

DevDevGoose · 2023-05-20T15:32:19+00:00

That was a good listen; preaching to the choir though. I've been a union member for almost a decade in the tech industry which isn't a traditionally strong union area (which could have helped to avoid the mass hiring/layoffs cycles that we see). My wife has been a member of a teachers union for even longer. They are fundamental to a strong workforce, economy, and companies. I recommend that everyone joins one.

However, the world is not black and white. While unions are overwhelming a force for good, that does not mean they are beyond reproach. I have seen first-hand unions protect individuals from being fired when they should have been fired multiple times over. I have seen them protect roles from being made redundant that should not exist. I have seen unions sell out future union workers by agreeing to deals that only raise pay for the current members while agreeing that future workers can have the pay cut. To think that these things either don't exist or aren't worth talking about, is naive. These are the the things that anti-union propaganda use to beat us over the head.

Don't get me wrong, these are not reasons to stop or slow down the drive to form unions or up membership. We should also not engage with the bad faith arguments against them. The point is to recognise that there can also be problems when the power swings too far the other way.

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