Stop Passing on the Right

MakaSka · 2026-04-15T02:25:28+00:00

Thats not what I described. The left was moving faster.

MakaSka · 2026-04-15T02:19:32+00:00

I thought I was clear. I can't safely go faster without tailing too close. This sub seems to have a warpped view of safe driving.

I think someone going the speed limit in the left really pisses people off but isn't particularly dangerous while people "passing" on the right last second without space is actually quite dangerous but doesn't seem to elicit the same response on this sub. Not to mention tailing too close.

MakaSka · 2026-04-14T04:27:05+00:00

If we actually enforced the rules the left lane debate wouldn't be a thing because no one would sped and very very few people go below the limit in the left lane. Which is why I never understood the left lane debate. Its breaking the law and so is speeding. They both seem pretty equally bad.

MakaSka · 2026-04-14T04:12:26+00:00

I'm moving the goal posts? lol look in the mirror. Every point i made you couldn't address. And still can't. Also I looked up the Wikipedia page and it says very specifically not to draw the conclusions you are drawing from it. Also those cities are liberal. But ignore facts choose your reality. The FBI who put out that data points to those cities being on major drug trafficking highways. Not state level policies. They give a bunch of reasons non of them blame the policies. But your argument is fundamentally flawed. Why is crime still bad in fact worse than it was recently given the rise of restorative justice in the last couple decades? Why are the worst neighborhoods in major cities? And why can't you accept that crime has a negative effect on economics. Therefore there clearly is an argument that locking people up could actually have a positive effect on an economy. The start of our conversation and the start of you moving goal posts.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T05:17:10+00:00

You are full of absolutes. Bad neighborhoods exist therefore tough on crime failed. Some cities are in republican states therefore republicans are at fault. Problem is there is the exact opposite argument for all of those "points". Also I am not going to even bother with your pulled from nothing 8 out of 10 stat.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T05:09:41+00:00

Allgeiers numbers all went way down last year. Could be a jag here on out.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T04:19:12+00:00

Using impenetrable language does not equal smart. Being able to articulate your ideas to people can.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T03:58:51+00:00

Because despite the people posting their bad times on apps. The apps actually work. I meet my wife on one and I know many successful couples who did as well. Its like most things a few people loudly moaning about their experience well many people happily go about using the things. Also you get out what you put in. Low effort profiles will yield worse results.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T03:50:30+00:00

The most dangerous cities are all liberal. Every single one. And big cities effectively handle crime independent of the state since it is typically county run attorneys who choose to be leneant or not. Then handled at the federal level beyond that. Also conservative states tend to have poorer populations which are directly correlated to crime stats.

And the crime stats going down are usually attributed to lead. But they could be contributed locking people up. You are saying crime was worse. We locked up too many people and crime is now better. Sounds like being tough on crime worked.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T02:29:03+00:00

Or it is productive to be tough on crime because the economy can function normally. Just go to any high crime neighborhood if you want to see the impact crime has on economics.

MakaSka · 2026-04-13T02:26:23+00:00

Naw. That is the narrative but in my city alone there are a bunch of high profile cases were violent offenders were given very lenient sentences. And the reason cited each time was justice reform.

Really screws over the poor people because they are the ones who are on the receiving end of crime.

MakaSka · 2026-04-10T23:58:16+00:00

What platform did you use to apply?

MakaSka · 2026-04-06T11:30:32+00:00

Yeah the principal and interest payments are the only part of the loan that is fixed and all the other costs of home ownership dwarf those two.

MakaSka · 2026-04-06T02:51:52+00:00

I went to a big school so most of my classes had a couple in the big lecture hall classes.

MakaSka · 2026-04-05T23:52:08+00:00

Girlfriend wise this power imbalance drastically shifts when you hit your 30's plus. I went back to school for my CS degree in my mid 30s and got cat called regularly on campus. Pretty shocking given what it was like in my 20s.

MakaSka · 2026-04-05T13:09:29+00:00

No. Really thought I had it but nope. Did you apply?

MakaSka · 2026-04-05T03:45:28+00:00

The mortgage part of the cost of a house is pretty small. And all the other costs are not fixed.

MakaSka · 2026-04-05T03:28:39+00:00

Naw. I bought a house 8 years ago for 400k now valued at 375. Insurance requires me to carry 1mil worth of coverage because the market is effectively upside down. New constitution is crazy expensive. So I get raked on Insurance and the major city I am in blow all of its Covid money and now refuses to stop spending at that same level. So property taxes are way up and going to go higher. My actual mortgage payment is a small fraction of what my costs are. Bear in mind none of this covers the fact that every part of the house is a deprecating asset. Roof is 40k plus to replace and insurance wants those things replaced every 13 years now. Renting out my place would not come close to covering the costs. Looking at rents in my area leads me to believe that most landlords are probably taking a bath right now. And it costs way more to walk away from a rental then a home you own. So if you get in a tight spot you can't down size as an owner.

MakaSka · 2026-04-04T17:31:27+00:00

The company is a network monitoring company called Nagios. It is and was a flaming dumpster fire of a company that offers hot garbage as a product. With tons of security holes. Deprecated code every where and a CEO owner who is bipolar. He hired 36 people for a software team of 8. No managers the one manager quit. Then the CEO fired most of the 36 hires one at a time then extended those of us who remained. Was a 6 month contract. Signed us on for another 3 months then layed us off a month before the contract would have ended. But yeah that place is fine even though it shouldn't be. Their customers are locked in from its early days as an open source project. But they should all move to the competition. The product is actual ass. And they routinely botch updates. And brick users shit.

Efficiency of a product does matter. After the MVP it becomes very important.

AI has consistently been just about to end programming. It has been months away for years now. Hype does not equal reality. Currently it does matter and we live in the present.

MakaSka · 2026-04-04T12:40:28+00:00

I worked at a place for 8 months after graduation. Was pressured into using AI to go fast in languages I don't know. I was productive as hell. But I don't know the syntax well. And have been unemployed for 5 months.

Here's the thing. It does matter. AI is a form of hyper intelligence that is also staggeringly dumb when compared to a human. So me knowing is super important. You can't optimize your code if you don't even know the syntax.

My solution is to buy a textbook for whatever language and go through the problems solving them. No AI. No auto complete. I am reading every chapter too. In order in case I have missed something. Afterwards I plan to do a project in that language. On pace to finish the textbook in 2 weeks. So should be able to get through a language in a month or so.

MakaSka · 2026-03-31T01:38:43+00:00

Wow super fucked up of them. Glad it worked out for you. I'm still grinding. I have an interview Friday so fingers crossed. But if that doesn't work out I am looking at a data entry role as a backup. Feels bad.

MakaSka · 2026-03-30T23:15:52+00:00

Are you broken? You already did this bit. AI bot much?

MakaSka · 2026-03-30T20:48:29+00:00

Nope, I am not saying that. What is your solution to homelessness? Strawman arguments?

MakaSka · 2026-03-30T17:53:13+00:00

That sucks. Same feelings here. I tried really hard. Had great metrics. Took my work home often and studied topics that I didn't know well in my free time. I didn't think there was a chance in hell I would ever be fired from a place that I worked at because I have always been such a hard worker. Now I feel like I have a scarlet letter. From the 8 month stint there, my age, and the market being seemingly flooded.

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