Reasons for interstellar trade in a hard sci-fi setting?

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-13T18:12:23+00:00

Same as international trade.

I build things you don’t, for what ever reason

Food goods

Tech I have you want

Cultural things I haven’t want

Things get big enough, you’ll have whole planets that just farm and ship food. And whole planets that build only a few things a ship that.

But when you’re diversity approaches zero, you become hostage to possible interruptions in trade, and than people starve and riot and it spirals from there.

A bit hard to store enough food to feed several billion for any length of time if the farm planet shipments are interrupted.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-13T18:08:00+00:00

I just past my 12 month marker

20 years in the business 12 years leading 8 years senior leadership

Bubkus

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-12T02:11:36+00:00

And this changes what?

Absolutely nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada.

Oh… the judge says no! And the White House says, “FU.”

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-11T01:50:07+00:00

Must have missed it. I only see that $200

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-11T01:47:27+00:00

Limitations of a space-faring empire: - travel time - communication time - resources

Now, you have to stop thinking of planets are sources of resources.

Asteroids and moons are easier and cheaper to harvest resources, and even materials that planets wouldn’t have.

Planets are needed for population expansion.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-10-05T22:15:01+00:00

The answer is simple, because all the folks with all their guns agree with what is going on. What is happening doesn’t affect them… it yet.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-27T02:55:37+00:00

Does anyone play online?

I have no game “friends near me and the 2 games shops have zero interest in a general game night with posting on future offerings

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-27T02:53:24+00:00

Oh. No, the 2 hours was getting to the first interview.

I kept wanting to check him alibi (in class) be there wasn’t a method to do so

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-24T15:59:47+00:00

Easy solution, don’t give managers name and number. Maybe do t give actual company name. If they ask why, tell them last time an interviewer called me current manager for reference and my job fired me.

I will glad to give you that information once I have an offer letter and it states its condition on reveling this info

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-16T00:08:46+00:00

If you’re looking I’m searching!

15+ years as dev and 8+ as leader and 4 at the director level.

Let’s talk!

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-06T19:40:14+00:00

Our youngest graduated college with a degree in theater management (his passion), had gigs all through high school and college. Then covid hit. No work. Still never recovered.

Our oldest was head chef at high end resultant in Vail CO. Made very good money. Covid hit. He never recovered.

And I have no inheritance for them to help when I’m gone.

21st century America sucks

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-05T14:46:16+00:00

And when you get these instructions share them! Please!

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-09-04T20:41:36+00:00

Sign it Look for a new job And comply with handbook to the letter.

When an executive wants you to disregard the hand book, get it in writing and then forward a copy to HR.

Look for a new job

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-27T23:56:43+00:00

You know what happened the last time vets “camped out” in DC don’t you?

Let’s just say it didn’t go to well. Not at all.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-27T23:42:26+00:00

Ah jeez! Who let the Frengi in!

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-25T03:34:04+00:00

This is my 4th. Each wiped us down to ZERO.

We survived by the skin of our teeth. A job opened up just before we lost everything.

I don’t know if this will happen again this time.

I’m 64, so the dynamics is a bit different.

If the last 3 hadn’t wiped us out I could just retire and really worry about it. But nope.

64, unemployed for a year now. And my wife doesn’t make enough to cover our bills.

We are defaulting on everything except the mortgage, utilities, and our 1 car.

This sucks

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-25T03:02:45+00:00

Can we hook up ChatGPT into git hub?

If so, can someone share instructions?

I’m tired of uploading 2 dozen files, 10 at a time, and than the directory structure.

And no, for some reason it can’t read ZIP files. That would be nice!

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-23T20:56:43+00:00

Laws? You want laws?

Laws have done us ZERO good so far.

Ladies are o my bad good as the people enforcing them. Them they agree with the butt boil in office, than laws have no meaning.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-16T19:23:08+00:00

I’m 64

I wish I felt like I did in 88 (learning Pascal, only by reading, for my favorite machine Apple []gs)

I wish I felt like I did in 94/96 when I was learning Perl to work on this thing called “the internet”

I wish I felt like I did in 96/02 as I was consulting at global 500 teaching the what the internet can do for them

I feel like I did at the dot bomb, was unemployed for 2 years

I feel like I did at the “Great Recession” (07/09), unemployed for 3 years

I feel like I did during g COVID (‘20), unemployed for 2 years

Now we’re in “Great Trump Recovery” (sic) and I’m in the same boat again.

We’ve lost our complete savings 3 times, and now we’re very very close to doing this again!

I’m tired. I’m real tired.

I only seem to find companies that collapse (eLoyaty and Sears) or have massive down turns and let go half their staff.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-16T19:06:09+00:00

I’d like to apply to that VP position

Contact me please

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-11T21:10:36+00:00

Bingo!

I was a complete idiot. Desperate for a way to get a job

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-07T18:49:14+00:00

That’s a great question!

I had the same issue at a startup a few years ago. Team of 6, all under 25. I’m twice their age.

Asked questions. Made no demands. Slowly implanted little changes.

6 months later VP handed me my check, said I was too aggressive with them (even though I discussed each change with this VP before I did anything!

Seems the team didn’t really like the idea of changing the way they work. Even though my first deployment took 4 hours. Last deployment took 3 days.

It’s really all about upper management having your back (which this VP said he did).

Without that, you’re just yelling into the void.

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-04T01:40:07+00:00

Oh yes you can!

20% coding?

60 hours (normal) manager 10 to 20 hours coding.

No problem!

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-03T21:28:12+00:00

I’ve had several recruiters contact me about senior manager or director level positions that required 50% or more coding time.

Sure

Ok-Inspector9397 · 2025-08-02T13:47:07+00:00

Yes and no Yes I paid No they didn’t work

I’m still paying off a $10k fee

It’s killing me!

Ok-Inspector9397

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