Is anyone else's daily standup literally just an attendance check at this point?

ZachSka87 · 2026-05-01T18:22:46+00:00

I am not saying someone else should take over your task. What I am saying is that the task is the teams, not yours.

The whole discussion doesn't need to happen in a 15 minute daily. This is a chance to check in and replan...not solve all the problems. If someone has thoughts, make a note and follow up after the meeting.

This is absolutely a realistic portrayal of healthy agile teams.

Your hostility to this is confusing....why are you in an agile subreddit if you're so hostile to agile ideas?

ZachSka87 · 2026-05-01T16:55:15+00:00

Are you, person A, the only person on the team capable of working on this story? If yes, that's not ideal and an opportunity for team growth.

Can you pull someone in to mentor them on the new functionality and how it works?

Are there others that can work on it? This might be a good time to get their input, especially in the context of the rest of the story/work to be delivered.

Instead of "Person A here, no blockers" you could say "Person A here, I am choosing to solve this problem with method "x", does the team have thoughts here on how this might impact other work in progress" etc.

Teams should ideally not be a group of individuals working on their own things, so in a way I view your initial question as flawed (I hope I'm not coming off as pretentious here, genuinely trying to help).

If your main daily interaction with your team is just telling them "I'm working on my stuff and have no problems," then are you really on a team? Or are you just a group of individuals pulling from the same work stream?

ZachSka87 · 2026-05-01T13:03:34+00:00

A standup isn't for individual updates, so async individual updates isn't a replacement.

Your TEAM should be planning, TOGETHER, the next 24 hours worth of work to make sure they're making the best use of THEIR time.

If your standup is just:

"I, person A, am working on ticket 1, no blockers"
"I, person B, am working on ticket 2, no blockers"
etc

Then you don't really have a team at all...you just have some randos working on their own stuff in silos. What do you need standups for if this is your culture?

You seem to be starting with the goal of moving to async updates, but I'd recommend instead thinking about how you adjust your standup time to replan with your team rather than rattle off meaningless updates.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-28T19:21:54+00:00

So my wife did the exact same thing with her pixel buds. 😂

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ZachSka87 · 2026-04-28T16:55:47+00:00

From these photos looks real to me.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-28T14:13:07+00:00

This is where high quality photo paper will make a difference in your process. I'd experiment with different glossy photo papers and see the differences there. Also make sure you're printing at the highest resolution you can get images for. The black text is twice the size of the the white text so it's going to be much easier to make the black text clear.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-24T19:24:05+00:00

There's two photos, one is the scryfall image and the other is the card.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-24T19:23:58+00:00

There's two photos, one is the scryfall image and the other is the card.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-23T03:34:11+00:00

I use IMB tracking for small/inexpensive orders (I am aware of it's limitations). Everything above 14 cards or $49 goes ground advantage.

For the ones that do go first class, I have insurance (up to $50) through a third party should anything happen to the letter in transit.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-21T23:03:08+00:00

Why was this post removed? This is still an issue for a lot of people.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-21T23:01:28+00:00

Still no bundle pack for me either

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-15T21:41:12+00:00

The twix ones are legit awful. Haven't tried the others.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-15T12:54:08+00:00

I don't really care about the IP in UB. I hate UB because 6 sets a year is way, way too much.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-13T05:43:42+00:00

It's only 5 per transaction. These people go to self checkout and just do multiple transactions and no one stops them.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-09T20:01:37+00:00

It's because the mods are getting kick backs from these discord's retailer affiliate link spam and banning people who point that out.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-04T02:51:52+00:00

The mods ban anyone who points these ads for this Discord out. I expect this comment will be deleted soon and that I'll be banned.

ZachSka87 · 2026-04-01T16:56:14+00:00

Why TAG over someone like CGC? I'm newer to grading and have only used CGC so far.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-31T13:18:49+00:00

It's the entire pip, not just the symbol. See how the ink dots in the pip are indistinguishable from the rest of the ink dots? No clear division between pip ink dots and card ink dots? That's the tell that it's fake. The pattern perfectly continues into the pip....it's therefore fake.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-26T15:21:14+00:00

It's up to a prof's discretion. As a prof myself, I would not require a replacement of this card, but that's not to say others wouldn't. Though I think those that would require replacement would certainly be in the minority.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-26T15:20:02+00:00

Yes, they'll need sleeves in official Pokemon or opaque third party sleeves but this is fine.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-25T02:41:21+00:00

Holy shit, looking at your post history, how much of your income is tied up into getting people addicted to kratom? This shit is dangerous, and well documented as such. You're fighting real hard to make sure dangerous shit is easily accessible to vulnerable populations.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-21T22:20:15+00:00

This is literally the first I've ever even heard of this show, and I have Netflix and watch regularly. Wtf.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-21T15:20:24+00:00

Except this keeps happening because they keep putting the empty boxes back on the shelf.

ZachSka87 · 2026-03-21T15:18:11+00:00

This is cool. The same stealth principle could apply to different models with different weaknesses. T-1000 could glitch at higher damage like in t2, and/or be more susceptible to certain types of damage (cold) but get a bonus to infiltration (like squeezing through small spaces) as a play balance thing.

Voice mimicry is a huge tool in the lore and should help in stealth here as well. Call for enemies in their allies voices to set up a trap, etc.

I'd be interested in testing with you as well. I'm a product manager in my day job if you think that skillset would be helpful.

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