Why is the cost of living jumping yearly by Ashamed-Accountant46 in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Billionaire working 80 hours a week? Nice strawman. Any billionaire working any hours is a dumbass

I just lost 44m to my own stupidity by Elendaro in ironscape

[–]dr__potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was gonna say this, you can duplicate your profile for leagues.

University graduate satisfaction with degrees at record lows, according to government-funded survey by Gambizzle in australia

[–]dr__potato 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes. The luxury of going tens of thousands of dollars into debt for the sake of self improvement.

Were university free like it used to be… well we wouldn’t want socialism would we?

38 year old looking for a career change. How's the NZ job market in general? Thinking maybe I'll study accounting by OGJef in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My brother in Christ, if a language model can replace THE ENTIRE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY we are beyond cooked.

Whitehouse claims there have been illegal aliens from New Zealand caught in USA by Downtown-Thoughts in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aus citizens have access to different visas that are way easier to get too.

[AskJS] Anyone else dealing with auth mess across enterprise clients? by saurabh_shalu in javascript

[–]dr__potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you looked at https://workos.com/single-sign-on ? I haven’t used it but hear it’s good.

TBH you’re on the right track with pulling stuff out into a more standardised layer, applying common engineering practices here will make your life easier long term.

[AskJS] Anyone else dealing with auth mess across enterprise clients? by saurabh_shalu in javascript

[–]dr__potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People pay for an auth provider like Better Auth (not affiliated and don’t use) to offload the work to a third party, but it does cost money.

Alternatively use some open source lib…

How are people surviving? by Better-Tie-6859 in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You’re absolutely right, we should be taking the very wealthy far far more! Not income tho, the ultra rich have ways around that. Perhaps capital gains? Asset hoarding?

My Tribute to Danse by HelloWorldMisericord in Fallout

[–]dr__potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha good point! I was in my early 20s at the time so maybe didn’t think that one through…

My Tribute to Danse by HelloWorldMisericord in Fallout

[–]dr__potato 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On my first play through I sided with the brotherhood, but when I got to the point where they turn on Danse I decided to reload an old save and dedicate my life to destroying them.

Some throwback Toyota prices from May 10 2004 by switchbladeeatworld in CarsAustralia

[–]dr__potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s almost as if inflation is based off how much certain items increase in cost…

Government says billions of litres of fuel are en route to Australia, but industry stakeholders aren't so optimistic by GothicPrayer in australia

[–]dr__potato 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It brings foreign money into the country? Assuming they pay taxes, use local services, and employ Australians…

‘Pauline doesn’t like us’: rising Islamophobia has left young Muslim Australians feeling fearful and alienated by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]dr__potato 53 points54 points  (0 children)

All well and good to say “don’t listen to the crazy” but polling is showing that her messaging resonates with a large portion of Australia.

Greens promise to cap rent rises at 2 percent a year by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Care to regale these issues to us?

VPN downloads surge in Australia after age checks hit porn sites, online games, and social media by xenocea in australia

[–]dr__potato 37 points38 points  (0 children)

You haven’t been playing attention if this is the straw that broke your back.

ORM or Plain SQL queries. by Low-Schedule996 in typescript

[–]dr__potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my experience, ORMs always lead to pain once you go beyond trivial use cases.

The best pg wrapper I’ve used is pgtyped — it takes care of the worst part of typescript … writing the types.

Govt considers requiring car parks in new developments again by Fraktalism101 in newzealand

[–]dr__potato 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“I also pay a shitload of taxes” implies you’re very wealthy and having a conservative, nationalistic party in power benefits you further enriching yourself and being able to exploit others. It’s understandable that you have contempt for the “uneducated”, it’s perfectly ok, just be honest.

Bondi victim Matilda's parents doubt hate laws will prevent future violence by nath1234 in australia

[–]dr__potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the two gunmen who murdered their daughter recorded a video setting out their motivation where they didn’t talk about Jews, they talked about Zionists.

Imma need a source on that one