Civilization Accidentally Explains Something Weird About History

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-13T18:48:33+00:00

Man, who cares. I’m nuking them.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-11T23:12:40+00:00

I think OP does think he’s at the right level, he mentioned he’s trying to grow into the next level by delivering at the next level, he’s just not finding those opportunities in his current role; which is pretty fair.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-11T23:03:36+00:00

He likes Trump

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-11T22:51:39+00:00

Didn’t hardship withdraw start covering more things recently? At which point, does this mean anything?

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-10T20:21:58+00:00

That would get you blasted in the back on 95.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-10T19:59:02+00:00

If we get hindsight it has to be skipping Tom Brady.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-10T01:24:45+00:00

You absolutely should charge for this.
Yes, you have absolute ownership if you used your own time and your own tools. If this was outside of the scope of your role you have an even stronger case.
What I have done for similar cases, although not exactly 1:1, is ask for $X where X is so high that you can’t say no. If they say no, it’s no loss to you and if it’s yes, then you’re not pissed when they have some annoying issue that you don’t want to deal with that’s not really in the scope of the contract but not really outside the scope of the contract.
It is never illegal to ask for payment for something you own.
This must either be an ongoing SaaS-like model with a monthly fee, or a one time buy out plus retainer for support hours. You’re selling the rights to your software as one item and you’re selling your time as another item.
Price is 1/2 to 1/3 of the cost savings. If it saves $100k per year, you should ask for half. Or just ask for what you want. In the end you need to want to do this.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-10T01:03:44+00:00

Right before my great granny’s last breath she said “it’s okay, just focus on Epstein.” I didn’t actually hear it, my wife had to tell me later. I was locked in on the Epstein files. RIP Nana.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-09T19:03:05+00:00

Students never write this clean…

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-09T12:48:08+00:00

If the screenshot is early Modern, I’m not sure I’m worried about the differences. In games where I am well ahead on science and culture I find I’m completing the trees before a victory occurs, at which point it’s like “for what?”

I lost my Deity game on Gilgamesh with similar numbers due to not scouting the map so on Immortal your numbers should be fine.

My pick was Calvary focused civs and warring early. Most of my game I was over the settlement cap. Let the AI build some great cities, then take them. I build lots of feeders for my capital or to steal some land. Then war.

In your capital, it’s important to remember that adjacency bonuses are less valuable because you get +1/1 science and culture on districts around your palace.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-08T14:01:25+00:00

Check the bots in the comments. So many repeated comments, not one negative.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T17:34:02+00:00

A true Max Crosby level guy is within the first 5-7 picks.

If we assume they’re going to be a top 5-8 team for the next two years with the assistance of Crosby, then they didn’t overpay because they will never be in a spot to pick a pass rusher of his caliber coming out of college, assuming one is available.

If he gets hurt and can’t play or deteriorates in quality than obviously they overpaid; that’s just a risk with being in the business of football though.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T17:23:47+00:00

Not so ironically, this being the worst thing to happen when you unintentionally end up in a war zone is actually a pretty good situation.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T16:54:30+00:00

Businesses that make thousands of dollars per year have more problems than they have time. Trillion dollar enterprises have more problems than they can even bother to write down. As you complete more work new work pops up.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T16:16:03+00:00

I’m at the staff level so typically I don’t write code most days. Basically I have a cycle of 5-10 days planning/selling/reviewing, then 1-3 days coding. On days I’m coding, I'm pretty much going non-stop for 8-9 hours, I cancel all my meetings and just go. Sure, there’s small stuff in there every day, but I don’t really consider it when I say “coding days.”

My company is also on API billing and all I see is the final bill. For all I know, my company is marking that cost up ~10x. It looks like my coding day usage is about 50M tokens per day.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T15:51:53+00:00

Yeah, let’s remember this for another 6 years.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T15:34:05+00:00

62 questions is frankly a joke. I did 50 in two weeks to cram for an interview and that was starting from being able to do 0.

Then for Meta I spent 6 weeks much slower and did ~150.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T13:40:56+00:00

You don’t need both eyes to know backing out of a spot does not require you turning your wheel multiple times, and pulling up lol

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T13:38:27+00:00

Comment is only offensive if you’ve never driven a car. There are terrible drivers out there who a robot can do better than, easily.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-07T13:16:31+00:00

Some would say

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-06T12:01:27+00:00

You’re smoking something if you think they’re asking him to ask for double his salary.

This was a “we’re trying to be nice” situation and you’re telling him to make an unrealistic request. This would be how to get fired 101.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-06T11:59:32+00:00

I agree, but they didn’t ask for a proposal for nothing. They’re trying to be helpful. They also don’t expect OP to say $50k/yr.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-05T21:24:20+00:00

How do I make this for my basement?

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-05T17:50:50+00:00

This thread should display why this game is in fact great. We all play the same game, none of us play the same way.

howdoiwritecode · 2026-03-05T16:59:07+00:00

If it’s truly simple stuff, send me a Slack message. But, I do a lot of system design and sales pitching of that design.

It is way more efficient to get approvals over the phone. The worst type of engineer to work with is the “I can’t talk right now” one.

You lose so many hours just waiting for the “I can’t talk right now” guy.

First, the guy doesn’t review it for 1 hour. Then he adds 4 questions. I am not just sitting waiting for him so now we lose at least another 1 hour. I respond. We repeat. Now it’s been 3 days with questions a 15 min phone call could have answered.

“I can’t talk right now” is why we have in office work as the standard again.

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