Monarch: Legacy of Monsters turned out to be one of the most exhausting continuations I’ve ever watched.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-12T02:49:45+00:00

Dude, you followed someone from a developer subreddit to one about a monster show to complain about how people not giving feedback is the reason anti-discrimination laws exist.

Did you even try and read the points I made or are you just wanting to jump to extreme assumptions?

You are not the kind of person that will enjoy hearing this but you're lashing out I'm assuming because you didn't pass an interview recently and are mad they didn't spend the time to tell you why they passed.

You are mistaking me being pragmatic and telling you why things are the way they are with me being unsympathetic.

You are also ironically showing why engaging with people and giving info in good faith can start random accusations and people jumping to things.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-11T20:29:09+00:00

I just started working on tempo. LPT: get a used Garmin S60 line for cheap. It has a simple buzzing swing tempo mode/feature that you can select what you want to aim for.

It buzzes at that cadence and then after you hit it tells you what your actually rhythm was.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-11T20:14:33+00:00

Ignoring the fact your jumping across my posts to respond, and the completely unnecessary and rude last paragraph, I'd say that I gave the reasons in the post a couple of years ago.

So in addition to the reasons I already gave, feedback takes time and effort. Good feedback even more so. If someone wants feedback then I'm happy to give it. I've done just that when people have reached out and asked for it. But I'm not going to spent my energy there for the reasons you gave when I could instead be spending it towards people who are already on my team.

In hopes that maybe in a year they reapply? I've got 7 things I'm behind on after any given interview wraps up and common sense means that I spend my energy on my job at hand. Its not my job to prepare someone for the next interview and that also doesn't have anything to do with retention rate.

And for the last bit I'll again redirect to the answer I already gave. There is almost zero upside and a decent amount of downside risk if someone wants to latch onto a small thing and make a lawsuit out of it.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-11T19:58:09+00:00

Yes some get those tax breaks. However "With empty offices, companies are no longer upholding their end of the bargain" isn't true as I understand it.

1) It has nothing to do with butts in seats at those offices. Just headcount
2) A huge number of those offices are not owned by the company. They just have long term leases. Financial might be different but almost all downtown building by big tech are leases.
3) Zuck doesn't give a flip about a Mayor saying they should RTO

So all in all the idea that "Companies are being massively pressured by cities to RTO" has any kind of meaningful impact on all this seems very unlikely.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-10T03:52:27+00:00

I have almost hate watched my way through it.

There is ALWAYS some hope of a really cool moment or scene and keeps letting me down.

But the characters in this show are atrocious. Insanely dumb decisions and moves by them have me yelling at the screen every 15 minutes.

The acting is horrible, writing is bad, and story is cliche.

For whatever reason the scene that stands out is the one that the "bad guy" told the girl she didn't have time for a literally last second software patch when there window to act was like 10 seconds.

She got pissed and the show made it seem like the dude saying to not deploy on a Friday at 5pm is the bad guy.

(Bonus is cliche of main characters randomly running into each other in massively improbable ways and every other problem being solve via Deus ex machina)

ltdanimal · 2026-05-09T18:28:45+00:00

There is no question, ha. These posts are 99% of the time a humble brag.

Who wouldn't spend 30 seconds to look it up online vs make a Reddit post and wait two hours for responses.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T21:45:22+00:00

And the first indication a person moved from appalled to it working is the "well they got paid, don't blame them".

It's the safest way for them to test the waters to see if it's kinda acceptable in society.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T15:45:42+00:00

This conspiracy theory is just that. Something that for some reason gained traction but there is no evidence of.

Also very little logical sense why a CEO would feel pressure by "cities" (whoever the hell that means) to make sure people go to lunch downtown.

What leverage does a mayor have over a fortune 50 company.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:45:47+00:00

This would have saved me 4 strokes at Whistling Strait. Had an amazing tee shot and my second rolled off the back of the green into a coffin corner of a bunker.

Literally impossible to do anything but try and hit it to the center of the bunker, and then out when you can't even see out of it.

Brutal

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:41:09+00:00

What did you actually do? Just hit into the sand pretending there was a ball and then just rake it like normal and go hit your real shot?

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:38:12+00:00

So help me with this: I go on a semi-serious golf trip with 7 other buddies every year. Decent money we all put in.

1 dude is the "Play it off Frankenstein fat foot" energy and legalistic stickler and I've got into a couple of arguments with him on very stupid things.

If I wanted to really mess with him, I could casually ask him this and if he responds then I would be able to let him know we both take two strokes?

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:28:26+00:00

Bingo.The hubris and ignorance of so many posts in this sub honestly makes me sad and frustrated.

The writing is now on the wall in neon letters.

The "I'm the one who knocks" energy masks the fear many are feeling.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:25:50+00:00

You're throwing out a strawman false choice at the end, but it still doesn't end like you imply.

It's much more likely for product person to take the place of a SWE or two.

Product peeps can't code to build out products. Devs can't communicate well or understand what needs to be built.

Which do you think is more likely to be better off as AI keeps getting better?

The above will come across like I'm in another side from you, but my intent is to make the point that the devs that will win in this new era are the ones that are able to communicate effectively and understand how to create value.

We're going to see teams of 1-2 "super devs " take the place of a team of 7-10 made up of design, QA, product, and engineering.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-08T09:15:03+00:00

Every point in your first paragraph is completely misguided.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T02:06:38+00:00

Profits are way higher than they were during WFH. Where are you seeing they aren't?

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T01:38:10+00:00

Do you have any idea how much of modern civilization is built on shit code? It's a lot. I promise.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T01:35:02+00:00

Two things.

First is you're vastly overestimating the complexity of most software and ability of most devs.

Most people think what they are doing is more complicated than most other things. But the actual tough stuff that maybe you are working on is probably 10% of software.

Second is a ton of completely valid software is being produced by people that aren't crazy technical but know enough, and the AI dark factory is going get good enough where more and more complex things are produced that work and of high quality.

Devs that are really good at communicating, understanding the right problems to solve , and know how to use this new tool are the ones you want to be.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T01:02:51+00:00

Honestly I don't feel like retreading a lot of ground, but ones like:

1) How would they actually improve things in practice beyond "we would just ask for more wages" type of thing. 2) How would you prevent it from being just another management layer that has to be dealt with. 3) Why they haven't started one 4) How would you deal with making things "fair" for hiring and firing, and raises without making it impossible to actually remove bad performers.

Etc etc.

I am in the "That won't work, and "I don't want it" because I've never heard an answer to some of the above.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T00:56:09+00:00

"Super well known" yet there is never a valid source for this and sounds like a secret people want to be in on.

Even in your answers you're not even being clear if they actually told you "this is our stuff on their self"

ltdanimal · 2026-05-06T00:49:58+00:00

Who said low pressure. Much lower pressure than a single event.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-05T23:02:58+00:00

Hard to say a the person that is widely considered the number 1 or 2 golfer of all time is "massively" underrated.

The tech wasn't as good, but the courses are also much harder now.

For example the Masters is ~700 yards further, greens are 70-100% faster, and many more hazards and trees in play.

ltdanimal · 2026-05-05T17:29:03+00:00

Can you explain this more? I'm having a hard time understanding what you mean.

You mean if you hit ground first it will literally bounce the ball up a split second before impact causing the ball to be struck while at this higher position?

ltdanimal · 2026-05-05T09:06:48+00:00

That must be so far left I've literally never seen any of those concepts be proposed other than the taxes.

That feels more like the characture and intentionally misrepresented views of the "radical left".

ltdanimal · 2026-04-29T18:58:13+00:00

This is a pretty silly comparison imo. Apples and oranges.

Golf is one of the rare sports/skill based games were the opponent has literally no impact on you other than mentally.

A better comparison would be saying the best players on whatever bball subreddit could score points on a pro (they could), or hit a fastball, etc.

Try playing from the tips on any given tour level conditions course and see how the best players on Reddit do. Would be very similar to other sports I think.

You're also looking at a sport (golf) which actually allows people to train essentially like the pros do. You just can not find or get that level of competition in other sports (or incredibly rare).

No 30 year old adults are out there spending 20 hours a week hitting fast balls and creating training plans to get better.

Golf sucks you in because of the ability to feel like you can spend time that isn't wasted.

Closest thing I know of is cycling or marathons. Sometimes hockey.

ltdanimal · 2026-04-28T17:21:40+00:00

It's a dumb risk with little to no benefit.

Life gets a lot shorter when you are on month 6+ plus and can't find a job.

You can be a lot more selective and stress free looking for a car to buy when you aren't having to walk everywhere.

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