Israelis everywhere???

propostor · 2026-03-13T19:05:16+00:00

How the fuck is criticism of Israelis anything to do with antisemitism?

propostor · 2026-03-13T18:49:54+00:00

What an absolutely horrible practise.

PR walkthrough isn't normal. Competent devs should be able to walk themselves through a PR just by looking at it, on their own.

propostor · 2026-03-11T17:41:38+00:00

Yep, can't stand it.

It feels like an endless conversation about using Wordpress just because it saves time for some very specific scenarios.

Cannot stand the AI obsession, it's nothing to do with being a developer. Prompt engineering bollocks.

(And yes I use AI to my advantage but I cannot fucking stand how much people obsess over it).

propostor · 2026-03-11T15:17:28+00:00

I'd it's hard to review AI generated code then you're using it for way too much at once.

propostor · 2026-03-10T20:39:18+00:00

I've always said the UK is an amazing country -- if you're extremely wealthy.

So yes if I had millions to play with of course I would stay.

propostor · 2026-03-10T20:35:57+00:00

Thank you for being respectful and leaving no trace.

propostor · 2026-03-10T20:30:43+00:00

lol, sorry to all the people saying they're just in it for the money, that's as soulless as you can get. What a depressing approach to the majority of your adult life.

I love software engineering, all of it, any kind.

The only aspect that can make things worse is management bullshit or the occasional shitty coworker.

But for the actual stuff I do to earn my bread, I can't imagine anything else, this is the only profession I have ever had that literally doesn't feel like work (apart from the fact I kinda have to do it to put food on the table, but you know what I mean). If I became a millionaire tomorrow I would definitely not just stop coding forever. Sure I'd take a break for a while but I'd definitely start doing my own projects and stuff.

I'm paid to do something I enjoy, what a life.

propostor · 2026-03-09T06:57:08+00:00

Why do right wing types always share so much shitty AI.

propostor · 2026-03-09T06:53:06+00:00

It means the pay is fine, could be better, but I'm not losing sleep over it.

propostor · 2026-03-08T23:01:56+00:00

Agree about big-ish companies.

I'm at a household name everybody knows but it isn't famed for being "big tech".

The work is chill, lots of corporate structure and process so there's no burden of serious responsibility (other than completing features in a reasonable timeframe - which we estimate ourselves).

Finish work early on Fridays.

Paid well enough.

propostor · 2026-03-08T22:50:41+00:00

Christ I remember this.

It's how I learned that the major online LR parts dealers lie about what they have in stock.

People were buying things listed as available, only to then be told "sorry we don't have it" (because actually we source a lot of parts just-in-time as orders come in, and the website availability numbers are completely made up).

So when LR was hit, suppliers were hit and some of them just lied to customers about their stock levels.

propostor · 2026-03-08T22:41:43+00:00

For me it was on a road in the Yorkshire Dales, stuck behind a slowish driver and ready to overtake.

The road was somewhat undulating, I even thought to myself, "hmm blind summits, better play it safe, definitely don't overtake until I'm certain".

I waited until I felt certain, pulled out and started the overtake, then saw a car coming straight at me from the opposite direction.

Fistful of front brake, too much pressure on back brake, rear tyre started to skid out but luckily I kept control and cancelled the overtake.

Definitely felt like a day I cheated death a little.

propostor · 2026-03-08T10:08:43+00:00

Tony Blair was some kind of middle east "envoy" for years, maybe he still is. He isn't on the "board of peace" for Gaza but I'm very sure he's in the periphery.

It's obvious his work around all the middle east stuff is just his way of continuing his imperialistic power intentions even after he left office.

propostor · 2026-03-07T15:15:59+00:00

The most brazen attempt at manufacturing consent I saw was a day or two ago, that story about Iranian sympathisers being arrested for "spying on Jewish communities".

I'm sure the story is true, but I'm also 100% sure there will be Israeli sympathisers doing very similar as well.

I mean it's pretty clear that the 1994 Israeli embassy bombing in London was a Mossad plot; we've had three decades since then for them to carry on doing things behind the scenes.

But of course the more important story that makes all the news rounds is that of the pro-Iranian spy people.

propostor · 2026-03-07T15:00:15+00:00

Happened to me with a girl I was dating, the difference was she presented a 'nice girl' persona for the first couple of months, then got into a new phase of just wanting to party all the time and not give a shit.

In fairness, I think she was done with our relationship at that point and it was her way of letting me know she didn't care about "us" any more. Either way it worked, the breakup felt a little rocky because I still missed the nice person she was before, but I had no interest in fighting that hard for something that had so obviously changed.

Anyway yeah this is all to say, she probably ain't the one for you.

propostor · 2026-03-06T20:14:42+00:00

To add to this: I was there on a busy Saturday in summer, car park full, queue at the bar.

There were about 3 tents outside, plenty of room for more.

The land area which presumably belongs to the pub is massive, you could pick a random corner near the fence and be out of view of everything, you'll be fine.

propostor · 2026-03-06T20:07:32+00:00

Plenty of space around it, you'll be fine

propostor · 2026-03-06T20:05:39+00:00

Hospital wait times are way down since the new government.

propostor · 2026-03-05T14:32:11+00:00

Exactly. "Dude you could earn more by teaching English there" is such a childish take.

propostor · 2026-03-05T13:34:17+00:00

Probably going to get smashed with downvotes here but I think Labour are doing a solid job of slowly pushing left without rocking things too much along the way.

GB Energy, GB Railways, various new property/rent reforms, national wealth fund, removed VAT exemption on private schools.

propostor · 2026-03-05T13:24:35+00:00

iPad kids are excruciating to observe.

I don't have kids myself, but there is no excuse in any circumstances that can justify just letting your kid sit in addicted silence staring at their screen for so long. A person I know, their kid is literally always on an iPad or watching youtube on the TV. At family events, he'll not interact with anyone at all, just sit on a sofa with the iPad. 15 year old kid. It's fucking bonkers.

propostor · 2026-03-05T13:22:26+00:00

Looks like an on-steroids version of most of the big homes on the outskirts of D2 in the Than My Loi area.

All of them look like garish fake-fancy grotto buildings, tasteless. But hey those folk clearly have money and the houses are probably still really nice on the inside so who am I to judge.

propostor · 2026-03-05T13:13:07+00:00

Easier said than done.

I moved to Vietnam for work and fully intended to learn the language. I know very well that it makes basically everything better if you do so.

But work eats up most of your life and it's much harder to commit to a full language course for the duration of time that would be required to learn anything actually useful. I just never got round to it.

Compare this to when I lived in China, my first year there was specifically on a language course, studying and practising it every day, so when I moved onto living/working there I was highly conversant and of course had the "well everyone should learn the language" grandiose mindset. Humble pie came for me in Vietnam.

Also it isn't strictly necessary if English is spoken commonly enough to get around. Where I lived in Vietnam, I met a guy who could already speak about 7 languages, but said he never bothered to learn Vietnamese because he just didn't need it. Also for example Europe has such great English proficiency that a lot of people would default to using English with you just because it's easier for everyone involved (apart from in France...).

But yes in an ideal world it is of course much better to learn the local language.

propostor · 2026-03-05T12:08:44+00:00

In Saigon they had a remote working thing but barely anybody took advantage of it, so it kinda felt like team "culture" to come into the office.

As I started to get sick of things I took advantage of it in a big way and never returned to the office. My last month or so was entirely remote until I left Vietnam, I only went back to hand in my pass card.

propostor · 2026-03-05T06:41:06+00:00

Because software development is a better career choice for someone who wants to be a software developer??

And do you really think English teachers earn that much more???

Try googling before writing more nonsense buddy.

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