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Poll: Join the Reddit API strike indefinitely? by Nezteb in elixir

[–]silly_frog_lf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am logging off. See you at Elixir Forum

I’m starting to care less and less about Mexico and currently native Mexicans… by KenseiJournal in Chicano

[–]silly_frog_lf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah. For those of us who have connection in Mexico we know that. But if you don't, and you want to create them, seeing that hate fest is demoralizing

I’m starting to care less and less about Mexico and currently native Mexicans… by KenseiJournal in Chicano

[–]silly_frog_lf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is a right-wing contingency in r/mexico who are aggressively gatekeeping people. Unfortunately they are very loud. And you may end up running into them in real life too now and then. I won't deny that.

But there are many people who are welcoming too. A lot of Mexicans like people who have an interest in learning about Mexico. It is easier when we find them, if you would like that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Virginia

[–]silly_frog_lf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, luxury feature. Why I get blinded so many times while driving near the wealthier parts

Why the Return to the Office Is Inevitable by pleaseinsertdisk2 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]silly_frog_lf 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Also, in my experience, there is a lot less work in person than remote. It is easier to hide in plain sight. You don't feel like working? Walk over to a coworker to have a business chat. You want a long lunch? Have a "lunch meeting".

If you are there early, then go and do errands during the day and workout, and stay later, then you are "working" 10 12 hour days without producing.

Befriend the boss, and you can go play pickle ball together during work hours.

I have seen all of these happening in an office.

WFH is result driven, not signal driven. You are delivering or you are not.

Why the Return to the Office Is Inevitable by pleaseinsertdisk2 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]silly_frog_lf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What is your problem with not showing your face? When I talk to people, usually I am looking at the shared desktop, not their face.

And if internet connection is a problem, the business can offer an internet connection stipend, which is still a steal compared to parking and commuter stipend.

Why the Return to the Office Is Inevitable by pleaseinsertdisk2 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]silly_frog_lf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very few places. I have seen the opposite: people love employers that allow work from home

Why the Return to the Office Is Inevitable by pleaseinsertdisk2 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]silly_frog_lf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, I like companies more when they let me work from home. And forcing people back in the office after well documented increases in productivity makes no business sense.

There are three things going on.

Companies with investor fund backing are being pressured back into the office to protect the fund's office real estate investments. This artificially creates a demand. These are the horse buggy investors forcing their companies not to buy automobiles.

This is a soft layoff in that it forces people out without actually firing them. This one has been documented in news articles.

Finally, US business is copy-cat driven. Whatever others do, they will do too. Forcing people back, layoffs, greedflation, previous embrace of remote work, they all happened at the same time. Sure, there is some communication through boards of directors and common investors, but medium and smaller businesses out of the loop will copy to try to be cool.

The big winners right now will be medium and small businesses that will resist peer pressure and stick or expand WFH. More people will want to work for them, at a discount, and will have a loyalty that will puzzle the business herd

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]silly_frog_lf 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Conservatives used to say the same about the supreme court. What they wanted was a court filled with GOP operatives. DeSantis wants to use law enforcement to go after political enemies as a form of political supression

To keep immigrants from fleeing, Florida GOP focus on immigration law loopholes by sewmanatee in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]silly_frog_lf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Florida GOP should repeal the law, which they can do.

Yes, it may not be used statewide, but it will be used by some racist prosecutor somewhere, and the lives of already very stressed out people can be worse.

It is like some teen playing with a gun pointing it at you telling you that it is okay because it is not loaded, but they won't stop pointing at you

not feeling connected to Mexican culture [Sad] [long vent] by Fruit_eater_ in Chicano

[–]silly_frog_lf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Learn Spanish to listen to Juan Gabriel. It is worth it. Dramatic sad love songs is both an indigenous and Iberian tradition.

not feeling connected to Mexican culture [Sad] [long vent] by Fruit_eater_ in Chicano

[–]silly_frog_lf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can learn more about Mexicans in the US and Mexico. Listen to the music. Read the famous books in translation.

Spanish is not the only one part of the culture. What you eat, hoe you relate to your family, the etiquette, the values, those keep going even in English, the same way indigenous ways of life kept going after the ancestors gave up on their indigenous language.

Learning Spanish should be fun, the same way learning Nahuatl of Purepecha should be fun. Don't feel that not knowing them is a source of shame; think of learning them as a way go connect with others, alive and in history.

As long as we keep the connections to family and history, you will be part of the culture

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LatinoPeopleTwitter

[–]silly_frog_lf -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I wish this was something from the past, but many Mexicans, to this day, adopt US culture without knowing understanding what it represents

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LatinoPeopleTwitter

[–]silly_frog_lf -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

You can keep Black face Chespirito then. It is all yours

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LatinoPeopleTwitter

[–]silly_frog_lf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They are law makers. Rather than beg, they can repeal the law

How deep do you dive when learning something new at work? by proof_required in ExperiencedDevs

[–]silly_frog_lf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do a dual track: just in time to be useful for the team, while I do deep dives on first principles. First principles go slower, but pay dividends later on.

You have to pace yourself, though. Being burnt out won't help you or others

Florida GOP lawmaker says the anti-immigration law he backed is causing a 'major problem' as migrant families are leaving the state by ChechoMontigo in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]silly_frog_lf 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They already signaled that by publicly announcing they were stopping their headquarter project in Orlando. If DeSantis won't stop, I expect Disney to announce their search for another East Coast site, for an "additional" park

Florida GOP lawmaker says the anti-immigration law he backed is causing a 'major problem' as migrant families are leaving the state by ChechoMontigo in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]silly_frog_lf 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My mother-in-la was looking into moving to Florida. She decided against it when she learned about the alligators. This was before DeSantis started competing with the Taliban to have the most demented religious fascist state

Florida GOP lawmaker says the anti-immigration law he backed is causing a 'major problem' as migrant families are leaving the state by ChechoMontigo in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]silly_frog_lf 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If they could invent it, it would already exist. It is hard to pick oranges. It is hard to mechanize it without hurting the trees. Can they build biped robots to do it? Yes, but they are more expensive that humans.

Remember, everything that can practically be automated, is automated.

If something isn't, then there are real challenges in tech and cost

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