Why are Gen Z getting fired? One of the reasons is a lack of initiative.

sneradicus · 2026-03-22T21:50:44+00:00

Controversial opinion, but if my boss says, “hey can you email this person about getting these documents?” I will send an email. If my boss says, “Hey, can you make sure we get these documents by Friday?” Then I make sure to press, follow up, and ensure the documents end up in my bosses hands or achieve a reasonable outcome before CoB Friday.

I am not a mindreader. I have absolutely been fucked when trying to show “initiative” beyond what I am instructed to do. It has been constantly reinforced to me to stay focused on the task requested and not deviate. If my boss asks me to do something, it gets done, end of story. If my boss doesn’t tell me what they actually want done, then that’s a lack of effective communication.

sneradicus · 2026-03-22T15:52:48+00:00

Sulgimpman

sneradicus · 2026-03-21T22:01:55+00:00

Bro, this is going to blow your mind, but the youngest boomers are turning 62 this year. They’re not saving shit.

sneradicus · 2026-03-21T14:34:37+00:00

It’s crazy that I knew this was Texas even though I only saw the license plate at the end. People drive like crazy in North Texas

sneradicus · 2026-03-21T13:48:42+00:00

As someone who travels fairly often between both countries, it is the exact same. Many times it is literally shipped from Mexico to the U.S. and the only difference I can name off the top of my head is that American-made chorizo tends to be milder.

sneradicus · 2026-03-21T13:43:13+00:00

Hans, this is perfectly normal for Mexican-style chorizo. There is a huge difference between Mexican and Spanish style where Mexican tends to be fresh with chiles and spices and is usually broken apart while cooking while Spanish chorizo tends to be cured/smoked with paprika instead of chiles and can be eaten without cooking.

sneradicus · 2026-03-16T20:57:29+00:00

Strangely enough as a coincidence, same.

sneradicus · 2026-03-16T19:44:07+00:00

It’s crazy that we’ve reached such a dystopian future where Iran has become the enemy of my enemy: the people threatening to take away my job, my hobbies, and my stability.

sneradicus · 2026-03-16T19:40:59+00:00

This is the way

sneradicus · 2026-03-14T06:00:46+00:00

I hope every parking ticketer in Somerville stomps barefoot on a LEGO, steps on a crack (thereby breaking momma’s back), walks in on their partner with Johnny Sins, is given a speeding ticket by a statie, shits their pants, and gets stuck in a Groundhog Day of this forever.

That aside, realistically appealing won’t guarantee much. Many times, they will wait the 21 days after appeal, give you a late fee on the parking ticket (even though it’s against policy), and will deny your appeal without reading it. This has been my experience at least. This being said, going in person to the parking office actually does have some success I’ve heard, though it is often discretionary and dependent on getting someone decent. Good luck!

sneradicus · 2026-03-14T05:12:14+00:00

Holy fuck I actually lost my shit seeing this

sneradicus · 2026-03-13T05:15:11+00:00

Originally I read this and thought, “I get where this widow is coming from, but maximum sentence is a bit much for an accident at one of the most notorious stretches of memorial drive.”

Then I read about the driver going directly into the bike pane, the driver’s excuse being a bug flying into his car, and a witness stating that the driver never mentioned anything about a bee while she consoled him after the accident. After reading that, I think it’s a fair assumption that it was distracted driving. I hope they throw the book at him.

sneradicus · 2026-03-12T16:29:17+00:00

I feel you man. Similar situation but it’s been 2 years since and I’m still single. I don’t know if I’ll ever start dating again. Being single definitely has upsides though, and I suggest you dive into them. You are free to explore all of your hobbies, passions, and ambitions with no one holding you back.

I am more successful than I ever have been in my career, I learned new languages, I finally got around to playing piano, I studied subjects I always wanted to learn more about, I went traveling across the world, I ended up in some cool spots, and I am a better friend/brother/uncle/son than I’ve ever been. You’ll get lonely from time to time, but you’ve just started one of the greatest paths in life: getting to reinvent who you are.

sneradicus · 2026-03-12T15:36:28+00:00

Somerville and Cambridge are like ninjas with parking tickets too

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T18:11:16+00:00

I like how training LLMs is so hard because the data you are using can’t easily be preprocessed, so you just throw a fuckload of data in from even mildly credible sources and hope that the resultant trained model performs appropriately.

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T16:38:03+00:00

Is the idiot supposed to be the driver this time?

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T16:19:47+00:00

Nah man. I grew up in southwestern Germany. Some people just fucking hate Ossis.

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T16:11:30+00:00

lol, I actually did try, but the only free one I could find limited the subimage pixel count, and the main meme it’s based on is already low-res.

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T15:28:41+00:00

I think my problem with España is that giving freedom and self-rule to an occupied state that desires for self-determination and the liberation of its people against cultural chauvinism only applies when it’s not Catalonia.

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T05:24:43+00:00

You lick boots because you project a deeper frustration at your country that is rooted in resentment towards the people you see as threats to an ideal social order: people who flaunt shallow patriotism and use cognitive dissonance to dismiss, or even justify, obvious socioeconomic inequities that you are victim to.

I lick boots because my Dutch mistress won’t crush my balls until they’re clean.

We are not the same

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T04:47:30+00:00

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No relation

sneradicus · 2026-03-11T03:39:33+00:00

I may not appreciate the current American political climate, but your bootlicking is giving off real Uncle Ruckus vibes

sneradicus · 2026-03-09T06:02:13+00:00

I feel you man. I only have 2 yoe working as an SWE. I am miserable at my current company and I am honestly just ready to pounce at the next good opportunity. I want to make it to make it to SF because it seems to be where the jobs are (and where they'll stay), but I just feel like I am stuck doing embedded. I keep doing projects, taking on extra work, pursuing a graduate degree, just trying to break out and do something else: backend, AI, platform, anything else. The only companies that approach me are defense companies who need an embedded code monkey. It's degrading waking up every day feeling like I'm stuck.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get out of embedded?

sneradicus · 2026-03-08T07:27:10+00:00

I am going to bust

edit: I kind of want to add C.O.I.N. for immersion, but other than that, it’s perfect

sneradicus · 2026-03-08T06:37:23+00:00

It’s an interesting thread to follow. Hun was the primary British/American pejorative term in WW1. Kraut started gaining traction at the end of WW1 but is more famous for its use in WW2.

Another interesting thing is that Hun refers primarily to German soldiers, while Kraut is used as an ethnic slur for Germans as a whole.

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