Crimes exist for the poor. Simple as.

Funny that’s exactly what Black & Decker did the moment they got their hands on the Craftsman brand

It was a script undirected for 12 years

And it was Brad Bird working on it, a Simpsons alumni. They always punch higher than usual writers.

I think Zach Snyder tried for this in Batman v Superman but of course he did so with no appreciation of the themes or subtlety. And Martha.

Lemmy, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Tildes

Are we doing this again?

Ah there’s the squeeze

Lotteries are no different than stepping on people. They have to buy into the process, but the amounts allocated from lotteries for education or other grants is outpaced by what is given up in prizes. And many lotteries engage in games and mechanisms to keep people in the feedback loop of pouring money in. It’s a tax on the stupid and the poor.

I firmly believe greed comes from two thought processes: A sense of fear, or a desire for authority. I don’t know if wealth will make you a monster, but it will certainly show what you really are.

First step to becoming a billionaire: start with 1 trillion

Agile has poisoned software development to the point where it’s fine to ship shit products that can be fixed post-release, which of course gives stakeholders and execs the reasons to tie performance and bonuses to shipping, as opposed to routine stable operations.

I don’t know if going back to Waterfall is the right fix, but something has to change. Shipping crap is the new normal. If programmers organize to fight for better wages and conditions, we absolutely must fight to hold management responsible for code quality. Get us additional hours for unit and behavioral testing, assessing and tackling technical debt, and so on.

Hey I can relate. I miss the office too. I was far more productive there and the cooperation and mental space was better there too. But this is a new world we live in, and if you want me to drive to an office, you had better be ready to pay me a fair salary for it.

Oh, you won’t? Guess I’ll go elsewhere.

Its there, you have to find it.

We’re getting awfully close to another World War given ongoing affairs in Ukraine and the Middle East…

He has all the time in the world to be on X as opposed to running his other companies straight into the ground. He’s basically a lolcow at this point, and he has the pull and capital to drive the world into ruin.

Which has been crashed and burned to a fraction of its value.

How to become a billionaire: Start with 54 billion

If you’re trying to turn WordPress into an application, for christs sake go use Django, Laravel, or Rails. Don’t send a CMS to do an applications’ job.

Shit you don’t even need a CMS at this point. I moved off WordPress to Hugo and SFTP and i’m happier than a pig in shit. Shit loads fast and no external threats.

If you’re a glutton for punishment maybe