I'm a programmer, I help people clock out and go see their kids.
Just for context - In the US, SW Missouri currently.
| General | Technophile - 3d Printing, DIY electronics and programming enthusiast. |
| Pronouns | He/Him |
| Politics | I despise neo-feudalism. |
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My mom used to do environmental activism. All by herself, she got earth day and a recycling center going in town, and was a whistleblower about Dow chemical using agent orange. She was mentioned in Time Magazine for it.
Then she went to a barbecue for environmentalists. They put her down for wearing red lipstick and long nails.
And then her activism days petered out because she didn't want to hang out with these people.
Make sure you can see the forest for the trees.
A white dude can never be held accountable
Therefore a white dude must never make a management decision.
Naw bro, when they slash interest rates in the middle of, or right before, an economic meltdown - that isn't to help you. That's to load up the rich people with cheap hot money so they can buy all YOUR shit as you go under. Period.
Warsh is a disaster and should not be confirmed.
it's hit me like a ton of bricks after a day of dissociating
UT leadership have abolished the black studies department here
it hurt so much to hear the professor say today that this was his final lecture as a professor for the aads department
i'm feeling so many emotions: disappointment, disillusionment, weariness, rage, despair
and i know that they have done this because they are cowards and that they can never extinguish our power
but i am nevertheless drowning in grief right now.
Hegseth reportedly ‘butted heads’ with Sec. Phelan for refusing to punish Sen. Mark Kelly over “illegal orders” video.
#HegsethIsUnfit #HegsethMustGo
Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.According to the Highway Code, motorists “must not drive or park ... Read more
There is literally no going back. Like imagine you're say the Defense Minsiter of a mid-sized European country. And in 2028 we elect a clean slate of Democrats, like all three chambers, supermajority shit. And then we send, I dunno, Zohran Mamdani to explain that things are different now.
Are you believing us? Here's the more important question - even IF YOU BELIEVE US, can you guarantee we won't elect another Hitler in 4 years?
You cannot.
We're finished as a global partner. Already.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116454732850232174
Odds are, if you're eligible for this, you're probably a senior director or higher at Microsoft. This is an attempt to clear out a lot of middle management (and a lot of accounts payable) without it looking like a mass layoff.
Don't take the first offer.
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