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Software developer who seems to always be falling behind the latest technology.
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A colleague just said to me:

"I need to open a password manager to get the password I need to open the password manager that has the password I need to enter to run this service."

Sad that this makes perfect sense to me...

I respect differences of opinion about what constitutes "truth," but...really?
Hmmm...moving a folder in OneDrive is now 442 million percent complete. That's gotta be some kind of record!
Watched this video about SUV's from @notjustbikes , had a nightmare about SUVs, ... Still waiting to wake up from SUV nightmare, https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us

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Another nugget of incredible wisdom from Microsoft.

The world would be a better place if we all followed this principle:

June 2022 --> February 2023. The kid has grown two inches. The trucks have grown even faster.

This is not fine.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #VehicleSize #Trucks #RegulateVehiclesNow

When a car is repaired after a crash, the GDP goes up.

When a fruit or vegetable is grown only to be thrown out by a supermarket as food waste, the GDP goes up.

When you replace a phone that still works because of planned obsolescence, the GDP goes up.

When you throw out a perfectly good coat because it's no longer fashionable, and buy a new one in this season's style, the GDP goes up.

When a bridge has to be replaced because it wasn't built right, the GDP goes up.

When a piece of packaging is manufactured only to be thrown away straight away, the GDP goes up.

When a site needs to be decontaminated because chemicals weren't stored correctly, the GDP goes up.

In each case, society has no more usable wealth than it would have had if the car didn't crash, the vegetable wasn't grown, the phone wasn't replaced, the old coat was still being worn, there was less packaging, or the chemicals were stored correctly. Yet the GDP goes up.

Meanwhile, most of the wealth that is generated ends up in the top one percent's pockets.

The truth is that GDP isn't a useful measurement. It's just a convenient one.

#economics #politics #gdp #auspol #ukpol

Apparently, I'm a robot...
I just can't decide which option best reflects why I don't want to be bombarded with useless e-mails from you...

Car dependency is the opposite of freedom. It takes away our choices & leaves us trapped — & I don’t just mean trapped in traffic. Plus it’s massively expensive, time & space consuming, mentally & physically unhealthy, anti-social, & future-ruining.

Put THAT in a car commercial.

#CarDependency #cars #freedom #traffic