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AstridWipenaugh , to funny in Cannot imagine that level of satisfaction

Heh, people seem nice here, but I still have that PTSD from interacting on Reddit.

AstridWipenaugh , to retrogaming in If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be?

Ultima Online. It was my first MMO. I could own a friggin house that other people could visit! I’ve been chasing that high for 20+ years now.

AstridWipenaugh , to funny in Cannot imagine that level of satisfaction

I’ve been in similar situations. It boils down to “You hired contractors to do this work because you don’t have the skills internally.” I cancelled a customer’s quarterly release because they didn’t hand over their requirements doc by the due date (after 2 months of prodding). The customer got really nasty with me. Got a call from my own VP after a few hours. He started to chew me out for not “working with them”. I showed him the dozens of emails and several meetings I had with them being clear about their responsibilities and timelines. He just said “Oh… I’ll talk to them.” The call with the customer’s PM the next day was hilarious. After he had chewed me out in front of 100+ of his people, he had to fall on his sword and take responsibility for messing up their release since it was his responsibility to manage their requirements and get them to me.

I know nobody cares, but it feels good to get that story out!

AstridWipenaugh , to news in Democrats refuse to help GOP out of House speaker mess, trashing Jim Jordan as an 'insurrectionist'

Why do the Dems have to “help” the GOP? I say the GOP isn’t helping the Dems! All it would take is a handful of Rs to vote with the Dems to make Jeffries the speaker.

AstridWipenaugh , to piracy in PSA To people watching YouTube with AdBlockers

What’s the most turnkey solution with good features? I’m an experienced developer and can self-host, but I’m not looking for another thing to maintain.

AstridWipenaugh , to world in The U.N. says the Israeli military told it that all of northern Gaza has 24 hours to move south.

Obviously anyone who hasn’t evacuated is aligned with Hamas and is staying to fight. Obviously anyone running once the ground invasion starts is cowardly Hamas soldiers that are running away from the righteous power of god’s chosen. Obviously some of the ones fleeing go away, so carpet bombing the rest of the territory we told Tom to go to is necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Big fucking /s

AstridWipenaugh , to world in BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police

Yes, they are. My CEO sent out an email this morning about how he’s saddened by “the attacks on Israel” and glad “all our Israeli employees are safe”. He closed with “we stand with Israel”. No mention of any sadness or fucks given for all the dead Palestinian civilians.

AstridWipenaugh , to world in US says it is talking to Israel about safe passage for Gaza civilians

Yes? It’s been Palestinians for a very long time. It was the British colony of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when it was established as the Jewish ethno-state of Israel. They gave no fucks that a non-Jewish population already lived there.

AstridWipenaugh , to asklemmy in Comments on Trump lawyer Alina Habba's use of "gaming laptop"

I have used the top of the line MacBook Pro (work provided) for ~8 years. They’re great laptops. They can handle any programming compilation workload I can throw at it, even on top of all of IT’s required malware. The OS is stable and stays out of my way for the most part. I don’t use any Apple software and generally dislike when I have to do anything Apple-specific, but the hardware and runtime environment are undeniably solid.

That said, I’ll probably never own a Mac because they’re unreasonably expensive. I can get a high end gaming laptop or build a ludicrous desktop for the same price and run either linux or windows.

AstridWipenaugh , to news in Latino, Black enrollment in advanced math shot up after this simple change.

You can’t just casually use “shot up” when talking about kids in school…

AstridWipenaugh , to aboringdystopia in New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

On the other hand, always targeting the lowest common denominator has negative consequences also. There needs to be a balance, and equity to close the gaps.

AstridWipenaugh , to asklemmy in How does healthcare work in your country?

That sounds awful having to go through all that! In America, just buy a splint from the drug store for $20 and go back to work same day. No exhausting time in the hospital and seeing lots of doctors. No missed work. No being a drain on society and suckling on the government teat. FREEDOM!!!

AstridWipenaugh , (edited ) to news in McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

The house is the bigger shit show and typically writes the budget bills since the Senate will usually pass it if the house does. (Not 100% accurate , see edit) The Senate did pass their own bipartisan stopgap funding for 6 weeks, but McCarthy refused to even discuss it because it contained funding for Ukraine.

This is yet another one of those things that has no real safeguards because Congress has always passed budgets without much issue for the majority of history. There’s always negotiating, but shutting down the government has always been off the table until fairly recently.

There is a bipartisan bill being proposed to end shutdowns and just fund the government at current levels until a budget is passed. But most members of Congress don’t support it because it means they can’t use the shutdown as leverage, on either side.

Edit: there’s also the Origination Clause, which directs the house to handle money issues en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origination_Clause#:~:tex….

AstridWipenaugh , to memes in I should buy a lottery ticket

Family of four here, 3 of us got it for the first time this past weekend. My wife still hasn’t had it.

AstridWipenaugh , to games in Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN

Recessions also cause a spike in vice and escapism, so it could drive more game sales or at least offset the lack of disposable income.

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