blackstampede @ blackstampede @sh.itjust.works

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It's worth pointing out that the vast majority of innovation comes from students, researchers, and people working in tech, who, alongside their generally higher education, also aren't working 9-5, on-site jobs.

I didn't say that it was my primary skill, I mentioned it as a factor. If you have some bias against a worker learning how to communicate clearly and present themselves well to stand out in an interview and get a higher paying job, then you're an idiot.

Honestly, I don't think it's just money. It's a baseline of support that means you never have to worry about your kids eating or having new clothes, coupled with a vast social network. That network is made up of friends, coworkers, people who went to the same school as you, your parents friends and coworkers, your extended family, and just random-ass acquaintances who go to the same fucking gelato place as you.

I'm a good software developer- I interview well, have broad experience, and pick things up quickly. I've repeatedly leveraged my contacts from school, their contacts, and even people I've dated in the same industry - to get jobs and opportunities that my family couldn't provide because they're desperately poor. It's absurd how many opportunities I've gotten that way. I've seen equally talented developers grind along in shit jobs because when they look for work they do it by applying to hundreds of openings on indeed or wherever instead of hitting up all of their current and past acquaintances and asking if anyone is looking.

Now draw the same comparison, but between someone who has a network of contacts that are wealthy, and me. That's why these people can do what they do. They might be smart, they might work hard, but at the end of the day, they've got access we don't.

(Edit to add conclusion)

What obsession?

Seems like there's a need for someone to create tools that strip the latest windows release down to a minimal install, convert all of the smart features back into db menus, standardize the locations of options, and give you opt-in features instead of opt-out.

I've come to the conclusion that lots of things can be described as a "choice". Working in a sweatshop is a choice. Who you fuck is a choice. Being poor is a choice. But choices are, to one degree or another, informed by your environment. Sometimes just a little, sometimes to the point where the word "choice" implies more freedom of action than a person actually has.

Being an asshole, for example, would be much closer to the un-coerced end of that spectrum than being homeless.

I've watched Year One exactly once. In a tent in rural Afghanistan lol.

Same, brother.

Oh my god that was a blast to read about.

Allow me to rebut: the universe is only 6000 years old. Checkmate.

Oh yeah, neither of us were assuming he was intelligent- just a flailing asshole with a grudge. But you're probably right.

Or a t-shirt. I'm digging it though.

My girlfriend has a theory that he's trying to destroy the platform deliberately. I disagreed with her until he renamed it to X lol

I'm entirely on board with this, figuratively but also literally, if given the opportunity. It would be a blast to ride one of these things long distance. As far as cargo goes, I'd like to see a comparison on volume- if it can carry more cargo, it might still out-perform faster cargo planes just for sheer tonnage.

I appreciate your vital contribution to this discussion.

Holy shit this looks like fun. Now I just need sixteen friends lol.

Quote where I said that.

You said you wanted a say when you advocated for that policy in the first place

What policy? Go find the thing that I said that you think is me advocating for overriding the will of kids and their parents, and just quote it at me.

Where did I say that I wanted a say? We were talking about whether kids should be free to make all of their own decisions. I'm using bad decisions with food as an example, and you're accusing me of trying to tell other people what to do, then calling me an authoritarian.

I'm not fighting, I'm just checking out of the conversation. Go fuck yourself.

You're asserting that they have a right to make all of their own decisions, then asserting that I don't believe in a free society unless I agree. Neither of these things is obviously true- it's possible to support children having some decisions made for them without supporting totalitarianism.

See my other reply for examples of kids making their own decisions. Do you support all of those?