count_dongulus @ count_dongulus @lemmy.world

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That's a real thing, there's one near me

Yeah management is totally backwards there; it's like the building manager on a construction project going "all electrical needs to be done in X weeks", but realistically they have no direct control over that deadline being met by declaring an arbitrary deadline. The unfortunate difference is that if you do a shitty job wiring a building, you'll fail inspection and have to spend more time and money fixing it. Software can often hobble along; there aren't strict enforcements for quality that the business can legally ignore, so you'll always have sad defeated devs go "okay boss, we'll skip the things we need to get this done faster for you (I hate this job and don't care about the product's long term success)". Having a steady supply of those people will slowly kill a software company.

In the past, I've dealt with estimate pushback not by explaining what necessary work can be removed like tests, documentation, or refactoring, but by talking through ways to divide the project more effectively to get more people involved (up to a point, a la mythical man month). That seems to go more proactively. Then we look at nixing optional requirements. But, I've also usually dealt with mostly competent engineering management.

The thing that frustrates me about developers who feel powerless over technical debt is...who is actually stopping them from dealing with it? They way I see it, as a software engineer, your customer is sales/marketing/product/etc. They don't care about the details or maintenance, they just want the thing. And that's okay. But you have to include the cost of managing technical debt into the line items the customer wants. That is, estimate based on doing the right things, not taking shortcuts. Your customer isn't reading your commits. If they were, they wouldn't need you.

It would be bizarre if your quote for getting your house siding redone included line items for changing the oil on the work truck, organizing the shop, or training new crew members. But those costs of business are already factored into what you pay at the end of the day.

Ironic considering after North Korea invaded the south in 1950, there were various pressures in US military command to employ atomic weapons and 34 were prepared, but ultimately the Americans exercised restraint.

What, does NK have some bizarre projection paranoia that SK will pour over the border like NK did?

Yep. Just look at Sarkozy.

Uhh...Israel was attacked by every single neighbor in both the Yom Kippur War and the Six Day War. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and others with expeditionary forces too. What neighbors do you think are Israel's allies exactly?

Try blocking the ml instance and similars, lemmy instantly gets way more normal

Disrupts campus event for students looking for careers because he hates two employers present out of very many. Refuses to move protest outside the venue, where protest could continue and reach the same audience going in and out. Gets student status revoked, meaning his student employment and student visa are revoked meaning he gets deported.

Surprised pikachu face.

It doesn't pass judgment. It just knows what "looks" correct. You need a trained person to discern that. It's like describing symptoms to WebMD. If you had a junior doctor using WebMD, how comfortable would you be with their assessment?

Yep typical ratings are oriented relative to the "average" consumer. But no person is actually THE average.

It's a useful place to find out if something totally sucks though. That's how I use it. 60+? Probably good, at least for some audiences. Less than that? Only if you're already hyped or a fan of whatever thing it's related to.

Boost allows you filter keywords. It's not a highlight option, but it's a couple taps to paste the text you want to exclude.

They know that loss increases with self checkout. They just did the math and figured it's less than the cost of hiring all the extra cashiers.

Are these elitists in the room with you right now....?

Typing long form stuff on a smartphone sucks

Ew siloing

Missing a bit of info: the extra processing is just grinding up the cheese and adding that emulsifier.

Slappers only, no oddjob

It was actually pretty good. I remember having to pass an ingame training course to use the medic class. I still vaguely remember how to apply a tourniquet lol