jubilationtcornpone @ jubilationtcornpone @sh.itjust.works

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Ah, the old General Motors strategy. "We made poor business decisions for the last 30 years and were completely blindsided when it bit us in the ass."

I've never been to the pyramid but the flagship store in Springfield, Missouri, which also has an aquarium and museum, is an all day trip.

Which was itself a sequel to Nixon trying to stall peace negotiations during the Vietnam War.

That's going to depend on who you ask. Some of the gripes Trump supporters have are completely legitimate. Things have, in fact, been getting slowly worse for the average American for the last few decades and most of them are aware of this from their own personal circumstances, even if they don't understand the root causes.

Trump is an idiot but he is smart enough to know that people want to be told what they want to hear and they don't want a complicated solution, even though the solutions to many of our problems are very complicated. So, that's what he offers. Simple, horseshit solutions that are vague enough for his supporters to imagine the outcome however they like.

No, no. I believe what he said was "Muslin Ban".

This meme is brought to you by the Slack gang.

No one will remember that since it happened prior to last week.

Velveeta: Bringing Washington style gridlock to your colon.

Did the law give Trump the power to change the deadline through executive order?

I don't know but I'm curious about this as well. Not that it matters. Republicans in congress have already decided that Trump is above the law so he's going to do whatever he wants with their full support.

Translation: "We would like to thank President Trump for protecting us from the oncoming car he shoved us in front of. We would also like to make a generous donation to his inauguration -- which is most definitely NOT a bribe in any way -- to show our gratitude."

It's like watching a much stupider knockoff of The Sopranos.

"$9.00 an hour is good enough for me. It ought to be good enough for them." --Guy in denial about the fact that he is grossly underpaid

Somewhere deep in the CCP...

Senior Operative: "What intelligence have we gleaned from the Americans so far?"

Junior Operative: "I'm beginning to think this well is dry."

When the oligarchs start fighting each other instead of just the plebes. Internal power struggles are often major contributors to the collapse of an empire.

Don't worry. We'll totally fix all of them soon. Promise. Hand to God. They definitely will not be here five years from now.

So basically the same as a discard in C#?

Really going to suck for them when a big chunk of the properties backing their mortgage loans get repeatedly wiped out due to climate change related natural disasters and ultimately become uninsurable.

Eventually, climate change is going to hit real estate lending in certain areas really hard.

This week's project is improving the heat transfer from our massive double sided fireplace. It has a steel firebox with a very basic heat exchanger. Airflow through the heat exchanger is poor. I'm adding a blower in the basement to draw air from a nearby register and force it up over the firebox, out the vents on top.

Basically trying to squeeze every single bit of efficiency possible out of a very inefficient heat source since I don't currently have the time or money to install an insert.

I know at some point politics will get me and my style of insulating my engineers will cost me my job, even though by doing so we have great productivity metrics.

Mine ultimately did cost me my job. Or at least it was a contributing factor. I was so sick of the relentless conflict and the toxicity. When I eventually got fired, I missed my team but I was also relieved. It was like a huge weight being lifted. Knowing what I know now, I would never have taken the job to begin with. On the other hand, I do think it helped me grow personally and figure out what my values are. I decided I was ready to put my career on the line if I had to choose between keeping my job and doing the right thing. I did the best I could and my conscience is clear.

We should reframe climate change as an attack on winter recreational activities. Then Republicans might actually give a shit about it.

"Oh, I'm not worried about climate change. But I'm very concerned about the impending demise of snowmobiling."

17 years in tech. Made it to director level. Decided I hated ladder climbing. Transitioned to software engineering full time and spent the last 5 years doing that. The work life balance was a lot better but the corporate BS was not. I've decided corporate jobs may not be for me.

Currently working on a software project of my own. If that works out, great. If not, I may get out of the business instead of going to another corporate job. I've got enough experience to do just about anything I want to but I honestly don't know what that would be.