mechanical_bear

What a terrible blog post. It basically ends with “well, this test is meaningless under real world conditions.”

How about some more robust testing that mimics real world scenarios?

Same. Also same experience for me on ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo.

Same with full stops for me.

I’m sure your customers can go down for a minute every other week.

I am trying to compare them. I know the software dev might not be as high, but it is directly comparable and can be expressed in USD for easy comparison.

My dev machine was about 5k, and I will build another one in another 3-4 years. My tablet was 1.5k. My phones for dev purposes are numerous and run 5-800 each. These get replaced every year or three. My primary laptop was 3k, I will buy another in another 3-4 years. My secondary laptop was 1k, it will probably last 4-5 years. My monitors were 1.5k each. I’m sure I’ll use those for 6-7 years. I have three. My test server was 5k. I will probably build a new one in 5-7 years. My sit/stand desk was 1k, my chair was almost 1k. Etc, etc… All of my tools are expendable on a much shorter time table than your mechanic tools.

Your 10k of snap on tools are good for life.

No Toyota Tacoma…probably the most popular truck in many US states. No Ram trucks. No Subaru WRX, nor BRZ. Really neat concept, but I wish it had more US vehicles.

No, the software dev has to outfit themselves with expensive computers, constantly changing software, and years of knowledge.

Their methodology of judging popularity is absurd.

Are you also horrified at humans eating a wild Turkey?

For me at least: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/c5/8c/bcc58ccca47e6e8faa9a...

I am in California. Yesterday I bought the organic cage free vegetarian fed brown eggs at Safeway, they were $5.99 I could have spent less for the plain white eggs, and this is at Safeway which is not known for their low prices.

I’m just not seeing these quoted prices anywhere.

Seems weird to make unique someone else’s work. How does that work from an IP standpoint?

You didn’t provide any real evidence in your comments, you just made some potentially specious claims, multiple times.

9-5, no weekends, no on call.

Also, while this is super messed up…how does it rise to the level of the Federal Law Enforcement being involved? Seems like low table stakes for them?

Lots of engineers. 250k is my base starting point to even have an employment conversation and I’m no 10x unicorn.

There are complicating factors in NYC, as well as the fact that the average resident doesn’t pay what it actually costs for trash pickup, so moving to a private model would cost significantly more for each household. (Obviously TINSTAAFL, and this cost is just hidden in other ways. Eg taxes)

This has generated a rabbit hole of epic proportions. My personal list of “I’ll get around to that someday…” Here I am installing nginx on my server in my basement…brb. I have to go finish that Symfony build of my personal site. I’ll be a minute or two.

Lol beat me to it :-) Glad someone was inspired!

Not everyone works 9-5, M to F.

Citation needed.

I pay about a third of the rate and I am in an area that is so close to PGE that I could throw a rock and hit them. It’s terrible pricing, even for the area.

It does just work for most users. They don’t get online and post 2000 word blog entries about their successfully completing their work for the day with no hiccups.

Inferior how?

My KDE Plasma setup is nothing like MacOS.

I’m still using Atom, Postman, and PuTTY. Does that mean I’m old?

That is not going to happen. It will create too much friction for users.

Your terms are acceptable.

This won’t change that for you (or most users). It will allow power users more control.

Use different slang on different accounts. Don’t bother with capitalisation on some. Use British English on some. Etc. The speaking style aligns with the username.

See also: How to get tossed from family gatherings in three easy steps.