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screenoridesagb··on Egg prices vs. Consumer Price Index since 1980
Eggs and milk used to be staples people “needed” they were just few alternatives in the food market. Now they are basically luxury goods with staples being things like chicken nuggets and colas.

I’m not saying it’s good or bad either way, but if the price of eggs were increased 1000% it wouldn’t effect people’s quality of life as much as a 1% increase in the cost of education or healthcare.

screenoridesagb··on Falsehoods junior developers believe about becoming senior
If your business is operating like this it’s not sustainable. You need 10 developers for every project so the senior developers can complain about meetings instead of exposing themselves to code review. That helps there supposed knowledge.
screenoridesagb··on Falsehoods junior developers believe about becoming senior
Senior developer wants job security having an unsupportable project or two doesn’t matter because 99% of the job is stretching deadline to line up with vacations.
screenoridesagb··on Falsehoods junior developers believe about becoming senior
Junior Developer: Let’s get everything done! Senior Developer: nah nah projects don’t matter as much as using whatever tech stack I’m used to.
screenoridesagb··on Is Emacs dying?
I’ve worked as a web developer for over 10 years, eMacs is one of those things only strange people care about. Never really cared what text editor I use, seems really strange and time wasting.
screenoridesagb··on A 'scam manual' written to help immigrants not become victims
I thought it was funny the references to scammy mail order colleges. Little has changed since the 30s.