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Ended up quitting school, working through the dotcom boom and bust and found myself in finance at various BigBank places before going back to education to do maths then comp sci. Still in finance tech these days.
Still a hacker - language agnostic. Dabble in hardware and low level stuff in my spare time. I love the library though it's not what it once was.
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I think part of the joy (for me) used to be in the deep understanding of the hardware and making something out of what felt like nothing.
If I’m doing something with a load of libraries and feel like a plumber more than a programmer then I find that excitement hard to come by.
Playing with modern day microcontrollers, SoC stuff or building software with hard real-time requirements is still a lot of fun - i just don’t get to do it so much these days.
I guess the difference is that it tends to use the search within the site you're searching, which might be less than fantastic.
It feels like people who crave social interaction are demanding that everyone be around to fulfil their needs. Especially in the workplace.
I found the pandemic to have allowed me to do some of my best work, in a quiet space at home. I understand that isn’t for everyone, so I don’t demand everyone else remain at home. Would that they might extend me the same courtesy.
The point of your argument is that violence is inevitable and therefore good?
People are undoubtedly angry because they are seeking to be treated equally. To not be murdered by the police. There’s still such an astonishing amount of injustice and yet they didn’t try to overthrow the government.
The crux of my argument is that these two groups are not comparable. One seeks equality and the other seeks to go against democracy and attempt a coup. This is what i mean by false equivalence.
BLM Didn't use violence to achieve their goals. Quite the opposite they were consistently attacked by police dressed up like the army, heaving people off the streets.
Where were the police in DC?
This wasn’t a protest it was a violent attempt to overthrow.
Call it what it is indeed.
Also i think you’re making a false equivalence here. There is a not insignificant fraction of them willing to be violent because because they either don’t (or don’t want to) understand how democracy works.
I think it’s fine to lump those people together as domestic terrorists.
I guess the rather different way that healthcare operates between the two regions has a lot to do with it.
Still not as optimistic as the lower bound stated on the parent post which was more like 240k (assuming 48 weeks).
To be clear, i believe they deserve a high level of compensation it’s just that they’re usually treated badly compared to the societal benefit they provide.
Certainly in the uk the median annual salary is about £26k. The above figures would mean US nurses are earning ~12x more.
I looked at the evidence and found the court submission and posted it here as a counterpoint that shows what an absurd claim this is.
Not to mention that the hand recount would have revealed it.
Please stop posting unsubstantiated nonsense.
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/...
Hitting it cycles through the playlists and speaks the name of each one.
There can be some that won’t sync even though you can play them on spotify. This is apparently due to some licensing restrictions. The bbc is the main offender which i find enraging.
No snark intended.
I’m likely missing something.