As exciting as nuclear armageddon, sure.
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Good thing reviews aren't just about catching bugs.
Maybe you just don't get to go out for dinner or ride on planes until they don't need to be hypnotized with a screen? You know it's bad for them but you're putting your comforts and freedoms above theirs and everybody else's.
I can't help but feel like the next generation has been completely fucked.
Average people are struggling to make ends meet and racking up debt. The gap between pay and the cost of goods has only grown in recent years. How is that good for anyone?
This is pedantic but I strongly dislike when people say anyone deserves anything.
I support an equitable system that allows citizens to move up in economic class (which we don't currently have) but I don't subscribe to the idea that everyone inherently deserves anything.
I don't believe you
nobody gets a 30% adjustment without taking a new job or a promotion, and if you did that then it defeats the point of this discussion
do you want to discuss the point or just be a snarky troll about it?
100k in 2020 is 120k today https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
do I need to spell it out for you? you are delusional if you think there is not concrete evidence that everyone's making less and spending more
I feel that this is pretty well established as a misleading metric https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0609/what-the-un...
> strong consumer spending
how does this track against consumer debt?
> average income increasing at a rate higher than inflation
but has it caught up? https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/wage-to-inf...
> I'd say the majority is doing better than most years
most years being the past 2 or 3? because I feel like we were all doing a lot better before 2020
While pairing could be exhausting, it built a really incredible culture there that will be hard to recreate.
RIP
What percentage of engineers are working on truly hard technical problems?
I can only speak from experience but the vast majority of us are doing the same shit with a different name signing the checks.
The world doesn't need millions of brilliant engineers. It needs construction workers that can assemble materials.
I am fatigued by every tech bro in the industry that thinks they need to find the next genius with their ridiculous hiring process.
I don't think most people choose a place to live strictly based on the location of their employer. They enjoy being in a city for its food, entertainment, and accessibility.
Good cities have limited space so I expect the demand will only increase over time, until the population tanks.
Perhaps it would be better for it to be efficient because it uses less energy and in general is a good thing to do for the world. I understand there aren't financial incentives around that so it's probably difficult for you to agree with.
Edit: It seems simply suggesting we do better is enough for people to lose their minds.
interesting perspective - why do you think this is a bad thing?
to me, it's an opportunity to verify that the change is intended. without it, how do you know that the program does what it is supposed to do?
Won't someone think of the poor capitalists!
That's a sad excuse to bring a life into this world. A world that suffers from the side effects of capitalism, ironically.
Two, you don't label it as fair, and you recognize the disadvantages that exist and start talking about solutions.
perhaps the _most_ fair right now, but certainly not what I would consider fair.
consider a middle class family that has secure food, housing, and transportation vs lower class family where the child might potentially have less consistent sleep, food, or has to work to help pay bills.
one has more distractions than the other.
I thought their whole thing was to maintain backwards compatibility, not introduce new, redundant standards?