Absolutely true and correct.

This is the type of effort posts that make this site. Thank you

New site tag line plz mods

Get away from the lathe.

As an engineer i’ve been thinking about this article , and this one about why engineers are caught between labour and capital . I think the distaste for ambiguity, the degree of certaintity is definately a thing. I can also say from personal experience that the length of the “effort to reward” loop on your discipline ( design of a successful bridge takes years, running the compiler to get no errors found takes minutes) tends to make people more reliant on people and more socialised the longer and larger in scope it is ; most importantly people are part of the solution and not part of the problem. Software guys always think its the client is the problem and Software work can turn into a professionalised mindset for those who rise to the top.

In Australia we say removed when we mean mate (congenially) and we say mate when we mean removed (aggressively)

Now I see the power of posting. Saved

Absolutely need to post this

Sounds like learn to code for narcos after the steel plant shuts down.

This. They are just itching for an excuse. Comes off real strong “no politics in my video games” emergy.

Yeah, everything you are suggesting there ; BBC has you covered

Thanks all for the input.

As a follow up I’m in Latvia and I’m having a icky feeling that they are going to maidan their Russian speakers here some time. Just went on a walking tour and the guide was " need more Latvian babies Russian old people need to be politically trimmed,nato is saviour"

I lurked the CTH reddit until it got nuked, but never posted. I joined this place because i missed the podcast discussion , and figured that some of the good vibes might still be found there … but this place has always been a weird, kinda alienating and uncommunal place IMHO .it IS an interesting place ,but without the titualar poscast as keystone (and the failure of left electoralism globally) i kinda wondered what would keep it it glued together. it was thoughtprovoking that the site removed downvotes. I’ve always believed that the interface influences the behavior and having a big yes/nope button makes people quantified consumers of other people. if you come from a marginalised place or are hanging on by your fingernails , the reminder that your contribution can be easily ignored or discounted probbably stings a bit more than if you have a bit more comfort or other social frames holding you. i guess that’s why i keep checking in to see how the site is changing/mutating . I do think that OP is right, that by postively advocating for what ever this site thinks it stands for it becomes more of a shared experience, rather then a constant free market of upbears and popularity contests