It’s outsourcing all over again where the working class gets to clean up all of the mistakes of the dipshit MBA class.

Damn, you reinvented yourself! Congrats!

It’s a tactic these dipshits use to downplay your legitimate concerns. Nobody gives a fuck about ping pong tables, snacks, paid lunches.

Pay well or fuck off, the end.

Yeah, that makes more sense. More users automatically means there will statistically be more complaints due to sheer numbers.

I have one too and love that thing! Even as a programmer, I find the only time I use a computer is during work time. Otherwise I’m mostly on my Steam Deck.

Being the single OS that has had a chokehold on the prebuilt computer industry for ages doesn’t mean it’s popular. It’s also used in tons of workplaces where people don’t have a choice. High number doesn’t automatically correlate to “popular.”

Windows is basically malware now. My wife is forced to use W11 for work and she fucking hates it with a passion (and that’s the pared down IT version).

I pulled out my old gaming laptop that had been unplugged for quite a while and found it somehow updated itself to W11. I immediately wiped the computer and installed Nobara as the main OS. No regrets, no issues, and no half-assed bullshit.

Windows on the ASUS ROG Ally is absolute dog shit. It would constantly reboot to install unwanted updates that offered zero value on a handheld (let alone anything).

Nothing I own will ever run Windows.

Windows isn’t popular. It’s forced onto tons of prebuilt computers and most people wouldn’t know what to use instead. Fuck Windows. Rant over.

Yep, this is my setup. I did the whole *arr apps, Plex and Usenet setup for years, but hated dealing with storing the files. It also didn’t help when my 8TB drive decided to act up and make files inaccessible.

Now I stream everything through Stremio with RD+. Works on every device flawlessly.

Similar tactic for cellular service: tell them the company you work for is giving you a phone. That has worked for me in the past. It’s impossible for them to compete with free.

Hey, you’re just doing your due diligence by removing malware.

America has been dead to me for years. It’s a crumbling empire and I have no respect for any of its leadership. I will never give up on myself or the working class, but we have far too much rabid individualism and egos to work together.

The people will weather the storm and come out the other side, albeit differently, but any semblance of government here is trash. Both parties are nothing but greed-driven parasites and everyone knows it. The new generations aren’t fooled by the same bullshit propaganda and the ruling class knows it. That’s why they’re ruling with an iron fist and the cops have zero accountability.

Cop cities going up everywhere; a military base on every continent; Israeli money weaving into everything; the Democrats are useless fucks; the Republicans are unmasked fascists. This country is in the final stages of late capitalism. I don’t want to live here and haven’t for years, but I persevere for family and friends. I’ve already told my wife if a revolution ever happens, I’m probably going to be the 65-year-old man that dies in it.

This is something my fellow Americans need to come to terms with:

This. The company I work at has had a few devs that transitioned from full-time QA to frontend dev. If you can write Cypress tests, there are companies that need it, and you’ll get to learn a codebase while you’re at it.

Even the tiniest semblance of power can go to a person’s head. You had $25 worth of merchandise in your hands, Karen. The store will be okay without you.

I’m convinced this is the only good printer in existence. They are an absolute workhorse.

Get a rice cooker with a timer.

This! My wife and I got a fancy Japanese rice cooker that will keep rice warm for hours. Comes out perfect every time and it’s a vehicle for all kinds of delicious things. Eggs, tofu, chicken, all sorts of veggies and sauces.

Here’s my recent favorite:

• Try to log into site
• Tells me my password is wrong… uhh okay
• Try to reset password by auto-filling a new one from my password manager
• New password set successfully! Yay!
• Try to login again… fail. Wrong password… fucking what…?
• Realize that their password field was clipping the password length off at some max length not fucking mentioned anywhere, so I have no clue what the actual password is without trial-and-erroring, which then results in an account lockout again

I’m a programmer and this kind of blatant stupidity from massive companies pisses me off to no end. MAKE YOUR PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS CLEAR. MAKE YOUR UX CLEAR.

The fuck are you on about?

“You are required to let me fuck you over! You are not allowed to resist it or find alternative means!” 🖕

My longest vacation was 3 months.*

* …after I got laid off.

I chose to stop supporting a fascist wannabe with my wallet and moved all of my sites to Render. Vercel shouldn’t be blocked with such a reckless move and LaLiga is wrong, but I’ve washed my hands of letting the other stuff slide.