No, no, no… That’s socialism

Socialism is when anything happens, and you can’t tell me who gets rich off it

Self examination. Question and challenge your beliefs constantly. Dig into anything that makes you uncomfortable especially

If you’re not growing, your views are not getting closer to the truth. There is no end point, only growth

I disagree.

A hundred people died. One man (technically team, I’m sure) saved that many. How many more would have died without what remaining services were in place?

It shows how valuable these invisible support staff are. Maybe, no one would have died without the cuts…

I think it puts this in contrast. And it’s also good to put in people’s heads before the next time they try to make stupid cuts

I literally do that. With real world customers, and real world payments and real world consequences running through the system, all the time.

I live in fear.

It’s a tool, our job is to collect tools in our toolbox and use them appropriately

TDD is great for when you want a really, really tight interface - whether it’s your exposed surface to customers or you’ve got a lot of people working on something, it makes sense to write the standard and code to it, instead of documenting after the fact

Otherwise… Well, in practice it’s an idiot proof methodology. That’s useful, but it is a lot of work

This has been the case since 9/11. I’m so sick of being looked at like I’m an idiot when I’m remove my shoes, then on the flight back they treat me like an idiot for asking if I have to take them off

Amateur. My dream job was just to exist in nature without a job, just creating to create, and instead I’m constantly tempted with employment

Recycling isn’t real. I love when I get scolded by my parents for not recycling when it’s just going to the landfill

Reduce and reuse are real through. Single stream recycling is basically always a lie though

You get hit by a baseball. Then you’re cursed with an overwhelming fear of getting hit by baseballs

This compels you to get protective equipment and hide behind a guy (who’s entire job is to catch the ball if it makes it past the batter)

Do you like where you work, and does it pay enough for you to live comfortably? I think that’s the most important question

Next is how long do you think it would take to get a new job if the contractor life isn’t for you?

Other than that, I’d lean towards going for it. You can make a lot more money as a contractor or you can work a whole lot less. Finding work can be difficult, but if you make relationships work tends to lead to more work

Granted, finding work can be challenging and stressful sometimes, so it’s not for everyone

I think you’re kind of comparing apples to oranges, we’re pretty fucked over here right now

I’d call him a progressive. He has socialist ideals, but he’s operating as a populist - he can’t get out there and say “we’re going to do free healthcare” because we’re not there right now

It seems to me that he’ll be as left-wing as the moment allows, but what he’s actually pushing for is pretty tame IMO

You first. We’re not on board with any of this

Thank you, I appreciate that… Fuck, now I’m doing it!

Thank you for your apology… Wait, you’re doing it again!!!

Well… Yeah, that’s just how empires collapse. Anti intellectualism isn’t normal, but it comes up historically

China hasn’t said shit. They’re very busy trying to avoid interrupting Trump

All China has to do is not collapse for a few years, and they get to be the global superpower. And the trade war has helped unify them while also making stronger ties to US allies

They’ve been handed everything they want on a silver platter, they’re not giving up the Chinese century for Iran

What a healthy conversation. I’m not used to it, it’s making me uncomfortable.

Fuck you no reason in particular!

Sorry to disappoint, I meant I learned the story behind the myth of vaccines causing autism. They seemed to be pretty good parents, before they moved away their kid was often outside on his bike… He seemed happy and healthy to me.

We had a significant age gap so we never interacted, but he was on the sidewalk frequently and never in the street when I was driving… Take from that what you will

Oh, that would fit in my model perfectly. Because it’s another world… Obviously. My model isn’t disproven if I wake up in another world, my model is just physically removed from my new world. Universal things still apply until they don’t, but there’s no conflict

If global warming hits 2.5C then flips around to an ice age…I don’t understand it, but it’s happened. My old observations aren’t disproven, new ones disprove the theories around them

Squaring that circle would take effort, but if it’s true it’s true, and truth sometimes takes time to understand

Sure. If it fills a gap in my model, I don’t need any proof at all. Why would I? It just makes sense. Of course I’m going to tentatively fit it in

And if a study convincingly disproves it, I’ll just as quickly discard the tentative idea. Why wouldn’t I? It made sense, but it didn’t math out.

But this is all in the context of my model. It’s a big web of corroboration

You can’t convince me global warming isn’t happening, because I’m watching it in real time. No amount of studies are doing to do more than inform the facts of my lived experience… I’m the primary source, I was there