Secondhand

Second-hand, even.

maxxing

Taxing, faxing, relaxing; why do people put the extra X in there? indolence?

obviously a layoff tactic.

It sure smells like it, right? But, and I’m repeating myself and others, the important part here is that, if it is a layoff tactic, it’s a horrible one: as per the Dead Sea Effect, the people who leave as a result of declining workplace environment are those most able to leave, i.e the most employable staff, with each round of departures. Thus, the people whom Meta would want to stay around are the people most likely to find, get, and depart for jobs elsewhere. And while Meta are bastards, the mechanics of working in a massive org like that one score really well for skills companies want.

I wish them luck in this terrible job market, and hope they can find a supportive environment again. We can always do with more smart people working for the greater good instead of against it.

Fun fact. When Captain Vancouver sailed up the strait eventually named Juan de fuca, he spotted an aboriginal group in canoes, painted aggressively and paddling furiously. He passed a village, near what was ripple Rock, occupied by another band, soon thereafter.

On the return trip, that village was occupied by the group he saw in the canoes earlier.

Even before Canada was a country, the people occupying it were displacing others.

Of course, the Clovis people may have something to say about displacement as well.

Trickle-down

scumbags

Contracts are contracts.

Can confirm. It feels like it was eleven.

This. 100 times this.

Apparently shower beer is a sublime experience.

If I had this in my college years - impossible since we had no Internet available yet at all - I’d’ve been laughing. Stay home, stay online, and hack all the waking day? BSc in no time.

A dear friend lived near the uni in her home town, and so lived with her mom, rent-free, and just went all-out on coursework. In 3 years she got and paid to receive a BA. She earned enough for a BSc too, but didn’t pay the fee for convocation and so doesn’t have it.

Three years. Wow, would that have been awesome.

This. I barely have a filter as it is!

Coupling healthcare to employment.

Outside of America, this is seen as absurd.

Not discussing pay rate with coworkers/colleagues. I

My day job is Union. Everyone’s rates are well-published. We have less boring things to talk about.

in Australia not everyone faces the door in an elevator.

In NYC it’s illegal not to. It’s a fun law.

Every dependency you don’t update is a zero day waiting to happen. All software carries risk.

In the same breath you’re advocating updating without checking, and saying why that’s an issue. You … realize that, right?

You’re so close to realising the reason enterprise distros do backports.

not updating? That’s a recipe for disaster.

Not blindly updating.

It’s a different thing.

Sure. But don’t call me “500 year old map”. #commaSplice

Is it just booze, or can we start calling him Kush Patel yet?

raking

Wracking?

The whole tech security industry is kind of pathetic.

Open with disdain. Bold move, cotton.

Full of posers who strut around with few skills

Not untrue, but still a bit harsh.

and are unable to think along the lines of making tradeoffs for business results.

Sacrificing security “for business results” ? That doesn’t sound like security. It sounds like anti-security.

How long have you been a project manager? Do you like it ?