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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Is that simulation in the room with us ri

WARNING: Unexpected false vacuum decay.
Reverting current state.
3,245,333,345,728,345,876 recoveries until reboot.

us right now? Hurrr durr

WARNING: Unexpected false vacuum decay.
Reverting current state.
3,245,333,345,728,345,875 recoveries until reboot.
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

Dude, tell me you haven’t been in a management position without yadda yadda etc.

They’re not genius or more valuable, their workflow is different. In development I could solve the same problem for days, and know the ins and outs of it; as a manager. When I pivoted to management, I understood I have people who know their shit, so I don’t have to worry about the details while I make sure they have everything they need to accomplish our compromises.

I had to learn to let go of the tech work so I could be more effective as a manager. I’d love to talk about Postgres optimization during dinner, but I can’t devote much time to that during the work day. That’s someone else’s job. I’ll just give them the resources.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

This. OP is mistaken if he thinks all people had to carefully read all email. We techies love to explain things too much, but executives are administrators, they don’t delve into technical details unless needed.

My technique to get busy executives to answer my emails is being direct and brief.

  • Subject: As concise as possible, and then more
  • In bold, one thing I need from them. Asking three things is a sure way to end up with two unanswered things.
  • Two line breaks
  • In bold “Details”, another line break, and a bullet list of any info they might need, but not necessarily read.

That’s it. If they need more, they will ask you. If you need more, send three emails, or make it very clear in the first line that you’re asking three things, and make them a bullet list.

Also, this works surprisingly well with people other than executives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Try it a few times, his laptop catches fire.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay, it’s not a dire wolf, but it might qualify as a concerning wolf, don’t you think?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The base has to be the target species. If, like Jurassic Park, they had an almost complete dire wolf genome, and slightly patched it with grey wolf genome to make it viable, few will argue that it wasn’t a dire wolf, at least predominantly.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

This must have been terrifying for the ant.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

TL;DR: Gray wolves and dire wolves are different species that had a common ancestor. These wolves are still gray wolves with 20 or so one-letter edits to their genome to express some dire wolf characteristics.

They’ve not become a different species, they’re still genetically-engineered gray wolves that resemble dire wolves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hard non-binary persons, mind you!

And if they wear furry suits it’s because they’re harder! Wait…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m sorry for the downvotes, what you said is true: pretty much everyone breaks.

Few people have withstood torture and didn’t break. Imagine the most intense pain you’ve suffered, and think if you would endure it for hours and hours. I’m not talking about a stubbed toe or an ingrown nail, I’m talking about REAL PAIN.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yup, PRI started as left, enjoyed seven decades of de facto dictatorship, during which it moved to center-right, then lost two times in a row to PAN, which is right-center. PAN lost to MORENA, in great part because PRI formed an under-the-table alliance with them. MORENA says its left, but in reality it swings all over the place.

Now PRI and PAN have become shells of their former selves, and MORENA had made sure to change the electoral and legal systems so it will be very hard for them to lose. Its founder and former president had long dreamed for a de facto dictatorship return. He’s getting his son ready to take over in the next presidential election.

Mexican (and Latin American) politics are always such a mess: presidents have too much power, and many disregard the law with impunity. I’m sorry to see USA is experiencing the same, Trump should be in jail for encouraging the Capitol riots.

 
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