macrocarpa
@macrocarpa@lemmy.world
- Comment on The ability to be spontaneous in life is directly proportion to the size of your bank account 4 weeks ago:
Reminds me of that 20th century philosopher, C.G.L. Wallace, who quipped “mo money, mo problems”
- Comment on Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it 1 month ago:
tbh we are all just snapshots of ourselves at different stage of the same cycle. The Simpsons did a whole thing about lolapalooza which starts with homer looking for his favourite artists in a record store, and the record store dude, and being directed to the oldies section.
The bands that feature in that episode are the smashing pumpkins, soundgarden , cypress Hill and Peter Frampton, all of whom appear in Spotify old school lists
- Comment on The mark 1 month ago:
Wtf
- Comment on Never Thought 2 months ago:
No, Pele
- Comment on Never Thought 2 months ago:
Huh. Never knew that was his full name.
- Comment on Regain Control in my ass 2 months ago:
Insomnia in my ass
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 6 months ago:
It’s missing a comma
- Comment on If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible? 6 months ago:
Tldr “In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence”
- Comment on what's a good way to stick a laser leveler to the wall? 6 months ago:
Yeah seconded… That worked for me.
- Comment on Why are male social workers so different? 6 months ago:
I spent a bit of time going through your post history to get an understanding of your background
In short I think your life experiences mean you’ve lost all trust in men. Not just your direct experiences but what you’ve observed in others.
As a result you enter each interaction assuming the worst. Every male social worker you engage with will confirm this pattern because that’s what you’re looking for. The - ah fuck here we go again - feeling.
For them, and I don’t expect you to have empathy for them, this is what they live - the outcomes of other mens behaviours. But - they were there and they tried. That is something.
You have changed quite a lot of your original post.
- Comment on Pros and cons of getting a job at a very small software company? (14 employees) 7 months ago:
Very small is 3 people. It’s a small company.
My experience working in a dev company exactly that size -
Pros
Less dead wood (people not carrying their own weight).
Everyone knows everyone well, it’s a tight team
Think it, do it - quick to develop and respond
Less pressure
Feels a bit like a family
More chilled than corporate esp. working from home
More support of networking and linking up with industry peers
Higher degree of trust and support
Way more latitude to do what you want to do
Easy to influence senior leadership
Can offer things like equity etc
If you’re a high performer you will be noticed
Way less red tape
A lot more trust
Company can prosper if everyone works hard
Cons
Company favourites
Can be quite political, although far less so than some large organisations I’ve worked for
Less cover if you’re on leave or similar
Harder to get some things done if money is needed (lower budgets and thinner reserves)
Lower remuneration, fewer levers to pull to get a salary increase
More drama with paychecks etc
Fewer higher skilled people to learn from
Culture can go sideways quickly
Nowhere near the same level of support and benefits provided by the big companies
Tend not to attract the best and brightest talent
Comoany more impacted by economic conditions
It also greatly depends on you and your preferred style. Some people just outright don’t like working for big businesses and prefer smaller gigs.
- Comment on I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? 8 months ago:
I’m just baffled. It seems unnecessarily cruel.
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 9 months ago:
But it exists in your head, right? Like you have mentally categorised an age of people as boomers, and you’re associating a behaviour with that category?
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 9 months ago:
Do you call them boomers to their faces?
- Comment on Fake news, fake penis... 9 months ago:
On a shelf though? Doesn’t dust adhere to rubbery or latexy stuff? I would have though in a drawer would be more hygienic.
- Comment on Fake news, fake penis... 9 months ago:
She went on the BBC (no pun intended) to talk about her problems finding employment.
So it’s possible but my spidey sense is she’s doing it for a laugh.
However normal reminder, don’t put anything in backgrounds that you don’t want screen capped and sent first to your colleagues and subsequently to the world. Aka passwords, pin numbers, phone numbers, notes, org charts, technical artefacts or business sensitive information (including whiteboards)
- Comment on Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers 9 months ago:
Lol that was lada where I’m from
What do you call a lada with two exhaust pipes? A wheelbarrow
What do you call a lada with a sunroof? A rubbish bin / trash can
What’s the difference between a lada
There’s a raffle at the bar. First prize, a lada. Second prize, two ladas.
How do you double the value of a lada? Fill it up.
- Comment on How do I stop hating children? 10 months ago:
Are you diagnosed neurodiverse? This is a common trait.