October 5, 20223 yr Ukraine not worried about Russia. Theyre thinking about soccer. Entered bid to host world cup. https://www.espn.com/soccer/portugal-por/story/4761758/ukraine-joins-spain-and-portugals-2030-world-cup-bid
October 5, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said: People in IT who often are tasked with problems that are solvable by algorithms, even complex ones, and are compensated at high rates and lauded. This leads to a particular hubris, and a belief that "it only" they had the reins of business everything could be done more efficiently and orderly. Office Space lampoons this pretty effectively. In my experience, these types can be identified VERY easily. They are the types who consistently use Senior/Lead/Junior labels CONSTANTLY, to talk down to others, belittle other's thoughts, stifle any counter opinions, etc... I'm currently dealing with a jack-hole like this. The guy is the butt of most all jokes, behind the scenes. If this person was given any actual power over people, there would be BIG trouble - personnel turnover, ding to moral, outright revolt. I'm sure he thinks he could run EVERYTHING, he may even be able to snow the higher ups that he would be GREAT at a position with more responsibilities/power, but luckily I work at a place that would not let that happen without doing research first. In my experience, the % of folks who think they can run everything, is the marketing team. ZERO understanding of what it takes to actually get work done, ZERO understanding of real world impacts to decisions, ZERO understanding of complexity - PERIOD. If anything, Office Space showed how idiotic business is, from a technical person's perspective.
October 5, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, CountBlah said: In my experience, these types can be identified VERY easily. They are the types who consistently use Senior/Lead/Junior labels CONSTANTLY, to talk down to others, belittle other thoughts, stifle any counter opinions, etc... I'm currently dealing with a jack-hole like this. The guy is the butt of most all jokes, behind the scenes. If this person was given any actual power over people, there would be BIG trouble - personnel turnover, ding to moral, outright revolt. I'm sure he thinks he could run EVERYTHING, he may even be able to snow the higher ups that he would be GREAT at a position with more responsibilities/power, but luckily I work at a place that would not let that happen without doing research first. In my experience, the % of folks who think they can run everything, is the marketing team. ZERO understanding of what it takes to actually get work done, ZERO understanding of real world impacts to decisions, ZERO understanding of complexity - PERIOD. If anything, Office Space showed how idiotic business is, from a technical person's perspective. You work for Putin?
October 5, 20223 yr 20 minutes ago, mayanh8 said: It's easy for someone to step out of their lane, be unwilling to listen to or consider the opinion of others, and become an idiot on a subject really, really quickly. This applies to pretty much everyone on the EMB at one point or another. Right now it's TEW's turn in the fire. I’m an idiot for not wanting to get into a shooting war with Russia? You people are literally insane.
October 5, 20223 yr 59 minutes ago, Bill said: I dont not always agree with @TEW, but I will listen to what he has to say. He is very intelligent and well educated, and even if I disagree with a viewpoint of his, it will have depth to it. Would you say it's a... 90th percentile level of intelligence?
October 5, 20223 yr 12 minutes ago, dawkdaballhawk said: You work for Putin? what? You appear confused. I was simply offering a differing opinion on where the worst leaders would come from. CERTAINLY not IT, as their BS would be called out quickly by other IT folks. Marketing is the real source for guaranteed ruination. But, based on your response, IT = Putin
October 5, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, TEW said: I’m an idiot for not wanting to get into a shooting war with Russia? You people are literally insane. TEW's movable goal posts!! Always ready to serve. You're insane for pretending your scenario is the only valid possibility, and defending it past the point of idiocy.
October 5, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, CountBlah said: what? You appear confused. I was simply offering a differing opinion on where the worst leaders would come from. CERTAINLY not IT, as their BS would be called out quickly by other IT folks. Marketing is the real source for guaranteed ruination. But, based on your response, IT = Putin It was a joke.
October 5, 20223 yr 42 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Yup. I've certainly stepped in it when I've gotten out of my lane. I still think I'm right though. Oh yeah, me often as well too. But if\when I realize I was mistaken, I'll be the first to call myself an idiot. The ones that die on a hill though, I'll never understand. So the only thing to do is mock them relentlessly.
October 5, 20223 yr 20 minutes ago, TEW said: I’m an idiot for not wanting to get into a shooting war with Russia? You people are literally insane. Everyone is entitled to be afraid of nuclear war. That was never something that was in question. The topic up for debate is, what are the risk levels for escalation that would lead to an increased chance of the use of nuclear weapons. What you're arguing is that all actions should be governed by fear of nuclear war, not by risk of escalation. It's a totally illogical frame of reference and it's why you're getting this same reaction from the rest of us.
October 5, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, paco said: Oh yeah, me often as well too. But if\when I realize I was mistaken, I'll be the first to call myself an idiot. The ones that die on a hill though, I'll never understand. So the only thing to do is mock them relentlessly. Your time is coming over in the salary cap thread.
October 5, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Bill said: Of the two of us, I'm the only one carrying an iodine tablet in his wallet. Even so, there's essentially a non-zero risk of things going nuclear. That's about it. You have a good education and good intelligence; this is one of those times when it's handy to have street smarts, which you lack. Tbh right now you're the geopolitical equivalent of a liberal mom who's terrified of assault rifles. We always fear what we don't understand. You are a businessman, thus you understand business. You a neither a politician nor a warrior. You can come back with all the snarky remarks you wish, but the politicians and warriors making policy agree that the risk of direct combat between the US and Russia was too high.
October 5, 20223 yr 23 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: You can come back with all the snarky remarks you wish, but the politicians and warriors making policy agree that the risk of direct combat between the US and Russia was too high. It still is too high, but this is Russian aggression. We counter it all the time. without getting into a shooting war.
October 5, 20223 yr Russians are fleeing Ukrainian counter-offensives, now powered by captured Russian weapons. Besides weapons, they are also leaving their dead comrades behind.
October 5, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Russians are fleeing Ukrainian counter-offensives, now powered by captured Russian weapons. Besides weapons, they are also leaving their dead comrades behind. And mass graves, and gold plated teeth they pulled out of Ukrainians, and total destruction, and ...
October 5, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said: Your time is coming over in the salary cap thread. I know. Calling the dead cap hit 2 years prior within a 5% margin of error long before anyone was talking about it was a huge faceplant on my part. Please keep coming with hard hitting takes like "We probably have more now with all that dead cap, than we could have" and implying "effective cap space" is something we were making up. It makes my day watching you not understanding why your take is incorrect even when I post clearly defined charts that show otherwise. So yeah, speaking of people who die on a hill, I present exhibit A.
October 5, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Russians are fleeing Ukrainian counter-offensives, now powered by captured Russian weapons. Besides weapons, they are also leaving their dead comrades behind. Short sunflower seed commodities.
October 5, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, TEW said: No, the point is you’re advocating for US military action. That is literal insanity and the exact opposite of anything that should have been learned from Cuba. The fact that you think direct military action is equivalent to negotiating is so stupid it almost defies belief. No, I'm saying we need to not fear the possibility of military action. Let Ukraine into NATO. Give Putin an ultimatum to withdraw. He will. He's a coward.
October 5, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, paco said: I know. Calling the dead cap hit 2 years prior within a 5% margin of error long before anyone was talking about it was a huge faceplant on my part. Please keep coming with hard hitting takes like "We probably have more now with all that dead cap, than we could have" and implying "effective cap space" is something we were making up. It makes my day watching you not understanding why your take is incorrect even when I post clearly defined charts. Just accept that HE has once again "won the thread" and move on.
October 5, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, Tnt4philly said: He is not wrong about the importance of avoiding direct fighting between US and Russian troops. Where he is wrong is advocating for bending to Putin's will. He was willing to sacrifice the entire country of Ukraine FFS. We are the stronger military power. It's not even in dispute. They should be afraid of engaging directly with us, and my argument is that they are. We need to use that to support Ukraine, which is a western style democracy and an ally.
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