[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's still my favorite EU legislation. The price that is displayed must be equal (or higher, discounts are still allowed) to the price that you pay. Taxes, tips, fees, everything must be included in the price.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago

A Windows version becomes considered "good" the exact moment a next version is released. No sooner, no later. Those are the rules.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, not in retail but a fully remote programmer, managers are still very often concerned that "everybody has something to do" much more than "everything gets done".

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes.

They steal a credit card, buy the game with it, and sell the game. Then the owner of the credit card (or the credit card issuer) discovers this and demands a refund from the game seller. Processing this refund requires extra work and additional money from the game seller.

For a longer explanation, with successful results, you can read https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-303 .

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago

KDE Connect is awesome. I've been using it since it first came out (I think it was a GSoC project) with a variety of phones, and am 100% happy with it.

BTW, about the naming, KDE stopped the K thing around KDE 4, with apps such as Cantor.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You commit 16 lines, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The great leap forward was such a colossal clusterfuck that you can't blame it on any one thing (although most of them would be prevented without the authoritarianism). Literally everything was wrong. Sparrows, lysenkoism, forced collectivization (basically, and perhaps ironically, farmers not owning the means of production), Mao just being evil, backyard burners, rigid chain of command that gave the chairman absolute authority but at the same prevented him from knowing what was going on, everything.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 30 points 1 year ago

I still don't understand why a person's pension is in any way related to their place of employment.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She's vocal against the Catholic Church's history of child abuse.

Which is very good, but why did she then join another religion with pretty much the same history? Do people really think it's only the Catholic church?

Edit: I learned that she also joined a Catholic church (but not the Catholic church) for a while. Yes, definitely crazy.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago

And if Tesla can get fully reliable self driving, it will be a game changer.

But I'm not holding my breath for either.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

I don't know the song, are the "wrong people" shooting kids or holding hands with a person of the same gender?

I have a hunch it's the latter, but I want to have some hope.

[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 27 points 1 year ago

This really depends on the bully.

Some want attention - they want your reaction, often your overreaction so they can make themselves look like a victim. In these cases, ignoring them for a while will probably make them move on to the next target.

Some want power - they want you to look weak so they can look strong. They like the feeling that you can't do anything to them. Ignoring these will make them continue. Here you have to fight back.

And yes, usually you don't know what your bully wants.

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