Garbage in, garbage out. These logos represent the latter.

Well, often they know it´s hard to estimate, but the entire corporate system is built around having things done by a certain date, your time costs money and payments are usually linked to those dates. They don´t really have a choice but to make a planning based on the estimates you give and monitor the progress so they can give the proper level of panic to their bosses. Of course, software has always been a disaster with estimates and attempts to tame the chaos haven´t been that successful.

I usually make a ridiculously detailed list of all tasks. ¨Add button A on screen. Discuss details: 2 hours. Interface work: 0.5 hour. Code work: 2 hours. Database work: 2 hours. Testing: 2 hours. FAT: 2 hours. Changes after FAT: 1 hour. SAT: 2 hour. Test script: 1 hour. Update documentation: 2 hours. Add button B ... ¨ Put it all in an excel sheet and summarize. Most PMs don´t even want to start arguing a list like that, and it seems to make a reasonably good estimate for me.

It's an attempt to get a handle on things and trying to avoid situations such as:

"Oh, I was struck on that point for the last 3 months. I reinvented the wheel 2 times and now it works."

"And now we're 3 months behind schedule. Why didn't you ask anybody?"

"Yeah, I didn't want to bother anyone. But I did put in on the timesheets."

"It says 'working on project'."

And that's how regular project update meetings get scheduled, and a bunch of messages asking for updates.

If it involves an issue you can't just Google, it's something AI can't do.

Freude, schöner Götterfunken!

(Joy, thou shining spark of God)

So because normal urges are repressed, people feel guilty, angry and start doing more if it.

Reminds me of how some of the most rabid anti-gay activists are caught pants down with another boy.

Of course there is logic, but not the logic most politicians want to admit. This is simply:

"Nice global economy. It would be a shame if something happened to it. Maybe we can come to an understanding, and this whole tariff thing goes away. You do want free trade, don't you?"

The feeling is mutual. The majority of people in the EU are downgrading USA to "necessary partner" now and one fifth sees USA as an ally. Two thirds feels cooperation should be reduced.

Well played Putin, well played.

Mostly build a profile so they know what ads to show you, and a few helpful features such as telling you have to go to get to your flight or appointment on time by reading the confirmation mail. These days also for your AI assistent.

'criminals' is generally alt-speak for 'undesirables'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Fremantle_Highway

And non of the EV were involved in the fire.

Classic right wing thinking means that for them, the morally righteous can do no wrong, so convictions of embezzlement don't matter. Laws are there only to punish the undeserving, meaning everyone not in the in-group.