I get the sensationalism but your position is generally wrong. Projects are more expensive because of multiple legitimate reasons (property / land costs, stakeholder costs, building costs, wages, financing costs). I acknowledge that corruption is a thing. But that's less of a driver than legitimate costs.

Hard disagree. This represents the pot getting turned up on the frog.

I acknowledge you are factually correct. However, once this field exists, it enables later reference and/or mandatory dependencies.

There is no positive use case , but lots of possibly negative use cases. For that reason, it shouldn't exist.

I believe you are missing the forest for the trees. First, I acknowledge your examples are separate ideologies.

That concept also applies to the right... social conservatives, right-libertarians, and neoliberal ideologies are equally separate. However, those practitioners have no qualms about banding together to suppress dissent (or until such time they are the only voices).

Where the left leaning practitioners are unable to do so, they will be forever tyrannized by the banded majority.

To put it more succinctly, the enemy of my enemy is my friend (when freedom is on the line).

Anyone notice that Halifax is spelt 3 different ways in the article?

My personal favourite is Hailfox.

Why don't you stop and smell the roses?

Jumping to such a conclusion, then blaming the hypothetical reaction, displays ignorance or malice.

One animal is a koala. The other is a kangaroo. Both uniquely Australian. (The frog could be from anywhere)

:)

Road builder here. Nope, unless you are being very creative with the term 'sinkhole'.

First clue - a sinkhole propagates from UNDER the road, whereas the photos simply show crap asphalt which has been essentially 'plucked' out. This suggests either a crappy binder, or it was placed in the rain, or a number of other quality issues.

So, more than the 1 star in our solar system? Did you type that right?

Impressive. Can you share your setup costs and general location (I..E region / country)?

There's a whole lot of anger there, I'm not your enemy - but I do have different views.

I don't think Carney is a social or environmental advocate, and I agree that this cabinet is doing some lasting damage. However, the only viable alternate (PP) is a Trump sycophant. Whatever your arguments with Carney - and I agree there are many - he is the best available counter to the dickhead down south.

Unless and until NDP becomes a viable third party, and assuming PP continues as the pariah he is today, Carney will keep my vote.

Ha! Good one, I only caught half of that joke.

I switched from pixel (originally a nexus user, then most models up to 6) to FP6. After using google phones for well over a decade, I won't be going back. Anecdotally:

• FP 6 camera is decidedly inferior to pixel 7 pro. Not just the image quality, but also the pre- and post- processing abilities you have in the pixel simply don't exist on the FP. Native camera app is fully functional but somewhat limited in options.
• Every. Single. Google. App. can be uninstalled. Simply can't do that on the pixel. FP comes with a single lightweight manufacturer app that seems to provide only functionality / drivers.
• machine learning on the FP is less capable that the pixel series. For illustration,the 'predictive apps' that you see on your pixel is just not available on the FP. In short, Pixel has a strong but invisible range of predictive outcomes that you (I) didn't recognise until I switched to vanilla android.
• phone is a lot more location dependent. For illustration: I'm in North America and the October android patch forced my device into a boot cycle. Had to disable precise location as a short-term fix. Turns out that FP 6 isn't sold by FP in North America (Murena is a reseller, no shade) so it's a bit unsurprising that the patch isn't robust worldwide. However. The issue was raised in the FP forums, the manufacturer ACTUALLY CONTACTED AFFECTED USERS seeking logs, and a month later shipped the next patch which resolved the problem (I've had tickets open with google for 3 bloody years without resolution).

To summarise my experience, I was unconsciously dependent on certain Pixel functionality, and the switch was a little shock. But I feel much more capable with this phone and I certainly feel more control.

Good luck with the choice!

...what's the source? WHATS THE SOURCE?

There is no company or reference in this entire thing? This is an exercise in creative function!

I knew a girl who once worked on a supposedly clandestine "special ops" tv show. She messaged me halfway through shooting explaining how disillusioned she was with the whole affair. I asked if, that notwithstanding, whether she had a lovely time in Costa Rica ... she was horrified that I knew her location as all public releases of the tv show had them being "special ops" in Africa somewhere.

As you pointed out, Facebook Messenger let that cat out of the bag.

Three weeks is my personal record for proper jobs, not counting walkout from bait-and-switch jobs.

Interviewed at two places, accepted the one that gave an offer, then 3 weeks later the second place provided a better offer. Accepted the better offer and handed in resignation. I know the bridge is now burnt at place 1, but no regrets.

Look after number 1.

It's not their responsibility to teach but it's also not my responsibility to keep abreast of all social developments. It's inappropriate to gatekeep due to someone's naive ignorance.

Picture this. Sitting at a table game and someone drops a term or phrase that I don't recognise. Am I going to run to the toilet and google that term? Or am I just gonna say 'yo, what's that mean?"

Source for the 'american left' opinion please, it sounds like projection / bullshit.

From the opposing position, my last three companies have placed me in the position of automating necessary tasks just to keep up with the task list, with absolutely zero support from the applicable Dev team. What's worse, I've had tickets in for ~19 months requesting minimum necessary business and functional requirements, and I get passed around like a bloody hot potato.

My choice becomes, fail in my role, or try to spin up some automation myself. The second choice is the less-worse outcome.

That your company has an in-house software dev team is impressive. Does the revenue-generating business have access to that team?