Because we had a fucking pandemic.

If you work in the private sector and you’re upset you didn’t get loan forgiveness too… just remember that the GOP wants it that way and did everything in their fucking power to prevent loan forgiveness.

The hilarious thing is that the first ones to go will be the high performers. They’re executing a dumb as shit layoff that will set them far behind competitors.

When people fail to state jurisdictions it’s usually safe to assume they’re Americans.

And intensely stylish squigs to wear on your head so you can swap out your “hairstyle” at will!

Probably dwarves - they’re not that exotic but I really vibe with them… for something more out there I’m a big fan of Yuan-Ti, they have spectacular lore and it’s always tickled me that their most human-like form is basically considered low-born while the pure bloods are full on snakes.

Dwarves definitely take the cake for me though, big beards, stout, egalitarian, sometimes greedy - but always devout craftsfolk. As a big gender non-conforming man with a bigger beard and an intense love of my craftwork, I really vibe with them.

… I am a dwarf, and I’m digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole

Critically, if you want one of those really high paying jobs you need to work in a market with insanely high CoL - compensation increases haven’t been universal.

Employment isn’t at an all time high - unemployment is pretty low… but a lot of non-working adults or underemployed adults don’t count as unemployed. A significant chunk of the population has just given up on trying to find a job.

In British Columbia our labor laws were basically written by EA so tech workers have almost no protection against overtime unless it’s contiguous - the only hard limit on working is once you hit 32 continuous hours you must be given time off… BC high tech employees are exempt from any overtime and the only limit they still get is that they must be given eight hours off every day - but that’s eight hours not working, not necessarily eight hours of sleep. So you could be asked to work 32 continuous hours then be sent home with a forty-five minute drive, get home, sleep for six and a half hours (or try to) then get back in your car to drive back to the office to work another sixteen hours.

If you objected to this schedule you could quit but you’d have no legal recourse to sue your employer.

Oh, and in the above three day scenario (home for eight, work for thirty two, home for eight, work for sixteen) you’d be paid the same if you worked for twenty four hours over three days.

BC tech workers have no rights.

Employers don’t usually broadly advertise their anti-perks. This is the kind of thing you usually discover with a question during an interview or when you’re handed your employment contract.

Most salaried workers are written up if they fail to work 8+ hours. Salaried is now just a method to deny people overtime - fancied salaried workers may still operate in the intended way but even most developers I know have to obey some sort of time tracking method.

Weird ass story… I’m not certain why the local government is refusing to permit the recovery operation when they have no financial liability in it. I normally like to ignore everything crypto folks say but this seems pretty reasonable.

If you need inspiration PirateSoftware has some good pieces on getting started with game programming and regularly runs game jams.

https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/world/asia/bangladesh-disappeared.html

For the inevitable NYT paywall.

You’ll never escape the ads - never! We’ll get you in your sleep! We’ll paint billboards on the insides of your eyelids!

Nah, I was brought to church as a kid but I haven’t really read the Bible closely. Honestly, I’m just going off a general read of “dude who helps people in need and isn’t an ass”.

We love ending democracy, amirite guys?!

… guys? /s

Margin of error: 4%

So not at all statistically significant.

Like uh… normal? Jesus, as described, seems like a pretty chill dude. It’s christianity that gets into the crazy shit.

Cargo bikes are extremely effective in dense European cities but I, at least, exclude commercial and emergency vehicles from my fuckcarsing… I mostly personally object to using cars for commuting - it’s an extreme waste of time and resources.