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New comment by CrulesAll in "Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:49:48 +0000

Both parties had this view even up to a decade ago. It was actually right-wing libertarian fanatics that advocated mass unchecked immigration with a view to cheap labor. The Koch brothers(now singular) and the vast amount of billionaires wanted a complete amnesty. Ronald Reagan did give a complete amnesty to Californians. Even Bernie Sanders warned about this years ago.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:36:23 +0000

If you need to have that explained to you, you are the problem.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:24:58 +0000

"I'm already 40+, and it looks like my company doesn't go away in a few years and we are so short-handed" FANG employee for over a decade quit her job, opened a consultancy, and sold back what she was doing to former clients of her company(and their clients). She sold back what she was having to do to make up for this short-handedness, and the incompetence of many of her former colleagues.

She did it at 3-400 times the markup she was being paid while employed :) because they were time critical.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:21:03 +0000

Not fair on you. I did not mean to have a dig. I get where you are coming from, and should have elaborated. I've worked with those one or two engineers who were rude by default. Who had an extraordinary knack of vaguely describing the problem set, and then having a full on meltdown, always in front of other people, when the solutions did not match the problem in their head.*

*Goldman Sachs(sorry for invoking that name here) did a report on their high turnover, and the above framing was why many quit.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:16:12 +0000

"If you can't write well, communicate well, plan and organize" Straw man. Pretty sure, this is the dilbert equivalent of "I can problem solve". If you are an engineer, we are making boatloads being brought in to fix the incompetence of this level of thinking. INFOSEC alone is having a field day.

Would you like to buy a bridge? Coded by Claude. One previous owner. An owner who used said bridge to go to church once a week, and vibe code in Starbucks afterwoods.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:12:04 +0000

Wait until you try to explain basic concepts to such people! What's annoying is HR employing more of these people and not understanding why the dial does not move. What is baffling and infuriating is when such people are put in management. MBAs will destroy Western business eventually(those who tag an MBA onto a STEM qualification are not as bad but still infected.)

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:09:30 +0000

"software engineers are going to have to get better at thinking in larger abstractions" ........Math was first on my list. I don't know how else to say that.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:52:55 +0000

"Effective communication, building trust, bringing people along with you" That's a David Brent powerpoint presentation.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:50:57 +0000

Beyond engineering itself, strictly computer engineering? How many coders have no idea what goes on behind an IDE. Have not even the slightest notion how a computer works. Who thinks building a computer means watching a Youtube video and buying ready made parts, putting them together, and then think they should be employed by NASA.

To begin: Math, Linux, Devops, C, and Assembly. Not a youtube video. Not arithmetic. Learn to the point that you could be employed by any of the above as a senior. And don't fear failure. Keep doing it until you understand it.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills"

CrulesAll — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:40:09 +0000

Software 'engineers' are going to have learn the hard skills that they have gotten by without thus far. The ones who were never engineers in the first place will have to learn 'soft skills' because they are incapable. I believe @ Tsoding put it best: The only thing AI will do, in so far as coding goes, is to remove a lot of people who should never have been in it in the first place.

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CrulesAll — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:16:42 +0000

That's not how it works. Once in control, vanguardism defends itself by suppressing all dissent. It does not dissipate. It grows like a virus.

New comment by CrulesAll in "My private information is worth $30"

CrulesAll — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:54:17 +0000

Sorry. Definitely Swedish! Apologies to any Swedes.

New comment by CrulesAll in "My private information is worth $30"

CrulesAll — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:59:30 +0000

I just watched the film about Spotify "The Playlist". It took a few minutes before I picked up that it was dubbed. I switched back to Norwegian with English subtitles and the film became instantly enjoyable. All languages hold a beauty.

"Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam"

New comment by CrulesAll in "My private information is worth $30"

CrulesAll — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:56:18 +0000

"What are you going to do about it." is the new mantra of the oligopolies. These institutions, both private and public sector, are now so big, they get away with things like this all the time. It's only when the big dogs fight that they change. Mussolini(a piece of sh*t, I know) said something similar about the League of Nations(precursor to UN). It works when robins and swallows quarrel, it fails when Eagles are involved.

New comment by CrulesAll in "How long can it take to become a US citizen?"

CrulesAll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:00:56 +0000

There was no reply button. No it's definitely a True Scotsman. When you cherry pick what authority to quote, and therefore imply it's the only true position to have, it's a true Scotsman. Your next line affirms this.

"My implication is that the person I am responding to is ignorant of the state of the law, " And now you've moved onto the Courtier's reply.

New comment by CrulesAll in "How long can it take to become a US citizen?"

CrulesAll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:58:30 +0000

As opposed to figuratively.

"If you were to remove all the illegal immigrants right now from the US" The wage levels and benefits would have to rise to meet the demand for labor. The US would also have to sort out its education and trades system too. But if you think this is a skills shortage, I've got a bridge to sell you. And by the way, you are economically libertarian and on the same side as Trump. Bringing in an Indian to do the same job as an American citizen for half the wage is not a skill shortage, it's crony capitalism.

"housing would be among the first markets to collapse functionally" Poe's Law. You'd have a massive supply in housing, and therefore a collapse in the prices to owning a house. It has nothing to do with '08.

"f you are uncertain how important that market is, study the Great Recession of 2008." The great recession(It was a depression. I'd suggest studying definitions) was caused by three things: President Clinton scrapping Glass-Steagall Act, the dam set up after the Great Depression of '29 to stop it happening again. President Clinton signed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Credit default swaps were the nukes of '08. Clinton exempted CDSs from regulation!! President Clinton rewrote the Community Reinvestment Act forcing banks and lending institutions to give NINJA loans under the charge of racism(see commentator above) if they did not. He also signed NAFTA allowing cheap labor and material into the US, and allowing companies to move South. (see Ross Perot great sucking sound) He also brought China into the WTO devastating not just America, but the entire West.

New comment by CrulesAll in "How long can it take to become a US citizen?"

CrulesAll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:47:15 +0000

It's the entirety of your argument because it's the only argument you have.

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CrulesAll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:27:50 +0000

@ivraatiems is effectively using a no True Scotsman argument.

New comment by CrulesAll in "How long can it take to become a US citizen?"

CrulesAll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:23:38 +0000

"so as not to run out of labor" Beloved by the extreme right economically and now Trump. Low ball the labor market. Destroy the middle class and especially the working class. But at least CEOs will get their performance bonuses, and shareholders will see shares rise due to lower costs.

New comment by CrulesAll in "Blender 4.5 LTS"

CrulesAll — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:17:38 +0000

Never piss off engineers. So many software cartels went so far in ripping off their customer base that it caused a blistering clap-back. Companies like Maya were just taking the piss with their prices effectively pricing out all but big companies. A group of talented and, let's face it, awesome people built Blender into something not only as good as Maya, but better in most ways.

also see game engines e.g Unity(complete toss pots) and the evolution of Godot.

As for why people use Microscum's products like Excel, when LibreOffice is superior is beyond me.