“I’m a software engineer, not a printer whisperer”

https://youtu.be/IV3dnLzthDA?si=r6TSNWNzEBqk1Hww

A pretty good video from Veritasium about Thomas Midgley.

Honestly I’d kind of like that in some ways. Language is actually pretty limiting, so not being stuck with it for thinking would make some thoughts easier to convey to yourself.

I remember when I had a surface tablet, the stylus thing used a AAAA battery

the situation here has nothing with the discussion about Ukraine

The situation is you’ve been banned. They’re just suggesting a reason you might have been banned. One that is imo pretty believable and reasonable.

Unless you got told by the lemmygrad mods that the ban was about your relationship advice, we’ll keep saying you were banned for the Ukraine comments.

Home casinos already exist. They’re called mobile games.

You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on - Ben Franklin

Honest artists are more sustainable than corporate black holes.

Who woulda thunk it

This right here is why I try to support indie gaming everywhere I can.

My first thought is what is the point of sending fighter jets to deal with a bomb threat?

“Don’t you blow up this plane, or else… we’ll blow up this plane.”

True, but what would the employees’ labour be worth without the context of employment?

As an example of what I mean, I have a hobby similar to what I do for work (hobby: game dev, work: software dev), I can say for a fact that I am more productive at work. I can specialize more at work, can get second opinions, and I get free, realistic testing.

Still not saying wage labour is always good, just that there are cases where it’s not that bad. There are other things we should pick to be mad at.

Personally, I’m not a big fan of the “surplus value == theft” argument. At least not in every case.

The reason is that simply by being in the context of your employment, you can work more efficiently and produce more value than you could on your own. If your wage is between your ‘potential solo value’ and your ‘current value’, then the profit comes from the fact that you’re working in the context that your employer has provided.

This isn’t to say I’m against workers getting the full profit, but it’s not as bad as some people say it is.