Greg Baumbach @DragonIV@octodon.social

Looks like INARA's total worth graph tops out at 4B CR. Methinks I'll find out if it rescales this weekend. :D #EliteDangerous

@starbreaker Mostly, yes--a UBI would definitely be a change for the positive for workers. However, assuming that "working" pays more on top of UBI, or exceeds it enough to make it worthwhile, there is nothing to prevent companies from discriminatory hiring. The labor pool doesn't change much from their perspective.

Despite that, UBI has so many other benefits (including insurance against a downturn in labor needs) that it's a must have.

@starbreaker Unless you change who pays who for work, that doesn't make any sense. Since businesses pay for a worker's labor, they set the requirements for who may work.

@starbreaker Culture fit is another name for discriminatory hiring. We agree on that point, methinks.

Training is a whole different kettle of fish. Whether you agree or not, from my experience some folks are not cut out for certain work no matter the training. Often, it takes getting fired for incompetence to get the message--if they get it at all.

In terms of rights...businesses should have rights--just not individual rights. With no rights, they cannot function as an entity.

@starbreaker Because it also removes the ability for a business to filter out incompetent people---and take it from a former manager, the world is full of 'em.

That said, businesses aren't very good at that filtering. Much better at discriminatory filtering because that's far easier.

Marathon bars last a good long time.

#RevealYourAgeWithoutRevealingYourAge

@craigmaloney saw it.

@Angle I find when a discussion hits those multidimensional words, and there are competing definitions that may apply, we call it out and reveal what it means for this usage.

It's not terribly smooth, but as you've figured out--conversation where the meaning of the words we are communicating with are not clear is not really a conversation at all.

@cbowdon

That's definitely part of it.

Also playing into this is the lack of comfort the older generation has with automation and computer interfaces. The oldest of us don't all have cell phones, nor home computers, so these are a terrifying intrusion on their day to day lives.

Hmmm. OK, Elite, I fired you up again....and bought a Fed Vette. Oopsie.

700MR CR later, I think there is much, much engineering to do on this thing.

@craigmaloney Know what you mean, though we have a doggie version of tumbleweeds.

@cbowdon Imagine what I'd think looking at code I wrote in 1995--that is still being used at my old company. :)

No worries when it comes to mentoring. It's less about what you know than it is about genuinely wanting to help them, and your experience in problem resolution is really what they're after, not just coding specifics.

Mentoring is probably my favorite part of this job--best part is keeping track of your "project" people as they develop their careers.

@starbreaker Clinton wasn't so much a lousy candidate as a so-so campaigner. She also was beset by a large enough third party candidate that drew mostly from the Dems, and a focused effort by parties outside the US to gin up hateful passions which increased GOP turnout. They were also greatly helped by systematic attacks on voter registration eligibility.

All of that combined just barely defeated Clinton.

@cbowdon Best part is, you know you're doing it and likely why, but the net effect on you is the same.

Gotta love rogue hormones. 😀

@cbowdon Part of my social foibles are analyzing my own interactions with others to death. Some good with that, and a whole lot of "let's just not bother doing any socializing, it's too much work"

Then I forget the hermit act, do something dumb again, and rinse/repeat.

@FeyTechnologist Totally understand--been in the business for a few decades and I still hate this stuff when I've had to go through it.

But I've also been on the other sides of the desk, too. Hiring competent people is way harder than most realize, and we often end up using these kind of things to compensate (poorly) for that.

@cbowdon That sucks, sorry to hear it.

I've been that jumping-in guy in the past and try my best to avoid it now that I recognize it.

Of course that makes me even more non-social, but it is what it is. :)

@CobaltVelvet Having done dev work in both largish and smallish companies, this "last minute change thing" is all too common, especially on contract work.

One would think larger companies serving clients would be good at generating smart dev contracts. To a large degree, they are not.

Broke a mug my wife gave me on our first Christmas as a married couple back in '93. Been using it as my work tea mug, and was just thinking to myself last month, "Jeez, I've had this a long time, I'm amazed I haven't broken it yet."

Nothing like self-fulfilling prophecy!