Burn baby burn!

I’m just hoping we don’t get to the point where I feel compelled to leave.

In the meantime, I’m looking for parts of the world where I could live for an extended period of time in case the worst happens. I don’t think we’ll get there, but it’s always good to have a backup plan.

That’s only true if you don’t refer to your notes. Reviewing notes has a much stronger correlation to remembering than how those notes are generated.

Same. I mostly used it for homework between classes.

I found the most effective strategy for me was to do the reading before class, bring the book in to refer to, listen intently for things I didn’t get from the book, and reread the section after class. If the professor specifically called out something to take notes on, I’d either do that on my phone or pull out my laptop (esp just before midterms or finals).

My handwriting is awful and I almost never refer to my notes anyway.

Ok, then go through the minor inconvenience of installing 32-bit libs.

If you install the flatpak, you won’t need to deal with those dependencies.

Adding a repository really isn’t asking for that much. It took like 30s back when I used Arch, and it works OOTB on my current distro family, openSUSE. On Windows, the installer handles it.

It really isn’t something that anyone should care about.

Are you worried about storage?

You’d also still need most of those if the launcher was 64-bit if you install an older game.

I don’t think I’ve ever purchased a remake/remaster for a game I already have, it’s usually the first time I’ve played it.

That’ll probably follow soon after, but I don’t really see the benefit, it’s not like Steam needs the extra memory or registers…

Why do you want a 64-bit client?

Nice! Lazy devops are best devops.

That’s often true in my area, and there are weeks when I put in >40 hours. But since we’re able to provide our own estimates and upper management is generally happy with our delivery (our dept tends to over-deliver on our yearly goals), we can generally keep things manageable.

But yeah, I do take lunch 99% of the time when I’m in the office, but more like 40% of the time when I WFH. Nobody seems to care when people leave early as long as the work gets done.

I think my company is a bit unique here, and it’s why I stay. I could probably get a bit better pay elsewhere, but the work life balance makes up for it.

I like the sound of free!

Probably stuff they omitted, like gas (cars).

I’m the same way. Sometimes I’ll even skip breakfast and lunch and I’ll only have problems if I go more than 12 hours or so.

That said, I’m paid salary and we don’t track hours, so I only work through lunch if I’m behind on something. I can usually get my work done in 30-35 hours/week, so most days are pretty chill and I’ll take breaks with my coworkers.

At least in my area, it’s illegal for companies to not accommodate breaks, but if someone wants to work on their break, that’s on them. Some of the more dangerous jobs have more strict rules, but your typical office job certainly doesn’t.

I have a junior that keeps mentioning burn out, and I largely tell them the same thing. Working hard a couple times a year to keep a project on time may be worth it to make a good impression on my boss and make it easier for me to promote you (2-3 things for me to mention is plenty), but you don’t want anyone to expect you to continue this long term. Chill 90% of the time and push occasionally to make a good impression, anything more is wasted effort.

I’m a software engineer and involved in hiring, and I love hiring lazy devs, they’ll automate the boring parts away leaving just the interesting stuff.

Same. I legitimately like my job and sometimes skip because I’m doing something interesting. In general, the harder the problem, the more fun I’m having.

That said, I’m a manager and I absolutely tell my people to take breaks.

Ah, I didn’t realize the payout was so low. If it was half the purchase price, it could be better than net metering.