Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Nothing shows you more vapid news than a capitalism-driven news-preferences AI.

Status: Thing-Fish on LP while pleasantly buzzed.

Lesson not learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, lack of preparation and existing social supports are much more deadly than the illness.

I think Uncle Bob and his eXtreme Programming gang have devolved software development towards the "make a cheeseburger, sell a cheeseburger" development path. With Capers Jones clocking numbers of 3x productivity (with at least that much quality gain) for MDA over any popular programming language, one has to question the intelligence of the SW community at large. Are they using their brains, or are they just chanting STUPID!, SOLID!, YAGNI! as offerings to the shrine of failed SW projects.

I don't know if this makes Fairphone a better or worse employer than the average in whatever country the phones are made. It's always up to the people in the country to determine how they want to be treated.

Fairphone video, "For each Fairphone produced, we pay a living wage bonus."

Hmm...this is quite a bit different than paying a living wage. The "For each" implies piecework, which was fought against by unions as unfair. "a living wage bonus" works hand in hand with piecework. i.e., you don't make a living wage if your production falters. Typical reasons production falters are illness, personal capacity (mental or physical variations from the average), and external factors.

GOP Lawmakers Asked Trump for Low Wage, Migrant Worker Visas https://theintercept.com/2020/08/26/gop-push-migrant-worker-visas/

The Failure to Unionize the Tech Industry Will Eat the Labor Movement Alive https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-tech-industry-labor-2020

Is it even possible in a company with a hierarchical power structure to be Agile? FME, it doesn't appear to be possible. Scrum practice especially imposes tighter management controls in hierarchical power structures. This explains it's popularity with management; it gives an illusion of more control over outcomes. Given that it is mostly practiced with invalid metrics, the whole idea is laughable.

Agile is only possible with autonomy, trust, and cooperation. Not common in a modern SW corp.

Stop Blaming Individuals for the Spread of Covid and Start Blaming the Government Response https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-covid-19-mask-mandate

Starting to see studies of how COVID-19 mitigation strategies are killing people without COVID-19. Most have been in USA. Wondering if same effects are seen in countries with socialized medicine. e.g., fear of medical treatment leading to COVID-19 infection.