How to get things right: 1) get lots of things wrong. 2) learn from the mistakes. Most people forget step 2

it's just one bite

jr engineer: "oh no I broke prod I'm going to be fired!" sr engineer: "see everytime I do this it breaks prod... see, broken, not broken, broken... not broken... broken..."

“now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics”

I defy any single Trump supporter to explain why this vile decision is good in any single way

RT @RndmStreetMedic: The appropriate response to any member of ICE attempting to speak to your patient is "get the fuck out of my ER."

Trump is now ordering health agencies to stop warning Americans about bird flu and to halt publication of scientific reports. This comes as egg prices are expected to skyrocket in the coming days.

For the first 14 years of my life, I was told I would do great things because I was so smart. When I first started struggling in high school, I would break down because I didn’t know how to handle it. Which only led to my mom yelling “You’re too smart to act like this” at me

they considered not hiring KPMG, but then KPMG advised them to hire KPMG, so they had to hire KPMG.

Really wealthy ppl finding out a small group of working class ppl on strike can fuck up their day, ruin their vacation, & cost them time & money is my FAVORITE reason to support strikes.

Where did all of the people go? Where did all of the people go, motherfucker?

Sorry but this is 100% on you. Your capitalist class decided to move your industry to China during the unipolar moment, at a time when the US - as the sole superpower - unilaterally set the rules of the global order. Ridiculous to play victim on that one. And in fact, to this day, you would have been perfectly happy with this situation had China remained your cheap labor and had they not successfully developed, despite all the odds stacked against them. The real issue therefore isn't 'deindustrialization' - it's that the expected perpetual economic hierarchy didn't materialize. You're mad that they turned the tools of globalization - which were supposed to cement your advantage - into instruments of their own development. We've seen this movie before with Japan. Same playbook: first encourage their development as a subordinate economy, then cry foul and claim unfair practices once they start competing in higher-value sectors. All leading to the Plaza Accords which crippled Japan's economy to this day. Which goes to show that this has nothing to do with you being a victim of China, but very much with your imperial reflex to crush any nation that dares compete with you, even if they follow your rules.

Why is it always 'What are Arabs doing outside of Arabia?' and 'What are Africans doing outside of Africa?' and never 'What are white people doing outside of Europe?'

“We’re not colonisers”

I've said it for a long time, but Paul Graham is a fricking idiot