As a Canadian with a similar legal system to the UK, I’m shocked reading about the judicial overreach of the UK government and their attempt to squash dissent.
It’s been over a decade of torie rule in the UK. It’s hard to imagine what would be required for enough people in the UK to vote them out if it hasn’t happened yet.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation game ported to PC. While it got attention thanks to the use of DirectStorage 1.2, its launch numbers are quite unimpressive compared to SIE’s other first-party titles on Steam.
Great insight! I find myself in a similar growth trajectory as an engineer (but not software), and have been considering moving in to management. That move feels like the necessary path if I want to grow my salary and continue to drive change, but I’ve been lamenting the potential loss of the focus on the technical side. Considering a back and forth approach (manager back to engineer and repeat) is an interesting take I had not actually considered.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan this month. Anticipation for the ruling is high.
In fact, in contrast to not harming people, it actually has the potential for a great boost in economic activity. Giving money/erasing debt for low income/middle income people tends to result in local spending. These people don’t hoard wealth like occurs when you give rich people or corporations tax cuts.
Not a manager currently but considering it as a growth pathway. I’m an engineer but not in software. In my area of focus there is very much a cap on how much money I can make as an engineer and management seems to be the only obvious route to increasing my pay. I love the technical work but I’m hoping I can carry that over in to management if I find the right role.
Sounds like it’s been mostly a positive outcome. Have you considered jumping back in to the technical side again or do you want to continue as a manager?
I’m trying to move in to management mostly because my salary potential as a technical engineer definitely feels capped and I’m at the ceiling for my line of work.
So ecoflow has come out with some crazy product that lets you offset your energy usage by using Solar. The target audience for this specific tech is apartment and rental units. (Anker is also currently working on one, but I think their product is only available in Germany at the moment)...
I think it’s an interesting product but not likely to be cost effective in areas that have reliable power. It’s also not likely going to reduce emissions in areas with low to semi-low CO2 electricity production. I imagine their sales with either be to people who want more energy reliability or to people who are misguided in to thinking it will reduce emissions over there local power supply.
Particularly since the lifecycle emissions of distributed systems like this are inevitably higher than those of a centralized system (and more costly!)
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a climate change organization that exists to create the political will for a livable world by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power....
Thanks for sharing! I’ve now signed up with my local chapter. I’ve been looking for an organization to get involved with that is a little more sophisticated than 10 people who organize sign waving in my local city (although I do appreciate what those smaller groups do!)
If you love adventuring as Lara Croft or want to see why Tomb Raider has been so successful, you can grab the action game for almost nothing on Steam right now.
Any recommendations as to which of the three games is best? I’m likely only to play one of them as three full games is too much of a commitment for me.
As a 38 year old who used to game a lot but stopped about 10 years ago, the steam deck has rekindled my love of gaming. The accessibility it offers, particularly with indie games has been wonderful. The deck is a more open and budget friendly version of the switch (to me at least).
I find triple a games try to do too much, combined with their virtually insatiable hunger for maximizing profit (through dlc, in game micro transactions, loot boxes, etc.) really turns me off of them.
If you could permanently change ONE thing about the world right now what would it be and why?
As asked
Microsoft would buy Valve 'if opportunity arises,' said Phil Spencer in leaked email (www.pcgamer.com)
But its prime target was Nintendo, according to a 2020 email leaked during the FTC v Microsoft trial.
Protester who held sign outside London climate trial prosecuted (www.theguardian.com)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart peaks at less than 9k concurrent players on Steam, third worst PC launch for PlayStation game (gameworldobserver.com)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation game ported to PC. While it got attention thanks to the use of DirectStorage 1.2, its launch numbers are quite unimpressive compared to SIE’s other first-party titles on Steam.
The Engineer/Manager Pendulum (charity.wtf)
Here are key things to know as Supreme Court nears decision on Biden's student loan forgiveness (www.cnbc.com)
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan this month. Anticipation for the ruling is high.
The brilliance of Battle Chess (therectangle.substack.com)
Why did you become an engineering manager?
Posting some general questions to get this community going......
Solar Power options for appartments, rentals, and small scale baseline energy usage at home (www.ecoflow.com)
So ecoflow has come out with some crazy product that lets you offset your energy usage by using Solar. The target audience for this specific tech is apartment and rental units. (Anker is also currently working on one, but I think their product is only available in Germany at the moment)...
Want to do something about the climate crisis? Join Citizens' Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org)
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a climate change organization that exists to create the political will for a livable world by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power....
Tomb Raider is basically a free game with this Steam sale (www.pcgamesn.com)
If you love adventuring as Lara Croft or want to see why Tomb Raider has been so successful, you can grab the action game for almost nothing on Steam right now.
Indie vs AAA games
I remember growing up playing Nintendo games up and other AAA games until I started watching YT. Particular TB and adjacent YouTubers....