Why would you not run your own Unbound locally?

Confluence? I know most people really want a hard-to-use wiki with a special markdown flavor to write up things that instantly go stale, never to be reviewed again. Or, at least that's the only way I've really seen Confluence used?

You can fail to maintain a wiki written in any software. The value of Confluence is when everyone uses it, so there’s one place to find info to answer questions like “why the hell did we do it this way?”

Nah. The prime use case of Confluence is to tick "yes I've written the documentation".

I don't particularly care what their ethnicity happens to be. Just write good, bug free code that does things people want. How they get to there from here? No f'ing idea -- but I know that first they have to have to want to and they _clearly_ do not.

  > Just write good, bug free code that does things people want

in big tech, this is rarely caused by individuals and more by management, just fyi

Citizens United is an abomination. Its the reason we're in dire straits at present. It "legalized" bribery.

Whats your plan for when someone flatly refuses?

I'll cross that bridge when I get there. No one who works for me has refused to be paid to try out a new technology when I ensure the time is set aside for them to do so.

> They work for us.

Who are you trying to kid? Sorry this obviously got under my skin a bit, but it is standing legal doctrine that the police don't even have to protect us. Work for us? They extort money from municipalities all over the nation and call it a "budget". They straight up steal from us through "civil forfeiture". They are assumed innocent in court, even when demonstrably guilty of breaking our laws. They most certainly do not "work for us" unless you specifically are one of the 0.01%

Edit: I see this is discussed further down. I absolutely get the point being made, I just cannot let it slide. Enough internet for today.

That should be immediately disqualifying for an law enforcement officer. Saying that on the record should end their career immediately. Alas, we don't live in a just world and they will likely be continuously promoted.

So what happens to all the other cops that believe that but don't say it?

They at least know that it's not acceptable.

The same thing that happens to the folks that say it out loud now. Absolutely nothing.

Although just anecdata, I have heard the exact same point from US cops numerous times in private conversations

This reminds me so very much of that old American greeting: "Hey! How are you?" and then you don't give a shit about the actual answer, which must always be positive.

Having to explain to young children that people do this simply to say hello, that they aren't actually asking you your health or state, or anything really. Falls right in line with our need to smile ALL THE TIME.

I stand by statements made by my European friends: Americans are mostly full of shit, mostly liars, and ALWAYS are trying to sell you something.

Are we the Baddies? Yes, of fucking course we are.

Perhaps you should split the load with another human?

That's out of my control.