Vicent Martí

outraged medieval peasant @spacexai

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@samhbarton The incentives are downright noxious, but the stereotype of passionate people applies more than you think. If you make a list of every Spaniard in SV right now, 90% are just absolutely cracked engineers.

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Oops! Missed the general strike in Spain today. Either way, good day to remind you that collective bargaining (strikes, unions, etc) is for losers, and that one of the most important and impactful things you can do in your life is to steer your professional career towards jobs with a high skill ceiling, so that you can negotiate with employers as an individual.

One of the reasons why the US is so ahead of Europe right now is because this simple fact is widely understood there, at a cultural level, whilst in the EU there are just millions and millions of people stuck with the mentality of a Victorian-era chimney boy. It's very weird to see so many folks with that relationship towards their work. Just completely surrendering control and assuming that any kind of improvement in their job and their lives can only come through external forces outside of their control.

It's a very defeatist attitude towards life, and funnily enough, it hasn't been _that_ true or effective in the past two centuries: the big wins in worker rights have come off the heels of great advancements in technology, and the same thing is going to happen with the advent of AI and automation.

But regardless of historical precedent, the fundamental issue is that this is just a very shitty way to live. If you can help it (and most people can!), why would you let your life's goals become hostages of the formless blob of the proletariat? What are the chances that the whims of the mob are actually what's most beneficial for you and your family?

I just don't see it man. I look at the people protesting in Spain and they're deeply miserable, and in the vast majority of cases this misery comes straight from the total abdication of their personal responsibility. In the 21st century, it's psychologically damaging to be willingly helpless towards external factors. You can't fix that by protesting. It's self-inflicted.

Anyway, back to work.

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@m1micci We’re just two very different kinds of people! I don’t think you have a better life than I do. I also don’t think you’d enjoy my life at all, nor would I enjoy yours. I also don’t think strikes are the only tool (most of) the working class has. Again, just very different people.

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@juan_quili for sure! there's a lot of that in the US too, but much less than in Europe. I really think there's a correlation there!

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@GuliMoreno Oye te debo una comida!!

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@m1micci Just to be clear, I've never lived in the US, I live in Madrid and I'm very very very far away from the middle class, I've had two multi-generational wealth exits as an employee (GitHub, 7.5B) and Cursor (60B). Hope the context is useful!

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@abestanway And it'll get worse before it gets better, but I do believe in a comeback for Europe.

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@pablonete @barckcode lmao he salido a comer pero aquí no hay piquetes ni nada. Mi mujer que sí que ha ido a trabajar me mantiene informado :D

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@IamPostmode gracias por tanto 🙏

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@anaisbetts this is way fucking cooler than your old vacation photos tho

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@corywilkerson @github @benbalter @Cloudflare Amazing hire. Congratulations to the two of you. I’m glad you get to work together again!

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@jordienr Has probado a tomar control del escritorio? Te sale si lo haces a mano desde el ordenador del bot? Dime qué ayuntamiento es y lo miro.

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@the_versecafe @Behroz @jullerino @gitcafe @t3dotcodes @cursor_ai me working on my nth git forge:

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@jordienr @nmediavilla19 Los bots pueden hacer eso! Pídelo, no necesitas un script de playwright, el bot se pone un timer él solo!

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@p_reynolds

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@msfeldstein @shaoruu based man. safe travels 🫡

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@MarkVillacampa Tengo una sudadera de @jobandtalentEng de 2014 que todavía uso de pijama todos los inviernos. Está hecha un moco. @ElisaIzquierdo_ confirma.

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@matallo @matt_levine I think they are! Even though the SEC has cleared it. I really can’t wait to read what he thinks. It’s the most hilariously unhinged security I’ve seen in a while. Love this for him.

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oh god @matt_levine give it to me

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@financialsamura @nico_laqua At the moment, the exposures to those two are via total return swaps on the perpetual futures.