Gutted to see Shane gone even though we all knew it was coming. He was the poet laureate of the Irish in Britain and indeed throughout the world, who had incredible humanity and an unflinching eye for the life of the underdog. His heroes were the nameless working class people who made Britain tick as much as his literary heroes like Behan and James Clarence Mangan. Good luck Shane, I hope you don't find heaven too boring!
Would you not agree that government ministers who can impose economic sanctions on the Lukashenko regime have more power than regular voters since they sit at the top of the power hierarchy?
They might, or they might not at all. Who knows what government can truly influence that man. Examples plenty of countries being sanctioned that simply ignore the sanctions and do their business elsewhere, or not at all, even if that means their people suffer the consequences.
I definitely support asking our governments to pressure their government. But I wouldn't ignore the fact that people in Belarus are be the ones that might be able to affect real change in Belarus.
Economic sanctions will severely hurt individual Belarusians, who are the ultimate consumers of those trade products. It is hard to imagine sanctions improving the quality of life and ability of protestors to communicate with the outside world.
Separately, I would expect American sanctions to push the country towards increased trade with Russia and China -- who are both allies of Lukashenko.
Martin forgot to mention money as being the most important limitation on software. Some customers just don't have the budget to let you deliver good software or to evolve an architecture so that's its cheaper and easier to extend.
..or if we take serious the "social construct" thing then it'll be limited by all the vices and pitfalls of human nature, ain't gonna get far in that swamp of narcissism, arrogance, ignorance and bad listening.
But the owners are not "taking all the risk" in this case hence the conditions attached to the Danish state acting as the last financial resort for businesses that are currently in trouble and whose owners cannot do anything about it.
In the medium to long term, yes. At least compared to climate change.
However, a financial crisis -- let's say of the scale of 2008 but which is unresponsive to government intervention (or said intervention is handcuffed due to geopolitical factors) could see the average person's life change dramatically in the course of weeks, rather than years or decades. Supply chains ground to a halt, shortages of fuel and basic goods, social unrest . . .
Aside from the completely overused line "Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?", the show has almost nothing to do with IT. Apart from a couple of IT-related plotlines, most of the episodes take place outside their office.
"The Internet" device. All the tech illiterate coworkers. Jen's imposter syndrome. Moss's on-the-spectrum reactions. Online dating when it was still nerdy. Novelty websites. Viral cultural events.
But it wasn't exclusively geek humor. There were broader episodes involving Jen's and Roy's romantic lives too.
I agree, I think mental illness afflicts people irrespective of their IQ. Perhaps people who seek out intelligence tests are experiencing delusions of grandeur?
