VibeSurgeon

26. I did a mix of driving with my parents and taking driving classes.

I didn’t hurry up to take it because it’s not mandatory to drive where I’ve lived so far, and where I live now it’s completely optional. These days I drive very rarely, most commonly when visiting family.

good benefits and perks.

Didn’t they literally just introduce free coffee at the office post-pandemic?

Not to say that I would willingly choose to work at Amazon, but I do know the reason. It’s documented here: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-engineer

I’m not sure it’s even possible for me to cringe harder at this point

Wind and solar just aren’t enough.

Wind + solar + storage is both enough and beating nuclear at this point, and by the time the next nuclear power plant actually manages to get online, the calculation will be even further in favour of that mix, on account of the absolutely plummeting cost of storage, which is following the same trend as solar used to, with costs reductions >98%. Not to mention the built-in resilience you get from having a more widely distributed instead of having a few nodes producing the lion’s share of your power.

I don’t have any ideological opposition to nuclear. If you manage to build it without massive subsidies and taking care of your waste, feel free to build them. That’s happening in exactly 0 places worldwide though.

For anyone who opened this link in the GitHub mobile app and got confused, make sure to read from the very beginning of the comment thread - the mobile app only shows the very last comments, which cuts out the actual interesting part.

Imagine not having an aerodynamic house. 0/10

Yoghurt ranks high for me.

One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

Just go for the highly aerodynamic full body wax and you’ll be fine