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I bought my machine first-hand from Lenovo 6ish weeks ago and have just sent them a letter threatening court action unless I get a refund, after their technician left it in a worse state than he found it in.

Has anyone else suffered through their incompetence?

It seems like a lot of the software I use is buggier than it used to be. Games, web apps, messaging apps and phone apps.

And how much time do you spend contributing to them?

I am exploring the prospect of doing so.

("ZIRP" means "Zero Interest Rate Policy btw)

It really is incredible how suddenly the world changes. Many of us are now unemployed, facing layoffs, taking salary cuts and enduring grueling work environments to try and get through the worst tech recession since 2008.

I myself now work in a fusty, old and stable government department in Europe.

But I once worked for a couple of 2010s ZIRP startups. And what places they were.

People from across Europe and the world would rock up to these places and bring their seductive cocktail of cultural insight, experiences and languages. And they were motivated primarily to create something new and cool. The types who would have hated the fusty corporate offices that many of us now flee to in search of job security.

And the energy was explosive. Sure most of their companies didn't make much profit or, in many cases, even revenue - but the magic was palpable. Not least because the company socials brought together so many people from different cultures and countries.

Love, friendships (and even startup founder partnerships) were forged in these places. And this magic was often sparked overseas at company global socials that flew everyone to party in foreign lands. I myself was flown to New York alongside everyone else in the London office to party for three days. It was crazy.

Much of that magic was captured in photographs that disappeared not long before those bankruptcies were declared.

Many of those people have since moved on to more sensible lives, corporate jobs and the bright beginnings of early middle age.

But for a moment, it was magic.

Are y'all receiving more messages from recruiters? I'm hearing anecdotes here and there so it'd be good to hear your experiences.

What's the job market like in the uk for software engineers? Is it as bad as America's job market?

The mainstream opinion seems to be that jQuery is outdated because vanilla JavaScript can work uniformally across virtually all modern browsers.

But I've been playing around with jQuery for the first time and wow - it's much more enjoyable to work with than vanilla JavaScript is.

Granted I don't work with JavaScript professionally (I use Java at work) so I might be overlooking jQuery cons that only become apparent in large professional codebases.

I am so used to appending 'reddit' to the end of every Google search that I am now at a loss as to where I can find human content that isn't SEO optimised (and bullshit).

I've had enough of Reddit - partly because it's so full of spam and bots and general bullshit. I've blocked my browser from accessing Reddit, to ensure I kick the habit.

I've tried using duckduckgo instead of google search but that hasn't made much of a difference.

The job sites of most corporations seem to list development jobs overseas.

It seems to be a quiet offshoring wave in that the news media isn't talking about it this time.