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Cake day: August 15th, 2024

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  • I think it is simply because people are afraid and are doing their best at coping. This results in seeking validation and support. It has been a lot worse since Trump got into office.

    He is forcing everyone to pay attention all the time. One insane action after another. One goal post after another. Many things are relevant to the communities in some way. Many feel the need to fight back within their community.










  • We have had this for a long time in Norway I believe. Not sure about Visa and MasterCard, but for our own BankAxept. Most debit cards have both BankAxept and Visa in Norway. So we pay with BankAxept most places by default, except for online stores. BankAxept is either free or extremely cheap compared to Visa.

    If the terminal does not connect with the bank, then you just have to sign the receipt.

    Terminals also often have batteries, so they even support being without power.

    So if bank goes down then payments below 1500NOK (~150 euros) is just a signature on a receipt.



  • If you are confident you can be a bit embarrassing and people just like you more for it. You are open, unique, a bit quirky and cute. They laugh with you, not at you. At work people lower their guards around you and you get people to deliver quality and get shit done. Being well liked and often right is a killer combo in the engineering world.

    Embrace the cringe, so that the cringe just becomes embarrassing, then it becomes good times and team building.