Julian’s Scrawings
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<rant> A periodic reminder that Sprints, Backlogs, Daily Scrums, Scrum Boards, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Points, Velocity, PIs, etc., have NOTHING AT ALL to do with "Agile." Agility comes from working small, delivering frequently for feedback from actual customers, and adapting based on
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November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
<rant> A periodic reminder that Sprints, Backlogs, Daily Scrums, Scrum Boards, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Points, Velocity, PIs, etc., have NOTHING AT ALL to do with "Agile." Agility comes from working small, delivering frequently for feedback from actual customers, and adapting based on
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
One of the few new instruments that matters, the making of which has evolved and developed over years, developing a remarkable community, is under attack from its originators. youtu.be/6fISj2t0GA8?...
The handpan may become ILLEGAL - How can YOU stop that?
YouTube video by Malte Marten Music
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November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
One of the few new instruments that matters, the making of which has evolved and developed over years, developing a remarkable community, is under attack from its originators. youtu.be/6fISj2t0GA8?...
I propose we call AI slop social media “anti-social media”.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I propose we call AI slop social media “anti-social media”.
I think one of the things that’s really going to upset a lot of people is that Trump voters in the USA and fans of his here and elsewhere are not going to abandon him, much less the world he represents, regardless of what he’s done.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I think one of the things that’s really going to upset a lot of people is that Trump voters in the USA and fans of his here and elsewhere are not going to abandon him, much less the world he represents, regardless of what he’s done.
LiveJournal congratulated me for 23 years on the platform—I figure I stopped using it about 18 years ago. Started using Facebook not long after that and Twitter about 15 years ago. Deleted my Twitter account when Musk bought the business. Haven’t posted to Facebook since before the pandemic.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
LiveJournal congratulated me for 23 years on the platform—I figure I stopped using it about 18 years ago. Started using Facebook not long after that and Twitter about 15 years ago. Deleted my Twitter account when Musk bought the business. Haven’t posted to Facebook since before the pandemic.
Rewatching Andor where he’s given a 6 year sentence up from 6 months under new sentencing guidelines. I can’t help but think about sentencing guidelines sought by Victoria government here for children to face life sentences.
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rewatching Andor where he’s given a 6 year sentence up from 6 months under new sentencing guidelines. I can’t help but think about sentencing guidelines sought by Victoria government here for children to face life sentences.
But you can bet that governments will subsidize fossil fuels and extend their use for as long as possible, making a lie of their free market dogmas and year after year deepening the environmental damage fossil fuels cause.
#Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s #energy watchdog, making the transition away from #fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
But you can bet that governments will subsidize fossil fuels and extend their use for as long as possible, making a lie of their free market dogmas and year after year deepening the environmental damage fossil fuels cause.
Decided to rewatch Alien: Earth. Checked up on some of the reading of Peter Pan. Just read the first chapter… that is seriously creepy and weird for what is ostensibly a kids story.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Decided to rewatch Alien: Earth. Checked up on some of the reading of Peter Pan. Just read the first chapter… that is seriously creepy and weird for what is ostensibly a kids story.
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Then Toad felt very tired, and he fell asleep.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Then Toad felt very tired, and he fell asleep.
Decided I needed life a little more grim: rewatching Andor.
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Decided I needed life a little more grim: rewatching Andor.
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“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
I bought the new album by Cloning called Vitriol. Cloning are an alt-rock shoegaze outfit from Perth. I'm loving them. Kinda reminds me of The Church in their more whimsical moments. I really should have made the effort to see them when they were playing in Melbourne recently.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I bought the new album by Cloning called Vitriol. Cloning are an alt-rock shoegaze outfit from Perth. I'm loving them. Kinda reminds me of The Church in their more whimsical moments. I really should have made the effort to see them when they were playing in Melbourne recently.
More than a myth that promotes inequality, it empowers people that are motivated by increasing inequality.
One of the greatest problems we must overcome for a more liveable world is how to limit the impact of those for whom life is a competition that can be won by holding others back.
One of the greatest problems we must overcome for a more liveable world is how to limit the impact of those for whom life is a competition that can be won by holding others back.
Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality youtu.be/lrO9VpQCXZU?...
Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
More than a myth that promotes inequality, it empowers people that are motivated by increasing inequality.
One of the greatest problems we must overcome for a more liveable world is how to limit the impact of those for whom life is a competition that can be won by holding others back.
One of the greatest problems we must overcome for a more liveable world is how to limit the impact of those for whom life is a competition that can be won by holding others back.
So many avenues and options: early identification and quarantines, harm reduction strategies, understanding how to build population immunity.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So many avenues and options: early identification and quarantines, harm reduction strategies, understanding how to build population immunity.
Someone was wrong on the internet: recommending product P with feature F over product Q. But Q also has F, (simpler but still central), showing the reviewer's misunderstanding of Q, (and maybe Q's poor demos and docs).
Gentle reader, I deleted my comment: I was not making the world a better place.
Gentle reader, I deleted my comment: I was not making the world a better place.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Someone was wrong on the internet: recommending product P with feature F over product Q. But Q also has F, (simpler but still central), showing the reviewer's misunderstanding of Q, (and maybe Q's poor demos and docs).
Gentle reader, I deleted my comment: I was not making the world a better place.
Gentle reader, I deleted my comment: I was not making the world a better place.
I really quite enjoyed this one.
Pips is a logic puzzle where players must arrange a set of dominoes to meet the conditions of the board to win. Even though the game is timed, there’s no way to lose. nyti.ms/43TLDUF
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I really quite enjoyed this one.
Strange days, the first person I knew who died was the brother of the first girl I really had a crush on. I remember moments alone with her with such intensity.
My brother and I used to go home with them to wait after school; my parents worked shifts.
Her brother got hit crossing a road with her.
My brother and I used to go home with them to wait after school; my parents worked shifts.
Her brother got hit crossing a road with her.
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Strange days, the first person I knew who died was the brother of the first girl I really had a crush on. I remember moments alone with her with such intensity.
My brother and I used to go home with them to wait after school; my parents worked shifts.
Her brother got hit crossing a road with her.
My brother and I used to go home with them to wait after school; my parents worked shifts.
Her brother got hit crossing a road with her.
I remember the first time I heard Sinead O'Conner - Troy, I'd picked up the cassette cheap secondhand, and listened to it my way back to a university maths class. I was completely blown away.
Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Official Music Video)
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November 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I remember the first time I heard Sinead O'Conner - Troy, I'd picked up the cassette cheap secondhand, and listened to it my way back to a university maths class. I was completely blown away.
“I Wish Australia Had Politicians Like [This American With The Exact Same Politics As 2019 Bill Shorten]”
Instead we have a worsening housing crisis, and a government of landlords that won't fix tax laws, won't get to the root of the housing bubble, instead favouring their realestate portfolios.
Instead we have a worsening housing crisis, and a government of landlords that won't fix tax laws, won't get to the root of the housing bubble, instead favouring their realestate portfolios.
“I Wish Australia Had Politicians Like [This American With The Exact Same Politics As 2019 Bill Shorten]”
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Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York by landslide, in what can only signal a return to democratic socialist politics for the Democrats.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“I Wish Australia Had Politicians Like [This American With The Exact Same Politics As 2019 Bill Shorten]”
Instead we have a worsening housing crisis, and a government of landlords that won't fix tax laws, won't get to the root of the housing bubble, instead favouring their realestate portfolios.
Instead we have a worsening housing crisis, and a government of landlords that won't fix tax laws, won't get to the root of the housing bubble, instead favouring their realestate portfolios.
Imagine you have a million dollars and you give away 1 dollar. Now imagine you have a trillion dollars and you give away a million. Same ratio.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Imagine you have a million dollars and you give away 1 dollar. Now imagine you have a trillion dollars and you give away a million. Same ratio.
We should stop praising people for their wealth. We should praise people for the amount of tax they pay. That way we can have a tax regime such that we don't have billionaires any more and the avaricious crybabies can still say they've won the money race.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We should stop praising people for their wealth. We should praise people for the amount of tax they pay. That way we can have a tax regime such that we don't have billionaires any more and the avaricious crybabies can still say they've won the money race.
Paraphrase of the day: The AI bubble makes Crypto look honest.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Paraphrase of the day: The AI bubble makes Crypto look honest.
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A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that