# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1061 "2019-06-21T18:07:01Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > I am sitting here.(boring vendor presentation) I have the corporate badge on. And my debit card works, though my account balance is a bit low for obvious reasons. If the undeniable external reality disagrees with the amateur analysis of random internet strangers, which should be believe? The word of a psychopath that claims to tell the truth? That’s not a bet any sane person would take. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1062 "2019-06-21T18:42:44Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Believe what you want. This is a great example of you pitting yourself. You are incapable of accepting the truth. **I work as a software engineer and currently only make 80k.** For a company that is very close to being on the fortune 100 Hardly the top of the field but I have been given several interviews for the next step up and I get weekly recruiter calls. > > Shrug. Guess I am lying. Wonder why I didn’t lie harder. Why not claim I work at Google Brain? Man, that’s seriously peanuts for an SE. Even entry level at my company they make more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1063 "2019-06-21T18:44:48Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Man, that’s seriously peanuts for an SE. Even entry level at my company they make more than that. Maybe that is after taxes and whores? ---
**Author:** ![Deltree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Deltree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deltree)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1064 "2019-06-21T19:16:37Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Man, that’s seriously peanuts for an SE. Even entry level at my company they make more than that. He’s really just a code-monkey. They give 'em the title ‘Software Engineer’ where he works just to make them feel like they’re more than interchangeable cogs in the machinery. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1065 "2019-06-21T19:22:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Man, that’s seriously peanuts for an SE. Even entry level at my company they make more than that. Agree. It’s the average for [salary.com](http://salary.com) for my geographic area and years of experience, however. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1066 "2019-06-21T19:28:51Z")
> [@Deltree](#): > > He’s really just a code-monkey. They give 'em the title ‘Software Engineer’ where he works just to make them feel like they’re more than interchangeable cogs in the machinery. Unless the place is really, really fast and loose with handing out titles, I’m pretty sure that “software engineer” is actually a title he gave himself. It’s valid only when posting on message boards. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1067 "2019-06-21T19:37:46Z")
Hey, you gotta post anonymously for the station in life you can only wish to be. Grasp for things beyond your reach. Well beyond. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1068 "2019-06-21T19:41:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Unless the place is really, really fast and loose with handing out titles, I’m pretty sure that “software engineer” is actually a title he gave himself. It’s valid only when posting on message boards. It’s what it says on my business card. If I am lying about this…then…why not lie higher? Why not chief scientist, brain research or some real title? There’s probably a million Americans with my role and a similar title today. Shrug. I am not sure why you pick on this. It’s pretty probable I have such an ordinary job and title, I just took some classes at state U, got a job doing contract work for my dad for 3 years, moved to a name brand corporate job. Totally ordinary and I have a co-worker who did the same thing… ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1069 "2019-06-21T19:53:42Z")
Err, 3.6 million in the USA. In 2013. Or more than 2 percent of the entire labor force. Lol. And I have a pulse and a bachelor’s degree in ce, plus almost finished with the CS masters. In today’s labor market that is plenty. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1070 "2019-06-21T20:10:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “ **Just** ” seems to do a _fuckton_ of work in SamuelA’s world. > > I’d call him on it, but I’ve been triple-banned, a process akin to Dwight Schrute shunning Andy. > [@Tripler](#): > > Can we coin this as a unit of measure? > > I recommend that one **Just** (non-SI) be defined as the imaginary work of 3.762 x 10[sup]9[/sup] nanobots. > > May be expressed as: 1 Just = √(-1) ∙ 3.762 x 10[sup]9[/sup]. > > Tripler > [@SamuelA](#): > > … > > Shrug. I am not sure why you pick on this. It’s pretty probable I have such an ordinary job and title, I\*\* just\*\* took some classes at state U, got a job doing contract work for my dad for 3 years, moved to a name brand corporate job. Totally ordinary and I have a co-worker who did the same thing… Science! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1071 "2019-06-21T20:11:08Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Err, 3.6 million in the USA. In 2013. Or more than 2 percent of the entire labor force. Lol. Yeah, but they’re not sociopathic self-aggrandizing callous racist dipshits. > [@SamuelA](#): > > If I am lying about this…then…why not lie higher? Why not chief scientist, brain research or some real title? There’s probably a million Americans with my role and a similar title today. Professional liars like sociopaths usually have a well-honed sense of the limits of their credibility. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1072 "2019-06-21T20:13:07Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > It’s what it says on my business card. If I am lying about this…then…why not lie higher? Why not chief scientist, brain research or some real title? There’s probably a million Americans with my role and a similar title today. > > Shrug. I am not sure why you pick on this. It’s pretty probable I have such an ordinary job and title, I just took some classes at state U, got a job doing contract work for my dad for 3 years, moved to a name brand corporate job. Totally ordinary and I have a co-worker who did the same thing… My business cards include Tigers Tamed and Sandwiches Cleaned and Pressed. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1073 "2019-06-21T20:25:58Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > It’s what it says on my business card. If I am lying about this…then…why not lie higher? It has already been established that you are a bad liar, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1074 "2019-06-21T20:44:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It has already been established that you are a bad liar, that’s why. Umm, so, like, when did I lie? Like ever in this thread or on these boards? I have made errors. How have you “established” anything? And if you turn out to be lying about me lying then… Of course this seems to be endless recursion because maybe I am lying about you lying about me lying. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1075 "2019-06-21T20:54:29Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Umm, so, like, when did I lie? Like ever in this thread or on these boards? I have made errors. [This post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21689517&postcount=958) of yours is a pack of lies. And what a charming post it is, too! 😃 Those and other related lies [are discussed here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21689614&postcount=960). To be fair, though, you were bloviating so much confused misinformation that sometimes it’s hard to untangle your ignorance from your sociopathic propensity for lying. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1076 "2019-06-21T21:04:27Z")
Clearly, the people of the future will be putting Sammy’s frozen brain at the top of the queue for revival. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1077 "2019-06-21T21:06:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > [This post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21689517&postcount=958) of yours is a pack of lies. And what a charming post it is, too! 😃 > > Those and other related lies [are discussed here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21689614&postcount=960). To be fair, though, you were bloviating so much confused misinformation that sometimes it’s hard to untangle your ignorance from your sociopathic propensity for lying. Ok, I am just summarizing freakonomics which has this idea. They propose both sulfur dioxide and other potential chemicals. The math checks out on their costs. (By this I mean if they estimate a cost of 10 billion, and climate change is doing 10 trillion of damage, that’s an awful lot of room for cost overruns. It’s pretty unlikely the injections would cost more than 10 trillion) So while I may be mistaken, just like you may be mistaken about anything you think you know, where am I lying. You need to quote exactly and show how a reasonable person would know the statement is a lie. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1078 "2019-06-21T21:11:53Z")
Also read this [Global Warming in SuperFreakonomics: The Anatomy of a Smear - Freakonomics](http://freakonomics.com/2009/10/18/global-warming-in-superfreakonomics-the-anatomy-of-a-smear/) Do you know enough to debunk it? Where is your PhD in climate science. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1079 "2019-06-21T21:20:28Z")
Where is your PhD in climate science? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1080 "2019-06-21T21:25:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Where is your PhD in climate science? > > CMC fnord! I never claimed to have one. Nor have I ever claimed more than to say “from my knowledge this sounds like a feasible idea why isn’t it being considered?” And wolfpup has pointed out that acid rain, especially global acid rain, is really really bad. I concede he probably is right about that, but it might still be better than the disease. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=55)