Programming? Nah. It's a consumption device, not a creation device.

It was more than one mistake. Where was the QA, the staged rollout, the CI? It brought unto question how competent this company is to be a dominant player in such a critical market.

Nothing like artificial scarcity to screw more money out of folks.

Oh no. That means I'm going to have to continue not buying EA trash.

Nah. I played it also. It was fun.

"If you would like me to be on call, we need to discuss remuneration."

If you cannot ignore slack in the evening, weekends, you gotta be bad at your job. If you are good, employer won't want to replace you and you can condition them to respect boundaries.

"I sent you a message, why didn't you respond?"

"I didn't see it."

"What were you doing?"

"Cooking. Food shopping. You know, the essentials to survive"

Not that I'd elaborate. I much prefer the "I had plans/a prior engagement".

If they ask, "I cannot really discuss this, it's private"

You can ignore that also...

Length of time never means quality of decisions. Always best to validate. So easy to package up malware and farm folks bank accounts.

What?

Was that just an embarrassed verbal vomit?

You were wrong, and rather than admitting, or leaving it, you continue trying to spew words in the hope that you confuse and distract people from realising you were wrong. Are you that insecure?

What you are referring to is heuristics. It's simplistic. Effective for wild animals that require processing of complex information quickly to escape predators for example, but not so much for civilised humans that require a greater deal of accuracy.

You demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the approach by assuming I'm a Democrat or even American.

The skill is in understanding the process, the flaw and developing a capability for critical thought. You'll get there eventually, hopefully.