A little rambly, but interesting. Most of what you say makes sense, though I've really got to think there's still some way to make a long-term relationship fit in there.
If it's been a year, that's a believable enough time to just say you spent it all and it's gone. Think that might work?
Besides, a million doesn't even go that far these days. Pay off a mortgage and some debts, upgrade a few things, set aside some money for kids/schooling if appropriate, invest some of it for retirement (assuming it hasn't put you into retirement mode yet) and that's basically it. Or if you have retired and it's part of your nest-egg, then it's basically tied up. Either way, it ought to be nearly all spoken for, without piles of money left to roll around in. If I were your co-worker, that's certainly what I'd assume.
Up through a few tens of millions, I'd say this approach is possible, even if still likely difficult for many people. If we're talking on the order of 2.5 billion, it may be a different kind of problem. It's less, "How do I arrange my daily life?" and more "Should I go to mars, start an institute, or take over an island nation?" kind of money. Maybe some people could essentially ignore the burden of that tremendous potential, but I think most (particularly someone of a programmery bent of mind) would see that as a problem to be solved and feel the need to do something with it. Particularly when, like Notch, you're already in the public eye at least a little, and also know you don't want to put yourself out there more, it can be challenging.
Until one dies of an overdose, one disappears into some kind of cult, half of the rest spend it all and blame you when you won't give them more because now they're entitled. It sounds like a good plan, but it can go bad pretty easily, too.
This is the most screwed-up stance. Benefits, all of them, are part of your compensation from the company. In my mind (not necessarily from a legal standpoint) they're obligated to provide the promised benefits, including vacation time. If they pretend benefits exist and don't let you exercise them, it's not a real benefit, it's a lie. Short-term exceptions are one thing (no, you can't take vacation during our busiest week of the year) but if an entire year passes without them finding a way to take your fully allotted amount of vacation, something is deeply, deeply wrong. It does not matter if they're chronically under-staffed. A year is more than enough time to either address it or come to terms with it and allow the existing employees to exercise their promised benefits.
It depends what your theory is. If your theory is people can detect radio waves, your suggested experiment makes sense. If your theory is it's all in their mind, the original test makes more sense, because it actually tests whether psychological clues are part of the issue. Lo and behold, they can't detect radio waves and it *is* all in their mind, so it sounds like a far more informative experiment was carried out than the one you're suggesting. Yes, it goes an extra step, but it's a revealing extra step.
Don't forget the amount of physical work they put in each day. There's an absurd amount of muscle power required for nearly every farming task. Even those that weren't farmers were probably doing physical labor, and in between doing manual work for chores and until relatively recently also walking everywhere.
Well, we've got a theory and a counter-theory. Sounds like this is a fantastic experiment to attempt and see how it goes. If it's disastrous, they can change it back or attempt refinements, while the naysayers say, "I told you so!". If it works well, others can learn from it and put it to use. I'm glad someone's trying it so that we'll have some better data points.
On the flip side, I've had LibreOffice compatibility successes that weren't possible with Office. A bunch of older documents from the late '90's became unreadable during some combination of OS/Office upgrades. For a while I thought they were lost, but I tried LibreOffice out of desperation and it converted them just fine.
No, not really. Probably not much of a loss, but there's always a chance my two bits would inspire someone else to do something worthwhile. Even if all it did was serve to bring people back around to the source material and get them to read (or reread) Breakfast of Champions, that would be beneficial.
That may be a bit extreme. Still, just last night I was reading Breakfast of Champions, published in 1972, so 43 years old. And I had some ideas for a novel that would make heavy reference to it. And then I tossed it out because it won't be out of copyright for another 60-ish years or so. It's an artistic loss for the world, that I can't incorporate something older than myself into a new work. My lack of freedom to use that creative source is a sort of suffering from tyranny, isn't it? And if a bunch of people thought my idea was a good one, they're also being deprived.
I published a couple of novels as e-books, because it seemed easier to stick with one format. Quite a few people asked for physical versions (some of the crankier responses were along the lines of "what, no *real* version of the book?"). Some were older relatives who don't have e-readers and didn't want to figure out how to get one running, but some were posting on a gaming forum and, while I don't know their ages, they were technical enough to play computer games, so presumably just preferred the physical book.
On reason for the uptick in serials is the lack of delay with e-books. I can read an already published serial, see how the first book is, then at 10PM, when I finish the first, immediately download the next in the series, starting to read it right away.
One evening I finished a book and then had to drive to five different bookstores before I found one that had the sequel in stock. By the time I got home, it was too late to start reading the book, because I had to go to bed. Talk about a frustrating experience.
Also, when you finish one book, you know the next one is waiting for you (or you can get it) without having to specifically be at a bookstore or your bookshelf. I used to carry an emergency spare in my bag, another in my car, and now and then I'd still finish a book someplace where I didn't have access to a new one.
Considering there's an infinite number of prime numbers, and only one of them is even, you could argue that statistically speaking every prime number is odd. Or every prime number large enough to do anything with, if you're speaking cryptography.
Yes, I'm just being difficult. I would've just modded you interesting, but I'd already posted.
To answer the headline, I don't know. But no amount of sheer quantity will ever displace the paper by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamov for the most entertaining authors list. (I swear I heard a version where someone tried to recruit a Delter, too, but a quick google search isn't turning that part of my theory up for me.)
I got a "like us on facebook" pop-in the other day, two seconds after visiting a page. As if I'm really going to "like" an article that I haven't even been able to read yet -- in that case I hadn't even had time to find the headline amid all the other junk! I said screw that and left without even bothering to read the article. Their loss.
It's not the devices. It's not the interfaces. It's soundproofing the darn room, hallways, and elevators. Most especially this means designing hotel doors that will close/lock without banging. And maybe setting up a late-night, noise-detecting flamethrower for all those people who desperately need to have conversations at top volume between their room and the elevator. I'd like to see more of that, and forget about gadgets in my room.
Giga Mansion Smart Type - I swear, Japan has the best names for everything. It's always a little stiff, comes off as just made up enough that maybe it's a joke, and maybe it was composed by a robot, but then you can't stop saying it to yourself over and over as if there's a code to be cracked there, where if you can just get it, it'll actually make sense.
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I can't believe this one isn't +20 Insightful. It's about as fundamental as it gets when understanding people's relationship to money.
A little rambly, but interesting. Most of what you say makes sense, though I've really got to think there's still some way to make a long-term relationship fit in there.
If it's been a year, that's a believable enough time to just say you spent it all and it's gone. Think that might work?
Besides, a million doesn't even go that far these days. Pay off a mortgage and some debts, upgrade a few things, set aside some money for kids/schooling if appropriate, invest some of it for retirement (assuming it hasn't put you into retirement mode yet) and that's basically it. Or if you have retired and it's part of your nest-egg, then it's basically tied up. Either way, it ought to be nearly all spoken for, without piles of money left to roll around in. If I were your co-worker, that's certainly what I'd assume.
Up through a few tens of millions, I'd say this approach is possible, even if still likely difficult for many people. If we're talking on the order of 2.5 billion, it may be a different kind of problem. It's less, "How do I arrange my daily life?" and more "Should I go to mars, start an institute, or take over an island nation?" kind of money. Maybe some people could essentially ignore the burden of that tremendous potential, but I think most (particularly someone of a programmery bent of mind) would see that as a problem to be solved and feel the need to do something with it. Particularly when, like Notch, you're already in the public eye at least a little, and also know you don't want to put yourself out there more, it can be challenging.
Not on the day you're quitting. If you're quitting the right way, that is.
So, how do you just end up with a million that nobody knows about? Including even your wife?
Until one dies of an overdose, one disappears into some kind of cult, half of the rest spend it all and blame you when you won't give them more because now they're entitled. It sounds like a good plan, but it can go bad pretty easily, too.
Why AC? Honestly, I think Mount GrumpySteen has an awesome ring to it.
This is the most screwed-up stance. Benefits, all of them, are part of your compensation from the company. In my mind (not necessarily from a legal standpoint) they're obligated to provide the promised benefits, including vacation time. If they pretend benefits exist and don't let you exercise them, it's not a real benefit, it's a lie. Short-term exceptions are one thing (no, you can't take vacation during our busiest week of the year) but if an entire year passes without them finding a way to take your fully allotted amount of vacation, something is deeply, deeply wrong. It does not matter if they're chronically under-staffed. A year is more than enough time to either address it or come to terms with it and allow the existing employees to exercise their promised benefits.
I thought the same. Also, just to be clear, M is not a product brought to us by Alphabet? That seems really counter-intuitive.
It depends what your theory is. If your theory is people can detect radio waves, your suggested experiment makes sense. If your theory is it's all in their mind, the original test makes more sense, because it actually tests whether psychological clues are part of the issue. Lo and behold, they can't detect radio waves and it *is* all in their mind, so it sounds like a far more informative experiment was carried out than the one you're suggesting. Yes, it goes an extra step, but it's a revealing extra step.
Don't forget the amount of physical work they put in each day. There's an absurd amount of muscle power required for nearly every farming task. Even those that weren't farmers were probably doing physical labor, and in between doing manual work for chores and until relatively recently also walking everywhere.
Well, we've got a theory and a counter-theory. Sounds like this is a fantastic experiment to attempt and see how it goes. If it's disastrous, they can change it back or attempt refinements, while the naysayers say, "I told you so!". If it works well, others can learn from it and put it to use. I'm glad someone's trying it so that we'll have some better data points.
On the flip side, I've had LibreOffice compatibility successes that weren't possible with Office. A bunch of older documents from the late '90's became unreadable during some combination of OS/Office upgrades. For a while I thought they were lost, but I tried LibreOffice out of desperation and it converted them just fine.
Hence the shrill, eponymous cry of desperation: "Aiiieeeeee!"
No, not really. Probably not much of a loss, but there's always a chance my two bits would inspire someone else to do something worthwhile. Even if all it did was serve to bring people back around to the source material and get them to read (or reread) Breakfast of Champions, that would be beneficial.
That may be a bit extreme. Still, just last night I was reading Breakfast of Champions, published in 1972, so 43 years old. And I had some ideas for a novel that would make heavy reference to it. And then I tossed it out because it won't be out of copyright for another 60-ish years or so. It's an artistic loss for the world, that I can't incorporate something older than myself into a new work. My lack of freedom to use that creative source is a sort of suffering from tyranny, isn't it? And if a bunch of people thought my idea was a good one, they're also being deprived.
I published a couple of novels as e-books, because it seemed easier to stick with one format. Quite a few people asked for physical versions (some of the crankier responses were along the lines of "what, no *real* version of the book?"). Some were older relatives who don't have e-readers and didn't want to figure out how to get one running, but some were posting on a gaming forum and, while I don't know their ages, they were technical enough to play computer games, so presumably just preferred the physical book.
On reason for the uptick in serials is the lack of delay with e-books. I can read an already published serial, see how the first book is, then at 10PM, when I finish the first, immediately download the next in the series, starting to read it right away.
One evening I finished a book and then had to drive to five different bookstores before I found one that had the sequel in stock. By the time I got home, it was too late to start reading the book, because I had to go to bed. Talk about a frustrating experience.
Also, when you finish one book, you know the next one is waiting for you (or you can get it) without having to specifically be at a bookstore or your bookshelf. I used to carry an emergency spare in my bag, another in my car, and now and then I'd still finish a book someplace where I didn't have access to a new one.
Considering there's an infinite number of prime numbers, and only one of them is even, you could argue that statistically speaking every prime number is odd. Or every prime number large enough to do anything with, if you're speaking cryptography.
Yes, I'm just being difficult. I would've just modded you interesting, but I'd already posted.
To answer the headline, I don't know. But no amount of sheer quantity will ever displace the paper by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamov for the most entertaining authors list. (I swear I heard a version where someone tried to recruit a Delter, too, but a quick google search isn't turning that part of my theory up for me.)
I got a "like us on facebook" pop-in the other day, two seconds after visiting a page. As if I'm really going to "like" an article that I haven't even been able to read yet -- in that case I hadn't even had time to find the headline amid all the other junk! I said screw that and left without even bothering to read the article. Their loss.
It's not the devices. It's not the interfaces. It's soundproofing the darn room, hallways, and elevators. Most especially this means designing hotel doors that will close/lock without banging. And maybe setting up a late-night, noise-detecting flamethrower for all those people who desperately need to have conversations at top volume between their room and the elevator. I'd like to see more of that, and forget about gadgets in my room.
Giga Mansion Smart Type - I swear, Japan has the best names for everything. It's always a little stiff, comes off as just made up enough that maybe it's a joke, and maybe it was composed by a robot, but then you can't stop saying it to yourself over and over as if there's a code to be cracked there, where if you can just get it, it'll actually make sense.