Progressives will never be satisfied with your pittance. There will be exponentially more pressing problems to solve. Homelessness, landscaping the median of roadways, too many gnats, etc. They'll bleed you dry given the chance.
Nice crystal ball you've got there. You might consider replacing the batteries in it, though -- Toy R Us went out of business a long time ago. Once the charge falls too low the results are just confused and stupid.
And you did not read what I wrote: "... my response would be 'Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on'."
The problem is the Seattle city council has no idea how to handle the homeless problem. Well tax and through money.
Uh... didja read what I wrote? Take two, this time with our eyes open:
"Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on".
Yes, this. I wish I hadn't posted so I could mod up.
The ONLY times, twice, that I have put money in that cocksucker's pocket was when some random eBay seller was reselling for scAmazon, and I left negative reviews both times.
If I were the richest human on the planet and my home town said to me "Hey, howzabout you throw a pittance our way so we can solve some pressing problems", my response would be "Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on". Bezos, however, is just the richest animal on the planet with no real regard for the other critters.
Once upon a time in the penultimate decade of the last century, I was chief fixer dude for a manufacturer which had built some custom stuff Seagate used to bulk-test drives in their engineering department. That stuff kept coming back for warranty service but nothing was ever found to be wrong with it, which was a red flag, and the creation of the test setup required about six hours of tech labor so the damn flag was on fire. I got nowhere in my first round of calls to Seagate, but when the stuff came back yet again I was more persistent and finally got to the bottom of it.
Seagate had a guy who was somehow involved with that engineering test system, and every time something went wrong, whether it was an actual system failure or just an unexpected outcome, said guy jerked everything still under warranty out of the system and sent it back to the manufacturers for service. Everything, whether it was potentially related to the troubling observation or not. In driving my way to someone in charge I spoke with folks at Seagate who were incredibly frustrated with the shotgun approach because it kept their test system out of service for far longer than it ever should have been, and eventually they allowed me to reach the shotgun monkey's boss's boss. I explained to him that our warranty terms applied only to product which had failed in normal service, and that on-demand conformance testing was a full pop T&M (time and materials) service for which they would henceforth be charged.
The stuff was not seen again in the time I remained employed by that company and I've happily avoided Seagate ever since.
It's not something I'd order at a bar, but it's within the realm of tolerable for most folks. Just avoid the flavored MoM -- the cherry flavor is particularly disgusting in this solution.
Just a thot: magnesium acetate is more bioavailable and so less likely to loosen the bowels (because the mag doesn't get that far).
I mix magnesium laxative (e.g. Milk of Magnesia) 1:4 in apple cider vinegar and mix an ounce of the solution into a liter of water that I drink from throughout the day. Works fine with no worries.
Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder is a one of the big reasons I've been self employed for a couple o' decades now. I fought the disorder for years because society demanded it, but all I got for it was more and more burned out and far more susceptible to troublesome bouts of insomnia lasting as long as a month. Insomnia beyond about two weeks makes it completely impossible to live up to normal expectations and feels like slowly dying. There's no such thing as a job that's worth that kind of misery.
My perspective is simple: "Everyone else is just fine with my schedule". I sleep 4AM to noon and if you can't cope with that you're the one with the problem. I'm doing fine.
In my experience, weed reduces the frequency of it but once an episode begins all I get for smoking myself into a stupor is redundancy -- I'm already stupefied by the absence of sleep.
I've been at it since 1996 and I've met only two of my clients -- and only one of them intentionally. My code works, their credit cards work, that's enough.
AFAIC, commuting unnecessarily is an irresponsible act.
I've Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder which I don't suffer because I'm self employed, but I get whacked by wicked insomnia every now and then that makes life pure shit. A week of sleeping zero to two of every 24 hours knocks me out of work, and at two weeks I can't follow idle chit-chat any more and have switched off the telephone ringers. At a month in, it's just a complete bummer and death seems an acceptable, though not preferable, resolution. (I'm not suicidal; don't need a hotline.)
On the up side, being self employed means that I can better control the trigger conditions of the insomnia and don't have to worry about the DSPD getting me fired for being habitually late to work.
My wife and I rented until recently, when we bought a place outright. We'd been looking to downsize because we're empty-nesters, and between escaping rent and dramatically reducing our utility bills (in our smaller, more efficient home) we're no longer enslaved by our shelter. We endured four long decades of every decision beginning with consideration of our housing burden, and being free of that burden seems truly fantastic. We're now in a very sustainable, very resilient situation, and won't be splashed when the middle class economy dives back into the sewer because we've never been lured into the consumer credit trap.
As the predatory lenders are so fond of saying: no credit, no problem.
Exactly. The sparsely populated, rural county in which I live is served by community broadband -- fiber up to 1Gb/s in town, fixed wireless up to some 100's of Mb/s in the rural areas. The network is content neutral by default because we're not about to retain anyone in office who attempts to screw with our data.
Yes, one CAN ask for a lower salary. Then one will hear that the prospective employer somehow knows that you're just filling in a gap and will continue seeking a higher salary and/or more interesting/less boring work elsewhere, and no offer will be presented.
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Now that the brakes work most of the time we can take the bumpers off the cars? Goofballs.
Progressives will never be satisfied with your pittance. There will be exponentially more pressing problems to solve. Homelessness, landscaping the median of roadways, too many gnats, etc. They'll bleed you dry given the chance.
Nice crystal ball you've got there. You might consider replacing the batteries in it, though -- Toy R Us went out of business a long time ago. Once the charge falls too low the results are just confused and stupid.
Props to you for being intellectually consistent. Well done. You're a rare bird.
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Be well!
I guess scAmazon is labeled "liberal" because they provide ambulances at their fulfillment centers to take away the prostrate workers?
But they do not have a plan.
And you did not read what I wrote: "... my response would be 'Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on'."
The problem is the Seattle city council has no idea how to handle the homeless problem. Well tax and through money.
Uh... didja read what I wrote? Take two, this time with our eyes open:
"Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on".
Yes, this. I wish I hadn't posted so I could mod up.
The ONLY times, twice, that I have put money in that cocksucker's pocket was when some random eBay seller was reselling for scAmazon, and I left negative reviews both times.
If I were the richest human on the planet and my home town said to me "Hey, howzabout you throw a pittance our way so we can solve some pressing problems", my response would be "Absolutely! And let's make sure there are very intelligent and highly qualified people overseeing those programs, and a citizens' advisory council, and rock on". Bezos, however, is just the richest animal on the planet with no real regard for the other critters.
That said: Fuck scAmazon anyway.
Once upon a time in the penultimate decade of the last century, I was chief fixer dude for a manufacturer which had built some custom stuff Seagate used to bulk-test drives in their engineering department. That stuff kept coming back for warranty service but nothing was ever found to be wrong with it, which was a red flag, and the creation of the test setup required about six hours of tech labor so the damn flag was on fire. I got nowhere in my first round of calls to Seagate, but when the stuff came back yet again I was more persistent and finally got to the bottom of it.
Seagate had a guy who was somehow involved with that engineering test system, and every time something went wrong, whether it was an actual system failure or just an unexpected outcome, said guy jerked everything still under warranty out of the system and sent it back to the manufacturers for service. Everything, whether it was potentially related to the troubling observation or not. In driving my way to someone in charge I spoke with folks at Seagate who were incredibly frustrated with the shotgun approach because it kept their test system out of service for far longer than it ever should have been, and eventually they allowed me to reach the shotgun monkey's boss's boss. I explained to him that our warranty terms applied only to product which had failed in normal service, and that on-demand conformance testing was a full pop T&M (time and materials) service for which they would henceforth be charged.
The stuff was not seen again in the time I remained employed by that company and I've happily avoided Seagate ever since.
... that CERT never sends out TA's about United States state sponsored cyber actors?
Hmmm...
It's not something I'd order at a bar, but it's within the realm of tolerable for most folks. Just avoid the flavored MoM -- the cherry flavor is particularly disgusting in this solution.
Just a thot: magnesium acetate is more bioavailable and so less likely to loosen the bowels (because the mag doesn't get that far).
I mix magnesium laxative (e.g. Milk of Magnesia) 1:4 in apple cider vinegar and mix an ounce of the solution into a liter of water that I drink from throughout the day. Works fine with no worries.
"Everyone else gets here on time every day..."
Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder is a one of the big reasons I've been self employed for a couple o' decades now. I fought the disorder for years because society demanded it, but all I got for it was more and more burned out and far more susceptible to troublesome bouts of insomnia lasting as long as a month. Insomnia beyond about two weeks makes it completely impossible to live up to normal expectations and feels like slowly dying. There's no such thing as a job that's worth that kind of misery.
My perspective is simple: "Everyone else is just fine with my schedule". I sleep 4AM to noon and if you can't cope with that you're the one with the problem. I'm doing fine.
Don't tell me, let me guess: You're a budtender.
In my experience, weed reduces the frequency of it but once an episode begins all I get for smoking myself into a stupor is redundancy -- I'm already stupefied by the absence of sleep.
I've been at it since 1996 and I've met only two of my clients -- and only one of them intentionally. My code works, their credit cards work, that's enough.
AFAIC, commuting unnecessarily is an irresponsible act.
I've Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder which I don't suffer because I'm self employed, but I get whacked by wicked insomnia every now and then that makes life pure shit. A week of sleeping zero to two of every 24 hours knocks me out of work, and at two weeks I can't follow idle chit-chat any more and have switched off the telephone ringers. At a month in, it's just a complete bummer and death seems an acceptable, though not preferable, resolution. (I'm not suicidal; don't need a hotline.)
On the up side, being self employed means that I can better control the trigger conditions of the insomnia and don't have to worry about the DSPD getting me fired for being habitually late to work.
It's not surprising that someone who doesn't seem to know that "the cloud" *is* private data centers also knows nothing of IC fab.
Honestly, that's my question: Why should anyone not employed by him give a damn about Elon Musk and/or his toys?
... rich people behaving badly is rarely newsworthy.
To my way of thinking, buying a home outright is the best possible proof that you can afford it.
My wife and I rented until recently, when we bought a place outright. We'd been looking to downsize because we're empty-nesters, and between escaping rent and dramatically reducing our utility bills (in our smaller, more efficient home) we're no longer enslaved by our shelter. We endured four long decades of every decision beginning with consideration of our housing burden, and being free of that burden seems truly fantastic. We're now in a very sustainable, very resilient situation, and won't be splashed when the middle class economy dives back into the sewer because we've never been lured into the consumer credit trap.
As the predatory lenders are so fond of saying: no credit, no problem.
Exactly. The sparsely populated, rural county in which I live is served by community broadband -- fiber up to 1Gb/s in town, fixed wireless up to some 100's of Mb/s in the rural areas. The network is content neutral by default because we're not about to retain anyone in office who attempts to screw with our data.
This observation doesn't make me wish to ditch a programming language, but it does make me glad I do test-driven development.
Yes, one CAN ask for a lower salary. Then one will hear that the prospective employer somehow knows that you're just filling in a gap and will continue seeking a higher salary and/or more interesting/less boring work elsewhere, and no offer will be presented.