I don't know. Has Ireland been showing suicidal tendencies? You think Brexit is bad? Imagine what it would be like for a country that has even less manufacturing and GDP and is even more dependent on bloc trade.
In 2012 I had a phone service that decided to offer Facebook traffic for free, I had an internet service that charged more to access some streaming sites than others. Even before that I played games with wildly different pings to servers which were co-located in the same datacentre. At 2pm all pings were equal. At 7pm as the internet generally got a little slower the pings to all servers NOT owned by the ISP got higher while the ISP's servers at the same facility stayed the same. They did however offer our gaming league to improve QoS to our server... for a fee.
Your ignorance does not mean there wasn't a problem.
The American dream of owning a home and having a comfortable retirement is gone for them
For some of us that was never the dream in the first place. Save and deny ourselves a life to spend our end of days comfortably rotting away in a building we thankfully own? No thanks. I'd rather work when my bones are old and frail and save when my teeth can't chew. Life is for living. My taste buds are at their prime and instant coffee can be saved for my retirement.
Christmas trip has been booked to Finland. Beer there is €8 per cup. Screw the American dream.
Death by a thousand cuts is also what is called living. You can save a lot of money by denying yourself things that make you happy. I hope you realise that wealth is no substitute for happiness before you get too far through the process.
Eat nothing but potatoes and you'll retire even earlier. Then maybe during retirement you can find this thing called a life that you denied yourself for years of skimping.
Kind of like starting the day with instant mud instead of getting a nice well made coffee at a specialty cafe.
As far as my barbaric process, I don't drink coffee.
my coffee machine only heats the water in its pipes.
We're talking about buying a coffee from a cafe. Please don't compare a nice espresso to whatever the heck you think qualifies as "coffee" from your mud machine.
Thanks for missing the point. It still takes you longer to physically work at your coffee machine than it does to go order a coffee at a cafe. Unless you make poor decisions on the choice of cafe... or don't clean your machine after in which case... eww.
No poor financial planning is what will kill you financially. Doing something without the means is what will kill you financially. And that is kind of my point: Someone worth $400m just said to get rich skip on buying coffee. It's completely absurd financial advice that among other things ignores the time value of money.
The subtext of your advice on the otherhand is sound. "Live within your means and watch that expenses don't creep up on you". The same reason I also don't subscribe to cable. I will however spend a small fortune on my food and drink, and that includes getting nicely made coffees from specialist cafes.
Well going to Starbucks would. As for abstaining from coffee? Heck yes it would. Not all of us drink it for the caffeine hit. Some of us do it purely for the wonderful taste.
Hence the comparison with eating nothing but potatoes.
Having clean clothes and showering every day gives you a massive increase in earning potential.
Now we're talking. And while we're talking given my current pay rate it is much more valuable to me to line up for coffee in the morning than make it myself given how much those 5minutes are worth.
But that's just me, who knows maybe someone who's worth $400million actually makes money by working for free and thus can't afford coffee.
When did we last add any element to the periodic table?
That is discovery based, not work based. There are still very many people working in the field looking for new elements etc. The same goes for the rest of your post. Absence of discoveries doesn't mean absence of work in the field.
No it doesn't. It will claim it is ready in less than a minute. But you can check this yourself. Use a logging thermocouple the bottom of the group handle and graph the temperature swings while drawing the coffee as soon as the machine is ready vs letting it sit there for 10 minutes.
I would bet you a Marsbar but that would be unfair since the discussions about it and tests on basically every coffee machine are in every forum on the internet, so I already know the answer.
Do yourself a favour, if you can't wait 10 minutes, at the very draw water through your machine and don't attempt to make coffee from the first time your machine is ready.
Domestic espresso machines are pretty much as quick as making a cup of instant coffee assuming you have to boil a kettle..
False. The little green light may come on, but the temperature remains wildly unstable until the entire boiler has reached an equilibrium temperature. That's beside the fact that it's practically impossible to make a latte in under a few minutes until you then don't clean the machine you just used on a dairy product.
No they don't. They're under 13 and not allowed to. Or are you agreeing with me that this arbitrary rule of banning communications mediums to under 13 year olds as all current platforms do is stupid?
I thought you were an appeal to authority. I thought authorities could read.
hence why my opinion as a computer security expert is infinitely more valuable
But it turns out you're just a clown. But a good one. You made me laugh and I am generally considered not to have a sense of humour. I proclaim you the authority on being a clown!
Ahhh but you're aiming for a goal that is no longer achievable. This story is about Messenger vs non messenger. No about changing an entire generation to be outdoor kids again.
Guess what, times have changed. What kind of an irresponsible parent lets a child go outside anyway. They could get hurt!*
No it's not. You're comparing a product with high markup for absolutely zero benefit to a product with high mark up due to it having to cover cost of rent, wages, equipment and training.
You're also comparing something with no benefit (cheap vs expensive HDMI cables) to something with a very clear quality (home brewed vs espresso or latte) or service benefit (if you only make espressos at home there's a big time saving in not screwing with your machine in the morning).
The service industry is a thing, and people don't line up in the mornings because they want to set money on fire. Except at Starbucks which categorically CAN be beaten by pouring hot water on some instant coffee powder.
What are you talking about? It takes 2 minutes to make coffee.
No, it takes 2 minutes to make whatever the hell you think is coffee. You want to compare to something nice from a coffee shop? There's no home machine that can even achieve its warm up cycle in 2 minutes, let alone someone who can make a nice latte in that time.
Don't compare brewed coffee with white shit poured in it from the fridge to nicely made espressos and frothed milk.
You want advice. Live under a bridge. Eat nothing but potatoes, don't ever pay someone for something you can do yourself regardless of how long it takes you. Then you will truly be saving money.
Given that you brew coffee like some kind of barbarian I see where you're coming from. But why not compare apples to apples?
Step out of the train, stand in line for 5min at a store, walk away 2min later with a nice latte (note: NICE latte instantly rules Starbucks out of the equation, but then we're talking about coffee shops not that abortion of a business). Done in 7min
vs
Getting up 15min earlier (because my morning routine isn't that long). Turning on machine, doing other things while I wait for the machine to reach temperature, pre-flush to warm group handle and cup, dry group handle, grind beans, discard first few seconds to clear out machine, load fresh beans, grind beans, tamp put group handle in, pour shot, discard the used puck, flush machine to clean out coffee, and clean group handle, wait a minute to warm up to steaming temperature, flush steaming wand, froth milk for a minute, pour coffee.... shit I'm finally done. but wait... I can't leave it like this. Get wet rag, clean off frothing wand, flush machine, go to sink, wash out milk cup, and final.... FINALLY after 10min of work (excluding initial warm up time which already cost me 15min of my sleep) I may get out the door.
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I don't know. Has Ireland been showing suicidal tendencies? You think Brexit is bad? Imagine what it would be like for a country that has even less manufacturing and GDP and is even more dependent on bloc trade.
In 2012 I had a phone service that decided to offer Facebook traffic for free, I had an internet service that charged more to access some streaming sites than others. Even before that I played games with wildly different pings to servers which were co-located in the same datacentre. At 2pm all pings were equal. At 7pm as the internet generally got a little slower the pings to all servers NOT owned by the ISP got higher while the ISP's servers at the same facility stayed the same. They did however offer our gaming league to improve QoS to our server ... for a fee.
Your ignorance does not mean there wasn't a problem.
The American dream of owning a home and having a comfortable retirement is gone for them
For some of us that was never the dream in the first place. Save and deny ourselves a life to spend our end of days comfortably rotting away in a building we thankfully own? No thanks. I'd rather work when my bones are old and frail and save when my teeth can't chew. Life is for living. My taste buds are at their prime and instant coffee can be saved for my retirement.
Christmas trip has been booked to Finland. Beer there is €8 per cup. Screw the American dream.
Death by a thousand cuts is also what is called living. You can save a lot of money by denying yourself things that make you happy. I hope you realise that wealth is no substitute for happiness before you get too far through the process.
Your workplace doesn't supply the coffee for free to you? What kind of third-world hellhole do you live in?
I don't know about that guy but I've worked places where they offered a coffee for free and yet personal coffee machines showed up... YMMV.
Your kind of workplace supplied coffee bad enough that people brought their own machines in anyway? What kind of third-world hellhole do you live in?
Eat nothing but potatoes and you'll retire even earlier. Then maybe during retirement you can find this thing called a life that you denied yourself for years of skimping.
Kind of like starting the day with instant mud instead of getting a nice well made coffee at a specialty cafe.
As far as my barbaric process, I don't drink coffee.
That was painfully clear from your post.
my coffee machine only heats the water in its pipes.
We're talking about buying a coffee from a cafe. Please don't compare a nice espresso to whatever the heck you think qualifies as "coffee" from your mud machine.
Thanks for missing the point. It still takes you longer to physically work at your coffee machine than it does to go order a coffee at a cafe. Unless you make poor decisions on the choice of cafe ... or don't clean your machine after in which case ... eww.
No poor financial planning is what will kill you financially. Doing something without the means is what will kill you financially. And that is kind of my point: Someone worth $400m just said to get rich skip on buying coffee. It's completely absurd financial advice that among other things ignores the time value of money.
The subtext of your advice on the otherhand is sound. "Live within your means and watch that expenses don't creep up on you". The same reason I also don't subscribe to cable. I will however spend a small fortune on my food and drink, and that includes getting nicely made coffees from specialist cafes.
Well going to Starbucks would. As for abstaining from coffee? Heck yes it would. Not all of us drink it for the caffeine hit. Some of us do it purely for the wonderful taste.
Hence the comparison with eating nothing but potatoes.
Having clean clothes and showering every day gives you a massive increase in earning potential.
Now we're talking. And while we're talking given my current pay rate it is much more valuable to me to line up for coffee in the morning than make it myself given how much those 5minutes are worth.
But that's just me, who knows maybe someone who's worth $400million actually makes money by working for free and thus can't afford coffee.
When did we last add any element to the periodic table?
That is discovery based, not work based. There are still very many people working in the field looking for new elements etc. The same goes for the rest of your post. Absence of discoveries doesn't mean absence of work in the field.
No it doesn't. It will claim it is ready in less than a minute. But you can check this yourself. Use a logging thermocouple the bottom of the group handle and graph the temperature swings while drawing the coffee as soon as the machine is ready vs letting it sit there for 10 minutes.
I would bet you a Marsbar but that would be unfair since the discussions about it and tests on basically every coffee machine are in every forum on the internet, so I already know the answer.
Do yourself a favour, if you can't wait 10 minutes, at the very draw water through your machine and don't attempt to make coffee from the first time your machine is ready.
Domestic espresso machines are pretty much as quick as making a cup of instant coffee assuming you have to boil a kettle..
False. The little green light may come on, but the temperature remains wildly unstable until the entire boiler has reached an equilibrium temperature. That's beside the fact that it's practically impossible to make a latte in under a few minutes until you then don't clean the machine you just used on a dairy product.
You think Facebook is about communicating with other people? HAHAHAHA....
I'll bite. What IS Facebook about?
No they don't. They're under 13 and not allowed to. Or are you agreeing with me that this arbitrary rule of banning communications mediums to under 13 year olds as all current platforms do is stupid?
No, it's the only way people "do" communicate. You could try telling your kid to go play outside and visit a friend. See how well that works for you.
There was no legitimate content to respond to
I thought you were an appeal to authority. I thought authorities could read.
hence why my opinion as a computer security expert is infinitely more valuable
But it turns out you're just a clown. But a good one. You made me laugh and I am generally considered not to have a sense of humour. I proclaim you the authority on being a clown!
Ahhh but you're aiming for a goal that is no longer achievable. This story is about Messenger vs non messenger. No about changing an entire generation to be outdoor kids again.
Guess what, times have changed. What kind of an irresponsible parent lets a child go outside anyway. They could get hurt!*
*Yes some people think like that.
No it's not. You're comparing a product with high markup for absolutely zero benefit to a product with high mark up due to it having to cover cost of rent, wages, equipment and training.
You're also comparing something with no benefit (cheap vs expensive HDMI cables) to something with a very clear quality (home brewed vs espresso or latte) or service benefit (if you only make espressos at home there's a big time saving in not screwing with your machine in the morning).
The service industry is a thing, and people don't line up in the mornings because they want to set money on fire. Except at Starbucks which categorically CAN be beaten by pouring hot water on some instant coffee powder.
It's a attack on caffeine. This isn't just news for nerds, it's a call to arms!
What are you talking about? It takes 2 minutes to make coffee.
No, it takes 2 minutes to make whatever the hell you think is coffee. You want to compare to something nice from a coffee shop? There's no home machine that can even achieve its warm up cycle in 2 minutes, let alone someone who can make a nice latte in that time.
Don't compare brewed coffee with white shit poured in it from the fridge to nicely made espressos and frothed milk.
This is advice. Financial advice
You want advice. Live under a bridge. Eat nothing but potatoes, don't ever pay someone for something you can do yourself regardless of how long it takes you. Then you will truly be saving money.
It's a fucked life, but hey, every dollar right?
Given that you brew coffee like some kind of barbarian I see where you're coming from. But why not compare apples to apples?
Step out of the train, stand in line for 5min at a store, walk away 2min later with a nice latte (note: NICE latte instantly rules Starbucks out of the equation, but then we're talking about coffee shops not that abortion of a business).
Done in 7min
vs
Getting up 15min earlier (because my morning routine isn't that long). Turning on machine, doing other things while I wait for the machine to reach temperature, pre-flush to warm group handle and cup, dry group handle, grind beans, discard first few seconds to clear out machine, load fresh beans, grind beans, tamp put group handle in, pour shot, discard the used puck, flush machine to clean out coffee, and clean group handle, wait a minute to warm up to steaming temperature, flush steaming wand, froth milk for a minute, pour coffee. ... shit I'm finally done. but wait... I can't leave it like this. Get wet rag, clean off frothing wand, flush machine, go to sink, wash out milk cup, and final .... FINALLY after 10min of work (excluding initial warm up time which already cost me 15min of my sleep) I may get out the door.
No one stands in line for brewed coffee.
I factor in warming up time. If I want an espresso at home in the morning I'd need to wake up 15min earlier.