Last time I spent over $100 on a pair of headphones it was on a set of Sony headphones in 1996. They are still working, are in excellent condition, and I use them frequently.
What I want is a la carte TV shows. I don't really care about the services, though I do keep my Netflix subscription going, I'd much rather watch a pilot freebee and pay for a season of a show.
You know, to do the things that people do with edit buttons, like fix a typo. Does anyone really care about "clarifying" that "oops I spelled that wrong. I meant potato"?
I (or my parents when I was a wee lad) have been paying for video/computer games since the late 70s. I guess you don't remember having to put a quarter into the Space Invaders cabinet, or having (to beg your dad) to buy that copy of Zork, do you?
Dinosaur bone fossils are not made out of bone.They are made up of a variety of inorganic minerals through a process called mineralization. They are basically rocks.
"I know a lot of people are afraid of antidepressants"
You should be afraid of antidepressants. Their side effect profiles can be somewhat nasty, especially the tricyclics.
Here's the rub, Antidepressants are only really good for ONE thing, and that's getting you into a mental state that's level enough to keep you going to a therapist where you can talk about your problems.
Pharmaceutical companies funding fake scientific journals to create the "look and feel of a peer-reviewed publication to serve as a marketing tool" or to elicit favorable study results is a far more common problem then you think...
And hell, your prescription coverage employs a formulary that is driven just as choosing drugs because they provide cost savings as it is by scientific data showing greater efficacy.
Science isn't magic but neither are scientists omnipotent grand wizards fighting for the side of good. They are just as corruptible as anyone else on this planet. Corporations are still driven by profit above all other concerns, even ones that are staffed by research scientists.
Blind faith in "science" (technology) is just as dangerous, if not more so, then blind faith in religion. Skepticism is a cornerstone of scientific inquiry. If you aren't practicing it, your doing it wrong.
Perhaps you don't realize this but medical errors are big problem in healthcare and negative patient outcomes are more significant that you may think... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
They are incompetent dickbags who do their best to only hire the dumbest people on the planet. Their autorouting system is so pathetic that it creates routing loops that can only be broken by deliberate human intervention. Their hours are garbage that robs the nation of productivity by expecting people to run their errands at the same time that their employer expects them to work. They suffer no penalties for failure, and there is no accountability. Every single package is scanned and the data handed to the government as part of the spying-on-citizens program.
It's like you've never actually had a package delivery attempt by FedEx or UPS. lol
it demands both your time and mental energy. You will never be able to put the time and energy you need to invest into that new enterprise if you are working 40-50 hour weeks at something unrelated. Making something new succeed take work, lots and lots of real, multiple hour per day work. Very few people are capable of spending 20 hours a day running at full speed. Those who can succeed by doing so are the outliers, not the standard.
The only way you will ever have enough time and energy to put into a career shift or new entrepreneurial adventure is if you make a plan and take the risk.
That said, the best advice I've ever hear about the conundrum of working and career shift/dream jobs is to work full time and save at least half the money you make. You can quit that day job when you are able to fun your new enterprise with the money you have saved. If you've saved half your years salary, you then have a years worth of money to live off of while you engage in your (hopefully) new enterprise.
Getting experience in the job you want to make for yourself is immensely important as well, so if you can work a day job where you are gaining experience at the thing you want to do, especially if you can manage to find yourself someone who is willing to mentor you along the way, then you will learn the lessons you need to learn before you flail about on your own.
Many people fail their new enterprises, not necessarily because they lack skill in whatever discipline in the field, but because they failed to realize that half or more of their new job is actually running a business. Talk to and make friends with successful business owners. They don't always have to be in your field, but they will probably have a lot of insight into how to manage doing what you love doing along side of making sure that your business or new career remains viable.
Who really cares? The programming on cable TV has been abysmal for over a decade now.
Let cable TV die.
It NEEDS to die to free up those resources and political strength for emerging technologies that are far more interesting to our long term media consumption needs and wants.
You sound exactly like the article you are decry. Filled with emotion and angst because someone has an opinion other than your own. Good luck with that.:)
There are plenty of single player games out there. All this fussing is unnecessary.
Also, a lot of comments overly exaggerate the multiplayer's negative experience. I understand that there are a lot of douchebags out there but just because you've run into one of them doesn't mean that everyone who enjoys multiplayer games is going give you a world of grief.
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Last time I spent over $100 on a pair of headphones it was on a set of Sony headphones in 1996. They are still working, are in excellent condition, and I use them frequently.
Sounds like... Cable TV.
o.O
What I want is a la carte TV shows. I don't really care about the services, though I do keep my Netflix subscription going, I'd much rather watch a pilot freebee and pay for a season of a show.
WHen they blew everyone away with MacOS Themes... I mean Dark Mode?
You know, to do the things that people do with edit buttons, like fix a typo. Does anyone really care about "clarifying" that "oops I spelled that wrong. I meant potato"?
*sigh*
Since when? Are we now just calling any website that has user accounts and topic discussion a "social network" in hopes of investment money?
And if so, hasn't that bubble already popped?
Why do these toy boats (from the videos it's obvious that they are barely a couple of feet long) cost anywhere close to $175000. WTF?
I (or my parents when I was a wee lad) have been paying for video/computer games since the late 70s. I guess you don't remember having to put a quarter into the Space Invaders cabinet, or having (to beg your dad) to buy that copy of Zork, do you?
Dinosaur bone fossils are not made out of bone.They are made up of a variety of inorganic minerals through a process called mineralization. They are basically rocks.
"I know a lot of people are afraid of antidepressants"
You should be afraid of antidepressants. Their side effect profiles can be somewhat nasty, especially the tricyclics.
Here's the rub, Antidepressants are only really good for ONE thing, and that's getting you into a mental state that's level enough to keep you going to a therapist where you can talk about your problems.
I have been a pharmacist for many years.
Pharmaceutical companies funding fake scientific journals to create the "look and feel of a peer-reviewed publication to serve as a marketing tool" or to elicit favorable study results is a far more common problem then you think...
https://www.the-scientist.com/...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Physicians prescribing medications because they are getting kickbacks from the pharmaceutics companies is nothing new either...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...
And hell, your prescription coverage employs a formulary that is driven just as choosing drugs because they provide cost savings as it is by scientific data showing greater efficacy.
Science isn't magic but neither are scientists omnipotent grand wizards fighting for the side of good. They are just as corruptible as anyone else on this planet. Corporations are still driven by profit above all other concerns, even ones that are staffed by research scientists.
Blind faith in "science" (technology) is just as dangerous, if not more so, then blind faith in religion. Skepticism is a cornerstone of scientific inquiry. If you aren't practicing it, your doing it wrong.
Did any of you actually read the parent post or are you simply knee-jerking a response out because "diversity" is a trigger word for you?
Perhaps you don't realize this but medical errors are big problem in healthcare and negative patient outcomes are more significant that you may think... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
Is this the thread where we all point at each other's UIDs and laugh until someone lower comes along and laugh at us? WooHoo! Let the world burn!
Mr. Gruber must not actually own an iPhone.
They are incompetent dickbags who do their best to only hire the dumbest people on the planet. Their autorouting system is so pathetic that it creates routing loops that can only be broken by deliberate human intervention. Their hours are garbage that robs the nation of productivity by expecting people to run their errands at the same time that their employer expects them to work. They suffer no penalties for failure, and there is no accountability. Every single package is scanned and the data handed to the government as part of the spying-on-citizens program.
It's like you've never actually had a package delivery attempt by FedEx or UPS. lol
it demands both your time and mental energy. You will never be able to put the time and energy you need to invest into that new enterprise if you are working 40-50 hour weeks at something unrelated. Making something new succeed take work, lots and lots of real, multiple hour per day work. Very few people are capable of spending 20 hours a day running at full speed. Those who can succeed by doing so are the outliers, not the standard.
The only way you will ever have enough time and energy to put into a career shift or new entrepreneurial adventure is if you make a plan and take the risk.
That said, the best advice I've ever hear about the conundrum of working and career shift/dream jobs is to work full time and save at least half the money you make. You can quit that day job when you are able to fun your new enterprise with the money you have saved. If you've saved half your years salary, you then have a years worth of money to live off of while you engage in your (hopefully) new enterprise.
Getting experience in the job you want to make for yourself is immensely important as well, so if you can work a day job where you are gaining experience at the thing you want to do, especially if you can manage to find yourself someone who is willing to mentor you along the way, then you will learn the lessons you need to learn before you flail about on your own.
Many people fail their new enterprises, not necessarily because they lack skill in whatever discipline in the field, but because they failed to realize that half or more of their new job is actually running a business. Talk to and make friends with successful business owners. They don't always have to be in your field, but they will probably have a lot of insight into how to manage doing what you love doing along side of making sure that your business or new career remains viable.
Why hasn't anyone pointed that out yet? o.O
Who really cares? The programming on cable TV has been abysmal for over a decade now.
Let cable TV die.
It NEEDS to die to free up those resources and political strength for emerging technologies that are far more interesting to our long term media consumption needs and wants.
You sound exactly like the article you are decry. Filled with emotion and angst because someone has an opinion other than your own. Good luck with that. :)
I see, so you are complaining about their complaints followed up by an ad hominem. Way to one up them.
Oh you mean just like the word "dweeb" is a made up word from the 80s. I see. Great way to argue your point!
It's a good thing the english language is a living, evolving language like that.
The irony in this post makes me giggle. Insightful? You bet it is.
There are plenty of single player games out there. All this fussing is unnecessary.
Also, a lot of comments overly exaggerate the multiplayer's negative experience. I understand that there are a lot of douchebags out there but just because you've run into one of them doesn't mean that everyone who enjoys multiplayer games is going give you a world of grief.
1. this isn't what the article is about at all.
2. it's complete bullshit and doesn't actually happen.
3. I'm a cis gendered white male.
Doesn't matter. It's called fraud. It's a criminal offense.