"Work ethic" is just another word for "self flagellation." They have a lower willingness to abuse themselves because of some stupid Protestant ideal that hard work makes good people.
I don't really go out much, and if groceries closed an hour or two earlier, it wouldn't affect me. They should be open an hour or two past normal working hours, but till 10 pm or 24 hours is stupid.
What's wrong with laziness? Why does your country need to have the next fart-app company for its citizens to be happy? Being "first" and "best" is over-rated -- living a happy life in mediocrity is also OK.
Good. Then mandate it, or at least mandate overtime for ALL workers who are required to work over 40 hrs per week. If people are taken away from their families and lives, they should be compensated for it appropriately.
And having to pay 1.5x or 2x time should encourage employers to hire more workers vs having unreasonable expectations from their existing workforce.
If you work > 40 hr/wk, you should be entitled to additional compensation, regardless of salary. Fair's fair. Should discourage employers from abusing knowledge workers.
I envy people in places like France and Quebec who take their free-time seriously -- closing time is 6 pm for many business that would stay open until 8 or even 10 pm in the US.
Private corporations deciding what to publish can't be equated with governments putting people in a cage for deciding how and whom to make love or for what they put into their own bodies. False equivalence.
Not necessarily. For one thing, you have to own (and drive) a damn car in Houston... being able to go anywhere in NYC for $2.75 by bus or train is damn nice.
Signing up for the US Military is signing up to throw away your life on the whims of Exxon, Goldman Sucks, and Aramco. Not to mention propping up parasite states in the Middle East. There should be a better way than signing up to murder and be murdered as a servant of imperialist thugs.
The US is all about forced morality. See also: Prohibition, the War on Some Drugs, historic bans on interracial marriage, the KKK, and Draconian anti-prostitution laws that punish sex workers.
Depends where in NYC -- not all of NYC is Manhattan below 120th Street. Own a house in an OK part of Queens, send kids to public school, plan on reducing your income below $120k when they go to school so they qualify for free CUNY/SUNY tuition. That's how it's done -- think like a 1st-gen immigrant...
I have a tiny (ish) apartment kitchen with 24" stove. Pans don't take "forever" to heat -- it works as well as any other gas stove, just smaller. Burners are the same size with less space between them.
Cleanup is easy -- wash the pans used, dump everything else into the dishwasher, throw some powder in, and turn the knob to "RUN." Cut/chop things on old plates that you don't care about scratching -- they're dishwasher-safe, unlike cutting boards.
And it really shows -- he's gutting everything that's good and customer-friendly about Apple's personal computing line. (i.e. MacOS hardware, not iOS hardware)
Third option: become a miser in things that you don't enjoy, and splurge on things you do.
e.g. 10 year old car, modest home in a working-class area, laptop bought off of EBay... but... enough money saved to take a nice backpacking trip somewhere interesting every year.
Move to San Diego. $300k gets you a nice 2-bedroom or 2.5 bedroom condo. Not a palace, but enough to raise a family comfortably. Low energy (HVAC) costs due to favorable climate. Good cultural diversity, nice beaches, well-paying biotech, tech, and engineering jobs. And it's amazing that you can be in another country in an hour or two, depending where in SD Co you live.
Nah, just think like a recent immigrant to get ahead in NYC. Buy a house in Queens or a nicer part of the Bronx. No co-op fees, relatively low property taxes. Plan on sending your kids to SUNY or CUNY, no college slush fund needed, since it's cheap even compared to Midwestern public universities. Public schools are fine if you're not in a horrible area.
The problem isn't one shoplifter. It's a mob of 20 or 25 walking in behind a shopper, cleaning the place out, and running out.
Not that I consider this a problem -- anything that destroys the profit margins of cashless/anti-privacy businesses is a good thing in my book. Bring on the flashmobs!
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"Cashier" is another term for "security guard" in a 24-hour cashierless store.
With AI, a lot of basic necessities (food, clothing, transport) can be heavily automated.
"Work ethic" is just another word for "self flagellation." They have a lower willingness to abuse themselves because of some stupid Protestant ideal that hard work makes good people.
I'm currently finishing grad school in the US. Once I'm done, I'll have nothing to keep me in that pesthole of a country.
I don't really go out much, and if groceries closed an hour or two earlier, it wouldn't affect me. They should be open an hour or two past normal working hours, but till 10 pm or 24 hours is stupid.
What's wrong with laziness? Why does your country need to have the next fart-app company for its citizens to be happy? Being "first" and "best" is over-rated -- living a happy life in mediocrity is also OK.
Yep, it would be nice for a government to actually look out for its citizens' interests instead of incarcerating 1% of them or sending them to war.
Good. Then mandate it, or at least mandate overtime for ALL workers who are required to work over 40 hrs per week. If people are taken away from their families and lives, they should be compensated for it appropriately. And having to pay 1.5x or 2x time should encourage employers to hire more workers vs having unreasonable expectations from their existing workforce.
If you work > 40 hr/wk, you should be entitled to additional compensation, regardless of salary. Fair's fair. Should discourage employers from abusing knowledge workers.
More like 8-6 in much of the US, if not worse.
I envy people in places like France and Quebec who take their free-time seriously -- closing time is 6 pm for many business that would stay open until 8 or even 10 pm in the US.
Private corporations deciding what to publish can't be equated with governments putting people in a cage for deciding how and whom to make love or for what they put into their own bodies. False equivalence.
Coast Guard got sent to do patrols off the coast of Iraq. Fun times.
Not necessarily. For one thing, you have to own (and drive) a damn car in Houston... being able to go anywhere in NYC for $2.75 by bus or train is damn nice.
Signing up for the US Military is signing up to throw away your life on the whims of Exxon, Goldman Sucks, and Aramco. Not to mention propping up parasite states in the Middle East. There should be a better way than signing up to murder and be murdered as a servant of imperialist thugs.
A lot of very smart people stay liberal, because they realize that the public good is more important than the unlimited ability to hoard money.
The US is all about forced morality. See also: Prohibition, the War on Some Drugs, historic bans on interracial marriage, the KKK, and Draconian anti-prostitution laws that punish sex workers.
Depends where in NYC -- not all of NYC is Manhattan below 120th Street. Own a house in an OK part of Queens, send kids to public school, plan on reducing your income below $120k when they go to school so they qualify for free CUNY/SUNY tuition. That's how it's done -- think like a 1st-gen immigrant...
I have a tiny (ish) apartment kitchen with 24" stove. Pans don't take "forever" to heat -- it works as well as any other gas stove, just smaller. Burners are the same size with less space between them.
Cleanup is easy -- wash the pans used, dump everything else into the dishwasher, throw some powder in, and turn the knob to "RUN." Cut/chop things on old plates that you don't care about scratching -- they're dishwasher-safe, unlike cutting boards.
And it really shows -- he's gutting everything that's good and customer-friendly about Apple's personal computing line. (i.e. MacOS hardware, not iOS hardware)
Third option: become a miser in things that you don't enjoy, and splurge on things you do. e.g. 10 year old car, modest home in a working-class area, laptop bought off of EBay ... but ... enough money saved to take a nice backpacking trip somewhere interesting every year.
I think San Francisco rent stabilization is only for the current occupant. Once you move, the apartment "resets" to current market rent.
That's what group living/co-family/poly-family situations are for. Spend your 70s and 80s in a commune... :D
Move to San Diego. $300k gets you a nice 2-bedroom or 2.5 bedroom condo. Not a palace, but enough to raise a family comfortably. Low energy (HVAC) costs due to favorable climate. Good cultural diversity, nice beaches, well-paying biotech, tech, and engineering jobs. And it's amazing that you can be in another country in an hour or two, depending where in SD Co you live.
Nah, just think like a recent immigrant to get ahead in NYC. Buy a house in Queens or a nicer part of the Bronx. No co-op fees, relatively low property taxes. Plan on sending your kids to SUNY or CUNY, no college slush fund needed, since it's cheap even compared to Midwestern public universities. Public schools are fine if you're not in a horrible area.
The problem isn't one shoplifter. It's a mob of 20 or 25 walking in behind a shopper, cleaning the place out, and running out.
Not that I consider this a problem -- anything that destroys the profit margins of cashless/anti-privacy businesses is a good thing in my book. Bring on the flashmobs!