If it bugs you that much you should invest in a pair of polarized sunglasses. They are perfect for reducing the glare you describe. They also reduce the glare from water quite well.
Blockbuster's big draw was their monstrous stacks of new releases. Few indie shops could afford to buy hundreds of copies of Home Alone 3, so anyone who wanted to see the latest, um blockbuster had to go to the namesake.
I loved going to my favorite independent store and troll through the many thousands of offbeat films, but if I wanted to see a new big budget movie sometimes I'd grit my teeth and go to blockbuster. Busy parents learned to go there so junior wouldn't scream about not getting to see the latest movie.
I remember when video stores first popped up, they tended to have the local film buffs as employees. They were good places to go learn about movies.
Now, things are kind of going back to that. Most towns will have a video store, big cities will have several. They'll tend to have deep catalogs and knowledgeable employees.
Blockbuster is one of those companies that made a lot of enemies. It was painful for me to watch them blow through town after town, destroying businesses that cared about movies passionately. I watched sadly as they opened a store across the street from my favorite local video store. When that didn't work they opened a 2nd store next door to it. When that didn't work they offered the owner 10x the value of the business and bought him out, then they closed all 3 stores. They ruthlessly drove competition out of business and then implemented abusive customer and employee policies. Gone were the employees who knew and loved film, say hello to incompetent minimum wage lackeys. I took 2 buses to one of the holdout video stores who had an entire wall covered with shredded blockbuster cards. They'd throw a little party every time somebody would cut up their blockbuster card. The owner refused numerous buyout offers because he hated blockbuster so fiercely, had to go to court several times when blockbusters team of lawyers tried to sue him out of existence.
I'll be glad any time a lawsuit-happy rent-seeking cutthroat business goes under. With blockbuster gone the world is a finer place.
Do you have any sources for this? Checking customs it seems that only convictions can be used for declaring somebody inadmissible. Not all convictions, only certain criminal ones apply. There are some loopholes around even felony convictions.
Anchovies and sardines aren't as susceptible to overfishing as larger fish. Their fast reproductive cycle allows them to recover quite fast if conditions are right. Their populations are linked to ocean temperature, which is also something humans have an effect on. You can learn more about it here
I think nondischargeable loans are a much bigger problem in tuition bloat. Schools have no incentive to ensure students do well in society, or even graduate. The student is saddled with debt that is inescapable, and in many cases will follow them to their grave. Imagine if debt was forgiven after 10 years if the student wasn't earning above a certain level, it would force schools to be more selective, driving tuition down.
People have been fighting since the dawn of human history. It might be simple proximity, but it sure seems more vitriolic and dysfunctional now than any other time in recent history, even the watergate era. Of course if we consider the Civil War as a worst case we are nowhere near that.
It's Quid pro quo and some of my female friends complain that they get pressured by cops, pulled over often, and angrily ticketed if they don't fellate the officer or agree to go on a date.
Sometimes the limits are just too low. Around here there was a straight 8 lane highway with a speed limit of 45. Everyone went 60 and got tickets. After thousands of calls and letters the limit was raised to 55. Everyone goes 60 and you only see cops when there is a stalled vehicle or a wreck.
Where I live the council members are all pretty polarized and from safe districts. You might be able to sway them on trivial issues such as getting a traffic light put in or having a school zone enforced but for the most part they have their positions decided by what flavor of kool-aid their party tells them is delicious.
I think it'll be interesting to see how things shake out. Will shootings go up or down in places where any lunatic can get a concealed carry permit? Will cities that allow legal pot stores have better or worse economies than cities that ban them outright? I don't think anyone knows for sure, but it's pretty cool that we get to see for ourselves and move if we like the deal better in the other part of the city.
The area I live has different cities in a metro area. Some of the cities are law-and-order types that have banned pot dispensaries and give concealed carry permits without many rules, others are hippie free-for-all zones. You can decide where to live based on what you like, and write letters to your sheriff or city council etc. to try to influence them.
I think it is exciting, maybe one approach will turn out to be more popular and at a minimum you can be in an area that you like best.
You misunderstood my comment. Our definitions of "literally everyone" are safely in agreement.
I said that life threatening scarcity is an issue up to the present day. I said if and when it happens [meaning the end of scarcity] there is no doubt that it will change [future tense] many things.
Reality is quite different from what you propose. Human populations become markedly less fertile when they become more wealthy. You can chart fertility rate vs inverse wealth and find very few outliers.
The poorest countries have the highest fertility rates. You really should think about things before you post.
Humans have been faced with life threatening scarcity for all of history up to present day. I don't think anyone knows what will happen when literally everyone can trivially have plenty of food, clean water, and energy very cheaply. If and when it happens, there is no doubt that it will change many things.
I have the opposite impression. 90% of ERs are staffed with idiots who treat pneumonia or an infection with strong antibiotics picked at random or by bribery without doing a culture first. They're causing resistance and feeding the misconception that everyone should get strong antibiotics immediately whenever they're sick.
If you put on gloves with dirty hands, you have dirty gloves. Gloves without handwashing provide all the inconvenience of doing something without achieving anything.
It's way more than $3B. Figure all the costs pushed onto others such as court, prison, police, lost productivity, etc.
It's staggering to think how much a single life ruined costs. Instead of somebody paying taxes and contributing their whole life they rot in jail, vastly increasing the chances their offspring does the same.
I see this at left turn signals. The sensor doesn't detect any motion so it only stays green for a second or two. If cars keep moving it'll stay green for 30 seconds, but one texter causes everyone behind them to miss the light. I've considered pre-emtive honking 1-2 seconds before the light changes, although texters often hit the gas without looking when they hear a horn.
You've just described pretty much any economic transaction. Just price your rideshare above the amortized cost of maintaining a vehicle and you're good. IRS calls that fifty-some cents a mile, but my cars cost a lot less to operate. Price the rented room above the cost of maintaining it and increased utilities and ka-ching!
Just like starbuckses has to price their latte above the cost of ingredients, labor, property costs, advertising, etc.
I work at a manufacturing plant doing IT work and make good money. Our operators make $12 to start, I think it goes up to $20 if they are a shift lead. That's pretty good money for somebody with no education, and comes with benefits. I think manufacturing is a good line of work to be in, whether you have an education or not.
All the manufacturing plants I've worked with have a focus on safety, and their workers are far more likely to be injured or killed commuting than working.
You most certainly do notice a serious infestation. you don't notice at first, when there are only a few bugs. When there are thousands of them, swarming at once it is unmistakable.
Many people don't feel their bites or show marks, but many others have a rapid and severe allergic reaction. An allergic person would wake up with itchy burning swollen lumps and then see bugs, even if there weren't very many.
As far as your googling, try en francais. A search for Jacques Robataille punaise shows many relevant hits.
Most of the Muslims I've met have been observant enough that it is obvious to people who know them. They pray and eat halal and so forth. Not all Muslims are this observant, but if you spend much time with an observant Muslim you will know it.
Lots of people talk about religion all the time. My mom knows what religion everyone is because that is her favorite topic. I'm guessing the AC is like that, and would call the cops if someone admitted to being Muslim.
It is tough to draw a comparison. If you want to live like people did in 1939 you have roughly the same rights.
Things weren't great if you weren't a typical person. I wouldn't want to try being gay, looking weird, or having unusual hobbies back then. Most places you'd have a lot of trouble finding certain books, especially anything considered erotic.
I'm no fan of the surveillance state we're drifting into but the truth is complicated. There has been no other time in our history when anybody could read the Satanic bible, Anarchists cookbook, and 34 kinds of porn.
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If it bugs you that much you should invest in a pair of polarized sunglasses. They are perfect for reducing the glare you describe. They also reduce the glare from water quite well.
Blockbuster's big draw was their monstrous stacks of new releases. Few indie shops could afford to buy hundreds of copies of Home Alone 3, so anyone who wanted to see the latest, um blockbuster had to go to the namesake.
I loved going to my favorite independent store and troll through the many thousands of offbeat films, but if I wanted to see a new big budget movie sometimes I'd grit my teeth and go to blockbuster. Busy parents learned to go there so junior wouldn't scream about not getting to see the latest movie.
I'm happy to see this development.
I remember when video stores first popped up, they tended to have the local film buffs as employees. They were good places to go learn about movies.
Now, things are kind of going back to that. Most towns will have a video store, big cities will have several. They'll tend to have deep catalogs and knowledgeable employees.
Blockbuster is one of those companies that made a lot of enemies. It was painful for me to watch them blow through town after town, destroying businesses that cared about movies passionately. I watched sadly as they opened a store across the street from my favorite local video store. When that didn't work they opened a 2nd store next door to it. When that didn't work they offered the owner 10x the value of the business and bought him out, then they closed all 3 stores. They ruthlessly drove competition out of business and then implemented abusive customer and employee policies. Gone were the employees who knew and loved film, say hello to incompetent minimum wage lackeys. I took 2 buses to one of the holdout video stores who had an entire wall covered with shredded blockbuster cards. They'd throw a little party every time somebody would cut up their blockbuster card. The owner refused numerous buyout offers because he hated blockbuster so fiercely, had to go to court several times when blockbusters team of lawyers tried to sue him out of existence.
I'll be glad any time a lawsuit-happy rent-seeking cutthroat business goes under. With blockbuster gone the world is a finer place.
Do you have any sources for this? Checking customs it seems that only convictions can be used for declaring somebody inadmissible. Not all convictions, only certain criminal ones apply. There are some loopholes around even felony convictions.
Anchovies and sardines aren't as susceptible to overfishing as larger fish. Their fast reproductive cycle allows them to recover quite fast if conditions are right. Their populations are linked to ocean temperature, which is also something humans have an effect on. You can learn more about it here
I think nondischargeable loans are a much bigger problem in tuition bloat. Schools have no incentive to ensure students do well in society, or even graduate. The student is saddled with debt that is inescapable, and in many cases will follow them to their grave. Imagine if debt was forgiven after 10 years if the student wasn't earning above a certain level, it would force schools to be more selective, driving tuition down.
People have been fighting since the dawn of human history. It might be simple proximity, but it sure seems more vitriolic and dysfunctional now than any other time in recent history, even the watergate era. Of course if we consider the Civil War as a worst case we are nowhere near that.
It's Quid pro quo and some of my female friends complain that they get pressured by cops, pulled over often, and angrily ticketed if they don't fellate the officer or agree to go on a date.
Sometimes the limits are just too low. Around here there was a straight 8 lane highway with a speed limit of 45. Everyone went 60 and got tickets. After thousands of calls and letters the limit was raised to 55. Everyone goes 60 and you only see cops when there is a stalled vehicle or a wreck.
Where I live the council members are all pretty polarized and from safe districts. You might be able to sway them on trivial issues such as getting a traffic light put in or having a school zone enforced but for the most part they have their positions decided by what flavor of kool-aid their party tells them is delicious.
I think it'll be interesting to see how things shake out. Will shootings go up or down in places where any lunatic can get a concealed carry permit? Will cities that allow legal pot stores have better or worse economies than cities that ban them outright? I don't think anyone knows for sure, but it's pretty cool that we get to see for ourselves and move if we like the deal better in the other part of the city.
You can speak with your wallet. Move!
The area I live has different cities in a metro area. Some of the cities are law-and-order types that have banned pot dispensaries and give concealed carry permits without many rules, others are hippie free-for-all zones. You can decide where to live based on what you like, and write letters to your sheriff or city council etc. to try to influence them.
I think it is exciting, maybe one approach will turn out to be more popular and at a minimum you can be in an area that you like best.
You misunderstood my comment. Our definitions of "literally everyone" are safely in agreement.
I said that life threatening scarcity is an issue up to the present day.
I said if and when it happens [meaning the end of scarcity] there is no doubt that it will change [future tense] many things.
Reality is quite different from what you propose. Human populations become markedly less fertile when they become more wealthy. You can chart fertility rate vs inverse wealth and find very few outliers.
The poorest countries have the highest fertility rates. You really should think about things before you post.
Humans have been faced with life threatening scarcity for all of history up to present day. I don't think anyone knows what will happen when literally everyone can trivially have plenty of food, clean water, and energy very cheaply. If and when it happens, there is no doubt that it will change many things.
I have the opposite impression. 90% of ERs are staffed with idiots who treat pneumonia or an infection with strong antibiotics picked at random or by bribery without doing a culture first. They're causing resistance and feeding the misconception that everyone should get strong antibiotics immediately whenever they're sick.
If you put on gloves with dirty hands, you have dirty gloves. Gloves without handwashing provide all the inconvenience of doing something without achieving anything.
It's way more than $3B. Figure all the costs pushed onto others such as court, prison, police, lost productivity, etc.
It's staggering to think how much a single life ruined costs. Instead of somebody paying taxes and contributing their whole life they rot in jail, vastly increasing the chances their offspring does the same.
I see this at left turn signals. The sensor doesn't detect any motion so it only stays green for a second or two. If cars keep moving it'll stay green for 30 seconds, but one texter causes everyone behind them to miss the light. I've considered pre-emtive honking 1-2 seconds before the light changes, although texters often hit the gas without looking when they hear a horn.
You've just described pretty much any economic transaction. Just price your rideshare above the amortized cost of maintaining a vehicle and you're good. IRS calls that fifty-some cents a mile, but my cars cost a lot less to operate. Price the rented room above the cost of maintaining it and increased utilities and ka-ching!
Just like starbuckses has to price their latte above the cost of ingredients, labor, property costs, advertising, etc.
I work at a manufacturing plant doing IT work and make good money. Our operators make $12 to start, I think it goes up to $20 if they are a shift lead. That's pretty good money for somebody with no education, and comes with benefits. I think manufacturing is a good line of work to be in, whether you have an education or not.
All the manufacturing plants I've worked with have a focus on safety, and their workers are far more likely to be injured or killed commuting than working.
You most certainly do notice a serious infestation. you don't notice at first, when there are only a few bugs. When there are thousands of them, swarming at once it is unmistakable.
Many people don't feel their bites or show marks, but many others have a rapid and severe allergic reaction. An allergic person would wake up with itchy burning swollen lumps and then see bugs, even if there weren't very many.
As far as your googling, try en francais. A search for Jacques Robataille punaise shows many relevant hits.
Most of the Muslims I've met have been observant enough that it is obvious to people who know them. They pray and eat halal and so forth. Not all Muslims are this observant, but if you spend much time with an observant Muslim you will know it.
Lots of people talk about religion all the time. My mom knows what religion everyone is because that is her favorite topic. I'm guessing the AC is like that, and would call the cops if someone admitted to being Muslim.
It is tough to draw a comparison. If you want to live like people did in 1939 you have roughly the same rights.
Things weren't great if you weren't a typical person. I wouldn't want to try being gay, looking weird, or having unusual hobbies back then. Most places you'd have a lot of trouble finding certain books, especially anything considered erotic.
I'm no fan of the surveillance state we're drifting into but the truth is complicated. There has been no other time in our history when anybody could read the Satanic bible, Anarchists cookbook, and 34 kinds of porn.
That kb case gets such terrible reviews. Anyone know of one that people don't absolutely hate?