For a period of time from the mid 70s to the early 80s our name was THE most popular name in the us. Our numbers are great and now, after many years, we are learned. We have inserted ourselves into all strata of society, we are your barbers, your lawyers, your politicians, we sweep your floors, drive you to the airport. We hear much, say little. We collect information, we gently nudge society in a direction that pleases us. We share a collective consciousness, some of us are cats, some of us are Erica. Our spirit is kind, but we are not afraid of conflict, we do what is required of us. We meet on Tuesdays at Chili’s. If you ask one of us about our plans we will not tell you, but we will note that you asked. We never pass our name to our offspring. Be kind to us and you will prosper. Be cruel to us if you choose, but such a decision is unwise.

Clear labeling for people who dont really understand what capitalism is.

Maybe just stop calling it capitalism and rebrand it greedism. Truthful and clear, easy to qualify as one.of the seven deadly sins for easy reference.

So does this mean that sunlight will now be something we pay for?

Pay your sun bill or its February forever

A keyboard.

I love every part of this song. It is so densely packed with solid jabs, just incredible AND catchy as hell.

This is brilliance. Loved it when Bo’s special came out, it just continues to ring true now.

My man!

There’s nothing wrong with AI, these contextual problems are not a mistake–they’re a choice.

AI can be trained for deeper analysis and to root out issues like this. But that costs compute cycles. If you’re selling a service, you want to spend as little on compute power as possible while still being able to have a product that is viewed as good enough to pay for.

As with all things, the root of this problem is greed.

You speak truth. My way to quietly fuck up this system has been to hire good people, not assholes. I pay them as well as I can get away with, I treat them well. I never yell at my staff, I show them what I want and I make things clear. I refuse to believe that work has to be this miserable and I encouraged all of my people to do the same. The managers I hired to run other teams also worked this way so that anyone throughout my organization were treated well. I had ONE fellow quit in the last year but that was only because someone offered him a fat pile of money. Otherwise my retention rate was damn near 100% which is unheard of in cyber.

I genuinely love the people that work for me. Yes that sounds crazy, but after a lot of reading, thinking and soul-searching, I’m comfortable with saying that directly to the people I work with. I do not use that term in a watered-down way, I mean it in the same way that I would use it to describe one of my (actual) brothers. I don’t weird people out by saying “thanks I love you” at the end of 1:1 calls, but I do say it to the entire team. I see what they do, I see how hard they work, I see the sacrifices they make when they get called out for an off-hours incident. I know how hard that shit is because I’ve been in their shoes, I know what it’s like getting a stupid automated system calling you at 2AM because something just blew up. Hell, even though I lead the teams, I still get calls like that, but it’s usually one of the team calling me in because they’re in over their head and some other boss is chewing their ass. I join those meetings and swat down the assholes, refocus on getting shit fixed.

I told them constantly that I appreciate everything they do. I had so few opportunities to put my money where my mouth is because of the imposition of so much bullshit. Bonus or merit increase time, these companies love to wrap it all in so many fucking dumb rules, it makes it impossible to reward people as they actually deserve. I typically get a bonus pool and a merit increase pool. Both are fucking tiny. The cunts in HR host a useless call describing how we should cut it up and no matter what company I work for, they all do the same thing. They put the burden on us and say stuff like “you should reward your high performers” so that we’re forced to fuck anyone who doesn’t qualify. However, when we’re hiring, they tell us “only hire high performers”. I hire quality people and I don’t bring in people who aren’t worthwhile–so now I’m sticking excellent people under the bell curve because some useless HR drone who doesn’t know shit about shit has decided this for me. If I were to cut the pie evenly, everybody gets dogshit for increases. Try telling your staff something like “well, you got fucked this year, but next year, I’ll pay you back and fuck someone else”.

Maybe I’ll just buy myself a hotdog cart and sell drugs out of it, might be more steady and less risky.

Give buny?

Song lyrics, youngster.

I’m a driver I’m a winner, things are gonna change I can feel it.

Cars are awesome.

Sure, that appears to represent app data itself, I’m talking about app download/install. It would be fantastic if there was no logging of app install, but I have a hard time believing that would be the case.

The creator says its not on android because it would put users at risk because they will be identifiable, but how is this not the case on iOS? You have to sign in to your apple id to use the app store, and I would presume that apple logs app downloads by ID.

Since apple maps has a “gulf of america” I would presume they are more than willing to work with the current regime to share user data.

I’m not saying android is any better, but you can sideload it without a google account or run it in a private app space that is not associated with your google Id. There are plenty of apps on android that dont bake in tracking stuff, they’re on F-droid.

Thing is, I would like to have some time for this. However, I just can’t prioritize it above the responsibilities of life. If I don’t play a game, there is no real impact beyond a little disappointment. If I don’t handle the other stuff, there are real and immediate (often expensive) consequences.

I believe that every person should have a hobby that enriches their life. However, I also feel like that enrichment demands some effort. Things like painting, playing an instrument, sculpting, demand effort but provide reward in equal measure over time. Not just for the individual, but for others who also get to experience the results.

Playing a game is an indulgence; its like a movie or show that you participate in. The end result is an experience for the player alone.

I don’t see life enrichment by pursuit of arts and crafts as the same as consuming a game. I truly believe that you must move beyond playing games and that adults who do not pursue beyond are experiencing arrested development. Games are fun, but if you stop there, you miss so much. That’s why I don’t prioritize them and I find it fascinating that saying something as noncontroversial like “you should stop gaming at a certain age” really touches a nerve with so many people.

I switched to books. Portable, cheap, can start/stop any time. Can read in down moments, can listen on long car rides.

I started playing Outer Wilds. I just don’t have the time to prioritize it to the point where I can enjoy it.

Assmagnet

I haven’t played a game for more than 30 minutes in years.

Once you have a big boy job, responsibilities, and a family (if you choose to do so) game time ends up being really low on the list of priorities.

I’m sure many will disagree, but you just can’t devote time to such things once you are an adult. You have to outgrow such indulgences or life will smack you in the dick. If your car is broken, the dishwasher is being an asshole, you need to refinance, the kids have music lessons, the dog is old and needs to go to the vet (again), your mom needs someone to replace her hose faucet, you just can’t sit around dicking around with a game.

I wanted to say something poignant, but this really says all that needs to be said.