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I’m not going to apologize for who I am but I’m no1%er.

Sorry you have to hate.

Here’s what I’m doing:

1. MAXIMIZE INCOME. I just got a much overdue promotion. More income helps. I’m going to try for a second one soon. This can be difficult because if your skills are not very marketable it may mean giving up more of your time…which sucks. Move up where you are and when you can’t do that any more move over to somewhere else with more headroom.
2. BE WISE. Be fiscally conservative. I think you need a decent income for this, if you’re barely scraping by then you don’t have this luxury. Have the recommended months of savings, avoid unnecessary expenses, save for retirement, buy instead of rent, avoid borrowing, etc. All that stuff financial advisors and personal finance classes teach.
3. MINIMIZE EXPENSES. Do you need a brand new car or can you get by on a 5 year old car? My vehicle is about 15 years old. Vehicles are almost always a liability. Can you take public transportation instead of owning a vehicle? Buying groceries at Whole Foods? Stop that, go to Aldi and Costco. Burning incandescent bulbs? Get LEDs. Can you live with a roommate? Etc.

Some things I’m considering:

1. BITCH ABOUT IT. Write your representatives and tell them to get off their FUCKING ASSES and DO SOMETHING.
2. Downsize my living situation.
3. Rent my current house and buy a duplex. Let someone else pay for the duplex with the other half’s rent.
4. Move to Vietnam and live like a king.

You mention your union more than once above. Have you asked the union (and management) how to handle situations like this? Are there existing procedures and if not, should they be developed? Should security response time be improved? Are there other changes that should happen?

It seems VERY important that everyone can be safe at work. Neither management nor the union should ignore these issues.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder how well and broadly these truths are applied in human politics. And what are the best strategies to moving towards more success?

Your question assumes that users have a clue. Unsafe assumption.

Scamazon

We won’t get cable again. Video streaming is already much worse and declining rapidly.

The shitshow of video streaming continues!

Agreed.

I also would like to see AI applied to things like “the computer” when you play against “the computer”.

Imagine a game where everything you see is AI generated based on whatever themes you give it.

I don’t really trust AI for important tasks but I do want to see them used in video games. There already is some level of AI in many games but how much better can it be?

I just bought a microcenter brand 1 TB SSD for less than $50. Can a HDD compete with that on price and read/write speed?

Also recently bought a gaming PC that does not have a HD, only a 1 TB SSD.

I think HDDs day as boot drives is over. Unless they get a lot faster which I think is unlikely.

HDDs are certainly useful for larger amounts of storage, though. Self hosting, data centers, etc.

ETA: I don’t think any of the responses read my entire comment. See the LAST SENTENCE in particular, friends.

Wait…I think you’re saying that Brits call candy sweets…maybe…

Dio - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

I think investors figured out that the REAL money in real estate is in endless renting and not so much in flipping.

I know more than 1 person that owns several rental properties and they’re getting filthy rich from monthly rent while also building equity. But I get the impression from them that they’ll never sell. Buy low, then rent forever.

That must be why s/he is you ex.

Luke: All right, I’ll give it a try.

Yoda: No! Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try.

[Luke tries to use the Force to levitate his X-wing out of the bog, but fails in his attempt.]

Luke: I can’t. It’s too big.

Yoda: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere. Yes. Even between the land and the ship.

Luke: You want the impossible. [sees Yoda use the Force to levitate the X-wing out of the bog and gets flustered when he does it] I don’t… I don’t believe it!

Yoda: That is why you fail.

Pin popping party, people!

Setting the bar too high.

Barriers to entry.

Setting the bar to entry too high.

Setting the barriers to entry too high.

Setting too high the bar-barriers to entry.

Setting too high the barbarians to entry.

Setting too high the barbarians to entropy.

Setting the entropy barbarians too high.

Put a hollywood frame under it. You might need to add a wooden frame to the Hollywood frame.

Then the bed would be on wheels…not sure if you want that but it does make cleaning under it much easier.

Or just get a hospital bed.