People are very understandably angry and outraged about the White House being wrecked. This health care problem is going to hit average Americans in the one place they actually care the most about: their pocketbooks.
It's tragic we have to do things the hard way every single time, but I am mildly optimistic that the admin continuously doubling-down on reckless stupidity will finally "wake the giant" (as Robert Reich put it) and the public will truly turn on 47 and his goons.
Yup. Late stage capitalism cancer.
I have one but I never post anything. On those rare occasions I log in, all the corporate bootlicking makes me want to immediately log off.
It is useful for learning which of your coworkers are pathological ass-kissers, though. Seems like the fewer in-demand skills they have, the more they post "motivational" BS on LinkedIn....
So their cynical move is to send more traffic to reddit at the same time reddit's quality has gone down the toilet. Sounds like Google alright.
The kitchens are an issue, and the larger point about profits is spot on.
We desperately need more affordable high-density housing in the US. Unfortunately these places are often miserable to live in. Noisy, cramped, and cheaply made.
They don't have to be miserable. There are designs, and construction materials and methods that work better.
Working class people deserve more.
My hope is that a notewothy percentage of health care providers will move out of red states. There are shortages everywhere. They'd be welcomed in the more civilized blue states.
A-fucking-men.
Been bitching about this for years to deaf ears.
Old enough to remember when folks took pride in how few lines of code they could write to get something done. Not unreadably dense undocumented code. Just lean, clean, and efficient.
There's still a place for large complex software, but 99% of business apps that just move text strings, datetime values, and decimals around from point A to point B aren't that place.
Black Box Down listeners: "Well...AKSHUALLY...."
Just kidding, I love that podcast.
Cybersecurity is expensive and doesn't contribute directly to profits. It can prevent serious damages (legal, financial, and reputation) but that requires long-term thinking. Most executives don't look past quarterly earnings.
I'm really bad at remembering how to drive places, and always have been. Zero sense of direction. Pre-GPS life sucked ass for me in that respect.
But I do miss pre-internet socializing. Phone (voice) calls, cocktail parties, cookouts with the neighbors, and work mixers could all be very pleasant experiences.
Also miss not being tracked and recorded every minute of every day. It's creepy AF how we leave digital trails everywhere we go now.
Internet of Shit. It's like the mobile app I'm supposed to use with my fridge. I don't use it. Why? Because it's a damned fridge.