“You look just like dad. And that’s very disappointing.”

I used to be in a shitty local band (well a couple of them) and we would sometimes go to WH at 2 or 3 in the morning. I saw some interesting people for sure. And I have been there many times at all hours of the day. I’ve never seen anything remotely like the internet horror stories. Obviously there have been fights and shootings and what not at Waffle Houses, but those happen at plenty of other places, too. I think the “shit show rep” that it has just comes from bullshit artists on reddit trying to sound edgy or funny. I saw a lot more weirdness on the handful of times I’ve ridden a NY subway.

I’ve been impressed with Fastmail. I also use Tuta, which is pretty cool (but I barely use it).

We use both Azure and AWS at work. Azure is less expensive. But it’s also like comparing a corner 7-11 to a city-sized shopping mall. AWS is freaking huge and they add new services every week it seems. It’s kind of overwhelming.

There’s also Google Cloud and IBM and Oracle but they all suck for the same reasons AWS and Azure suck.

You might want to look into Alibaba Cloud, Digital Ocean, and/or Linode/Akamai.

I was good at math until Cal III when I hit the wall. I’ve forgotten almost all of what I learned, though. So I’m not really good at math anymore. Unless you enter certain career paths, most people won’t need to use advanced math in their day-to-day. I bet you’re good at some non-math stuff.

Exact same story here. They are also extremely good roasted:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-brussels-sprouts-recipe2-1941953

Calculus III kicked my ass.

I wonder how the Joe Rogan bros who voted for this guy will like it when Project 2025 makes porn illegal. I bet 99% of the dipshits don’t even know that is a thing.

Thank you for writing this. Small typo: focued (focused).

Nomadland

Yup, this is all true. Worker cooperatives, unions, and expiring patents faster are all things that can help. None are a magic wand. But they make a difference.

I have definitely heard parents encouraging kids to go into the trades. Could be a regional thing. Anecdotal either way.

I agree elite schools are bullshit for the vast majority. There are some PhD and medical programs that aren’t. But that’s a tiny percentage of students who would benefit.

Glad you mentioned that. It can be very hard on the body, and for older people they will likely want to transition into ownership, or a supervisory or admin role…and those slots are limited.

We need to think about using technology to help people work less. Not just fatten profits.

Agree. We need trades people but we also need jobs, re-shoring, affordable housing, affordable health care, affordable education, etc. to go along with. It could become another bubble like pharmacists and knowledge workers.

The longer I’m in the workforce the more I think David Graeber was right.

“Go to trade school” is my guess. I’ve even suggested it. I’m not sure it’s really being over pushed, but maybe it is. Easy answers to complex questions are a trope.

The anti-reflective (AR) coating can create blue or purple reflections from certain angles. The coating is meant to block some of the UV spectrum of light to help protect your peepers. It also prevents some of the reflections that would be annoying, hence the name.

Your experiences are anecdotal. They don’t tell us anything about the performance of all public servants. Perspective is important.

Someone smarter than me said: if you smell shit everywhere you go, check your shoes.

BGE soundtrack is so good.

I get this question a lot, since my wife and I always vote in person. The place where we vote is right around the corner from us, a 2 minute walk. We go mid morning and there’s never a line. It’s just more fun for us, kind of a tradition. The same poll workers have been there for several years and it’s always nice to see them.

As microscopically unimportant as our two votes are in the big picture, they are still important to us.

If I still lived in some of the places I did in the past, I would definitely mail it in. Those places always had a long wait.