LovableSidekick

Maybe somebody spilled beer on the one and only deletion server.

Do not pass Go.
Do not collect $200.

+1 Insightful

Same with Ivory. WE'VE BEEN LIED TO!!!!

Well that's the end of that. Once they get used to Lindt they'll never go back to chocolaty American goodness.

Trump: "We'll charge Canada a tariff on European goods and make Mexico pay for it."

MAGA: Yeaaahhhhhhh!!!

The one MAGAtard with half a brain: "Wait, what? That doesn't..." [get's angry glares]... "I mean, Yeaaahhhhhhh!!!"

To me it's weird to even think of repairing stuff you buy as a "right" - that's a given. The issue is the nonexistent "right" of a seller to restrict what a customer does with a product after buying it. That's as ridiculous as a shoe company trying to dictate where you can or can't walk. It's a no-brainer, and should never have to be argued in court or anywhere else.

If you're in a position to do your job as a contractor, I highly recommend it! As a software developer, once I went from FTE to contract jobs I found that my whole outlook improved. Regularly finishing a job and starting another one avoided the usual staleness and burnout that come with FTE jobs. Everything stayed new. Six months to a year and you're out. As an added bonus, the people who hired me tended to listen to me a lot more. I don't know if it was because I was an outsider or because they were paying me more, but whatever, it felt like I got more respect from management. They didn't make me go to as many meetings - as if they actually didn't want to waste my time - imagine that! And yes, you get paid a LOT more - even factoring in the benefits and paid time off that go with FTE jobs. It turns out when you make almost twice as much you can afford your own insurance and time off, no problem. B-but what about job security? Oh, you mean the deal where they have a bad quarter and start laying people off LOL? My typical job search time was 2-3 weeks, and I rarely even started looking until I completely finished a job. Note: this abruptly and permanently became 2-3 months when I turned 50, so factor that in if your profession tends to be thought of as a younger person's game.

¿Missing the what?

In other words, what if some factor we don't know about could mean you're right?

I admire your reasoning and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!

Maybe you're an expert psychiatrist or something, but in my layman's view it was a very typical psychotic outburst, which you're making special because you like the outcome. To each their own.

"We'll do like the spreadsheet says." - My manager's director-level boss, 1994

AI autoresponders are developing into artificial personas that interact with the world on our behalf, which we won't even pay attention to until the police show up because one of them threatened to assassinate the president or something, and we'll say, "That wasn't me," and they'll be like yuh-huh it was.