No the inherent shittiness of capitalism absolves all of the laughably bad faith actors.?

No. Capitalism is what enables them to optimize for profit within given parameters. Any system would create them, being mad at parameters allowing shitty optimum rather than someone doing it can at least provoke a discussion.

Poor fucking billionaires! ...is.. is your face sweating right now

"Treating another human being as if they aren't one is reprehensible" means "defending billionaires." Sure, whatever-you clearly hear what you want to be angry at, and I don't need to be here for that.

By calling VCs locusts, you're framing the problem as “this unrelenting exhaustion and destruction is inherent to their nature” instead of attributing it to the system that enables them to thrive.

And the dehumanization of anyone should be appalling, not making you conditionally uneasy.

You're right. I agree, especially on HFCS. But neither of us is volunteering to educate people on health or nutrition, let alone as an athlete-turned-entrepreneur.

I’m no expert--just a redneck chipping away at MCAT prereqs. A literal sophomore. But I understand the need to not assume common sense on part of an average American. On health or nutrition or even basic hygiene.

or ingredients you can’t pronounce.

That's an unnecessary, unhelpful extreme. Why I know that? Because you'll say the same about my argument. First, pronouncing something like 'pyrimidinecarboxylic acid' just means your reading age is around 15. Second, that's one of the B vitamins, so congrats on eliminating that one there.

Snappy shouldn't outweigh useful or thoughtful when it comes to writing health advice.

Curious - what else do you think would make a big impact?

It seems like you're just milking people for article ideas, but hey, whatever, just give me attribution.

-Make (more) soups from basic ingredients instead of buying ready-made ones. Or stock of all things. Why soups specifically? Because they're more filling than solid foods; that's why they're starters in many countries or during austerity.

-Set a hard weekly limit on the number of foods in plastic packages. At worst, you keep buying the same things in larger containers, so it's less plastic waste.

-Get yourself an insulated food jar or thermos for homemade lunches.

//I try not to edit after posting, but this one was embarrassing.

so the messaging is mixed

Take a balanced approach: cold call places that seem like a good fit, especially if you think they're out of your league. Worst case, they don't respond and nothing has changed; best case, you land an opportunity. Tailor your resume, add a cover letter, and either email the right department or show up in person.

This is perhaps too forward of me, but based on your latest post, you're a good communicator who can get your point across clearly. That's quite a skill=-especially if you didn't run it through ChatGPT or other 'polisher.' I don't think you did. Topic aside, it flows too naturally. If you come off like that in person-crisp, purposeful but personable-you definitely should try showing up at a couple of places.

The boss [...] recognize that everyone is people but work is just a bunch of tasks.

Seems a bit too humane for most, though I'd prefer to work at a smaller, more specialized place after graduation. My former boss only confirmed what my resume already said: that yes, I worked there between the listed dates.

My IT experience is autodidactic AF.

I started clueless about tech, was expected to figure things out on the fly despite lacking any training. I had to get my skills up to using websites like freecodecamp.com, and ended up as one of the go-to troubleshooters.

but then I have to deal with 3CX on behalf of other people.

If you can turn it into a design document with an implementation procedure, it might just become another product that some entry-level losers get stuck dealing with.

Shit. That'd probably be me.

we only have them until they find something better to do

That's a tricky one. No doubt, as you classify, I'm the active type. But, if I ever had a boss-or at least a direct lead-who actually did their job (kept techs insulated from the non-techs, had the guts to say "no" to management or client), I'd never leave.

I imagine babysitting the passive types gets old fast. Are they at least self-aware enough to appreciate the work, or do you get the worst of both worlds: helpless and entitled?

MS Access at Egghead Software one Sunday afternoon

How much time do you need to teach MS Access? If you walk in without understanding Venn diagrams, three hours won't help. If you do, that's plenty of time to cover syntax, templating, and data types. And if you followed that conditional, congrats-you're basically a database engineer already.

For entry-level certs, I usually recommend CompTIA's. They're industry-recognized, fairly platform-independent, and if you can go from a pile of parts to a working SOHO setup, you'll pass ez-pz. Given your Zork-a-thon, I'm guessing you already know this, but hey-someone else might need the tip.

3CX

I'm so sorry.

Same story as the others. After leaving active service, I landed my first job through word of mouth and the second by walking in, saying, "Hi, I'm <name>, I think I'm qualified to work here. Mind if I leave a resume?"

That alone tells an employer you've got initiative, purpose, basic manners, the ability to click print, and can handle face-to-face interaction without a mommy. That’s already 90% of what they're looking for.

Also, if you're IT: get certs even if you have a degree. It's harder to flunk a college class than it is to pass most exams.

That's a rather terse way of putting it in your own words. I’m not sitting through 22-minute homework; unless, of course, there's a membership-length double standard at play. Such illustrious community is surely above it.

The fundamental flaw of The Line’s design is that almost any other geometric configuration would be superior. Urban infrastructure--water, sewage, power, transportation, logistics, even basic services like mail and childcare--functions more efficiently and with greater resilience in a compact, adaptable layout. A rigid, linear city introduces needless complexity, multiplies failure points, and ignores centuries of urban planning in favor of a gimmick. Like that time the internet lost its collective shit over architects, if you could call them that, who wanted to dangle skyscrapers from orbit.

But, practicality was never the point. This is a monument to ego, built not for livability but to flatter the vanity of petro-rich chasing a 'legacy' through grandiose, impractical spectacles. Feasibility and utility are afterthoughts, what matters is that it looks like an achievement, even if it’s an unworkable, status-marking waste of good desert.

The fact we're even talking about it tells them it's money well spent.

Six years is a long time, enough to turn a clueless teenager into pretty much anyone. Acting as if having 'Harvard' on a resume didn't open doors closed to us mortals is disingenuous.

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I was referring to this comment

If you think that data reliability is more dependent on size and not data gathering methodology, then I see no point in arguing. Unless the underlying idea was to get headlines, it's a very poorly designed study.

It took me a couple months of cutting back from almost a pack a day before going cold turkey on smokes, and recently sugary snacks. Unprepared, I would have kept relapsing.

There is wisdom in complete deprivation for as long as you need to teach yourself again the difference between need and craving. Fasting or taking a break from the internet for a week are great as first steps at learning moderation, differentiating hunger pangs from "bored, could go for a snack" impulses. You then return, more able to control yourself.

What you're describing sounds less like dopamine seeking and more like idling or coping. If that's the case, you could substitute them for something else with little difficulty.

Exactly, embrace the whole 'fuck google' scene. Warts and all, they're at least interesting on average.

To this day, there are substantial tin deposits in Cornwall, exploited almost continuously since the early British bronze age around 2000 BCE. There's isotope ratio-based evidence they were amongst the suppliers to both Cyprus and Anatolia up until the bronze age collapse around 1200 BCE, and it's a well established possibility that their reach extended farther and earlier than that.

People who undertake intermittent fasting are often adding other diets or changes to lifestyle. Thanks to the mentioned small sample size, the numbers could be attributed to a couple jackasses confusing red meat basted in lard with keto diet.

If only you put impossible to activate gmail, put different domain on registration page, then you would have more new users. Hi, long time lurker, finally made this account with other email.

I have seen worse situations rebound.