And it was a good plan, for a while. Shame about that plague, though.

When Apple announces a feature that Samsung phones don’t have, Samsung also trolls them because that feature is bad. And then a year later, Samsung advertises that they also have that feature.

Adulthood doubles the frames: add one with no bench, and one with someone putting a bench in front of the child. The conclusion doesn’t change: it’s the kid’s fault for tripping over the bench. We just collectively ignore that the kid was fine until someone put a bench in the way.

Anything to bring a smile during rough times.

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When the stack gets too big, you buy some shelving. When the shelving gets full, you buy some storage tubs. When you run out of tub room, you get a storage unit. When the storage unit is full, you realize maybe it’s time to sell off the backlog. Then when you’re almost done, your spouse gets into Gundam. And this time you start a spreadsheet to keep track of the cycle. Then P-Bandai opens in your region.

Last night was bad (far east side of toronto… like Durham Region). It was over 180 and not only could I smell the smoke from inside the house, but my eyes were burning, too.

Having flashbacks to the fires from a couple of years ago. We were nowhere near (these were the Quebec fires IIRC) but outdoor AQI was bad for weeks, regularly topping 300 and peaking at 4-500. Had everything closed up, AC and multiple HEPA purifiers running, and it was still awful indoors.

I grew up constantly surrounded by the latter and knew when I smelled the former that the adults were about to act like idiots. I think I’d rather lose my sense of smell than have to endure either consistently.

Not sure if I’m being whooshed here… but Reagan’s VP went on to become president, whose son also became president after his other son, who was governor of a state, threw a wrench in that state’s election machine to muddy the waters, leading to contested recounts, interrupted by a “mob,” leading to the Supreme Court saying it’s too dangerous to continue, and awarding said state’s electoral votes to Reagan’s VP’s son, effectively handing him the presidency. The American people got two wars out of the deal and a veritable Who’s Who list of Bush family associates whose names keep popping up suspiciously even to the present day.

Unless you’re saying that Vance is just as knee-deep in the backstage corruption, in which case I agree, he’s a dangerous slimeball.

That was my thought as well.

The CTO at my last job was pulling down millions a year despite barely knowing anything about anything, and being little more than a glorified bully. He got there via project management, after all.

I never understood the beef with FlyingSquid. Every time I heard this hue and cry about how he was abusing his powers, I asked for details, and it turned out the details were that he sent one rude message to one user, months ago, or that he liked to argue with people. Whatever. If he’s now in a bad place I hope he gets some help. Life is fragile.

Exactly this.

Or, to put it another way, at baseline, the CEO does the work of 64 people (10.2m/158k). And after raises, the CEO does the work of 85 people (13.9m/163k).

Wow, what a real bootstrapper. I stand in awe.

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…eh, close enough.

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I didn’t think I’d get to use this one more than once.