> Sometimes it’s zero, and sometimes its $200 to the Uber driver with pictures of his sick daughter all over his car.
If I got into an Uber like this, I would get off at the next corner and report it to the company. I want to travel in a car and not be psychologically blackmailed, I find it despicable.
The same thing happens, and on a worse scale, in Barcelona: extremely expensive rents, leisure, restaurants, etc. are very expensive, unbearable traffic, public transport is overwhelmed, and on top of that, there's a drought. The problem is always the same, who the citizens choose: first Colau, a former "squatter" who ruined the city with her socialist policies and zero urban planning, then Collboni, another useless person who in his first year of government did not change any of Colau's urban policies for fear of breaking something.
The entire article is wrong because it is based on a false premise: that women are not interested in sex for its own sake but only as a bargaining chip.
In Argentina, it is well proven that economic programs not based on austerity always fail. For 24 years, the country has not attempted a path of austerity, always trying to spend more than it has and accumulating debt to very high levels. Two debt defaults later, it is evident that another path must be attempted.
People with a Macbook. You use the Macbook to work and the iPad to play, read, movies, draw, etc. plus you can use it as a second monitor for the Macbook.
I understand that they have delayed the announcement of these iPads until the M4 is ready, otherwise there is nothing interesting to offer to those who have an iPad Pro M2. I don't see the convenience of having a MacBook M3 and an iPad M4. If I can't run Xcode on an iPad M4, the MacBook is the smartest option; it has a bigger screen, more memory, and if you complement it with an iPad Air, you don't miss out on anything.
I thought Starlink controlled the satellites. I imagine it won't be very difficult to deny connection with the satellites over Russia and Ukraine and that only those with special authorization be able to connect. It's almost obvious that Starlink isn't willing to enforce the ban.
That's the main drawback I find with the iPad. So much memory, so much processor, and not being able to use an app that allows me to create iOS apps. It's the reason why I only have an old iPad Air, it's enough for browsing, reading ebooks, and watching a movie on a trip. Anything bigger would be too bulky with the MacBook.
If the person trying to communicate with me doesn't understand or isn't aware of the advantages of asynchronous communication, I won't teach them, and I'll communicate as if those advantages don't exist. For example:
This is well known in Argentina. Many Milei voters knew that if the accounts are put in order and the distortions created by subsidies, privileges, etc. are eliminated, and with a Central Bank with negative equity, the only way to stay afloat is to finish sinking and bounce off the bottom. A year ago, a consulting firm predicted that if poverty in Argentina is measured accurately and distortions are eliminated, the number would be close to 70%. It's the economy resulting from 23 years of continuous socialism, corruption, and plundering of public coffers. With an almost unpayable external debt, there is no credit institution to which Argentina does not owe an astronomical amount, making it impossible to obtain external financing to "soften" the fiscal and monetary correction needed. Therefore, the only thing left for Argentines is "blood, sweat, and tears."
The iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch had an affordable price when they were launched on the market. Perhaps they weren't the best user experience, but they also didn't cost that much. I would like to know how Apple would have fared if they had asked for $1500 for an iPhone that didn't have 3G connectivity or cut/paste. The Vision Pro is very expensive for the experience it offers and the limitations it has.
The Concorde has been one of the safest airplanes in history, with only one accident in 30 years of service. The story is different for the Tupolev Tu-144, also known as Concordoski, a copy of the Anglo-French plane.
Something strange, isn't it? First, the fuselage panel detaches in the only row of seats with no passengers. What is the probability of this happening? Then, an iPhone is sucked into the hole and is found on the edge of a road after falling 5000 meters in perfect condition with an airline message on its screen. Really weird.
Sometimes you are on the Titanic and no matter what you do the boat will sink anyways. It’s important to learn to recognize those moments and prepare for the freezing water. When I found myself in those situations, first asked for a raise, and then started analyzing alternatives. But sometimes after hitting the iceberg, the mood and the environment were unbearable so I resigned. Peace of mind is everything.
I used to work in a software factory when I was young. Only one guy in the sales department used to approach us (developers) when he was preparing a demo for a big client of a new development. He wanted to know what to avoid, what not to do, which dataset worked better for the demo. Today I remember him as the most professional salesperson I met.
It would be interesting to consider whether flu vaccines have lowered this cross-immunity and therefore so many deaths among the elderly who are the most vaccinated against the flu.
I recall reading about a patient with split-brain (severed corpus callosum) could tell when people were lying. It seems there are verbal and physical cues when we lie.