Obviously the Twitter outrage was way out of line, but I'll lay out the thinking as a Mitski fan:
Mitski releases Be The Cowboy, with the single "Nobody", and it's her real shot into the mainstream, and goes on to get Pitchfork's Album of the Year for 2018. And I think the Mitski fanbase is particularly bizarre in how closely they identify with her.[1]
So for Mac Demarco to release Here Comes the Cowboy, with the lead single "Nobody", right after all that, feels weird. Obviously it's a coincidence and not a big deal, but I understand why people thought it was worth mentioning.
I think people who build things, whether it's software or buildings or anything, are more likely to deeply grapple with the fact that nothing lasts. Ozymandias, and so on.
I recently was talking to a libertarian friend about this kind of thing (specifically the gender wage gap). He argued that if there were a group of people getting paid less for the same work, then any good business would only hire people like that, because it's cheaper.
Obviously this isn't the case, but I do find it curious that the market doesn't seem to prove a strong enough incentive for the people making hiring decisions to overcome their biases.
I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older?
Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.
It's really insidious, to publish a book that establishes you as an intelligent truth teller, standing up to what marketers and profiteers want you to believe, and then use that success to shill for the worst consumer facing industry of the century.
If she really isn't in it for the money and wants to honor the building and area's working class history, she'd develop it into affordable/low income housing.
I find it frustrating that this environmental package is tied in with left economic proposals that republicans will have a much harder time with.
although I personally support guaranteed jobs and single payer healthcare, I think the urgency of the climate situation means passing legislation to solve it without getting bogged down by non-climate related economic policies.
I've only worked in startup environments, but the office administrator just made life easier.
She organized ordering catering, packages being sent and delivered, HR stuff, office errands. So not contributing to the product itself but ensuring people have the bandwidth to make the product.
Right, and I think it's bad in the long run. If Twitch wants to become a bluechip brand, they're going to have to do a lot to make me at least sorta believe that they have my best interests in mind.
I recently registered as a user on Twitch, and was surprised by the amount of dark patterns there. It seems like every other action costs money, which isn't necessarily bad, but it makes me wary of clicking on anything because it seems half of them lead to a payment screen. It's just that there's no indication of what's a premium feature and what's not, and that's clearly intended to get users to want to perform an action and emphasizes what they're missing out on.
Is this a reasonable thing to ask of journalists? I can't imagine a reporter telling their editor, "Yes, this team tells us with confidence that their findings have confirmed a huge story, but I disagree with their interpretation of the data, so I don't think we should run it." A reporter shouldn't be embarrassed that a team of scientists lied to them. Obviously the publications should retract/update these stories, but journalists, even ones with science backgrounds just aren't equipped and trained to be able to independently verify every claim they report on.
I think that the popular idea of inherited or generational wealth is getting a fat 6 figure check when a grandparent dies, which doesn't really happen to most of us. Rather, it looks like what the author describes -- a safety net that allows upper middle class kids to do things that their peers can't afford. As someone in the top quintile, you may not feel that much richer than the people in the next neighborhood over, but for a lot of folks, that dad could have said, "I'm sorry son, but I need to pay rent too." Instead, it was more of an annoyance at his son needing a handout. But these things accumulate over time, and this kid from a top-quintile family gets a better resume than his neighbor who washed dishes over the summer.
This has made me feel pretty damn powerless, as pretty much every site/person of significance has stated their opposition to such a repeal, and yet they went through it anyway. Just a gut feeling that our democracy isn't working properly when such a loud and clear, great majority of the population messaging is completely ignored.
>Bioware has been invaded by Social Justice Warriors; millennial feminists who believe the white-male dominated “patriarchy” is the reason opinionated purple-haired land whales aren’t landing jobs.
Everyone knows it's bots that mainly follow these people anyway.
Bulletin seems great! I work in Soho and am always surprised to see empty shops. I do wonder if it's successful, if it will face the same criticism as Airbnb - it prices out long term tenants in favor of more lucrative short term ones.
This is a really interesting idea. Certainly, there's a huge need in the cryptocurrency world with getting information accurately and in one place. And it's only going to grow.