Yep. A lot of these tech companies that have run in the red for years are now being called on to produce a profit and pay the big backers.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

I thought all View Askew was high fantasy.

That’s no fucking joke. Please just send me an email about this meeting because it’s not really worthwhile and I just want to crank out code.

Yep. A few of the big boys are pushing for hybrid but I think the great majority will never be full time in the office again.

I’m having a ribeye, gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts, and a slice of pie. I’m having a glass of Maker’s 46 to cap it off.

I chose to eat alone tonight so I didn’t do all the fixings, but it’s enough for me. Last week was a tough one and for three days I’ve chosen not to deal with people. I may go out for a nightcap later but I’m not going to be dealing with anyone while I do.

Apparently, SpaceX has special tactics to stoke his grandiose ego and trick him into giving them the freedom they need.

It’s a tale as old as bosses. Many of them have big egos and think that because they’re in charge that magically gives them expertise. So if you want to do something you either get them looking at something shiny or you make them think it’s their idea.

I had a boss like that ages ago. If I wanted to work on something out of the ordinary I would plant the idea, then a few weeks later I would remind him that he brought it up a while ago. I used the fact that he had a million things going on so he never really remembered who brought it up. I didn’t care that he got the credit because I got to work on cool things and expand my repertoire.

https://xkcd.com/644/

Yeah, Infinity hates it. I’ve still got a Firefox browser app pinned that works fine though.

I’ll do to you what I do to other unwanted pests! I’ll yell “Go-on, getonouttahurr!” ineffectually while shooing you away with whatever I’ve got at hand.

I have junk scissors that I buy for a couple of bucks and replace as necessary for all the things that I need to cut. I also have kitchen junk scissors for cutting open plastic that food gets packaged in. If I found someone using my poultry shears or kitchen knives for anything besides their intended use I would ask them to leave and never come back.

Don’t touch my tools. That includes the things in my garage, my kitchen tools (cookware, knives, shears, barbecue stuff, whatever), and my electronics tools. I can’t imagine someone using one of my instruments incorrectly, but don’t touch those either. If you want to touch anything, ask. Don’t be surprised if I try to make sure you know the right way to use it before I hand it over.

Could be thinking of him. Rumors that atheists started trying to disprove something and turning into Christians are good for the church. It’s a lie that has been repeatedly told about all kinds of people. It used to be a favorite tactic of certain denominations. Probably still is, but information is way easier to disprove now.

Nah, he’s been religious since he was a kid. He even went to college at a Bible institute.

I had completely blocked those out of my brain. You’re absolutely right.

And there’s no dead torrents. I could have probably added that too

Depends on your view. Some see it as a way to preserve media that could otherwise be gone forever. Some see it as a reasonable price to pay instead of paying 15 different companies hundreds per month. Others don’t mind supporting the individuals and small groups who run the servers but don’t want to support large corporations.

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I’m getting some rainbow truck nuts and a car bra for my truck. I like to keep folks guessing.

Given how many guitar tabs archives are online today it’s a shame what happened.

I like the season and still agree with you. At the least they need a lighter touch with the topical stuff so that it’s not so on the nose.

The problem with topical cartoons set a thousand years in the future is two fold. First, life moves fast but production times don’t. By the time an episode comes out either it’s no longer topical or at the least the talking points are a year old. South Park gets away with it because they have short production times (ok, they used to, I haven’t seen it in years so I don’t know if that’s still the case). Second, if it’s not dated, I promise the viewers are watching a funny space show to escape the constant bombardment and fatigue of it for 23ish minutes.

There are tropes that can be used from topical episodes that don’t have to be super on the nose. How people react to an epidemic is a super interesting thing to explore and we learned a whole lot in the last few years. But that can be explored while trusting your audience.

That’s the point of speculative fiction. Explore today’s problems in a way that forces you to think of tomorrow’s solutions.