NovemberWest

I am not sure what you mean by your second question. I would like to be able to, for example, make sure dollar values line up in column. They are currently sort of randomly all over the place on a PDF document which provides a neat column of blank spaces after questions. I cannot figure out how to do this neatly, in a visually professional seeming manner or in a way that is at all convenient from the data entry side either. I have a lot of spaces I need to mark either 0 or N/A and I have no means to just hit "enter" or "repeat" over and over.

Is that clearer? I don't mind answering more questions. I am medically handicapped and I prefer the cleanliness of a tablet but I am frustrated by the limitations of the available tools. It is currently a "toy" in the computer world, not taken seriously as a means to work. The bar is set pretty low for app quality. I have a strong academic background etc and I am kind of a snob who expects things to work and work well. Android apps are mostly not there yet. I will likely go back to a laptop or net book at some point even the keyboards are disgusting germ infested shitholes of crumbs and dust that cannot be properly cleaned. My tablet can be wiped down and, voila, it is clean. No hidden cracks and crevices full of muck. So if I could the productivity I need out of a tablet, I would prefer it for life. If I can help make that a reality, do not hesitate to email me at any time.

Anything else you want to know?

Though I appreciate the list of currently available resources and have saved the link for that reason.

Thank you.

I find such remarks incredibly annoying given the importance of the "digital divide" in separating rich from poor. Criticizing a homeless person for hanging onto a laptop as their only path out of poverty amounts to hatred and a desire to keep them a permanent member of the underclass with no way out. I value my computer far more than I valued the crappy apartment I was evicted from. I always have.

I am currently homeless. I am not looking for a job because I am medically handicapped. I walked away from a job with a Fortune 500 company that was helping to keep me ill. My condition is very expensive, thus my job amounted to a net loss in income. Since quitting and sleeping in a tent, I have paid down thousands of dollars in debt incurred during the years I had that job. I am currently trying to declare bankruptcy, but being homeless and having chronic health issues means everything is frustratingly slow.

I have alimony, I do a little freelance work online and I have websites I am trying to develop. As a homeless woman, I have damn little credibility and cannot get people to take me very seriously. If you would like to see me stop being a total fucking loser, I could use help developing and promoting my web projects.

A lot of people on the street are medically or mentally ill. Most of them are less well educated than I am. I have made substantial progress towards resolving my underlying problems which are the root cause of my homelessness. Many others do not know how to do that. I need an income that does not keep me sick. That's quite a tall order to engineer while recovering physically and living on the street, but it is my only hope of ever making my life work.

Thank you for engaging me in good faith.

I honest to god do not care what motivated their decision. I am a bleeding heart idealist, or at least perceived as such. Yet, I think "doing right" is a pragmatic thing, not some abstract ideal measured by some supposed god in some supposed spiritual realm.

(But have an upvote. Good comment.)

John Deere is still going strong. I imagine a lot of their competitors went under during The Great Depression. It was impossible to sell the repossessed tractors since no one had any money.

I am feeling pretty bitter (about my personal situation) and feeling like, yes, evil wins. But I am not convinced the objective evidence really bears that out.

I have actually seriously considered such things. I have previously lived in Europe. I have been willing to consider living potentially anywhere in the world. There are substantial obstacles for the average person for up and moving wherever the fuck place name you pulled out of a hat.

Yes, your choices matter. No, there are no perfectly safe places anywhere.

But feel free to dream of a better world. I desperately wish I lived in a better world. Sigh.

Most likely, his book was more acceptable because he presented it as fiction. Social criticis is always more acceptable when it is less blunt. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. Jesus was crucified. In contrast, when humorists highlight social issues, we laugh. Social criticism is very dangerous stuff. It can get you literally killed regardless of gender, race, age, etc.

Edit: I will add that I am female and I find the "glass ceiling" maddening, but I think the big thing about the glass ceiling is being denied the knowledge and connections men have. I think that is the piece we need to work on. And this kind of criticism does not further that cause. It probably helps keep the problem entrenched.

But have an upvote.