Do you throw your hands in the air every time your lead reminds you of a due date you already knew? Do you skip "meetings that could have been emails"? I have yet to find a place that doesn't tell me something I already know or hold on my hand on some minor things. I just go about it, being upset over it isn't worth my time.
Okay so I am a bit more confused now. You are comparing being told about diversity and inclusion in the workplace to communism?
> handling issues through HR as normal is no longer sufficient
I am almost certain most of these "diversity and inclusion staff" you speak of are part of HR, so yes, it is still normal.
I get it, you don't want to preached to about something you aren't, but isn't that life in general? Being told stuff daily that either doesn't apply to you, you already know, or would never do?
>There’s also access to a real-time tweet stream, rather than forcing third parties to wait before serving new tweets.
This is pretty cool. I really wasn't into the development world whenever their V1 came out but I never really understood why they were so willing to kill it off. Twitter is such an interesting beast but I am glad they are bringing it back with some cool features.
That's what I am saying, the tech channels are the same way. There are an abundance of tech channels out there, once one gets accidentally deleted from Youtube, people will just pick another.
I 100% believe they are comparable. People tend to watch channels for the personality behind the camera. Ninja and Shroud both do stream FPS games and hundreds of other people stream them too, but look at their numbers. They get more views because the people want to watch them, not somebody else.
Man, getting paid to switch just to have the service go bunk anyway. Probably one of the easiest $30M ever. I really wonder if he lost any sort of revenue over those months that he switched? I can't imagine it coming anywhere close to the $30M he made just for the time.
I guess that just adds more to the "I don't know how I feel." part. If the demand is there, then they will sell. Otherwise, this person would own a bunch of empty property. But is there something already stopping that? Is there anything stopping Jeff Bezos from just buying up a small community and disallowing anybody to live there without paying a ton extra? I am very unfamiliar with real estate so this is a genuine question.
I am not really sure how I feel about this. Yes, charging $1000 for a Nintendo Switch is insane, but who will buy it? I guess the same process goes for ticket scalpers too who resell tickets on insane markups trying to snag people desperate enough to get it. I think as long as it doesn't affect cleaning supplies and similar items then I am okay with it, despite it being extremely slimy.
No, I can't imagine a single cart attendant would appreciate the extra work. What I am trying to say is: yes a good portion of people probably do follow the rules, despite the possibility of not having any negative consequences but that doesn't mean we should get rid of the rules. There are people who "just want a haircut despite my cough, what could possibly happen" and will infect people along the way. Sure, they were considerate because they considered staying home but that barber needs the money. Maybe they think it is considerate, but I have a feeling a lot of other people won't.
I think this is an argument for lack of money to be spent since a hefty portion of people have lost their jobs and paychecks don't happen instantaneously and unpaid bills probably come first.
>it's easy to forget that most people act with consideration and respect towards each other most of the time...
I think consideration here is extremely subjective. If what you say is even true, that most people are considerate, what defines considerate here? People think they should leave their shopping carts wherever since that's the job of the cart attendant. Are they considerate because without them, that person may not have a job since all the carts are just pushed back to the store?
From my personal experience, I have an Iphone and it asks me about once a week about Google Maps using my location in the background and if that is okay. I always tell it no. I didn't know I could turn it off directly in the app, thank you for the information.
It seems like the benefits are there for unemployment (except for the whole healthcare debate) but at the same time, our unemployment systems have never experienced such a stress test. My father and a few close friends have all applied but are still waiting to hear anything back from the offices. I hope the process goes quickly for them and anybody else who is going through this right now.
I don't really know much about the financial market in the US and after all the stuff that has been going down, I am really enjoying the education I am getting from so many sources on what exactly the market can do and how people are continuously trying to beat it (some winning) even as it heads to the ground. Having a 401k but not really knowing much about it, I really think I need to do some more research into all of this before I continue down that path.
I was actually just thinking about coupons and how this would change that landscape. Physical coupons would be pretty useless I could imagine, everything would have to shift to digital, unless you could scan them on your way out, which would then just defeat the purpose of "just walking out". I think my mailman would appreciate it regardless, due to the large amount of unwanted coupons that get put in my mail almost daily.
Somewhat related: Initially, I thought this was about the walk out protests happening (over politics and environmental concerns) at some big tech companies. I had some pretty big questions on why Amazon wanted a piece of that market.
I find the whole web as a whole extremely fascinating. How it is all connected, how this group of society works and what they all do with their vast amounts of money and connections. It seriously just boggles my mind sometimes. A lot of good can come out of it all, and then you have GOOP. I'd really hope I would act differently but it is impossible to tell.
My one and only (and probably last) experience with UberEats was a couple of weeks ago when a driver picked up my order and then proceeded to hang around the nearby airport for ~30 minutes with my food. The airport was sort of along the way to my house but not really. It was almost like he was trying to pick somebody up (for Uber or Lyft I guess) and hopefully get someone near me to drop them off then my food but it ended up just wasting 30 minutes and turning my food cold. I contacted Uber during the trip and then afterwards and they refused to talk to me more than "here is 5 dollars in UberBucks, sorry!". Terrible customer service IMO.
edit: Side note about their customer service, there seemed no easy way to contact them during my delivery. I tried to contact the driver but the call was declined twice. Uber kept telling me that "the food may be experiencing delays, wait until it arrives before contacting us."
I think my biggest problem with all of this is the word "caught". Why, still in 2020, is there no requirement for software/websites to disclose the information they keep and the information they sell to the end user? Is it secretly there deep in some terms of service? Nobody would ever plaster "we sell your data" on their front page, but once we start shining a light on it, maybe companies will see how much people care.
I've had some really weird experiences with this. Directly after school, I took a year off basically "waiting" for my job to finally accept me (long story, they eventually did) and now, every single recruiter or company I talk to demands I explain why I took a year off. "I see you didn't immediately join the workforce, care to explain?" is what they hit me with every single time. It is unbelievable that I need to explain it to them. They are usually accepting when I tell them I was just waiting for my first job to accept me, but I can't imagine it would be the same if I just needed some "me" time before starting my career.
I have many friends who have pretty average jobs who also do Uber/DD on the side. They just view it as a part time job that they can choose to do whenever they have extra time. I think it is a bit much to say it is for those without education or no other opportunities.
I am not sure I know many examples that would fit like that though. Recycling probably is a big one, since I have to pay to have a recycle bin picked up weekly. Holding on to litter costs me time and energy since I have to hang onto it until I find a trash can. I feel like people have a "minimum" threshold of how much they can be put "out of their way" before they go with the bad option. I really don't know. I think it is tough to think about. How much time/money would you be willing to part with to properly dispose of a candy wrapper? How about the same question but now you have to pay/waste time to not steal a TV? I don't know how to explain it without going full on slippery slope.
I know I think differently than most, but this idea always confused me. Yeah, if I threw a piece of trash out of my car window, I could possibly get in trouble but where I live, nobody will notice and I will probably get away with it. Instead, I could just do the right thing and not do that. Personally, I don't need that scary presence of responsibility to choose the "better" path. I guess it is really hard for me to see it from the other side's shoes.
Thank you for this guide! I am going to have to check it out. I have heard a lot about Jenkins but never really got around to trying it out myself. This seems like a great way to get my feet wet!