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There's a great Dr Who episode (Listen) that hypothesized this very thing.

I think committed relationships are on the decline more because of the change in how women interact with and are viewed by society, than technology. Each successive generation of women over the last several decades has increased their ability to earn an independent successful living, control their sex life without negative labels, and remove the expectations that their only value is domestic-oriented.

Where in the past women settled for a number of reasons, including economic and societal/familial expectations, they no longer do. And because women are much less apt to settle down, men settle down less too. More free women = more free men = less committed relationships. (assuming we are seeing fewer committed relationships - I didn't fact-check that)

Not at all scientific, just a vibe.

Damn near the same study conclusion. Uncanningly similar.

In fairness, it seems that they started do a lot more evil when they removed the 'Don't be evil' motto back in 2018. So maybe believe companies that broadcast that they're about to get evil with it?

https://gizmodo.com/google-promises-it-will-be-more-open-abo...

"The only difference is the blue-collar mafia is way more visible as they solve their difference with valence, while the white-collar mafia doesn't need to resort to barbaric acts but simply lobbies their political friends in power to put enough laws and regulations in place to stop any newcomers entering their turf."

Ah, Brujah vs Ventrue.

"JIRA’s strength is being" amazing for enterprise development teams and mediocre for everyone else.

But your lawn guy stays in business - which is relevant to them and to you (for as long as you're a customer). If the market is efficient, there should be reasonable competition that you can switch to that more aligns with your needs.

Not true. I don't have and have never owned an Insteon hub. I have no reliance on anything from Insteon in the sky. I have an ISY-994i which controls all of my Insteon gear.

My switches don't communicate with the outside world and as long as I have a functional PLM connected to the ISY, I'll be able to control them. There are probably ways to do that without a PLM too.

I will likely move to something else soonish though, likely Lutron. But I want to be clear that for those who have Insteon and have never relied on the Insteon hub, they can keep chugging along for now.

A couple of things that I've learned about the country as I've watched the Cancel culture war:

1)Many believe having freedom of speech means having freedom from consequences of your speech. And not just governmental consequence but all consequence. That's wrong and always has been wrong, if rarely enforced. Speech has always had consequences but those consequences weren't cancellation. Not for white folks anyway.

2)White people can't live in the same world with the same rules that they've created for other people. Cancel culture is very much a thing and has been a thing used against Black folks and other minorities in America for decades. The list of things we get canceled for far exceeds exercising our freedom of speech. Here's a short list:

A)Our names. Got an ethnic name? Expect to get less interview callbacks.

B)Hair. We've had to lobby for laws to protect our right to wear our hair in 'natural' or 'ethnic' styles.

C)Actual Freedom of Speech. Try and bring up racism or discrimination practically anywhere and see what happens to you. See Colin Kaepernick.

D)Skin Complexion. Light-skinned privilege is a thing. Google 'colorism'.

E)Accent and use of language. Google 'code switching'.

You get the point. If the only thing you have to worry about is if you actually said something dumb in your past and if it's going to come up, then you have it good. Other folks are getting canceled just how they exist, from traits they can't change, and they have been for decades.

And even with all that, I still think Cancel culture is pretty shit because the mob is a broadsword, not a scalpel - h/t "The Siege". It doesn't stop at Trump, it keeps going to folks like AGM. But I'd love it if those fighting against cancel culture also fight for those who aren't white men complaining about it on Twitter and Hacker News. Fight also for those who have been victimized by cancel culture before it had a catchy name and impacted the white and powerful. Probably won't win until you do anyway.

Economics change and companies change. IIRC the company has been sold twice and maybe the new company can't underwrite the ongoing maintenance or just refuses to?

Do users have a right to exist under legacy covenants when things at the company have changed?

Again, this is why I advocate for shopping at monetization time. The company has altered the deal, maybe you should alter it further?

> I had been considering paying for a family account

Your consideration doesn't pay for dev time. No one cares about pushing free users or 'considering' users off the platform at monetization time. Shit or get off the pot.

That said, no one blames you for doing comparison shopping at monetization time either.

I honestly don't think this would be a problem if people spent their time advocating on internet message boards vs internal corporate message boards - even on the clock. This isn't about selling time, it's about what's the appropriate place and audience for certain types of discussion.

In practically every job I've ever had, some of the conversations that folks are advocating to continue would have gotten me first warned and then fired. But I've never worked for a 'tech' company per se, just in technology. I guess it could be different in SV but then that's probably the issue. Most of the country just doesn't operate this way and finds this kinda weird.

Hold on, you can't just leave this comment and not leave the details with it. How do we get on this higher plane of existence?

I wish the post you linked to had some sort of demo of what the software does. Even if it's just a quick gif that runs through landing and clicking a few options.

I think I get it from the post, but seeing it would be so much more helpful.

Courage.

Those ads area in Chicago too.

I use this on my yard in the midwest. Turns it into a no-fly zone. Fine for dogs, not safe for cats so keep that in mind.

Permethrin SFR 36.8%

*Edit - Nevermind - this WILL harm bees. Sorry about that.

It's all one company. The reputation, stellar or tarnished, affects the entire brand. Their software QC has been bad lately, it's makes me question their hardware QC too. Those bugs/issues are often harder to find though - if they exist - they might not. But I think it's fair for me to question.

Given the amount of evidence you presented, how could anyone refute your opinion?

OP raised a valid argument - Apple's QC has been crap lately and trending downwards. There's a lot of feedback out on the net to support that line of thinking.

Funny because there was a time where Disqus comments actually improved the quality of commentary.

Nah...the only way to ensure their survival is to kill them. Makes perfect sense.

Probably wouldn't say this if you were underrepresented.

What's the price sweet spot here assuming unlimited (or near unlimited) records allowed?

>I would focus on pre-death interactions rather than post death mausoleums.

Truer words have never been spoken.

Because only 1% of the country can get a $1MM loan to start.

>In fact, there are many social group situations in which asking specific people is far more effective than asking questions "to the group".

CPR for example. It's one of the primary tenants. Assign individual responsibility to people to ensure this group paralysis doesn't happen.

It is, but most people will deny it. Like Morpheus said in the Matrix: 'You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.'

It's what we're taught here. An absurd mixture of patriotism and narcissism so strong that it's practically synonymous with America now. Those two ideas intertwined support this entire nation and enable the sad places in this country that form your opinion. If we could tone them down, we could really see a revitalization in the American Dream. Not sure it'll happen absent being dethroned as a world power.

The current US of A evolved from a Libertarian country as it was proven, decade by decade, that money and power wouldn't create neighborly generosity but rather cruel oppression and greed.

Sorry, this isn't something that should be accepted. The company should have adequate capacity to compensate for a body break. If they don't, then they aren't hiring enough people and they should hire more people. I'm sorry that you had to endure this, but you shouldn't. It's unacceptable working conditions.

>As quick clarification, if you aren't aware the Nationalist Socialist (AKA, Nazi) Party of America genuinely is a party that is protected by the First Amendment[1].

Yes, that's correct. But not forced to be accepted as a debatable idea, a polite disagreement, or a view point that deserves a seat at the table.

>(structuring hiring policies such that non white & Asians, and women have greater chance to get offers than non-diverse candidates)

This is not affirmative action. Affirmative action is structuring hiring policies such that everyone gets an equal chance at an offer - even if it means that some groups get more help to get there than others.

Hence the comic:http://i2.wp.com/interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads...