This might not be such a good idea as Vegas was begging Canada to come back. Their tourism isnâ(TM)t what it used to be and talk of 51st state has turned off Canadian tourism.

Honestly, it was the tone of the message, which is admittedly difficult to derive from a forum. IMHO, the proper response would have been one that questioned whether the 'upscale grocer' selling spareribs at $6.99/lb vs $1.49/lb were at different ends of the subjective or objective quality spectrum. In my case, they are literally the same brand: Smithfield. The only difference is that Aldi is $5+/lb less expensive.

That said, IMO, unless we're talking about a butcher that sources heritage-breed Berkshire (or the like) pork from a local farmer, I don't really give a flying fuck where the previously cheap cut of meat I'm going to put on my smoker for 6h is sourced from.

Why would I pay $6.99/lb at one of the 'upscale grocers' in town for spareribs when I can get them at Aldi for $1.49? I, too, drive a Mercedes, but it doesn't mean I'm a fucking moron w/my money.

The average employee lasts well less than a year at a fast casual; this had little to do w/her background.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcasual.com%2Fblo...

I am absolutely certain many of those kids are great at writing code; what I have found in the last ~3y of hiring candidates out of undergrad and/or masters programs is that they DO NOT interview well.

They can answer esoteric technical questions about software dev (I *assume* this is because they study for coding interview questions) but they cannot possibly answer more general questions about themselves, how they would operate in a real-world business setting, and/or how they might build something from soup to nuts.

I'm not asking them to give me real-world experience; but, I expect a college graduate to be able to think about questions asked critically and provide a coherent and thoughtful reply to that question. Even if it's technically 'wrong', the conversational nature is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT for any work I have done in my 25+ year career.

Anyone can have AI solve most esoteric technical coding problems now; interfacing ability w/others on the dev teams and the rest of the business is what is important in getting shit done.

Colleges need to start investing HEAVILY in leveling up their students in how to interview well.

"Ms. Mishra, the Purdue graduate, did not get the burrito-making gig at Chipotle."

I think this single sentence says more about it than anything else in the article.

I watch dogs (primarily overnight--most for 3-7 days but some 1 day and some >7d) via Rover. I make around $1500/month (pre-1099) and after their ~20% cut (of which most people give back to me in tips).

I WFH so the largely passive income is nice. I wouldn't have found as many people w/o a platform to do the heavy lifting for me in finding new dogs.

I am not advocating that we need to have these sorts of things in the market, but it does make for nice extra cash. YMMV.

I've generally preferred to pay people a salary, when reasonable to do so.

I hire(d) people (I still employ some people directly) to do a job. So long as the job was done properly, I'm not a big stickler when it comes to spending time at work. If the job can be done in 4 days, so be it. My concern is that the work is done on time and properly. It's also not important to me how they did the work, so long as it was done right.

I'm all for a 4 hour work week, so long as their wages match what they'd make for a 40 hour work week. Yes, minimum wage is too low. Then again, I'd never consider paying someone the least amount I could pay them by law. That's just a kick in the proverbial nuts and pretty damned degrading. "I'd pay you less, but the law won't allow it."

My house was built before CAT6 came out. It should be easy to upgrade as everything runs through in-wall conduit. I figured I'd do that for future-proofing.

I've not really seen a need to upgrade. It works well enough and there are jacks in most rooms. I also don't have the bandwidth to make it matter much, though fiber will be here before too long. Upgrading then may matter. (Fiber wasn't going to come up my road, but I contacted the company and a couple of neighbors and I will pay for the fiber to be run.)

Cat5e should still be fine. I'm not going to bother paying for full GB service, as I don't need that much bandwidth. I'll be fine with half of that and CAT5e should be viable.

This is about the 'inadequate' comment you made.

I could see it being inadequate for some people. As for me, it's still holding up and still fit for purpose. I've lived in a bandwidth-impoverished area for going on two decades. So, my needs, perhaps better said expectations, are different. I don't even see a reason to go full boar on the GB speeds. As I am technically a business, they say I can request even higher speeds. I'm simply not interested in that.

Then again... We'll see how I feel after a few months. I may end up wanting to splurge and increase my speeds. It could happen.

You'd think so, but you won't feel a thing. You won't have to adjust your diet because you'll naturally lose weight. Then, well, you won't even suffer a headache, a toothache, a stubbed toe, or any of those other painful things.

Hmm... This needs a pithy statement that can be summed up enough to fit on a bumper sticker.

I dunno... I'm a doctor and if you're dead then you're in perfect health. You no longer have any ailments of any kind. You're not going to catch any diseases.

Just to be clear, I'm not a medical doctor. I don't even play a medical doctor on TV. But, I am a doctor - though I don't tend to use the honorary, for a variety of reasons.

As mentioned elsewhere, per 100,000 cars, ICE powered vehicles catch fire more often than EVs.

This may be of interest, so I'll share it...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcore.verisk.com%2FInsigh...

This doesn't mean that EV fires aren't important, it's just that they seem to happen less often (per 100,000 cars) than ICE-powered vehicles. There are other citations, some newer, but I just grabbed the first one from Google.

EV fires still suck to get under control, especially for small volunteer fire departments without a lot of money to upgrade what they have. EV fires still release some pretty awful stuff - but so don't ICE-powered vehicles.

For better or worse, Nissan's are often sold (here in the US) to people with poor credit. No, I do not know all the details. I suspect Google knows, but that's the perception. The end result of this is that they're often in horrible condition and driven by drivers who did not care.

And no, it's not a 'classist' thing. I'm sure there's some confirmation bias but they're frequently in horrible condition, to the point of being unsafe. Then, of course, there are the drivers who have less care about their driving habits. Again, that could be some confirmation bias going on, but that's generally why there's a negative view here in the US.

One of my favorite vehicles was a pickup truck that I owned a long time ago. It was just called 'Nissan'. The side helpfully said, 'Pickup'. It was just 2WD but went anywhere I asked of it. The inline 6 cyl engine was amazingly reliable. The body was less reliable and rust was the eventual killer of the truck - but it was already in poor condition when I bought it.

I'm reminded of Archaeology grad students. I'm convinced they get the worst treatment.

They are quite literally started off by shoveling dirt. Well, that's if they don't start by sifting dirt, but that's usually a volunteer task on a popular dig site.

Over their scholastic career, they'll shovel literal tons of dirt. They'll do more of that after they graduate but at least they have grad students to work down to the good stuff.