However, what this really screams is, "I don't have proper boundaries or self control".

The only people that my phone notify me for is my wife and my kids. That's it. *EVERYTHING* else can wait until I decide to intentionally check my phone.

With one exception, sometimes people specifically ask me to pay attention (emergency situation, friends traveling etc...)

You would think so but I know a lot of people that love working at Amazon (granted, AWS side)

Yes and no.

I agree that the server should be provided at least minimum wage and I also agree that should that server go above and beyond to make my meal a positive experience, they should be tipped.

I absolutely agree that servers that are paid some ridiculous low hour wage (2.15 or whatever) and rely on tips supplement is just plain wrong.

No Sh!t! department?

There will be an adjustment period but really one of the best things that could happen is people start just eating what they can get reasonably local.

If you live in WA, you absolutely shouldn't be eating eggs from Ohio.

I am not arguing that point?

It is about local credibility.

If you haven't been there it is hard to understand the culture. I have been there twice and was inundated with pro-China propaganda. For example on their high speed trains. The trains are literally a blatant copy of the trains in Germany. It is clear that they stole the designs. However, when you are on that train they have a video play over and over that says that the train was independently developed, designed and manufactured by glorious China.

As someone who has navigated STEM fields for longer than many, Calculus is not needed for at least 90% of STEM.

Yes there are places it makes sense (Physics or BioChem for example) but for your standard, I am going to be a software engineer or database admin? It is a total waste of time.

Yeah, lacking the mention of the most used OSS desktop in the world is pretty odd.

It isn't that we don't have access to them. It is that they are ridiculously expensive in comparison.

They pay the taxes they are legally required to pay.

That is the stink about the corporate tax hike, it won't really affect Amazon, Microsoft, Google etc... because the government hasn't closed the damn loopholes.

Who it will affect is small businesses who are trying to compete.

If you remove Linux you can not:

Run an Android phone
Use In-Flight Entertainment
Use the Internet AT ALL
No Netflix
No Prime
If you drive a Dodge/Chrysler you can't start your car

The list just goes on and on.

"Most" is probably the "most" inaccurate statement in the world on this.

It is true you don't need a degree to be a fantastic Pythonista. Try getting a job as a discrete graphics engineer, nurse, teacher, or accountant without a degree. It is true that Trades are a great way to go as well but even most trades have a required educational component.

Nothing much to say but +1

I present original content dozens of times a year. Libreoffice is good but not that good. It has a clunky interface, it is hard to customize slides in a way that is productive and has odd "irks". Due to these limitations (and I have been using Libreoffice since it was StarOffice), I have recently switched to Google Slides. I actually write my talks in Google Slides and then download them as ODP and open them in Libreoffice for final publish. That said, I would argue that Libreoffice is 100% fine for 95% of presenters. I have also worked with Power Point and it is miles ahead of Libreoffice in terms of usability and consistency. I think as Free/Open Software people we tend to use our ideology to justify our bad software.