Then it must not happen to anyone else either and the article is a fucking lie!

Don't ask. It gets you labeled as -1 Troll.

So far.

Finding work "meaningful" is definitely a first world issue. For the vast majority of people around this planet, work is about one thing: making the money (or other resources) you need to keep your family alive.

On a related note, I made the shift from wanting to find work "meaningful" to "I'm just here for the money, that's it" many years ago. Once I did, my outlook improved, my stress levels dropped and I became much happier in general. The improvement was dramatic.

Told to put your damned cell phone away? Toxic

Told to show up at a proscribed time and place to work? Toxic

Told that you're not going to make $250K/year in your entry level job? Toxic

Told that no, you can't bring tour emotional support iguana to work? Toxic

Told that your 50 facial piercings and tattoos are incompatible with a professional office environment? Toxic

Told that marijuana use can get fired? Toxic

Of course, I'm just guessing, since, as far as I can tell, the summary doesn't tell us what constitutes a "toxic workplace".

Lake Tahoe is not worth the cost.

None of which has anything to do with what I buy or when I buy it.

They're going about this completely wrong, and that quote from the bill is nearly unreadable.

The correct way to do is is to simply require opt-in and leave browsers out of the picture altogether.

Try this on for size:

No business shall sell any data about a customer unless that customer clearly and unambiguously consents to the sale of such data, in writing, via postal mail to the mailing address of the business's preference. The original copy of such consent must be retained for a period of no less than five years.

That will put a stop to the shit, pronto.

I ignore Prime Day, Black Friday and other such affairs.

I don't play those games.

I order from Amazon weekly, or damned near. I order when I want to buy. Sometimes it seems like daily, or even multiple times per day.

I usually don't bother comparison shopping. I generally only do that for high dollar items. I'm not going to spend an hour clicking on websites trying to save a quarter or whatever. I got other shit to do.

I may not always get the best price, but as far as I can tell, I always get the most convenience. I'll pay for that.

Unix was originally given away for free to universities.

AT&T could have kept it to itself, but it did something nice.

Nobody would ever hear from me again.

I would not invest it. I would be spending like a motherfucker and still manage to only spend a few billion, at most.

Yacht: $1B
Home(s): $1B
Cars: $0.1B
Miscellaneous: $1B

That gives me roughly $22B left over for annual operating expenses and whatever else.

Point: $25B is a lot of fucking money.

Same approach could be used for all crimes, Judge Dredd.

Personally, I think it's bad enough giving police the power to arrest people. I certainly wouldn't want to empower them to judge people - not under current policing standards and qualifications to be a police officer.

LAPD Basic qualifications: be 21 years old and have a G.E.D. or high school diploma.

Yeah, no thanks.

Yes. Yes it is.

It's too hot for me once it hits 75 or so, 80 for sure. Plus I like snow. Hard to find much of that in Silicon Valley.

Usually great?!?! The weather in California usually sucks.

If one felt really strongly about punishing Australia, one could always stop doing business with Australia.