The problem with Bernie, is he's just unfortunately about 30 years ahead of his time. He's universally almost always right (IMO), but you also can't completely expect a system to flip itself on its head overnight. He's doing the important work, and laying important foundations. The crappy part is, he's probably not going to be around for the time it actually starts to take effect.
For sure it's great, but it could be even greater if more had access to it. Friggin politics though, people screaming at clouds on Facebook, when they are at the same time the most harmed.
Honestly after that performance last night, whatever that was, I think Carney and team should pack up and we should just cut our losses. Let them eventually come begging to us, because I don't think that story ends to well for them. There really isn't going to be a cohesive and cooperative way forward for us here anyways, and I'm not so sure Canada comes out of cutting our losses as a loser. I'm starting to think it's the winning strategy. Their economy is a house of cards.
They need to set the means a little higher. $90k household income isn't a lot anymore. It's disqualifies a lot of people, and I think that's by design. Talk to me when it's a household limit of $180k if you are actually serious about Canadians taking advantage of such a program.
That was...interesting. I'm Canadian, it's not my place to comment as it has to do with American internal politics. I will say it was an absolute assault on the senses anyways. I've never heard a politician lay claim to so many feats, like I think this guy just claimed he's gone more than all the presidents combined, solved every war and completely solved the economy. That's quite a bold claim!
I never played the third birthday one either. Number two is great, but it goes from like challenging to next level nightmare impossible right at the end.
I've got KCD2, and I mean it's awesome, but the prologue drags on my god. I just got the darn thing finally started and I was bored of it. I'll pick it back up at some point. It's great, it just needs a special kind of attention and dedication that I'm not sure I totally have.
Carmageddon Max Damage. I used to live for the original Carmageddon, back when I was in high school. Between me and my old man, we annihilated that game and all the add on packs. This version is a pleasant return to a simpler time, but it's a nice shake up of the classic too, it's actually a bit challenging. I'm really enjoying it, about 55% done. I pick away at it here and there, and have been doing that this week. Probably going to replay Modern Warfare 2 (the 2009 version) on the weekend, as I just finished Modern Warfare 1 last weekend.
7 with VR was phenomenal. It's not quite the same as the 1-4 series though, like it was almost a different universe. I never played its sequel, but I heard it was good.
I've got a $50 game boy wanna-be clone that I bought on Amazon on my bedside table, thing runs PS1 games smoothly. It ain't quite the same obviously, but it just about scratches the same itch (plus it's portable, I've enjoyed playing it on the train to and from work for example).
I just sold an Anycubic Kobra for $100. And it wasn't fun. You aren't getting $200 for it, I would honestly put it up for $100, be firm and just get rid of it if you actually want to be rid of it.
Or you can play the game for six months, and maybe get $120 for it. Is that $80 worth six months of dealing with some of the most awful people on the planet? I had a guy trolling me, like he kept messaging me from different profiles that he had created, writing just the most random shit. Super bizarre.
The slide can't happen fast enough. It's time to move on from these people, like I get why people are angry, but these people aren't going to move the needle. They are grifters that are just going to farm your anger to enrich themselves. Boggles my mind that people can't see that.
I think that's what we all want. Id be front of line for what you described too.
I'm really paying close attention to those Telo Trucks, but they are a long way from market (if they make it, we've been here before, so many times now).
Your alma matter sounds like mine. Their endowment funds are billions of dollars large, but they still have the gall to be "all in" on collecting more. All while their staff are forever striking and churning managers because they pay absolute shit and they do all the gross things to their people that billion dollar corporations do. I'm disgusted I went there sometimes. That I bought into the bullshit for a little bit. Still have never donated a cent though, and never will.
We are all so burnt out and so jaded, in an economy thats so flat and moribund, in a world that's so fucking upside down, that somethings got to give.
These asshole greedy pig CEOs are going to have a complete mess on their hands, when this AI bubble (because it's a bubble) pops, and it's going to be a complete mess. We are going to see companies implode literally overnight, borrowing is going to lock up, and it's going to fuck up supply chains. At a time when they need people to bear down, but everyones been forced to RTO against their will, for flat paychecks while these assholes hoard all the cash flow for themselves at staggering levels.
Personally I think it's going to make the Great Resignation look like a picnic. I'm not always right, in fact I seldom am sometimes, but I'm starting to think the pendulum swings wildly in the employees favor on this one. When shit goes sideways, that's going to also be the moment of the boomer implosion, where all the seventy year old execs and the mid to later 50s guys and gals leave with the bags, and I mean the job needs done, now in a challenging environment maybe. But you've pissed most of your employees off with this AI shit and their flat paychecks, to the point where sure they are hanging on collecting a cheque, but most everybody has quiet quit on you. Could be interesting, maybe.
Use it against them. Remember the distortion can work with you, as well as against you.
My work was doing the whole "AI AI AI, use AI" blah blah blah thing. I used it at my annual review, where I showed I should have both an executive title and my salary should be about $200k higher. I also told my team and my fellow coworkers to do the same.
It's funny how we haven't heard boo from the executive about AI for about 3 or 4 months now.
This goes both ways, right? Malicious compliance and all of that.
Your biggest threats in Canada are actually the cold (threat #1), shit drivers (threat #2) Methanys and the crack heads (I would argue threat #4). Racism is like threat #612,987 on a list that includes everything from death from diabetes by maple syrup (threat #34 on the list), to getting eaten by a grizzly bear (threat #3 to #490 depending on where you are). Or stomped by a moose (a threat that can run a range of #1 to #7 both depending where you are or if you are trying to pet it).
The problem with Bernie, is he's just unfortunately about 30 years ahead of his time. He's universally almost always right (IMO), but you also can't completely expect a system to flip itself on its head overnight. He's doing the important work, and laying important foundations. The crappy part is, he's probably not going to be around for the time it actually starts to take effect.