

In the era before the average net worth of a Congress person was in the tens of millions, it made sense because it prevented them from their wages being held hostage.


In the era before the average net worth of a Congress person was in the tens of millions, it made sense because it prevented them from their wages being held hostage.


You’re facing an extra tough time right now because computing has optimized the hiring process so much, it’s difficult to get your foot in the door, and geopolitics are complicating things.
You’ll need to keep in mind that 21 is still quite early in your life, and the world and pop culture really pushes an “instant success” mindset that sets all the wrong expectations.
You’ll need to do several things, unfortunately all at once. First, deeply understand personal finances. Understand that you need to “pay yourself first” (savings/investments) and then what’s left over is what you have to manage expenses and debts. If you keep yourself out of debt you’re better off. Bogleheads Wiki changed the way I viewed my money: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page
You’re going to have to continue school. You need an Associate’s at a minimum. Go to a public community or municipal college. With an AA from here, most states will grant you automatic admission to public state universities. Research this. Regardless of what your views are on the utility of college degrees, you have to play the game. A college degree is a clearing house to larger companies. Trade school, is another option.
You’re going to have to work, to finance your costs of living plus your education investments, unless you’ve got someone or some financial instruments which let you focus on school.
With respect to college specifically, you’ll get out of it what you put in. Many folks will say it’s a waste, that “they didn’t learn anything new” while they went through. Well, that just signals to me they phoned it in; maybe they got lucky and got a break on their job, too.
From there, you’ll have your personal finances on lock, and one or two degrees (AA and a BA, and maybe a certificate or two) and you’ll be much more competitive.
The real game changer after all this is networking. The saying goes: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. The best jobs don’t get posted to corporate websites, or if they do, they’re posted for labor law compliance and they already have a candidate in mind. Become a master at socializing (≠ partying), hint: it’s mostly just listening to other people.
It takes time. Be patient. Stay focused. You’ll get there.


There is a lot to be said for the differences here.


In the US at least, the constitutional requirements for being elected to the presidency do not prevent felons from being elected, and there are good arguments for this. A weaponized judicial system can be used to oust or prevent political opponents from gaining the presidency.


It’s what plants crave.
To be real, the worst part isn’t that we’re joking about it; it’s that it’s already happened:



In short: No.


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I use this a lot.


All my homies use a circular one:



Only from an outside perspective. Inside the black hole it’s already next Tuesday.


I’ll think about it.


This may seem counter-intuitive, but air in this case is the problem, so filling it less introduces more air (which is compressible) versus liquids which are generally incompressible.
But OP mentioned the bottles they use are not great so the problem they face may really be about getting better containers.


There at the end he revealed the point of the exercise; it wasn’t to have a functioning disk, but to push one’s individual skill boundaries and learn new ways to solve problems. If the disk worked at the end then it would be a double benefit, but that wasn’t the point.
It’s a lot like learning to fly or sail a boat. Are there more economical means of travel? Absolutely. But in doing these things we gain new tools to solve adjacent problems.
Do I have a need to finely and evenly spread a magnetic slurry? Nope. But the wire-wrapped rod may very well help me out in the future!


Approximately the surface area of 9,476 cats.
E: Multiply by the length of 12 elephant trunks to get to the 28Ha.


Please think of the CEOs—they need a new yacht for when they’ve flown in on their G4 to the Hamptons and their summer yacht is in San Diego.


The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present.
—Terminator, 1984


If a company can own a copyright to the Eiffel Tower at night, then individuals ought to be able to own their own image and likeness, and have that encoded as a fundamental right.


I’ve heard it put as all life is suffering. It can be a bit dark, depending on one’s headspace, but liberating if simply accepted.


Are there actually people out there not paying attention
Have you ever been to a Costco?
I heard there is a browser extension which does this