I don’t even know why they charge such high prices.

I don’t work in academia but I am curious about thing and look up papers all the time.

I have never bought a single one at those ridiculous prices. But if they were reasonable like $1-$3 or something I probably would have an di imagine a lot of people would have.

You make more if 100 people buy a $1 item than 3 people buying a $30 item and the world benefits more.

Why would they need network access? Just have it record the numbers onto a portable drive then upload the results somewhere else that has access.

Is it too much work for poll people to transfer a usb stick to a laptop at the end of the day?

Ya I’m sure I could find cheaper, but I currently get 150gb data. I’m on the road a lot for work and also have a cabin with no internet access other than through data so I can go through a fair bit.

My main point is that my plans were typically never being increased, only ever offered a decrease.

I hire for our company and a cover letter is definitely helpful in choosing who to interview since a resume doesn’t always give a lot of useful information that helps us.

I don’t care about your intentions for working, of course it’s money or experience or whatever.

But things like hobbies, travel experiences, location and relocation opportunities, etc all have a factor on if I choose to interview them and often a lot of that doesn’t get included in resumes.

As a treat it’s worth it once in a while but definitely not regularly unless you are quite wealthy.

I’ve personally never had a problem with price hikes? If anything my bill has gone down randomly over the years.

I was with Rogers and then they said hey, switch to fido and get the same stuff for $10 less so I did. Was fine for a few years. Then Rogers had a deal and I switched back, got more data for $10 less.

Started at $80/month and now at $60/month with way more data than I’ll ever need.

You vote by selling your stock if you disagree.

Are more than 50% of shares not owned by Musk? If not, a vote wouldn’t even matter.

Ah, simple. Roman numerals. 1,2,2,50

Home delivery is quite a bit less secure than community mailboxes.

Community mailboxes all have locked boxes with a designated key to access…

There are very few household mailboxes that have anything to secure the mail. Either it’s a box on the street or a box on your porch, or a slot in your front door maybe.

The street boxes and porch boxes rarely have keys or locks. Anyone can take your mail.

Back in 2016 I got a letter saying I was overplayed like $1800 or something (Pheonix pay system fiasco). Write back asking for the documentation/calculations/proof before I relayed and then never heard a word back from them and no one ever followed up.

Stupid that they will chase $0.20 from someone though, I’m sure there are higher priorities to work on.

I’m not saying multigenerational housing is a bad thing, I’m just saying it shouldn’t* be the only option for a lot of people who would prefer to have their own space. I’m in a multi-generational household myself and it has its benefits and faults.

You shouldn’t be forced to live that way because it’s you’re only option though

People shouldn’t be guaranteed home delivery because of their address.

There should be community mailboxes as a standard and then if you have a mobility issue you apply for home delivery.

At the moment there are many people who aren’t impaired that get home delivery who don’t really need it and cost tax payers more money. Those resources should be directed to those that need it on a case by case basis.

The people saying living in a multi-generational home isn’t so bad are also the most likely to complain that the country is turning into a third world country (where multi-generational homes are common) because of immigration.

Not only that, they admitted that it is only “most” users that understand it’s not accurate.

What about the rest? Just fuck em I guess? Let them eat poisonous mushrooms and wire their life savings away to a Nigerian prince.

Makes sense. If you account for 2.5% inflation each year $20 back then must have been like, trillions. I’d leave the ocean too.

Not sure how you can factor it into house pricing. People will be unwilling to pay such high prices for a risky investment, simple market dynamics.

Insurance would be more able to accomodate though.

I’m surprised Xbox never sued them for the button layout.

Not terrible to use the same letter but the colours being the same is pretty blatant copying.

It would be really weird going to work at 5am instead of 8am, despite the sun being out

Not the person you responded to, and I generally don’t camp in the left lane, but when I am in the left lane and actively passing someone, more often than not there’s some dude behind me that can’t even wait for me to get 20’-30’ in front of the vehicle in the right lane before I switch and they speed up and wedge themselves through the gap on and angle between us to zoom off.

Unfortunately stuff like this is why some people don’t vote for Democrats.

A lot of them don’t know what a metaphor is so regular talk like this makes them feel stupid.