It becomes easier to tolerate a roommate that is being an asshole, when that roommate sleeps with a shotgun and landmines around their room.

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

I second the IRA strategy. If your company is not matching 401K, open an IRA. It will and can move with you from employer to employer and you have control of what sort of IRA you want to open, with which company, etc. The only real benefit if a 401K is employer matching. So if they don’t do it, it is not really worth…

Those are great examples of how to get in the practice of negotiating and knowing it is OK to do it. I think you and the folks you have talked to are right on the mark about the perception of negotiation. It is a way to find a solution, not a confrontation. For the salary examples, a business is going to want to…

A huge problem with roundabouts in the US is that not every state or even locality uses the same layout, rules, etc. they add traffic lights, yields in strange locations, have full intersections running through the middle of them. It makes it hard for US motorists to understand what is a pretty simple system.

Hey if 5 hour energy can do it.. she can. Right? ;) Well maybe she is not pushing caffeine, but still.

Not a fan of Chase. I have several credit cards, none really ever carry a balance. I use my Discover for cash back and use it EVERYWHERE I can, like a ATM card. If I do need to roll a payment over into the next month, the interest is way lower than what Chase was asking. Again, since I don’t normally carry a balance,…

Not a fan of Chase. I have several credit cards, none really ever carry a balance. I use my Discover for cash back…

Yup. I am sure they thought to themselves at the gate... “I could go now but fuck it... I will wait until we board and go then” Or.. perhaps they have a medical condition that makes it difficult to control exactly when they go, or maybe they are just ill, or maybe they have to wash up, or have to fix a contact lens.

The more it is valued, I would also imagine the insurance company would have some requirements to protect it from such accidents, like placing it behind some sort of glass. There is always a risk assessment for things like this. You don’t say, put a $50 million fragile art piece in the open foyer of a busy museum and…

Understood. Hence the term... often. Point is that some electrical issue that causes an issue with gauges will impact any newer car, regardless of a dial or numerical style speedometer.

If you are feeling like garbage from a perspective employer, you are right... you may want to reexamine if you want to work there. However, asking for some info, that you may or may not provide freely, and that can give them an advantage in a salary negotiation, is not treating anyone like garbage. That is a straight…

Good for you. I really do dislike that tactic. If they said “We are just going to verify it later” I would question that. It is absolutely zero business of a future employer to know your old salary. You don’t owe them back taxes or are you opening a loan. If they company wants to do a credit check, I believe that is…

Because you can. I am all for equality and everyone getting the same treatment. However, salary is a negotiation like any other. I want something you have, and will pay for it. How much do you want for it? Would you take less? This is done on an individual basis. The only time you may opt to pay more, is if if they…

Even cars with an analog speedometer often are pulling ‘telemetry’ from the car’s computer to change the value of the speedometer. It is not actually an analog, it just looks like one.

The difference is ‘he’ is still dead. His digital copy is alive and well.

You do see the difference in your story and Musk though right? You don’t want to be an account. That is fair and don’t think anyone would fault you for that. But if your dad hired a bunch of accountants that loved accounting, don’t you think they may keep the company going, assuming he still did not leave it to you to…

I am not saying you are wrong, but you do make quite a few serious assumptions. One major one is what a super-intelligent human would look like and how a super-intelligent human would see the rest of humanity. We have really no context to gauge that. Also knowledge will likely be more pervasive and easy for the…

I think it is funny that anyone expects anything Trump says or does as ‘making sense’.

I plan at hiding at ground zero standing in the open. Because if that is the world we are going to have, I don’t want to be part of it any longer.

Seems like a grand idea. Think the president and congress should both be our first explorers to Mars. A virile president, with large hands, would definitely want to do some space exploration! ;)