Well, they are supposed to get cool stuff other people don't. Duh.

It's how it's done. Very few people have ~7K sitting around for moving costs and FLD for a new place you haven't seen yet. Never mind househunting in SF is totally different from anywhere else I've ever lived. There's no "tour", the senior renter opens the front door and says "there it is" because you're probably…

You should do some networking over at The Mary Sue.

Given wikipedia's well-known gender problem, I wouldn't even apply.

Some don't bother, some of them can't. There are a lot of people on the spectrum in coding for a reason.

I notice that the disdain for English degrees also extends to communications, as though that's just something everyone does well, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.

Engineers don't communicate, by definition :D

I hear you. When I moved there, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and what I found set me on the track I'm still on.

Yikes, one of the things that kept me from working on the Peninsula was…the people on the Peninsula. I was just back out last fall for the Open House at Moffett Field. I was amazed at how many mixed (black+) families I saw, and how few just white families were there. It was a very Asian-heavy crowd, which was awesome,…

I lived alone in North Oakland for ten years. I pay more for my current studio in downtown St. Paul, MN. Energy bills were dang near nonexistent, pubtrans was plentiful, and food was dirt cheap. My overall cost of living is higher in MN.

Especially non-Northern Californians.

Only 79?

Because VeeJack is too erratic for actual television.

Does anybody really know what time it is?

It's not like his Lady Gaga impression is all that great, just sayin'.

Oooh, upping the level of difficulty. Well played.

He has a very fine sense of humor, he just has no other delivery than "deadpan". I saw him lecture at my alma mater about 15 years ago. I was the only one laughing. He looked out at the audience and said, "Someone gets it".

Get thee to a punnery! Srsly, made my day. Thanks y'all.

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