We had tons of help and the easiest baby ever, and I think I managed to pull off two 15-minute gaming sessions in the 4 weeks I had saved up.
Also: company established 3 months paternity leave about 6 months after I came back to work. I’ve never identified more with the boomers who oppose student loan forgiveness out of jealousy.
vendor whose major investors include Thiel’s Founders Fund
To be fair, most SaaS vendors probably have investors associated with the nerd reich
Money is fine. Financialization is not.
The references in that video contradict its own content.
There is no evidence, historical or contemporary, of a society in which barter is the main mode of exchange;[27][26] instead, non-monetary societies operated largely along the principles of gift economy and debt.[25][24] When barter did in fact occur, it was usually between either complete strangers or potential enemies.[29]
The documentary “Finding The Money” has a takedown of this exact myth (Link to timestamp)
Not exactly. If you’re interested in the history of money and how it works, you should check out Finding The Money
Slavery
Source: https://wiki.c2.com/?ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent
(Sorry dude, my time was limited by how long I could spare poopin in-between meetings.)
The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said “Master, I have heard that objects are a very good thing - is this true?” Qc Na looked pityingly at his student and replied, “Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man’s closures.”
Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell, intent on studying closures. He carefully read the entire “Lambda: The Ultimate…” series of papers and its cousins, and implemented a small Scheme interpreter with a closure-based object system. He learned much, and looked forward to informing his master of his progress.
On his next walk with Qc Na, Anton attempted to impress his master by saying “Master, I have diligently studied the matter, and now understand that objects are truly a poor man’s closures.” Qc Na responded by hitting Anton with his stick, saying “When will you learn? Closures are a poor man’s object.” At that moment, Anton became enlightened.
Don’t trust internet strangers to weigh in on this. Talk to a therapist or someone you trust to thoroughly consider the details that you haven’t (and shouldn’t) share here. Without the details, we’re just guessing, but even then a single post-and-reply exchange is not a good substitute for a full IRL conversation.
I’ll let someone much smarter than me speak to this:
Exclusive, luxury
Hey there, cutter.
If you’re really after the deconstruction aspect, then I’m not sure there’s a whole lot out there. But if you zoom out to the level of “methodically tinkering with a system that requires careful attention”, there’s a lot of those.
Hardship Breakspacer is part of a (pseudo-)genre known as “dad games”.
On the “hardcore nerd” end of the spectrum, there’s even:
A little more chill:
Edit: Or for the “scraping my way through out in space” vibe, but less tinkering:
Edit 2: Also, repair is probably an applicable theme:
The horrible names of these things…
o4-mini, not to be confused with 4o-mini
And 4o, not to be confused with 4 (aka 4.0 or v4, but 4V is different)
The loot boxes require skill? How?
Found this study, but no mention of skill influencing the outcome of opening a loot box.
Star Ocean
X axis: % of public support a measure
Y axis: % of legislators who support a measure
AI has ruined the rhetorical technique of “this isn’t just <basic neutral descriptor> — it’s <related descriptor with specific connotation>”
Not my own invention, but I’m glad you appreciated it: https://www.thenerdreich.com/