graedus
> Even though I have top notch viewing gear properly configured and calibrated
Any chance you'd be willing to share a few details about this?
> While some pre-compressed streamed film content looks quite good when delivered via a streaming service willing to devote sufficient encoding time and delivery bitrate, it's still hit and miss.
Which streaming services are doing things right in your view?
I might be taking this bit of hyperbole(?) too literally, but while this might be a common trajectory for young professionals, it obviously doesn't cover everyone.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpgd7/the-mystery-of-fcking...
So yes, still hiring quite a lot of people, just fewer than originally planned.
: a foolish or worthless person
"friend track"
big fan of this one, reminds me of selected ambient works era aphex twin
That's amusing, I didn't know about it before. Looks like the story broke 10 years ago:
https://hothardware.com/news/at-capital-one-different-browse...
https://consumerist.com/2010/11/01/capital-one-made-me-diffe...
There was a nice little examination of this phenomenon, dubbed YouTube Face, a couple of years ago.
Article: https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2018/04/your-pretty-face-is-goi...
I was taking issue with the specific idiom used. "Biting the hand that feeds you" often carries with it a moral dimension, and is usually used in cases where you repay kindness or generosity with some kind of bad behavior. If your employer hires you in exchange for a compensation package, they typically do so because they calculated that your labor would provide them value above and beyond what they are paying you. It's not kindness, it's not a gift, it's not to be compared to a master feeding his/her pet dog because of love.
edit:
I'd again suggest another perspective in response to this sentence:
> Every bit of money, and everything I've bought from it, has been from my employers, from pizza delivery to robotics.
Your skills, your time and your (presumably) hard work were the source of value that you provided to your employer in exchange for money and benefits such as health insurance. I don't know your specific situation, but maybe it's possible that you could choose to provide them to a different employer, maybe for even more money.
Here is a different view: don't expose your most vulnerable and precarious employees to a deadly virus by failing to take the necessary precautions to protect them while they keep your company running.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...
Here's the HN post from April 2016:
How are you defining "we" here?
It stands for manufacturer's suggested retail price, but I guess your point stands because it is only a _suggested_ price. Still, I can't remember ever being charged more than MSRP, although perhaps it's happened without me noticing.