andrewrgross

It sounds like there's no fundamental disagreement between us. It sounds like the only difference is one of attitude.

I worry sometimes that people express frustration with the state of things as though articulating what people should do might serve as a road map to getting them to do it. But getting people to do it requires understanding why they don't.

This is true. But it's incomplete.

We do not have a functioning democracy. Most people feel that. Voting works when there are candidates with voting for, and votes translate into change, but when the system has been hollowed out by money and judicial capture and voting rules designed to prevent actual change, we are in a bind.

Will voting fix this? No, not singularly. So voting doesn't make a difference? Absolutely not! It's still one of our most powerful tools, even as weakend as it is!

Vote ... and March. Vote... and boycott. Vote... and disrupt. Vote... and organize your neighbors.

We can't stop voting, but that can't be our biggest or only tool. And everyone needs to understand this.

Okay. I don't really have anything to add to that. Good luck though.

These are good questions. I don't know. First, what state are you in? Second, does she have any coworkers? Also, does she know anyone in a similar field? If she went to school, does she know any classmates or teachers who might have advice?

Also: can this be automated? Nowadays, you can have a large language model code a lot of things. Could she instruct one to write a python or bash script to reduce since of the work?

Ultimately, I think she should keep looking for better work. But I know that can be challenging.

This is very stupid in the best possible way

Hell yeah baby

I think that as someone else pointed out, this is just a reflection of their tastes.

In a long running series like this, it's not surprising that when every show is trying to find new conceptual territory, someone would go this way.

That looks very pretty. How old is the kid?

I see Teslas in the bay area with bumper stickers that say things like "I didn't know he was nuts when I bought this"

I'm not surprised he'd think this. But I am that he'd be dumb enough to say it.

Oh! Apologies, I just saw that someone else said something relevant and decided to post my comment as a reply to them instead of a top level comment. Sorry for the confusion!

I'm from Pittsburgh. I think we ran a cross country meet in Hershey once.

The amusement park and factory tour are all quite charming. It's hard to recommend one make a dedicated trip, but if anyone is ever on a road trip nearby, it's worth the detour to stop by for a day.

Then again, my recommendation is 20 years old. It could be either better or worse now.