1. bthater Mar 12, 2025 parent

   The super anachronistic output makes this really difficult. One of the examples was the battle in the war of the roses but all the imagery suggests over a hundred years later.
2. bthater Jan 27, 2023 parent

   Maybe I am missing a point, but both Amazon and Microsoft have devices that they manufacture and distribute. While they may not be profitable at the price they are sold they provide value to customers that isn't conjured from air. Additionally they also sell access to data services, while the data may not by physical, the data centers are physical objects that are designed and built by both AWS and Microsoft.
3. bthater Jan 19, 2023 parent

   Is there any information as to what they violated that is resulting in the fine? This article is particularly sparse on details.
4. bthater Jan 17, 2023 parent

   Seems to just be Seattle tax, I had to get a water line replaced in my home and the quotes were $2-7k higher than I've seen suggested in other regions. Tradework here is inflated likely by the salaries of tech workers in the city.
5. bthater Nov 22, 2022 parent

   Oof that hits a sore spot. I was the 2016 Winner of the Ugliest Shirts Award at one of the first technology companies I worked at. Being singled out in front of all your peers for poor fashion sense and then the ensuing obligatory laugh ruined my opinion of that company's leadership. I would strongly encourage anyone in a professional environment (especially those in leadership roles) to keep comments on appearance to yourself.
6. bthater Oct 25, 2022 parent

   At least anecdotally this push was the final push I needed to stop using reddit. I went from probably browsing for a few hours a day to maybe once or twice a month when a friend links me a post.
7. bthater Sep 12, 2022 parent

   This was my experience in schooling two decades ago. I had the same teacher for Grades 1, 4 and 7. This teacher and I did not work well together and I noticeably got worse grades in grades 4 and 7 than I had in the surrounding years.

   I am sure the teacher was sick of me by the third year as well.

8. bthater Aug 17, 2022 parent

   The latter group can unionize like the tenants union of Washington[1]. Unions can lobby on the behalf of their members and make campaign donations based on their dues. While their power may not be as great as the amount of individual homeowners who can independently donate a union is a good mechanism here for renters to advocate for affordable housing. Here in Seattle there are multiple unions that have lobbied to local city council members for increased tenants rights such as 6 month notice for increase in rent[2]. _Things_ are being done about the problem at the local level across the country through unionization of renters and workers.

   [1]: https://tenantsunion.org/ [2]: https://council.seattle.gov/2021/09/27/sawant-congratulates-...

9. bthater May 6, 2020 parent

   Delivery is profitable for dominos. But the real money, well that is in garlic bread.

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