[–] 8 points 12 hours ago

Can't be fired but can't be trusted either. I'm sure he's smart but if you're going to have an affair as the head of an industry the US desperately wants to keep away from the Chinese, maybe don't have one with a Chinese national? And certainly not a Chinese national that is the head of a Chinese company that wants the technology the US desperately wants to keep them from having.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I've spent time in three cities with excellent public transportation (relative to LA): New York City, Tokyo, and Osaka. I was a vacationer so maybe it's different for residents but being able to access pretty much any part of the cities at almost any time of the day without worrying about parking or gas was like a superpower. Meanwhile when I lived in Pasadena, taking the train to Santa Monica was only slightly faster than biking there.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    volume 22. 2 stars. I feel like 100 pages could be animated in 30 seconds. I don't think it's possible to draw the agonizing descriptions of how various powers work or how strong everyone is relative to each other so if they stick to stuff that actually happens we're talking like 20 key frames max for the last 6 volumes.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    I wasn't in the gifted and talented program, I was the president! My sophomore year my friends packed the club whose only requirement was being in an honors or AP class and elected me president. Sadly, my only gift was a really good memory which kept me towards the top of my class through high school but was no help in college. I barely passed the AP calculus test and it really screwed me over. It took me 7 months to learn a quarter's worth of college calculus and starting in calc II with a 10 week schedule was not confidence inspiring. Barely passing that class first try only set me further back until I hit my absolute limit with differential equations. I straight up changed majors after improving from an F to a D on a retake of the class. I spent 5 years in college and left 6 units short of my degree. I entered the workforce as a glorified secretary where I stayed for 25 years. I finally cracked $100k in that last year but I quit because I hated the job and was not earning the money they were paying me. I moved back in with my parents at 43. Having only ever contributed the bare minimum to receive the company match, even with no rent I still blew through my retirement savings over 3 years of unemployment and then started work at a government call center at 40% of my ending pay at my last job. 3 years later I barely make $50k, someone I got hired with just made manager and I never even applied for a senior role. Even if I was once considered gifted, being lazy trumped any advantage that could've granted.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    I got an OG Pixel Fold refurb for tree fiddy last year. Folded up it's smaller than most modern phones but is still not a one-hander. Until then I'd use a pixel A phone and tether an ipad mini to it. The Fold's inner screen is good for reading but meh for content consumption. I've ordered the new OLED ipad mini and am open to using anything as a new hotspot once my Fold conks out.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago

    I used to post my watches, sneakers, pc builds, headphones, 'shroom grows, and handheld gaming systems on reddit for karma. I sought redemption and envy for what, my ability to waste money on stuff I barely use? I finally sold 4 PCs I never used and am fighting myself from building a new PC that I would never use that would cost more than any of the builds I sold and would have weaker performance.

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