This is what I tell my wife when she calls us “wealthy”. We make great money, but we still need to work. I’m not complaining, I have a great situation. “Wealth” implies generational wealth. “Rich”? Maybe, since we can afford things. No second house, a nice trip or two a year. I have some money working for me but not enough to live off it exclusively. That’s the goal though.

While simultaneously increasing grocery prices.

Exactly. Things last a lot longer than people think.

I am you, and most of my friends (American) are kind of grossed out by me. Lots of people live by the “expiration” date on the package, regardless of what condition the food is in. Food doesn’t just instantly convert to arsenic the moment the date passes, idiots. Many refuse to even eat leftovers. The amount of food waste is appalling.

Didn’t think I would either. But I’m 48, so there’s a decent chance. Protect your hearing and brush your teeth.

all work until I’m 50

Uh, hate to break it to you….

“Don’t piss uphill”

The big corps I’ve been at have always been toxic. Part of that was an inability to get anything done due to the stifling bureaucracy. I wish I had gotten lucky at a big place, but oh well.

I shy away from large corporate roles, so the rule may be different there.

Never go back to an old job. It’s like breaking up with a girlfriend, there will always be a distrust associated with it. Give the new job a year and if it sucks, find a new one.

Any day now….

Read to slow what?

Yeah, understandable. But I don’t think this would be “on-board”. So it would have to connect to a service or whatever. I just have a visceral negative reaction to attaching “AI” to everything.

Why the fuck would your Arduino board need access to “AI”?

In kindergarten, I was in a pencil-sharpening contest with 2 girls. They colluded to say I lost, and my sense of justice was insulted. So I declared that “girls are toilets” and spent the next hour in time-out.

The never-ending purity tests are so exhausting. “You’re not a real vegan, you eat fermented food which kills the yeast!”

Don’t worry, that’ll be the US before too long. Then we won’t have to travel to see it!

Otherwise-smart people who just throw their hands up and say, “I just can’t do this high tech stuff!”

Motherfucker it’s easier to operate than your car, how do you even live

Cool! I liked Boston when I visited, but I’m the opposite of you weather-wise. I really need to find a progressive place with warm weather. SoCal comes to mind, but $$$

What is this magical city? I’m not being snarky, I promise