As a professional procrastinator, even the title makes immediate sense, and has already helped me reframe my to-do list. I'll read the rest of it ...later.
Readit NewsI don’t like how the article recommends stainless steel straws. Those are a great way to cause damage to your teeth/mouth, especially for kids.
Maybe we should treat straws as a wonderful accessibility product that most people shouldn’t use regularly.
If you’ve ever bought a Starbucks iced drink you know that really the only beverage the company sells that needs a straw is a Frappuccino. All those years of selling straws and all Starbucks needed to do was put a properly shaped/size hole on the lid.
Yeah, I don't regularly use straws, but when I do, I just need/"need" a straw and really hate having an inferior straw. For whatever reason, I just really hate stainless steel straws.
Not only are there much bigger priorities, but it's also ridiculous in some forms, and that creates another type of distraction from what actually matters.
Can you even buy anything with a $10 gift card these days? Maybe a coffee?
Why did it take them over a year and a half to disclose this?
Something, something, national security?
Hilariously, "chalice" is a strong swear word in Quebec French, so there the name of this product is roughly equivalent to "AWS Fuck".
I think that was the codename for their billing module.
u32480932048 commented on If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO nytimes.com/2024/05/28/te... · Posted by u/hodgesrm
There are companies registered in the UK where all of the company officers are other companies. I don't know if this is legal (the registrar, Companies House, is notoriously lax) but it's definitely a thing.
It's definitely legal (and not uncommon) in the US, but you can at least trace it up to a human at some point. Those humans, at least in theory, can be held accountable, even if it's their shell company's shell company that broke the law.
The new FinCEN BOI reporting requirement seems to be an attempt to make that easier. I don't see them accepting URLs as company officers any time soon.
OTOH, there are also towns with dogs and cats as mayors, but I suspect being elected makes the difference there.
I guess the only way to know for sure is to try, but I can't see the tax people accepting "my dog is the CEO and ate the taxes and ChatGPT was our treasurer, so collect from them", for example.
But I've been surprised before.
u32480932048 commented on If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO nytimes.com/2024/05/28/te... · Posted by u/hodgesrm
At the end of the day, a business still needs a human to sign on the line and be registered with the state.
Until I can submit an App ID as a responsible party, I'm guessing CEOs will be here to stay.
> I consider wanting to be more productive very lame, like you’ve been cucked by the patriarchy and capitalism
This is a common sentiment in Los Angeles and abroad, but I can relate to everything this person is saying as a resident of Los Angeles. There is not a peer group here to make you ambitious, and it’s slowed down my productivity in comparison to when I was in NYC or SF.
But you can fix this, it’s all about speaking in LA lingo.
For example, I tell people “I’m motivated by abundance”, which is spiritual speak for “making money via unbridled capitalism”. And “the universe sent me an idea” instead of my own late stage capitalist actions, as this crowd doesn’t hold themselves accountable for their actions, but you can mold that to your own ends
You’d think it was insufferable, until you saw the women that this engagement farms
Keep manifesting, fam!
Ever see a minimum required purchase for using a credit card? Same kind of deal. You might not be able to make sales below a certain threshold on their own and remain profitable. Is that eBay's fault or yours?