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Apparently, it was Meta that was the other main contender to hire him. Mark Zuckerberg was impressed by OpenClaw, but, I guess OpenAI wound up outbidding him. It is surprising that Anthropic and Google had little interest.
There is no excuse for corruption. However, everyone in all countries should ask themselves whether or not most of the representatives in their congress/parliament would, if investigated, be found guilty of the same sort of corruption. Power corrupts.
From the tone of your post, you might be suffering from a bit of burnout. If that's the case, then I would recommend taking any extremely low paying and low stress retail job for the rest of this year. Perhaps, when January rolls around, having had a chance to mentally decompress, you might once again consider a position in the startup world. In this job market, given your situation, you're going to have a really tough time applying for jobs at large companies while hoping to beat out all the other job applicants for that $150K+ position. If you're willing to consider taking a lower salary, I would recommend that you focus on applying for jobs at tiny startups where money is tight and the base salary they are offering is $100K or less. A lower salary means that there will be fewer job applicants that you have to beat out for the position. Right now, it might sting to take a lower salary, but, the job market might pick up in a year or two, and then it might be a lot easier to land a high paying position.
This was even a real problem back in 2007 !!
I will agree that you could say that, at $5, he's ripping people off by taking advantage of people who are desperate for even one minute of human interaction. If he priced it at $1, would he still be unethical and exploitative? Does everything have to be free? At even that price, is it still a ripoff? For me, the answer would be determined by the value of his feedback to people.
Your psychedelic dreams have come true...
https://store.atariage.com/products/adventure-plus-atari-260...
I think they meant to post this link:
It's amazing to watch absurdly futuristic tech from 1960's TV become reality. I'm used to seeing that from Star Trek, but this one is from "The Prisoner".
https://arkhavencomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-...
It is because you are looking for remote work. Drop that, and you'll quickly succeed. Linked In reports that remote jobs get double the number of applicants. I'd say most people have no idea how much harder it is to land a remote job.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindsaykohler/2024/04/02/fully-...
There have been plenty of moments in history where if a country doesn't resort to conscription then it won't continue to exist. If a country exists in a rough neighborhood, then its people must, unfortunately, expect to be enslaved for a few years of their life. In some ways, humanity has made little progress in the last hundred years. It's a shame that some large countries continue to have leaders that are so determined to expand the size of their country no matter the cost. It's also a shame that so many countries continue to trade with such tyrants.
Ukraine seems to be trying to find a middle ground here. Until recently, they only drafted men over the age of 27 (last month it was lowered to 25). Of course, even that age is still going to wreck your demographics. On the other hand, I'm not sure that retired old people have enough stamina to last long on the battlefield. Many of Ukraine's units have been fighting for over a year with no R&R.
There's probably no single cause for such a short average tenure length. However, Marcus Lemonis always blames high turnover on bad management. Every time a boss tries to argue with that premise he immediately shuts them down.
You should mention something about your content moderation or "community guidelines". I'm sure you'll (if you haven't already) establish appropriate policies to ensure you don't wind up hosting illegal content. You might even want to consider doling out "blue checkmarks" for trusted video producers.
On what seemed to be the final button click, I got an error message. Perhaps clicking that last button should result in the button somehow indicating the app is processing the results so that people don't click the button again.
You should try to come up with some yardstick for measuring your monthly results. If you can show that you've been delivering value for your subscribers in the past month, and how your paying users could have cashed in using that information, then that might persuade some free users to start paying.
Stay at your job another year. After that, if we're not in a recession, then start looking for your next job. This month, student loan repayments begin, and that could be the event that finally triggers a recession during the first half of 2024. With the large layoffs that have been occurring recently, we may already be heading into a tech job recession.
I've tried out the game and it was a lot of fun. It would be even more fun if there was a built in way for multiple people to play simultaneously where everyone could chat about the decisions and then when everyone has made their choice, then everyone moves on to the next step in the game. Perhaps you could integrate the game with some sort of already existing chat service.
A dangerous move, indeed! It's not the greatest employment market to be taking such a risk. Having said that, you have to weigh ALL of the risks for your situation. Since you fear you might be on the verge of burnout, my opinion is that you must take a break despite the risks. I say this because I once knew someone who suffered burnout, and it took them FOUR YEARS to finally be able to return to the work force. A four month self-imposed break looks a lot better than four years of being unable to work. You may struggle to find work if we wind up in a recession four months from now, but a four month break after so many years in the industry should not raise any big red flags with employers. You don't want to work for any manager who would label you as lazy for taking four months off after so many years.
Absolutely! Anyone from the past who succeeded at marketing and building a business empire would today be using whatever gets results.
Sounds like an episode of "Black Mirror". If they load this chat service into a robot, we will be chillingly close to the Twilight Zone's episode of "Uncle Simon".
This might sound crazy, but, since you don't have a degree, I suggest you don't waste your time applying for remote positions. Since lots of people want to work from home, the applicant pool for those positions is typically extremely competitive. Your biggest problem is that, with time, your bootcamp completion will become less important to employers. Since time is not on your side, I recommend that you increase the geographic radius you're applying to by 500 miles each month. You also might want to try to find tiny startups (in a subject area that interests you) that are hiring and have a tech stack that you utilized in your bootcamp. If you e-mail those tiny startups a customized pitch regarding why you really want to work for them, you might get lucky.
Be careful where you move to get free healthcare. Lots of countries have free healthcare. However, since you're worried about getting cancer when you are old, you also need to consider that, in a lot of countries that offer free healthcare by rationing it, you may have to wait several months to get the cancer treatment you need to survive. You could wind up dying while waiting for your scheduled "free" surgery. As you might imagine, cancer can spread very quickly if left untreated. The links below cover cancer waiting times in Canada and the UK. It's sad to read some of the comments mentioning a four month wait to get treated for cancer.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/waiting-...
https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2023/08/10/cancer-waiting-...
Since most people would prefer critical services to be free and promptly rendered, it wouldn't surprise me if people wanted to dispute the above links. Since I would also love to live in a perfect world, it would be great if someone could provide data on countries that offer free (and timely!) cancer treatment or if they could find data to refute the above links.
That web site is great fun! I went 2 for 2. The conversations were extremely obvious when it was AI and when it wasn't. I wonder why the site will become unavailable after 6/28/2023? Seems odd it would simply disappear after only a day or two.
It sounds like you've exhausted things like recommendations from people you know in real life and on social media. There are a ton of Facebook groups for any and all medical situations. People in a suitable FB group might be able to provide you with all sorts of advice. If you live in a densely populated area, that can make it harder to find a good doctor. In areas with less population density, the pace of life is slower, and there's less competition for resources (and health care is a resource). If you live in the USA, you can browse the link below where you can set the location and the types of expertise you want. I hope you quickly find a doctor who can solve your problem. In the past, I've had my own medical struggles, and on multiple occasions I've been astounded by what finally solved a seemingly intractable medical condition.
If you haven't tried going to a naturopathic/holistic doctor, that might help. If you've already been to that sort of physician, you might want to get a second opinion. It sounds like you've already covered the basics like getting your vitamin D levels and vitamin B levels checked. You might be one doctor visit away from a permanent solution to a temporary problem. When I found my current physician, I learned how mediocre my previous doctors were. It wasn't that hard for me to find a quality physician. The problem was that, not being a medical expert myself, I simply had no idea that my previous doctors were so deficient.
This situation is morally a bit muddled. For that reason, it is not a "teachable moment". I'd let this slide.
The article mentions that instituting a 0.5% tax made the coin flipping exercise much fairer. Since the income tax rates in the USA are way higher than that, it seems like I might be able to conclude that the USA treats people fairly. Articles like this one are hinting that people only improve their lot in life through luck. While luck does play a part in life, focusing on that seems counterproductive to me.
I prefer Jimmy Buffett's 2006 "Everybody's on the Phone"...
I've never had a medical condition that took me out of the workforce. It's sad that you've been dealt a bad hand in life. It's got to be hugely frustrating. You seem to have (correctly in my opinion) concluded that given your current limitations, there is no point in you applying for jobs. Most people who have been out of work for a year never return to the workforce. The majority of them might enjoy a "retired" sort of lifestyle. However, since you describe your life as "absolutely soul sucking", I would recommend that you remedy that by, from 9AM-5PM Mon-Fri, take the following drastic steps: Turn off the TV, video games, and aimless web browsing. It sounds like you are still capable of making money with online "gig" work of some type. Given your medical condition, you may or may not be able to perform the type of work you would enjoy. You should ask yourself what sorts of endeavors you are "world class" at, and then see if there are online gigs that are suitable for you. People who are detail oriented can make money at a wide range of online jobs. You should try to find an online gig type of job that makes you excited to get up in the morning. You need to make money, but you also need a reason to get up in the morning. I realize that the advice I've offered will not be easy. Most people in your situation would prefer to simply relax and take it easy. The easiest thing in life is to do nothing.