Most people don’t know that literally all you have to do is tell the government about the issue and they will spend the money to look into it themselves, as well as dealing with the court cases. It’s why the department of labor exists
I’m much younger than you think I am
Three or four years at this point, so technically not including some of the ridiculous inflation, but the cost of living in that area has barely increased. Rent is $900 on average there right now, so if you’re pulling in 25 an hour you’re making plenty to live alone relatively comfortably
Yes. When I lived out there I would’ve killed for 25 an hour. I was making 7.50 an hour and with a roommate I lived pretty okay. At 25 I could’ve lived alone and still saved
I was slightly exaggerating sure, but 25 an hour outside of a city is a lot of money.
Define “the US” because 25 an hour is living a life of luxury in much of the US that’s not a major city
I see the exact opposite. I’ve never seen it in a context other than shutting down a discussion before it can be had.
And yours wasn’t? Man, the least you could be is self aware
Plenty of people unironically using it believing it’s an actual argument
Yes that’s what I said. You unironically using it. Cringe.
And also full of people unironically using the term bootlickers
You can be a perfectly good dev and not enjoy working in the cli, especially when there are good enough alternatives
Customers get charged for maintenance between the ISP and their house
They really don’t, customers get charged what they need to be charged to support the network, not just the last mile to your house. Companies don’t get internet connectivity for free, either, paying significantly more than consumers at every turn
That’s… why they charge customers fees
I’d say luck will sometimes make you rich, and being good at what you do will sometimes make you rich. Being good at what you do and also lucky has more of a chance of making you rich
It’s *usually not entirely luck, you generally have to sort of know what you’re doing
Nope, it’s illegal in the US. File a complaint with the FTC and they’ll look into it.
I’ve found it great for tracking down specific things in libraries and databases I’m not terribly familiar with when I don’t know the exact term for them
That’s just called malware