Working in the US, I was salaried and they absolutely fucked employees from both ends on the deal. We weren't paid hourly yet were expected to work a minimum number of hours, then were expected to work more hours without compensation as needed, and it was needed often. Every salaried employee I have met without interest in securing a promotion put in the absolute minimum amount of time and effort possible.

I worked as a consultant for years and yeah, exactly this, and more! One thing knowledge-based consultants do is reuse old work but bill clients for a flat rate instead of hourly. It's less than paying for new work, but usually much more than the hourly cost if they were billed for just the time required to update the material.

I recycled old work constantly. For a well-paying, reasonable client, I'd sometimes only bill for the time required to update the work and comp the rest as a gift. Last minute, minor updates were free within reason.

Penny pinching, uncooperative clients paid full price and I'd bill the rush rate to the minute for last minute updates. On average, great clients paid less for work than the ones trying to strangle a deal out of me.

I wouldn't recommend cannabis as a panacea for pain if the person has no prior experience with it. I have chronic pain and cannabis makes my pain much worse.

I lived in 8b, there's still plenty of good things you can grow, like figs, currants, and kiwi fruit! I even grew some dwarf citrus that lived in pots indoors over the winter.

I understand this to an extent, but not the post competition behavior.

I was a runner in secondary school. You're taught to push through pain and discomfort to reach the finish. If 24 year old me shat myself whilst participating in the Olympics, I can imagine possibly panicking and deciding to continue. You have to make instantaneous decisions with unwavering followthrough whilst competing as second guessing can make the difference between ranking first or third. You don't overthink, just decide, execute, and move forward.

I cannot imagine bragging about it later on social media. I'd be mortified. Hell, I AM mortified for her.

Life Goals! 🎆🇺🇸🗽🦅🎆

That website makes me feel seen.

I just did the math on network speed the other day. I remember our local dial up ISP upgrading to 56k from 28.8 and it blew me away, although I rarely connected above 33.6. I'm currently on 1200 mbps, nearly 23,000 times faster than 56kbps and about 37,000x faster than the 33.6 I actually received.

I can transfer in one second what took about 10 hours before. A movie I just watched would have taken over 95 days to download at 90s speeds.

To be fair, Wales was still a part of the Kingdom of England when the Union Jack was designed. All that means is a redesign is well overdue.

Controlled opposition acts like controlled opposition.