My SO just had something similar pop up yesterday. She was running into weird errors on her Chromebook, so I had her change her user agent to Chrome on Windows. Everything magically worked. Hmm…
As someone with a brother named Kevin, I can confirm he’s doing his part to uphold that depiction.
I really wish there was an official crossover of those series.
Instead of sleeping at night, let me just plug in to a charger. It would be much more convenient and reliable.
Same. I used to pay for premium even though I was an Apollo user. I paid because I liked Reddit and thought it brought me value.
Now I’m only keeping my account to ensure my posts and comments stay dead as best as I can.
I mean, sure. A lot of people took out more than they should have. A lot of people who barely had left home to pursue a higher education on the promises of previous generations who nonstop said “you must go to college by any means necessary if you wish to have a successful career.”
Well, they did as they were told, and instead of the promising career and success prospects, they’re struggling to make ends meet because oh hey good luck finding a career if they didn’t go with one of the “good” degrees and now they’re just as well off as if they didn’t go at all, and now they’re having to deal with student loans.
Hmm…no wonder why they were counting on that relief.
I’m one of the lucky ones. I went to college, didn’t even finish and came out with a fantastic career. Not everyone was so lucky. But we were all told the same thing. Some people got lucky, like me. Some people were able to go on mommy and daddy’s dollar. Some others still had to find a way to cover the cost, attendee the classes, got the degree and instead of the supposed good life they were promised, they’re getting fucked over instead.
If you buy a car on a loan and it breaks down on your first day to a new job a few days after buying it, shouldn’t you be made whole? Because that’s effectively the same situation.
I build cloud IT infrastructure for a living and I’ve been at it for several years. There’s a lot to it, but I’ve gotten to a point where I’ve developed a reputation for being a person who knows how it works and can figure out how to build effectively in it. I won’t call it easy, but I’ve become comfortable and adept with it, and so to some it appears to be easy for me.
Just recently we had a person join our team with a background almost exclusively in OS administration. He’s doing alright for someone who is just starting out, but it’s obvious he’s intimidated and so he asks a lot of questions.
I told him this.
It’s perfectly okay to feel like you’re in over your head on all of this. There is a lot to learn. Besides server administration, you have to understand networking, permissions management, software development to a degree, database management and a ton more.
There’s a plethora of services at your disposal. Much like a giant toolbox, your job is to understand when to pull out the right tool, as well as how to use said tool effectively. This is going to take time, and you’re only going to truly learn it by doing it. Take time and ask questions, and you’ll get the hang of it. When I started, I was in the same boat.
I think that’s made him feel better about his inexperience, and I’ve seen him progressing at an admirable pace.
Oh what’s he up to now?
I’ve already replaced it with Lemmy. I simply have my Reddit account now to check on it to make sure my content remains deleted.
Nah. No need to as Mastodon and Lemmy exist, and I have no desire to give Meta data.
I just had a crazy thought that likely would not pan out. So the Supreme Court said the executive branch can’t “transform” the loan. Apparently though the option was there to provide loans that, if used for a specific purpose, were partially or completely forgivable.
Why not just issue equivalent loans, with the stipulation that they must be used for the student loans? If the disbursed amount is not used for student loans within X time period, they are not forgiven and accrue interest.
It is not “transforming” the loan, and unlike the PPP loans there is a vested interest in making sure it is used for the right purpose. Granted, it could become a logistical nightmare to run it smoothly.
Flaming poisoning raging sword of doom.