Practicing law in Montana is wild.
Client 1: "Our main home is in Bel Air, and we've done the Vail and Telluride ski-home thing, and love our places there, but we want to be here full time now because it's so much more authentic."
Client 2: "We're short on cash, but we can give you two lambs and a 2010 Honda quad to settle our bill."
The reason IT support people are so bitter is that YOU (I mean YOU) cannot rationally describe the problem:
You: The Internet is down
IT: How do you know the Internet is down?
You: I can't get email.
IT: Is it possible that the email servers are down and the Internet is working just fine? Can you visit Twitter on your browser?
You: Yes, I can visit the twitter website.
IT: Is there any reason other than email to believe the Internet is down?
You: The last time I couldn't get email it was because the Internet was down.
The fact that IT doesn't call you a blithering idiot on every support call demonstrates saintly restraint, even if a little bit of their frustration leaks through.
when i was 17, i met dan at the stage door for privacy. i told him i had seriously struggled with mental health issues the past year, and he said “i need to talk to this girl.” he grabbed my hand, helped me step over the velvet rope, and took me behind a curtain in the lobby. +
this got talked about a lot when I worked on google maps.
I would personally love this feature, and it’s technically feasible.
here’s why I fought it loudly every time it came up
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Imagine growing up in a country that is dominated by only ONE sport that literally everyone knows how to play. Imagine the best players from that country end up being the best players in the world. Now, imagine that world-class talent losing to a bunch of guys who play this sport as a side-gig.
That’s what the USA did to Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup.
I asked @Pilestedt to hos the first of a series of Lunch & lunch workshop at the @ArrowheadGS office on the topic of "Us and Them: building healthy relationship with our players and partners" we try to unpack learnings since launch.
I wanna clarify my perspective on @ArrowheadGS goals I meant the Blizzard I knew growing up - the Blackthorne, Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo 1 and 2 days! (<2006)
MAJOR ORDER: Surveillance has uncovered an Automaton "Petafactory"; its only purpose to mass-produce heartless weapons of war.
Liberate it and we can convert it to produce en masse the dual-Autocannon EXO-49 EMANCIPATOR EXOSUIT.
The only thing more deadly than a Helldiver? A strong economy!
The Ministry of Truth has reported a 275% increase to Super Earth's GDP - and a similar increase in citizen happiness - since the Second Galactic War was declared.