hadiz

Being a couple is 1.5x more expensive than being single.

It's because if you're in a relationship, you're considered a more valuable member of the society. Because it signals that someone has selected you to be around for a prolonged amount of time. Being single is more expensive in a big city.

Good point. Whenever I see a job ad advertising C/C++ together, it's basically saying "we do C with objects".

I miss C++ a lot. The modern standard library is a thing of beauty IMO. Such a shame that I could not find a good gig when I was looking few months ago, at least not where I am.

Looks like Tesla though are doing C with C++ features rather than C++. I'd also be interested in knowing what their "hardcore" questions are like...I heard that they ask a lot from your past experience.

It's a problem IRL, too. I am astonished by how much disinterested people are in each other. I am very good at keeping a conversation going, I become genuinely interested in the person and ask as many follow-up questions as possible. Unless I know what we're talking about falls into my experiences, I'd refrain from talking about myself.

But what I see constantly is that people have gone from a "what about you" mindset to "what about me" mindset. My conversations end as soon as the person is done answering my questions about them. Like, zero reciprocation, which is god awful.

If these people participate online, where they can mainly get away with being a shitty personality, then this toxicity is not that surprising to see.

Probably was before Tinder, even.

Now everyone has a TV in their pockets with infinite ads. IG, FB, Tinder, etc.

I am not surprised. She somehow was able to bleed her employees dry for business benefits. People at power love someone like that. Of course they're not gonna let her go so easily.

are you performing when you socialize with people?

I never said bald men cannot be handsome. I was saying "get a nice haircut" implies that.

My takeaway is that IG was always built to be performance based social media app. As in, the user puts up a performance for people to see.

Compare that to HN/Reddit/Blogs before and you can basically pinpoint when and how social media changed the way we connect.

Sure, but attractive people with shitty personalities have to lose things, whereas unattractive people with good personalities need to earn. And when there are many attractive people around, there isn't much left to earn.

This advice is throttled around here. There is an implication to this: if you're bald, you're fucking screwed as a man. Attractiveness would not be achievable.

Also, unattractive people would feel like shit in this environment.