officemonkey

Like most Scientology celebs, he was carefully taken care of by the church. I doubt he was ever aware of how shitty they treated his staff.

Corea's touring group was all sourced from Scientologists. It allowed him and the church to manipulate his staff. A colleague of mine helped on an overseas tour and accidentally incurred a $18,000 cell phone bill (international roaming charges out the wazoo.)

They dumped her when she complained, and found another church member to fill in. An actual tour manager would have cost more money and would have had a contract to get expenses like that paid.

I'm surprised about the relative space. I once toured a Los Angeles-class sub (sorry, no photos) and I never felt I had enough headroom. Seeing all that open space in "workout area" and the "lounge area" and a lot of headroom was very strange.

BZflag, the tank game, is named after "Battle Zone", the original Atari tank game.

Don't forget Notch. He took his money and bought a mansion and became a DJ.

TBH, if I made a pile, my interests would change dramatically. And running a successful company would not be nearly as validating.

See, this is the main problem about buying new technology. The device is marketed as a graceful solution for all your "paper needs."

My principle need for a tablet has always been ebook consumption. The ebook readers on Linux I've seen all look like hot garbage. Sure, Calibre allows you to manage massive ebook collections. Now let me have a book experience that doesn't look like 1999.

Does the ReMarkable have an ePub reader? My existing ebook collection is mostly DRM-free ePubs.

I've just deleted every Adobe app from my phone and tablet.

I'm not going to trust this corporation.

Not recent, but very good: "Cowboy Bebop." It's good anime SciFi that works on many levels.

I thought Provenance was a lot weaker than the rest of the Ancillary series. It was still good though.

The 2018 Hugo novel field was REALLY good. There wasn't a klunker in the group. My favorite was Kim Stanley Robinson's "New York 2140" but it was a very hard call.

I got a sublet for a fantastic price from a AirBnber who wanted to get out of a zero-income property.

40% off the market rent. Oh, and because he didn't actually live there, he left everything. Dishes, pots, a bed.

"We didn't get our cut" should only apply if they add value.

What value does the App Store provide Hey?

No one has ever hired me based on my college grades. The first job I had checked to see I graduated from college. Every other job has been based on experience and my record of performance.