Dhalgren by Samuel Delany

(Close race with House of Leaves, but ultimately House of Leaves was telling a specific story, whereas Dhalgren is a semi-incoherent drug trip. Loved both books, though.)

Here, this link describes it pretty well: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-bubble-anything-3489112/

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

what’s a retart?

Excuse me sir I think you dropped your monocle. (╭ರ_•́)

Did you choose to be an ass who misses the point? or did someone force you?

As an engr manager, I’ve often seen disparity as a result of being hired during good years vs bad years for the company. Or when someone gets a better offer to leave, the company may change their pay but no one else’s. Or hiring externally vs a transfer from another internal team. Or whether the team is coding for frontend web vs dev tools, even if using the same language. Or if female.

It’s always a challenge for one person to fix – with HR, with the department head, with yearly budget. And sometimes fixing one disparity means not having the sway to fix another as well.

Which is to say – pay transparency and unions are good for everyone. And if the company can’t afford to treat the employees equitably, then the company shouldn’t exist. (Or it should reduce its avocado toast budget.)

🎵 And Alice’s Restaurant. 🎶

Unresolved Textual Tension is a great YouTube / podcast for book reviews and/or roasts. Generally a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, largely newer stuff (The Locked Tomb, Murderbot, Kushiel) with some classics thrown in (Dune, Hyperion). The show features 3 people with great chemistry.

Like the G in “gigantic”.

If you don’t laugh, you didn’t get it, but if you ONLY laugh, you didn’t get it.

Mental health is a medical issue. Ergo any vacation is medical.

Stupid Stewarts. >:-(