Here's a thought: You're not very nice

ITT: people who have never lived in NYC complaining about why they couldn't do it

Only if you actually care to follow it

A coworker of mine lives in Hoboken and grew up there. He speaks very highly of living in such a walkable city.

I am an AV tech and we use a mouse jiggler script to prevent computers from going into an inactive state for presentations during events at my company. The script doesn't need to be installed, you just open the file by double clicking.

Considering the chain has been owned for a few years by private equity, I don't know if it could have been any worse than that.

I am well aware of this overlap and it doesn't come as a surprise. I perhaps wish more of these creators acknowledged the military industrial complex and addressed what it means for their content and for the world of engineering.

I also had this uneasy feeling watching the video. It certainly felt a bit like a cog in the military industrial machine. While the actual content of the video wasn't exactly bad in my opinion, I don't know how I feel about pitching anti-terror or war machines to children through the lens of, "Engineering is cool!" That said, there are many more examples of that pitch out in the world in other forms. I do think Mark could be more careful especially when he is directly promoting a company in the defense industry.

I am also not a fan of the doomerism. Feels harder to avoid here unfortunately

2021 had GME meme stonks and was the start of NFTs. Also COVID vax started coming out.

I have seen some truly terrible takes elsewhere online from New Yorkers who think this is another poor people tax. This is the opposite of a poor people tax. I don't know where that idea is coming from, but it sounds like a Fox News and New York Post talking point.

I also have a vested interest in furthering the socialist policies in the US. I would very much like to stay here since my life, my family, my friends, etc are all here. I just want this country to improve in ways I only see possible through socialism and moving from an individualist culture to a collectivist one.