What if you got a bonus for taking an external training? Still no? This seems like a weirdly hard line to draw fo a bonus

You should read Exhalation by Ted Chaing if you haven't already. It's a quick read

Not meaningless. Its a great indicator of wealth inequality

In MI I could go swimming in the lakes. In OR its less ideal

Yeah for MI this is an absolute win. Look at all that gained lakefront

There was a reddit thread years ago about 'you've just finished life beta, what advice do you have for the devs?'

My favourite comment was 'llamas spit, like, a lot. I think it's a bug'

Lol

That essential list seems a bit weird to me. Are people really eating that much bacon? And no veg?

I mean, that assumes all people are equally qualified for all positions doesn't it? If the market demands 500 plumbers but there's only 400 licensed plumbers, I'd call that a labor shortage. Now, hopefully this leads to pay increases for that trade which in turn increases the number of people pursuing it, but the problem does exist for some period of time. I feel like pretending it doesn't belittles the pro worker argument