I once worked in a division of ~3500 employees, every year the division produced two profit forecasts one called "pessimistic" and another called "optimistic". My first year the division made $335 million MORE than the optimistic forecast so the division CEO approved every employee a $335 bonus.
The next year it happened again but only $285 million, so $285 bonuses that year.
Both times I scoffed and quietly pointed out to the delighted Boomers I trusted that it was less than one third of a percent of the total money.
The next year apparently the corporate office found out, fired said CEO and quashed the bonuses forever. Apparently the distribution of the crumbs was more than they could handle.
Lisbon's main plaza was a parking lot from the 1950s to 1997...
When I last visited Argentina Uber was using the official exchange rates which were just fantasy numbers. As soon as you match with a driver they'd message you and you'd negotiate the cash price. Then the ride in the app would be cancelled.
Uber didn't mind because they were still getting the ~$1 or so cancel fee for basically being a messaging app.
In my junior high they had a mysterious urinal pooper. They spent months trying to catch the culprit. They even resorted to a $25 reward and a little campaign in the morning announcements. Then it turned out to be a handicap student who couldn't bend his knees. The posters and campaign quietly disappeared without a word.
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I have a friend who can smell cockroaches no joke. We always take her restaurant suggestions very seriously.
Do you ban them from museums? Textbooks? Documentaries? No because they are in an appropriate context. I would never wear or display a swastika and I feel disgusted to see one displayed by anyone with pride. Context and motive matter...
I don't believe in these sweeping absolutes. Context and motive are important parts of any equation of what's "acceptable".
I get what you mean, I'm helping to add nuance to the discussion. Also a bunch of white people coming in and telling Angolans what symbols they can and can't use to represent their triumph over colonialism and apartheid isn't a great look either.
Yes I'm aware of the history of Angola.
You asked
Are there any countries that use the symbol that are actually nice places to live with good governments?
Angola has made a conscious decision to stick to this symbol as if transitions to a liberal democracy and stable economy. There were some efforts to change the flag recently because as you said it's often associated with totalitarian regimes. But those efforts failed because to Angolans it symbolizes the Angolan triumph over the colonial oppression of Portugal and resistance to apartheid South African invasion.
It could change in the future, Angola is still moving towards "good government" and "nice place to live" as you said. But for now it remains their national flag.
And underwear, airplanes, driveways...
Just like his income and assests, when filling out bank loan applications they are huge. When paying taxes they don't exist!
Don't let them off that easy. They are not victims of some KGB style program or espionage trickery. They did this to themselves. They chose this knowing full well what they were doing.
They are willing allies of Russia.
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"Have you tried applying on LinkedIn? Messaging recruiters or hiring managers on LinkedIn?"
"Oh no don't use LinkedIn, everyone ignores those because of bots, apply directly"
"Put keywords from the job listing in your resume so the algorithm will rank you hire"
"Oh no don't use words from the listing in your resume or you'll be flagged as a bot"
"Hire a headhunter to apply to many positions for you"
"Avoid headhunters because when they spam your resume, you'll get flagged as a bot"
"Complete a tedious and time consuming project for the company and post it on your personal site so they see you're not a bot already qualified"
"Oh they didn't even open the link to look at it? Well do one for the next company and the next and the next..."
Looking for a white collar job today is basically an arms race with the net result recruiters spend the bulk of their time weeding out bots, and applicants spend the bulk of their time trying to not look like bots. It's ridiculous and I kind of wish places just accepted in person applications again.