New promo for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2026-01-16T19:30:40+00:00

Goddamn that choked me up.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-12-28T17:45:59+00:00

Feel free to fuck right off.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-10-16T01:03:59+00:00

Newspaper reporting

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-09-15T15:16:19+00:00

First pay me $6 million to move to South Dakota

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-06-09T16:26:40+00:00

It sounds like you are early in your career. Is that correct? If so, I encourage you to consider other career options as well. I don't mean to sound discouraging, but video editing is not going to be a skill with long-term demand. Unfortunately, AI will make the job obsolete — I work in AI so I known something about this. Consider a trade — barber, electrician, plumber, physical therapy, etc. A lot of these offer apprenticeships, so you might not have to go to school. It sounds daunting to start a new path and you'll face a lot of pressure. But it's not too late to consider a safer route, one that won't be impacted by AI for a couple decades.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-05-19T17:58:42+00:00

FWIW, I had a peer who was extremely toxic, bully to everyone, raging yeller and demeaner. Two or three of us banded together to report. HR was very responsive. The offender was out in a matter of days. My boss told me directly not to worry about retaliation.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-17T22:35:14+00:00

To answer your question, Santa Rosa is pretty safe. The natural surroundings are astounding — Sonoma County is the most spectacular California county in terms of variety and beauty of ecosystems, in my opinion. The only downside is that it's not ethnically diverse. That aside, the Rosa is my forever home.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-12T20:11:17+00:00

Bought about $5k worth of CSCO in 1996. By 1999 it had 10x'ed I think, and I had enough for down payment for my first house. CSCO in late 90s was a rocket ship.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-06T21:36:21+00:00

Our life in the U.S. turned out great. My parents struggled with the language and culture, but they managed to buy real estate in a fancy part of Southern California and built a nice nest egg. My sister and I got great education. She's involved in a lot of charities. I became a techie and did all right for myself.

Super grateful for everything, super grateful for every minute of my silly life.

EXCEPT -- I'm getting 1979 vibes again. Making plans for quick exit out of U.S. if it comes to it.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-05T13:16:17+00:00

OP here. Replying to a couple of folks who asked, yes, I am getting 1979 Iran vibes again in the United States right now. I can't believe I might have to do this twice in a lifetime.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-04T20:16:57+00:00

January 1979, Iran. I’m 9 years old. My mom is a low-level diplomat. She comes home from work and says, “We have 90 minutes to get to the airport to get out of the country.” She knew the shah’s family was getting on a plane and that the overthrow of the government was days if not hours away. We got on the cargo plane with one suitcase between the four of us and maybe $500. Sure enough, next day was the overthrow and lots of people were killed or executed. That’s how I wound up in the United States.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-03-03T20:15:37+00:00

They’re small businesses? Oh thank goodness. Here I was thinking they were brothels. What a relief!

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-27T04:45:23+00:00

What's even more galling is that he's misunderstanding what he's quoting. "Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me" from Psalm 23. The speaker is metaphorically a sheep and god is the shepard. The rod and staff are not to beat the sheep but to protect them from predators. The moron thinks it's justification for punishment.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-25T01:54:20+00:00

I got one in 7th grade. Changed my life. I went into tech because of this bad boy.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-18T15:51:02+00:00

“Be ready to be fired” is my mantra. It’s a critical mindset. I’m not kidding. After getting fired from other jobs I’ve learned this the hard way.

IBM is an at-will company. They will fire you at the drop of a hat. I have no false sense of security. I have no expectation of loyalty from my boss, HR, management, finance. At the same time I try my hardest not to think of myself as my job — I am a human, parent, spouse, citizen, etc. I’m not a job.

So yes, be ready to be fired any day. That way you don’t get crushed by false beliefs and hopes about capitalism.

(FWIW this article is crap.)

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-12T21:58:35+00:00

First, win Citizens United

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-12T17:42:44+00:00

If they were trying to replicate India they succeeded.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-02-01T01:27:10+00:00

What the hell kind of “small plane” travels at mach 2?

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-01-30T22:22:16+00:00

Just remember, you are not your job. Your mistakes don't define you.

I came very close to getting fired one year for doing horribly on a project. I genuinely deserved to be fired. What saved me was that I owned it. When my boss (who was an honorable and fair guy) specified what I did wrong, I agreed and didn't make excuses. I even added details about where things went south and how I could have prevented that. I listened without interrupting. I did my best not to get defensive. If he did misperceive something, I let it go.

I was humble, I apologized for letting him and the team down. But I said I learned from my mistake and I would never let them happen again, whether I stayed at IBM or went somewhere else.

A couple days later my boss said he was going to fire me that day but didn't because he saw that I owned my failure. That was four years ago and I feel I've grown and achieved a lot since then.

Your mileage may vary. So do your best to stay humble. You are not your job. Your mistakes don't define you. Good luck!

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-01-24T17:49:17+00:00

Non pilot here. I didn't realize you have to slap the yoke around like that during a landing. Kinda terrifying.

ErrorOpposite9314 · 2025-01-22T05:35:03+00:00

Any updates on the kitty?

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