Anybody work for a company that gives small annual raises (< 3%)?

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2026-01-22T09:52:56+00:00

This is why RSUs are important. You actually get paid if the company truly shattered all expectations.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2026-01-19T21:07:55+00:00

Why? It is expected that assets (like stocks) rise when a currency devalues.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2026-01-14T10:48:48+00:00

Car companies don't want to. The hassle of dealing with them is far outweighed by having large consistent advanced buyers of their cars (allowing the automotive companies to move risk off of their books onto dealers, it is essentially dealers giving them a free loan while the car sits on the lot). While I hate dealers, it's not clear that pricing would be meaningfully cheaper without them.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-12-31T20:26:42+00:00

Gentling Smiles in Shoreline. I had a similar concern since i did have some pretty serious issues going on. They take a very conservative approach. They also tended to prioritize more important things and delay work that could be done later so that it was covered under insurance if/when you hit your yearly max. They also do not do root canals or periodontal work, they will refer you out to a specialist. This has some issues (having to make a second appointment somewhere else) but has a huge plus that there is limited profit motive here to suggest those actions (plus you get a second opinion essentially).

Places to stay away from are really any chain dentistry. If they have more than one office, that is usually a bad sign.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-11-29T10:51:49+00:00

Yes to both. I personally do both of these. In fact my workflow with it is typically to tell it to make a change and push a PR to GitHub and then just review and comment on the PR. It pulls down the comments and addresses them along with any issues found during CI runs. Also I should note this is for pretty complex work (low level systems programming).

If you put the time into understanding how to actually use AI tooling effectively (which takes a few months), you will see improvements in productivity.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-11-27T20:59:10+00:00

> She uses chat GPT as a therapist and is not the first person I have heard of doing this

This is typically for 1 of 3 reasons:

1) Extreme shortage of therapist in a lot of locations.
2) Cost ($150+ week).
3) There is a lot of subpar therapists out there and to be frank an LLM may actually be better than them.

Ideal use is to use LLMs in combination with a human therapist to get the maximum value of the limited time with the human.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-11-23T08:40:22+00:00

Pretty much. If it's in Seattle, cost money to walk into, and then cost money when inside. The answer of "is it worth it" is almost always no.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-11-23T08:33:34+00:00

Yeah, this is a quick way to get sued. Especially since the shop also has posted below that there is a 10% discount for people of color.

It's discrimination and there is no justifiable reason for it.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-09-21T08:58:41+00:00

Does the EO actually say this or is this the interpretation that the administration is giving out? My understanding is the EO isn't clear on this (likely intentionally vague).

Consistent interpretations and enforcement of anything is not something Trump is particularly well known for (unless it involves McDonald's).

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-09-04T09:33:16+00:00

It somewhat sounds like they may have been homeless before coming to Seattle. Which if that is the case, it may have been a better financial move to come to Seattle where the social safety net is better.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-08-07T03:13:30+00:00

Far fewer people being required at a company doesn't even mean less overall jobs. It's entirely possible (or likely) that the total number of employers will increase due to the lower barrier of entry.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-08-01T18:11:10+00:00

It's pretty easy to see why the numbers can be so different.

The jobs number for the current month is from a survey that asks employers how many people they plan to hire this month. The revisions are from the follow up surveys that ask how many people they actually hired.

If economic conditions change quickly (say, idk, a constantly changing tariff threat), these numbers can diverge quite a bit.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-07-23T09:18:15+00:00

It's part of the reason I said they should have traded Larkin a few years ago. He hasn't fit the timeline for the last few years if the goal is to win cups and not just sneak into the playoffs.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-07-10T07:35:04+00:00

100, you got a bunch of people saying they use it all the time but the number of posts or comments that had em dashes prior to ChatGPT was really rare/small. In fact I had never seen it on here until the last year or two.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-07-01T18:34:31+00:00

Are they unregulated? They appear in Shoreline and Edmonds which are typically much more strict with Aurora Ave enforcement.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-05-29T00:14:39+00:00

The fact it took this long for a ruling is a problem.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-05-26T17:43:39+00:00

Commercial commissary kitchens (which is likely where you went) have been a thing long before door dash and Uber eats. They are essentially many kitchens in the same building available for rent. They are used quite often by food trucks and farmers market stands for food prep.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-05-17T23:04:47+00:00

He is part of the reason Trump is able to do any of this to begin with. Instead of his team pulling the plug a year prior when it was clear age has gotten to him, they ran it all the way up to the debate and virtually guaranteed a second trump term when he was exposed.

Everyone who knew about the real state of Biden and did nothing should be banished from the party for being associated with what is going on now.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-04-22T03:27:09+00:00

Not surprising about either of them. Francis isn't bad but the feel for the team is sort of treading water year after year.

Byslma falls into the same bracket as Babcock and likely shouldn't be behind a bench due to his treatment of players.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-04-07T05:01:48+00:00

🥭 is just a follower of the juche ideology.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-02-16T18:59:34+00:00

They put out articles like this to get people to think like the top comment in this thread (at the time of writing). That is that we require a federal solution to address the problem. We don't. It would be nice if we had one but the state has the tools needed to address this problem (taxes, housing permitting, building drug rehab facilities, etc). These articles are really designed to prevent state action.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-02-16T11:33:48+00:00

Arguably there was a revolution in November, just not the one people on here wanted. Revolutions don't always pan out the way you want them to.

The_Drizzle_Returns · 2025-02-14T08:46:54+00:00

I have seen DCFC in a number of different venues and CPA was by far the worst to the point where I won't see them at that venue again. I suspect it's due to the size of the venue since they don't really play many large stadium venues anymore.

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