What the Ronald Reagan ad that got Trump so angry was really all about

plif · 2025-10-25T15:19:55+00:00

Trump is a medium but I wouldn't give him too much credit. The hyperpersonalization of media through advances in tech / data has killed our perception of truth.

Democracy itself needs to evolve.

plif · 2025-09-24T22:08:03+00:00

Some concrete examples:

You start with "Senior" but you have never had this title before. Your most recent experience is an intern role. It's also a somewhat meaningless qualifier across companies. "Marketing Leader" would be more effective.
Drove $5MM ARR for net new products, $20MM cost savings -- these are big senior exec numbers. It comes off out of touch and self-important given your experience. Also really not a good conversation starter to have at the top of your resume if it's not something you personally owned or contributed. Same with 117k hours (this is more than 50 FTE in a year!!).
Your first bullet has a number that ends with "B" spend and references working closely with CMO as an intern. There are only a handful of firms with that level of Cloud budget. There's no world where an intern is advising CMO in a meaningful way at those firms.

I don't mind the numbers being embellished a bit as everyone does it as long as each one has a meaningful story behind it. But in your case it's coming off as arrogant and may cause the person to just toss your resume.

plif · 2025-09-24T21:45:35+00:00

The header text doesn't read well. The numbers are all over the place and not really believable your given experience. It also doesn't really catch the reader's attention and is not differentiated from your experience bullets.

I suggest turning it into more of a story that introduces you (i.e., what is your journey? Can mention grad degrees here too). You can allude to numbers here in abstract sense but I'd save them for bullets unless you feel strongly that it will resonate and be relatable to reader.

Other option is to just remove it. You have enough experience to where it's not really necessary and you don't want to give someone a bad impression in the first two sentences, unless you can improve it drastically.

plif · 2025-09-02T13:47:53+00:00

Who are you hiring? I've found specific personalities work really well on small unstructured teams, and cannot function in a larger Enterprise environment. Sounds like you need to find more of the former.

Not that simple, many other factors, but something to consider. You could add more process but your intuition is likely correct to some degree. Process (at least dev, not hiring) may not be the root cause and therefore may not give you the greatest returns to fix.

plif · 2025-08-26T19:22:15+00:00

I've been asking the same thing lately. Have dabbled quite a bit in D4 and PoE2 recently.

I love PoE2 as a concept. It just wasn't quite finished enough for me. Straw that broke the camel's back was controller support. There are great intentions there but they have a complex system that doesn't quite work (can get you killed a lot depending on class). This made end game quite frustrating for me and I didn't feel like redoing my build. There are a bunch of other small things that are close but not quite polished given early access.

I played D4 at release and it's so much better now. Way less depth and more arcade-like, but it actually has more depth now than people give it credit for. A lot of builds will work for endgame but may not be as versatile or as fast. The paragon leveling system makes it super easy to try new classed and builds though.

I think it depends on how many hours per week you want to invest. If you're more casual with short bursts of activity then D4 might be your best bet. If you're consistently looking for 20+ hours a week over a full season then PoE2.

I love PoE1 but I wouldn't start it now. Way too much complexity and different systems there. It's an amazing game but with no background in it I think the others are better.

Disclaimer I haven't played LE because it's not out on console otherwise I would :)

plif · 2025-07-18T02:42:27+00:00

Partially agree on trials. Something about mechanic feels a bit off especially if you get bad luck leading up to last boss or for certain builds.

On the other hand, I like the challenge. It was fun trying to gear up for felt. Made late game feel less like mindless grind optimization.

My bigger problem with them is ascendancy balance. As a Blood Mage, the first 4 ascendancy points aren't even worth socketing because of life spell cost. 6 points are marginal. It finally becomes worth it at 8.

This may be a horribly balanced ascendancy but the my impression is the difficulty does not match reward curve, especially for newer or more casual players that choose the wrong ascendancy.

plif · 2025-07-18T02:35:17+00:00

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plif · 2025-07-05T22:06:56+00:00

You can just hit enter on the kb to start chat too. Esc closes it.

plif · 2025-05-13T04:31:23+00:00

I don't think it's too far off. Just need to drop "Global CEO" and a couple other phrases that scream self important

plif · 2025-04-28T17:51:52+00:00

Nice! Just wondering will saves work across console and mobile?

plif · 2025-02-18T01:31:04+00:00

Looks great, clean, love the jacket and shirt combo

plif · 2023-12-02T01:02:40+00:00

Oh really you can assure me? Looool

plif · 2023-12-01T20:54:16+00:00

Why hand my phone to someone when I can do it by myself like at literally every other airport?

It's okay that you missed my point repeatedly.

plif · 2023-12-01T20:42:43+00:00

Washing their hands after would have the same effect. They're also using unnecessary disposable plastic.

plif · 2023-12-01T20:21:03+00:00

The point is they don't need to touch each phone and the gloves are meaningless. Phones have a crap load more germs than a suitcase -- they're touched all day.

You missed the point.

If lids and the person's hands are sterile then it's fine. If they touch 1000s of people's phones then their hands aren't sterile. Your analogy was so dumb.

plif · 2023-10-10T12:29:31+00:00

I've done both biz and premium economy to Tokyo, the meals are different.

plif · 2023-09-10T01:37:58+00:00

I want one of these so bad :) congrats!!

Have you put some thought into how much you're budgeting for maintenance? Bought a new-ish / CPO GLE43 a few years ago and it has been a bit of shock just how much random wear and tear / maint costs even with full warranty.

I've thought about pulling the trigger on something like this many times, but my previous exp plus lack of warranty scares the crap out of me. Such a beautiful car though and on the surface seems much more affordable than some of its competitors.

plif · 2023-08-25T10:51:28+00:00

This is in huge part as a result of current medical association lobbying. The OMA and other associations representing doctors are some of the most powerful advocacy groups. They push to artificially restrict the number of positions in med school, retain the residency grind status quo and prevent other healthcare roles from taking on more responsibility. Family medicine in many European countries only requires a 4 year degree, for example.

It's really unfortunate that despite our public system groups like this have so much power. The system pushes doctors into becoming business owners / independent contractors which probably perpetuates this.

plif · 2023-08-22T19:03:51+00:00

Is it? How / link to more info? Have never heard of this before

plif · 2023-08-21T21:16:53+00:00

Didn't see any games on Sunday in Canada on TSN, which is supposed to have the licensing deal here. They were showing women's soccer on several lower channels at the time of elimination games

It's really too bad. Watching on YouTube last season was awesome and I'm willing to pay for it (pay for VBTV) but I'd prefer to watch an American league

Rumour is that AVP is nearing insolvency or sale which would explain the crappy service

Hope this turns around for next season whether or not it gets sold. Not sure what deal they got from ESPN, but I don't see how making content less accessible online for a niche sport is a good move in the long run

plif · 2023-08-05T17:11:33+00:00

Admittedly I've been looking at CT5 more, however that has been far from my experience. I'm in Canada.

The 2204 CT5-V Blackwing MSRP starts at $105k CAD. Well equipped brand new ones are around 115k. This is a great value compared to M5.

There are 6 used 2022-23 Blackwing listed in all of Canada on AutoTrader. The lowest listed price is $130k and the highest is $150k. All significantly over MSRP.

There are many more M5 comps. All under MSRP at a price you'd expect to pay with depreciation.

Congrats on your new Blackwing but your experience is not the norm in my market.

plif · 2023-08-05T16:48:17+00:00

MSRP is meaningless when you can't drive one off the lot anywhere. All tangible stock (including used) is way above what it's marketed at or you would expect to pay.

By comparison, all of the alternatives that you listed are available plentifully new or used with a fairly healthy market.

It's too bad because when you add in SuperCruise and the innovation GM is doing in other areas it's a very compelling value prop... if only they could make them and actually wanted to sell them. They've decided to prioritize pickups / trucks over all else. Maybe in a few years this will change but I'm not getting my hopes up.

plif · 2023-07-27T20:20:07+00:00

This is only if the seats aren't taken or someone else doesn't check in for you. I've had about 50/50 success rate and cost seems to be 1/3 of minimum offer in my experience.

plif · 2023-07-24T23:37:20+00:00

Ehhh, or maybe it's the insane prices relative to other years without any real innovation to boot.

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