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Comment Re:Suckers! (Score 1) 241

This is true. Most people work like its an iron man competition. You need to feel out your employer. You also have to able to honestly assess yourself and your abilities. Some reward effort, most just take it for granted. Best bet is to trial it, work harder for a set time to make yourself stand out, try to discuss with your superiors. If you don't get the answer you want, then move on or find a Plan B first and then renegotiate. If they don't value you enough, move on to plan B. The only time to discuss salary is during the hiring process or negotiation if you threaten to leave. You'll see most employers see salaries, just like any other problem. They won't give it any attention until its in their face/blows up. The longer they can get away with not paying you properly, the more money they are keeping to themselves.

Comment Re:Movie reviews (Score 1) 840

Personally, I didnt care about the female-only cast and just figured it wasn't targeted to me. I rented it for my daughters (then 11 & 13) and we (my wife too) watched it on a Saturday night. Let me tell you, you know its a bad sign when your kids ask YOU if its "bed time, yet" on a Saturday night. We all were bored and turned it off about 2/3rds through it. The dialogue was so bad and the jokes just fell flat. It was like watching an episode of Gilmore Girls (my daughters got into this show for a bit) where you realize after hearing the banter that no one in real life actually talks like this and ultimately its just off-putting.

Comment Re:Nickeling and Diming (Score 1) 96

I guess you haven't been paying attention to the releases on the 3DS. It's been near dead since the Switch released. As far as a canard about exiting the console market, he meant the traditional console market which Nintendo has created 3 devices that have done that, Wii, Wii U, Switch. They aren't even trying to compete with Sony and MS directly and rightly so. Nintendo has complained that developing for two systems (Wii U and 3DS) was slowing their releases to a crawl and mentioned creating a parity with just one device which was smart. The whole purpose of the Switch Lite is to create a cheaper SKU to pick up the DS./3DS users, like my kids since dropping support has created a hole. They want to get the multiples console per a household sales back. With the new Animal Crossing and Pokemon released this year, they could pull it off easily.

Comment Re:Nickeling and Diming (Score 1) 96

The Switch was their way of having just a single product line going forward. They made plenty of complaints that breaking into HD graphics (Sony and MS did that in the PS3/XB360 gen) for the Wii U while also developing for the 3DS was why the software releases were so slow for both device lines. They ceded out of trying to compete directly with Sony/MS with the Wii after lackluster pickup of the Gamecube. Wii U was their worst selling console ever. It just makes sense considering their target audience is families, not hardcore gaming.

Comment I think I've heard this before.... (Score 1) 136

"Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds."

Comment Re:Serving his friends against his constituents (Score 2) 257

You're funny if you think Trump is working for middle America and not his rich buddies. Who do you think goes to Trump hotels, golf courses and country clubs? He's made tons of money servicing the rich. Why do do you think that would change when he became President? Because when it really comes down to it, it's the "haves" vs. the "have-nots" in this world. You see a man who promised to "drain the swamp" of corrupt politicians. I see a man taking out those corrupt politicians and replacing them with members of the business community that those corrupt politicians were working for. He's basically just cutting out the middleman.

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