I would estimate that I did about 25% of all reading assigned to me in high school and undergraduate (by volume of pages, not assignments). I wish I could have read just about every page of it, but I did not have the time or mental capacity to.

For me, reading (a textbook) was the most mentally strenuous homework because it requires me to maintain a high level of focus the entire time I am doing it and taking a break (outside of designated chapter/section boundaries) risks losing context. Solving a set of problems is much easier. The first problem is hard because I need to look back at my notes and skim the text book to remember what problem solving approaches I am being taught. But if after solving that first problem I see that I am out of time or energy, I can easily put down the assignment and come back to it later. For the next several problems, I could simply look at how I solved the first and be 75% of the way towards solving the rest.

It does not help that professors would be selective in how many and which problems they would assign as part of homework (since they would have to grade it), but they would assign chapters to read without considering the total volume. Even worse, the most effective way to stay engaged with reading is to take careful notes, so reading would take 3 times longer.

Despite that, I have always enjoyed reading for pleasure, though I have not always been able to find the time for it.

Applying for jobs is intentionally difficult. A company needs to be able to review applications as fast as they come in. By adding a lot of needless busywork to the application process, the company ensures that the candidate thinks applying to this job is worth 10 minutes of their life. The fear is if companies make it too easy to apply, candidates will just apply to every job posting they see without considering if they are qualified for the job.

That is also why companies have resume keyword filtering, AI candidate reviews, and recruiting interns administering standardized tests. Companies I have worked at put a lot of effort to not have (highly paid) hiring managers digging through resumes just to reject candidates lacking any relevant skills. I assume companies would rather immediately reject the ideal candidate because a computer did not understand that “automobile” and “automotive” are synonyms rather than rejected that candidate because they are the 501st person to apply for the job and the manager made an offer after reviewing 500 candidates.

If the point is just to slow down applications, it would be better if people did not have to play stupid games, but could set up a system where a person can only apply for a limited number of jobs (maybe 5/day). I would assume that that would not be realistic to build, since people would game the system by setting up duplicate accounts and the more you try to weed them out, the more you will have people denied access to jobs because of false positives.

I assume it is because the show is too popular. Amazon makes more from show viewers than they lose to upset Trump fans.

Also, they have started a spin-off series, Neagle. Maybe it is a ploy to reduce the role of Ritchson in the franchise, though I assume it is to reduce the royalties they pay to the book author. I noticed that the opening credits to Neagle do not mention the author, probably because it is not based on any of the books, just a character from the book universe.

I am like that boyfriend, though The Little Mermaid is one of the few Disney animated films I have watched. I am mainly aware of Phantom of the Opera due to the amazing Nightwish cover of the main song: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G5WiMoRjw

It was a boring dud for me, just that I prefer grey ELEGOO filament for my 3D printer.

I don’t buy much on Amazon, but it should be more than just filament. No notes about headphone choice or random one-of items I have bought?

Amazon has no idea about my board game addiction because I don’t typically buy games on Amazon. They have a reputation for selling low quality bootlegs as legit. Besides, I can often find a better price on comparison shopping sites like https://www.boardgameoracle.com/ or https://boardgameprices.com/

I don’t have high expectations for this movie. The big crossover movies tend to be among the worst MCU movies in my opinion, just because they have to give every character their own storyline instead of focusing on the story the film is trying to tell. Based on the trailers I have seen, this movie seems particularly at risk for this trap.

For some reason, the Fantastic Four are going to meet the main MCU cast, then you know they will fight until they see the goodness in each other’s hearts and become BFFs. Then the X-Men will show up, possibly as Doom’s minions or something, and the same thing will happen. Also, Captain America is back! There is going to have to be a plot line about why he leaves his world and how all the Avengers are happy to have him back.

Let’s say the film will start with 30 minutes for the Avengers to assemble, then a half hour for each of those stories, and suddenly, there are only 60 minutes out of a 3 hour movie to tell the main story of Dr. Doom/parallel universe Tony Stark trying to take over the multiverse or whatever his plan is.

Am I still going to go see it in theaters? Probably. I am sure I will have a few friends who will be dying to see it and will want to go see it in a group. Plus, I am sure that it will have a couple amazing set piece scenes and it will be referred to by every MCU film for the next 2 years.

I am not a fan of judging someone harshly for something they posted on the Internet, 15 years ago, as a pre-teen, so I think it is stupid if the Blazers fired him to dodge bad publicity instead of just having him apologize and claim that he has grown and matured since then. I would believe him.

On the other hand, by the time the article was written, the offending tweets had not yet been deleted, so it could be the case that the guy refused to apologize and doubled down instead.

I just checked, and now the Twitter account is private. Hopefully, that is because the (former) announcer is going through and deleting all the embarrassing cringe bait.

I want to like Hyundai/Kia, but every decade or so, they make a decision that saves them a dollar and costs the consumer$1,000 and I write them off as a car manufacturer for a decade.

Yeah, why does it have a steering squircle? I should be driving my car exclusively by swiping on a touch screen.

No, it should have been The Switcheroo

I wonder if the timing is affected by multiple Xbox studios unionizing.

I am sure that the risk of killing your child while co-sleeping is very low, but what parent would accept a small chance of committing negligent homicide against their baby?

Maybe he could get consenting partners, but wants a girl passed out drunk before he makes his move? Judging by the fact that he is obsessed with improving his own appearance, I assume he is extremely insecure about his body. Is he too shy to undress in front of someone who will remember what he looks like?

You are making a point, just not the one you intended to make. The first coffee shop is selling to people who want a nice place to slowly enjoy their cup of coffee. The second coffee shop is targeting commuters who want to grab a coffee to drink while they are driving into work.

My dog knows that he is not going to fight off any intruders. He generally takes a two pronged approach. First, rally all the humans in the house to take up battle stations. Second, if there are no humans he can use, he falls back to a charm offensive.

For me, it would be the night after the last day of the term in college, after all the exams are done and the last project is submitted. I would go from having a soul crushing amount of pressure on me to none. I would have a nice meal, maybe watch a movie or a show, knowing that for a moment, I had no burdens in the world.

Has no one watched Beck Mongolian Chop Squad? The anime is about a commercially successful rock band. The producers had to license a solid soundtrack of songs for scenes of the characters performing. The soundtrack is one banger after another.

Yet, somehow FLCL still beats it.

I thought it was good, but not great or noteworthy. The story is a bit stupid at times, but it is well acted and it has some fun action sequences. It also avoids the MCU defect of spending too much of the movie setting up future movies. Villain and several of the major supporting characters are camios from other series, but they fit well into this movie.

How? Does it have a cellular modem built in or did the washer trick you into connecting to your WiFi is there a reason to connect the washer to the WiFi?

Edit: My joke felt a bit too snarky.