So it turns out that phenylephrine spray (i.e. topically applied) is actually super effective. It only lasts for a couple hours, although it's insanely fast to start working.
It sucks when you're led to believe you can trust people whom you definitely should not trust. Universities, like all other organizations with people in them, are full of broken people who don't know how to respect those with whom they disagree. My former supervisor (and underlings) cost me a lot more than thousands of dollars of therapy. But I know I have to forgive them, or else I'll just perpetuate the cycle in creative ways I can't imagine.
What if you don't know anyone willing to help you get a job?
Ask them for who they know. Heck, even if they are willing to help you, still ask them for more contacts.
It legit took me over a decade of work experience to finally realize that "networking" was really just a simple graph-traversal algorithm for finding friends. If those friends need help with something that pays, then offer your help.
In many ways, I feel similarly. However, "this one weird trick" got me out of it. Think of networking as something you do to find like-minded complex-abstract-problem-solvers. You're just finding friends. If one of those friends has a particularly tough problem and they're willing to pay you, then, congrats! You now have a job offer!
The algorithm is simple: ask people what they do, why they do it, and, crucially, who they know. Then contact each of those people, name-drop their friend, mention interests you might have in common, and ask to meet you talk about fun stuff. Repeat. Follow up with people to let them know you appreciated meeting with them (or not...if you didn't really appreciate meeting with them). If you get the sense that someone is looking for help and you're interested in what they're doing, offer your help. The worst thing that can happen is they say no.
...coolant to warm enough to evaporate the moisture...
Where I come from, we just scrape off enough ice to see where you're going, and crack a window to keep it dry enough the interior doesn't freeze. But, hey, if you know how to leave early enough to get to places on time in a warm cabin, more power to you 😉
...in Chicago ... pre-heating the car is a must 3 months of the year.
I don't believe you've lived anywhere cold for very long. Cold places existed long before remote start. The car warms up while you finish shoveling and brushing off the car. You're warm from shoveling, and the car is ready to go. If it's just cold and you're late to whatever, you sit your shivering ass down behind the wheel and drive away anyways...
Honestly, I'm a bit skeptical of StopKillingGames. It feels like a good thing, but it also comes off as naive. Like the whole "just distribute the server" requirement is impossible with the way modern games are developed, and may be cost-prohibitive to implement for most developers well into the future. Besides, some games really are less like a painting and more like a musical; performance art necessarily has to end at some point, so it's all about the experience and the memories. Nobody complains when the actors take a bow, because that's the expectation.
BANNED: Horseshoe theory
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