Office not friendly

Even nearly 10 years later, I cannot use Microsoft Office and its “ribbon” effectively.

That was really the first foray of any organization into user-hostile interface design and wow has it proved a real loser from a usability perspective.

I search for minutes for things back in Word 2003 I used to be able to find in 1-2 seconds.

Entrepreneurship

American Entrepreneurship Is Actually Vanishing. Here’s Why.

Claims this article.

But it’s wrong, at least for the reasons.

The economy is now sink or swim. Obamacare did nothing to ameliorate that. Taking risks does not pay off; in fact, it harms you.

Employers don’t see having worked for or founded a start-up (outside of very small bastions like Silicon Valley) as a real job. You will have problems passing background checks and therefore problems getting hired if you found or work for a start-up.

I know — I was contracting for a start-up for over a year where I did a lot of difficult technical things on my own, without the usual assistance (other team members, official vendor support, etc.) and no company I later interviewed with saw it as a real job despite it being more difficult than most of my “real” jobs.

And also there are no societal safety nets now. Student loans can’t be discharged in bankruptcy, therefore many people with them will not take the risk of crashing and burning and being unable to repay loans.

Health insurance is now mandatory, but not cheap, so yet another cost that dissuades entrepreneurship. (In the past, many would forgo health insurance and risk it. No longer an option.)

So the great risk shift in society has dissuaded entrepreneurship greatly.

That’s really what happened — another example of the Baby Boom generation accruing all the advantages, pulling up the ladder behind them and then blaming their kids and grandkids for failing.

Hypocrisy

Good example of hypocrisy here.

These women who say that men are not allowed to have standards when it comes to weight will also be the first to put in their profile, “Will not date anyone under 6’2″.” Happens all the time.

But I sort of agree with her, even with as stupid as she is. Perhaps things should be spelled out more clearly.

So nota bene: I will not date fat women.

And furthermore I will almost certainly not continue to be attracted to women if they get fat post relationship. This has never been any secret but fuck it, if now it makes me an evil person to make it explicit so be it.

Devil horns look good on me, anyway.

This is just like I won’t date anyone else I’m not attracted to.

Good enough?