I kinda laughed when I read that headline - give people money and they won’t not have money! Hehe. But I’ve always wondered what kinds of upward or downward pressures that would make on the prices of certain things. Or on purchase patterns in aggregate. I’m no economist, so I’m not aware of all the history of similar programs. I have seen some really weird things happen in closed systems like FSA benefits that people ‘use or lose’ here in the US causing weird purchase patterns that cause shortages of certain things that people end up over-purchasing just to not feel like they’ve lost a benefit. Dunno if you have a similar program there. But in a scenario where it’s just money, I imagine the patterns would be completely different.

I loved Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! Also if you want to stretch your genre comfort, Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is just wonderful. I return to it every few years.

Huh - Subaru coming in tops was a surprise!

Awww, Lenny! I hope his third-eldest, Larissa is doing ok.

One thing I’ll say about the old model was that out of all the dating apps, Bumble was the only one where every woman who I met or even just messaged with could hold a conversation. That one requirement of them reaching out first set the bar, and I knew they were making the choice to speak to me out of all the other guys they were drowning in. I ended up with more dates through Bumble than any other app, and even made great friends with some people I didn’t romantically click with. Online dating is awful, or was for me, but Bumble was the least awful one of the bunch. The new model sounds not so great.

Bookmarked!

Haaaaha, I thought you were goofin’ so I joined in 🙃

Make sure you have Octa set up right so you can log in with your organization’s team space in Jira using two factor. That way when you set permissions to users and groups with the local Steam lobby your leaderboard doesn’t get mixed up and you end up back in Confluence’s Bronze league. Diamond subscribers can set their own epics with access to special story point loot boxes, but you have to watch for them on the Steam sale page. It’s pretty simple, just read the process docs in Fandom.