I was excited to get one of these myself. I joined the waiting list towards the end of last year and finally got mine around July-ish. As others have mentioned, the keyboard is only serviceable and the trackpad is very cheap only having like corner left/right clicking. I enjoyed mine all of about a week or so before I encountered issues where it won't boot up when I turned it on. Tried looking for a solution for a while but eventually just gave up...It's not really worth the extra effort.
I think a more appropriate title would simply be "get paid lots of money for working hard and being good at something that's in demand" but it's not nearly as catchy. Seemingly, what's the case in the job market is that the degree is just the minimum required whereas your catalog of work shows that you weren't just following the trend of "fast growing/unfilled computer jobs". It seemed to work for me...
It did immediately send up red flags with the "hey, lemme check your password safety by you GIVING me your password!" As I thought about it for a second though however, I tried to envision from memory what's the difference between these particular login forms versus legit twitter logins? (I'm at work so no twitter access) It looks pretty similar from what I can remember besides the submission button I suppose..
While it's true that you shouldn't HAVE to hide behind a persona in order to speak your mind, the Microsoft guy was free to do so. Why couldn't he just as easily say what he had to say under his 'randomMicrosoftEmployee' account instead of his public one? Simple. He wanted an audience. This is very reminiscent of the high ranked guy of some company who went off on a random chick-fil-a employee in the drive thru, posted it on youtube for the world to see and got fired over it during the whole 'supporting a anti-gay organization' thing. No one is saying you can't have or share your opinion but use common sense and decide HOW you'll share said opinion as well as the possible consequences.
I wish I took this advice in highschool and college but I'm still young (23). I was completely focused on getting my Bachelor's degree and eventually getting a good job (succeeded btw) over having much of a social life so the cons that come with that is a bit obvious...But yeah, maintain balance.
While I agree that OWNERS of the hardware shouldn't be bound by arbitrary rules laid out by the service providers, you can still get your phone unlocked, but only from the carrier...At least with T-Mobile, it's free (to my knowledge) as long as your account is in good standing. The law still sucks though...
Wow, the writing of this article is superb. I never quite got into the super competitiveness of gaming myself (for record breaking and etc) but the story alone has intrigued me as well as let me take a glance inside the lives of the players. I don't really know what else to say but the way the article is written was truly engaging.
Thank you! Writing the article, I was struck by a few constant themes: everyone in this community is VERY NICE, they are VERY COMPETITIVE, and the game is BRUTAL. The game itself is punishingly hard.
To me, the central revelation was that the game was so fatalistic that only nice people could survive it. And when those people get together to play each other, it's a huge party. I wanted to tell a human story about people who just happen to be extremely good at Tetris.
