The part that gets me is they have been reaching out to schools with their Teams for Education program and given the impression that it’s great for kids because it is free outside of the program.
No they don't. Southwest is not the cheap airline option, that would be Frontier/Spirit/JetBlue. Southwest is often cheaper than United/Delta/American by a bit, but it's not that much.
I share a similar experience. I’m puzzled by the common perception that Southwest offers low prices. In my case, their fares are often quite comparable to American Airlines and United. Sometimes, the flights I prefer are even more costly with Southwest. I don’t have a strong preference for any specific airline; my choice is mainly based on the quickest route with the fewest layovers and reasonable hours.
And personally I very much dislike the Southwest approach to boarding. I feel much calmer knowing that my ideal seat has been reserved.
Southwest is not a budget carrier -- they were never that cheap.
But I would pay a premium not to fly Southwest. If there was Delta flight that was a $100 more than an equivalent Southwest flight, I would take the Delta flight.
But that's the point - Delta (and others) aren't that much more. So people aren't paying a premium to avoid Southwest, because there isn't a premium to be paid.
It’s a hypothetical premium. Fares for the same route can differ between carriers depending on airport, time of travel etc. even among mainstream carriers. I would pay more not to fly Southwest.
This may be a reflection of Spotify’s churn in your category/region. Given the explosion in Spotify merchants during the pandemic, you may be lucky it is only 2%.
This is a great tool. I’ve found it to be a great way to open large csv files that crash most gui programs. It’s now my favorite way to open csvs outside of the terminal.
I have an account but have never gotten any value out of it. Just a bit of recruiter spam. I'm not really sure what its purpose is. Just apply for jobs the old fashioned way, I don't see how a friend of a friend of a friend can possibly lend any credibility whatsoever.
Depending on your sector, it might be a messaging/intro platform, it might also be a way for people to do a quick background check on you without asking for your CV.
I ignored it for a decade and things went fine. But for some reason, more people took LinkedIn seriously, and it has become the most stable of social media.
> Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die.
Sounds like you’re either in the privileged position to not have to earn a living or you earn a living outside the software industry. For many of us, we prefer to get paid to write software and make interesting products.
Thousands of people make a living off open source and many are interesting products. Going commercial makes it easier to make a living. If making a living on open source is privileged, that privilege comes from hard work and some luck.
Many of us prefer otherwise. Why is my identity coupled to serving your sensibilities?
Compensation just means money cause the story goes that makes primates still coupled to Earth and social norms (make money) freer?
Ok. Yeah.
Why is how I have to utilized technology coupled to your preference to make money? Just as arbitrary a social ideology as religion, since it’s not a divine mandate. It’s just clinging to some abstract historical barnacle, LARPing proper stewardship of reality.
It’s not really about consumption. It is a stealth way for PG&E to get urban areas to subsidize rural areas. This is likely driven by vegetation management costs in rural areas.
Employers play it fast and loose with fringe benefits. It's most often PCI or other compliance reasons that laptops are kept.
My last company gave out TVs, furniture, expensive kitchenware, etc. They warehouse the laptops underground for eternity. They won't even scrap the drives and resell them.
