My guess is he’s using that statement to sidestep criticism of layoffs. I mean, is it wrong to take the long view? No. Does that mean they had to lay off people and put them in a precarious situation? Maybe, maybe not. But the explanation that sounds palatable.

I’m trying to imagine what someone would use it for/want it for. It seems juat like more plastic crap for the landfill.

It’s what I started using and now I’m stuck. Anyone know of any export tools?

My straving student experience was much better than a lot of people but it still wasn’t a confortable one.

As an early to mid 2010’s student I had classes only two days a week but I had to be on campus most the day. I worked the other 5 days full time. I learned to cook cheap meals–rice, beans, ramen, etc.–and thats good and all, taught me to cook. The only problem, was if I stepped off the treadmill of life, like a week got hectic and I missed batching meals, I didnt have any time or energy to cook and there was zero money left to just buy something out quickly. There were many days at work and school I sat there hungry and distracted.

In hindsight, there was more I could have done to mitigate those experiences. But I didn’t know that then. I’m not a better person for those experiences. I wasnt as able to learn as heartily as desired and I lost out on a great internship opportunity I still kick myself for because it was unpaid and I couldn’t figure out what to cut out; food, rent, transportation, or the little money I could set aside for books the next semester.

That’s just my individual experience.

For sake of argument, maybe HP is seen as it’s own thing now. It’s become so ubiquitous it’s sort of general fiction and not thought of as grouped with anything.

Which ones would you leave off?