I mean, alternative services I tested required to download and install some very fishy feeling apps or browser plugins, the whole experience to setup was not user friendly, not the case here, very nice and functional app directly from the official app stores.
Also very smooth payment options from crypto to regular bank debits (Non US / EU locations).
I've tested recently a very "refined" ipTV service that for the price of a single "mainstream" subscription "aggregates" all the newest content of all services + TV + Non Subscription services Movies, they provide simple to use apps for all Smart TV platforms, OS and phones, great user experience, 1 single account and app for everything.
Clearly all this is illegal but in a way, removes the direct legal risk of downloading stuff yourself, I got the feeling these type of offers will start to grow a lot soon, sadly we know this type of services will never be legal.
My Nikon DSLR (and lens) rarely leave the bag in the last few years, my compromise was to get a middle-of-the-pack fixed lens camera, a Fujifim X20, that is compact enough that I can just drop in my backpack and always have around in case i think the cell phone camera doesn't cut it but that stills allows for some "manual" tinkering if wanted.
true that, and I wonder, based on the little info I've about employment in the US, it's so expensive to fire someone once you realize they are not a good fit?
Even in my country (Arg), that has huge amounts of protections to workers, the first 3 months are consider trial, so you can fire someone without additional cost of the payed salaries.
call me old fashion, but dinner (which is the only meal I have at home) is more than just the process to put energy into the body, it's a family ritual that provides additional value via the cohesion and collaboration required by the family members to make it happen, and this ritual starts when, after work the family members got to go out of their way home to personally select the best products they can find, which they will bring home, this part is annoying, but is part of the whole thing.
And for the days when we don't want to cook, or want something different, meal delivery is super effective.
These offering are in a middle ground with just a little value as a novelty.
I'm from that region in Argentina, my state is called Misiones (Misions) because is the area where those where concentrated, the missing piece is that it was heavily populated by European migrants in 3 waves: beginning of 19 century, post WWI and post WWII; the same happened on the Paraguay and Brazil neighboring areas, this lead to a rapid development of the whole region, which continues today.
Now, sadly, most of that development didn't include the guarani tribes that today still live in poverty.
The only aspect that seems to remain in guarani culture from those times is music, playing guitar & violin, everything else, construction, writing, etc, is gone, this includes religion.
- U$D goes a long way, specially now after the latest devaluation, and if your income is in dollars, you are mostly not affected by inflation.
- Big English speaking crowd in Buenos Aires in particular.
- Intellectual community: there is a good ecosystem of startups at this moment plus one of the biggest universities in South America: Universidad de Buenos Aires
- It's easy to establish yourself legally: is quite easy to get your temporary resident status, just do the paperwork and you are set.
- a bunch of pluses: quite cosmopolitan city with a lot of cultural activities, lots of diversity.
- the food :P
Cons
- economic crisis: actually, this could be a pro if you have U$D, we locals are used to this kinda of stuff but for some people this can be a bit scary.
- Buenos Aires is a big city and can be a bit chaotic.
In big oil, most execs have a degree in engineering but they go up the ranks after they got their MBA's, look at Rex's replacement --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Woods
How I read this: "we will double down on license audits, if we found you breaching our contract we will pardon you if you move to our jail or face the fines"
I worked for a big company that had this policy: "no free stuff, we just going to pay you top dollar and you can buy whatever you want" good, nobody complain.
When they added free snacks I knew it was time to jump ship :P
IMHO if cooking or ordering food is "taking time away" then, well, you need to evaluate the whole picture, maybe you need to improve in other areas, plus, you are not going to get to me to sign a check serving soylent as dinner, sorry! Dinner is more than a meal.