One of the most awkward, yet heartwarming moments of my teenage years happened when my mom randomly told me she'd still love me just as much if I was gay.

At that time it a) was really awkward and b) felt like throwing shade at my lack of success with the ladies, but older me knows it came from the heart.

Same here. I always stand next to the wall.

I can only speak to Facebook since that's what I have knowledge of, but I agree with the premise that user experience gets sacrificed to juice numbers. The market rewards growth, so that's what companies optimize for. When the growth doesn't happen, a company that still makes tens of billions of dollars in profit takes a huge stock price beating.

The people who work at the company are paid partly in stock, and that stock becomes 40-75% or more of their compensation at higher levels. Throw in an employee review process where increasing metric X by Y% can be called success and net you a nice multiplier of 25%-300% to your annual bonus and annual stock grant, and you can be damn sure the employees are focused on the stock price as well.

TBH, focus on AR and the Metaverse is one reason I have more respect for Zuckerberg. Current offerings are the equivalent of early tech demos and don't represent anything approaching a "final" result. This is a long range vision and will require many years of work for the hardware and software to even be remotely capable. This comes with a big hit to stock price, though.

Who knows if it'll be successful, but it's nice to see a company take a gamble on a long range vision, even if it's partly out of necessity due to the current market being tapped out.

I had this experience. I went through 3 recruiters that simply disappeared partway through the process, and finally got a 4th that was super responsive, right up until they were laid off. At that point I moved on.

I lived in Beacon Hill with a baby and no car, and this was before getting things delivered was much less of a thing. Overall, it was totally fine. I generally walked everywhere anyway, so it wasn't a big deal. We did have to plan things a little better, just so we weren't dealing with that T at rush hour. Shopping usually meant going more often and getting less stuff if I had the stroller with me. Bigger stuff would have to be delivered or picked up with a ZipCar.

We "invested" in a Bugaboo stroller, and it was totally worth it despite the cost. It was super maneuverable and easy to push around. It also folded and unfolded quickly and easily, so getting around in places with stairs wasn't too bad.

I worked at Funspot and token sorting was a crappy job, but I know people that volunteered for it so they could snag the highway tokens.

Spending close to $1B makes no sense. The MBTA collected $200M in fares in 2022. Let's say the new system boosts that by 25%. It'll take 20 years to break even.

I feel like this is what happened after 2008. Lots of people were on the sidelines and demand for homes was like a dam breaking.

Thank you! You answered a question I've had for a while. I remember being on a flight and seeing one seat with a not in use curtain, and wondered what it was.

A generation or two ago, you'd be able to find French speakers in lots of places. I'm in my late 40's and my mom, my aunt, and grandparents on one side of the family are all fluent, but I'm the only one of my generation that even studied it, and I'm far from fluent.

I'm going to show my age, but The Boynton before it was renovated. It was more cozy, and popping in on a weeknight let you rub elbows with families, college kids, people from the neighborhood, etc.

Same here. I made it two years, but couldn't handle it any more and moved.

Based on my early days UO experience, I learned that in the Metaverse I'm going to spend hours of my day crafting wooden furniture to decorate the homes of other players with far more gold than me, only to get ganked in the woods by PKers.

I thought the Metaverse was supposed to be an escape from reality.

What sucks is that this is too many people for a dungeon, but not enough for a Raid.

j/k I've met some pretty awesome people thanks to Destiny.

My son, who's had basically all of the Mac and Cheese possible in the Boston area prefers Silvertone's over all others.

Are the 3-3-3 and 5-2-2 numbers asks for percent salary increases?

There's no way The Globe has that much cash.

When the pike extension was built, the nation's best and brightest came together to design Newton Corner. They studied long and hard, and put decades of collective experience together to come up with a design that dumps traffic from the highway and local roads into a half-mile circle of pavement with 216 street signs, 23 crosswalks, and 12 traffic lights.

Wait, I thought they closed years ago. It was a favorite spot for me and my wife.

The old man had the last laugh, though. While he distracted Keka, his nephew snuck in the back. He was discovered pretty quickly, so he only managed to steal some of the business.

YouTube TV basically fills that niche for me. Browsing still isn't as convenient as Xfinity, but I'm at least able to browse a program guide and find something to watch.

It's very easy. There's plenty of room for bags over the seats and at the end of the cars. The non-Acela takes a little longer because it stops more, but they're both good options.

They've gone from Rage Against the Machine to Rage With the Machine.

Seriously, if an armored truck delivery only cost $43.50 CAD, then that's how I'd have everything delivered. I'd send random stuff to friends just for fun.