I've heard that warehouse employees are treated horrendously, but to be fair most warehouse employees are treated horrendously everywhere. It's not a great comparison, but the folks at the Washington Post I know seem to have had positive (or not negative) experiences after Bezos acquired it so I remain hopeful as far as workplace conditions go.

I didn't get to watch much more than a few minutes at a time but every time I pulled up the stream, Lansky was doing work with his ubers.

Haven't been able to watch any of the games this weekend but seeing all these comments is making me super pumped to watch the casts later. I might need to take a day off work this week and bingewatch TF2 games all day. I'm hyped.

I was expecting the return of the demo nerf

Loved the slowmo with the scout on Badlands mid. The clip on Process 2nd nearly gave me a seizure though, maybe cut back on the flashing a little bit.

I'd literally spend hundreds of dollars on official cosmetics/skins if they looked half as good as the Exertus uniforms in that SFM video. F2P got people into the game, and interest in comp would keep people here. The more time you invest in a game, the more likely you would be to support the developers/top teams, right? That's how my mind seems to work.

Someone's been compiling the builds so you can download and play.
Also, here's a video of Fatal1ty playing a pre-alpha build.
Looks fun but I never played any UT, anyone with UT experience have insight or comments on these?

Relives stress, tobacco in general helps stave off drowsiness/heightens my reflexes. Dipping tobacco is a disgusting habit, but there's a reason it's so common with baseball players and I tend to play better TF2 when dipping (not at all a good reason though). I've also met a ton of people who asked me for a light on the street, and some of them stayed in my life. Got my current job on a smoke break, and I've met some pretty high powered politicians/lobbyists/businessmen smoking in the right places.

It obviously doesn't outweigh the health costs of lifetime smoking, but you're not doing a rational analysis when you light up, the same way you don't weight the pros and cons of alcoholism before knocking back a few beers.

Good for you Kirby, I'm quitting tomorrow too so I'd love to hear updates. Keep it up.

Being low is worse, but it's also a lot easier to notice because the effects are immediately noticeable. It's also a lot easier to manage, just take some glucose or food and you'll be fine in 15 minutes. I've had high blood sugars persist for over a week, despite complete fasting and using a month's supply of insulin in that same week.

Makes you feel pretty sick in general. Harder to play/do anything with nausea, constant thirst/need to pee, pounding headache, stomaches, etc. Slower reaction times, general loss of motor control as well. Also makes my joints ache and my breath smell really fruity. It's not as bad as that sounds, sometimes it's subtle and I don't notice I'm high for some time, but sometimes it all comes at once.

I always think I can play with a high blood sugar until I get in game. I had a match the other night where I came out wondering why I played worse than usual, then checked my blood sugar and saw it was 560.
And while I almost never rage, playing with high or low blood sugar makes it much easier to get in my head.

I quit smoking a while back. Then fell off the bus when work got stressful. Quitting again (hopefully for real this time) on Saturday.
What helped last time, a lot, was quitting with someone else. Peer pressure made a huge difference.
If that's not possible, I remember I drank a ton of coffee last time.
And if possible, avoid the people or places you places you usually smoke. I had a place outside the office where I would go, and after I quit smoking I would have a hard time when I was around there.
Running also helps.
Ultimately, though, there's not too many tips or "tricks" that I can offer. It comes down to a force of will, convincing yourself that your mind is stronger than your body.

I was trying to MGE the other night and was matched up against a C&D spy. Reminded me why I don't use other MGE servers.

I worked upwards of 80 (sometimes 90) hours a week for most of last year. At the end, I was exhausted and hibernated for a month.
Keep your schedule as regimented as possible. It's easy for your time to slip by and to have things take you unaware. It's also easy to want to sleep in some of the days, skip work, etc. Don't do that unless you have to. Set yourself a regular bedtime, stick to it.
On the weekends or when you have time off, it's important to keep some social interactions in your life. That being said, sleep and rest should be prioritized so if you're not keen on meeting up with friends, cancel and take care of yourself first.
For me, I don't think I could have gotten through it without running in the morning. I got up two to three hours early and just went running for a long, long time. It cuts back on sleep, but I found the stress relief and the ensuing runners high was more than enough to make up for it. It helps you center yourself. Obviously you don't need to run that much, or run at all, but physical exercise is going to be critical.
Keep your eyes on whatever your future goal is and be sure to treat yourself. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work you'll be doing, but I presume you have a reason for doing so. Keep that in mind, and splurge (when you can afford it).
Be sure to stay on good terms with your coworkers and be upfront about it if you think you'll be tired, irritable, etc. Spending that much time at work with people you don't like is a death sentence.

I had heard some of those stories, didn't the CEO get forced out because of issues like those?