Preparations for exciting major changes underway!

[lunatic59]

Small bills, in a brown sack behind the trashcan on the corner of 32nd and Elm.

 

[lvt]

Small bills, in a brown sack behind the trashcan on the corner of 32nd and Elm.

It sounds like Da Vinci code to me, can someone please explain it in a more human-readable format [emoji23]

 

[lunatic59]

It sounds like Da Vinci code to me, can someone please explain it in a more human-readable format [emoji23]

Okay, here's the simplified version.

Spoiler

That works out to about $4 bucks, give or take a nickel.

 

[AZgl1500]

Root subforums were removed and all root threads were moved to their parent forums. Check out a phone/tablet forum to see what went on.

Kind of a big deal, but just a "minor" change compared with what's to coming by the sounds of things.

ah!!!
that is why I too, did NOT notice any 'real changes" as the only thing I do is click on "New Posts".

 

[viperdink]

How can I Donate to AF ?


Let you pet lemmings deliver bit coins to your favorite Root forum on the 2nd new moon of any month with a druid high day in it.

 

[steve]

How can I Donate to AF ?

Oh sure... my paypal is steve[dot]albright[at]paypal.com. Feel free to donate!

P.S. If you did not mean Albright Family, you could become a VIP... that always helps! Anything more, you would have to ask @Rob or @Phases

 

[Member243850]

Hmmm... well I really do wonder how much ....

Can I get a rough estimation please?

Speaking of the green stuffz... ... do you guys pay your staff?

I may be interested in well you know....

 

[NightAngel79]

Hmmm... well I really do wonder how much ....

Can I get a rough estimation please?

Speaking of the green stuffz... ... do you guys pay your staff?

I may be interested in well you know....

Oh, that is a Rob question, and I believe that falls into the same category as asking how much money someone makes. Meaning, you just don't go around telling people that, hell, it can be considered rude just to ask.

That said, couple years ago when they were hiring a full time phandroid writer, Rob advertised the job could pay up to 30k a year, depending on content/clicks, etc...

 

[Member243850]

no man not being serious at all

Chill young padawan

I am only joking man

No need to get upset my friend

I must unlock my inner nooblet and unleash my outer Neo xD

have you ever had that moment when you spell "Padawan" as "Padawank" because the k is so close to the n and sometimes it looks like you wanna say something you never wanted to say in the first place

We must make noobs no wait... that's not right... we must make peace... not war!

Let us listen to Buddha's infinite words of extreme almost unparalleled wisdom

 

[NightAngel79]

no man not being serious at all

Chill young padawan

I am only joking man

No need to get upset my friend

Totally chilled
Just explaining why you won't get any kind of a real answer/response
I certainly don't know, I'm a volunteer. That, Or @Rob and @Phases lost my direct deposit information again

 

[codesplice]

I certainly don't know, I'm a volunteer. That, Or @Rob and @Phases lost my direct deposit information again

Yours too?

Something fishy is going on...

 

[Mikestony]

sheesh guys, I don't know why you aren't getting compensated like I am.
I get 5 dollars for every thread move, 1 dollar for every post, and a whopping 20 bucks for swinging my hammer

Yer getting gypped

 

[scary alien]

sheesh guys, I don't know why you aren't getting compensated like I am.
I get 5 dollars for every thread move, 1 dollar for every post, and a whopping 20 bucks for swinging my hammer

Yer getting gypped

Yeah, but you're getting paid in Canadian dollars... .

(wait! that might be worth more nowadays )

 

[NightAngel79]

Yeah, but you're getting paid in Canadian dollars... .

(wait! that might be worth more nowadays )

I get paid with these:

 

[lunatic59]

I get paid in bitcoin ... and then I'll send you that decryption key.

 

[El Presidente]

Yeah, but you're getting paid in Canadian dollars... .

(wait! that might be worth more nowadays )

It's certainly worth more than the pound at the moment!

 

[Member243850]

Well I am glad ur not oooffended

Lol so you will only pay about 30 00k $ per year for a kind of writer position give or take!? Whoa whoa whoa wait a second here.... I thought you Yankies were living the high life!

Ooohhh hell no!

Sheeeeesh that's terrible! Man I don't think I like the States anymore

I make way more than that and that's even AFTER conversion!

Thats terrible ... scary stuff! That's a very bad salary

Well anyway I never wanted to know tooo many details but a just general feel

Man you guys get s*** pay!

 

[lunatic59]

Here's some reference for you Stinky. According to the Social Security Administration, here's how US wages have increased over the last 60 years.

Spoiler: Long table 1951-2015 wages

Year Index
1951 $2,799.16
1952 $2,973.32
1953 $3,139.44
1954 $3,155.64
1955 $3,301.44
1956 $3,532.36
1957 $3,641.72
1958 $3,673.80
1959 $3,855.80
1960 $4,007.12
1961 $4,086.76
1962 $4,291.40
1963 $4,396.64
1964 $4,576.32
1965 $4,658.72
1966 $4,938.36
1967 $5,213.44
1968 $5,571.76
1969 $5,893.76
1970 $6,186.24
1971 $6,497.08
1972 $7,133.80
1973 $7,580.16
1974 $8,030.76
1975 $8,630.92
1976 $9,226.48
1977 $9,779.44
1978 $10,556.03
1979 $11,479.46
1980 $12,513.46
1981 $13,773.10
1982 $14,531.34
1983 $15,239.24
1984 $16,135.07
1985 $16,822.51
1986 $17,321.82
1987 $18,426.51
1988 $19,334.04
1989 $20,099.55
1990 $21,027.98
1991 $21,811.60
1992 $22,935.42
1993 $23,132.67
1994 $23,753.53
1995 $24,705.66
1996 $25,913.90
1997 $27,426.00
1998 $28,861.44
1999 $30,469.84
2000 $32,154.82
2001 $32,921.92
2002 $33,252.09
2003 $34,064.95
2004 $35,648.55
2005 $36,952.94
2006 $38,651.41
2007 $40,405.48
2008 $41,334.97
2009 $40,711.61
2010 $41,673.83
2011 $42,979.61
2012 $44,321.67
2013 $44,888.16
2014 $46,481.52
2015 $48,098.63

So according to that, AF staff get's paid pre-civil war wages. The boss calls it the "Antebellum Package". And it comes in confederate currency too.

 

[viperdink]

Yea but youze guys can barter among yourselves all you want lol

 

[lunatic59]

I traded @codesplice a full year's AF wages for three magic beans.

 

[Member243850]

Well I am actually very shocked!

I can't believe it... anyway I kind of feel a bit embarrassed with my probing behavior and being a greedy super hyper pig

Because I have been doing so well in life lately I just want more and more and more... feel like I have become this evil bastard ... obsessed with money... feel like I have become super evil... feel kind of evil these days... really no jokes... it seems to be all I care about... when I talk to people they can see me drolling over it like some kind of God...

I can't believe how little money people make over there.... I am truly horribly shocked.... I mean come on... only 50K per year?

That's shocking!

I work in a highly specialized (and only a few ever really really get into it) environment so my salary is so extremely or highly disproportionate to a large majority I guess you could say.

Maybe I really am being a bit rude and obnoxious... well sorry to have slightly derailed the thread guys. Man now I feel really sorry for you Yanks!

Man feeling a bit embarrassed ... well at least I will keep to myself a bit more

Thanks for the tip NightAngel

 

[Xyro]

I can't believe how little money people make over there.... I am truly horribly shocked.... I mean come on... only 50K per year?

It's more complicated than just comparing the two numbers, though. For starters, one dollar is worth far more than one rand. On the other hand, even if you account for the exchange rate, things are typically cheaper in South Africa. There's a lot of dull economic theory to get into to make those kinds of comparison.

 

[Mikestony]

Did I just notice that there are no more stickies? It appears that the original threads that were stuck, are still remaining at the top of forums, but there is no separation of the stickies anymore.
Did that happen today or yesterday when AF was down for about an hour?

 

[scary alien]

Hey Mike, I think they're still "stuck" as the red pins are still present...but yeah, no line separating them anymore and it would make sense that that's one of the changes made yesterday.

 

[Thom]

I found that line to be very useful in the past when entering a forum and looking for what was new.

With the merge of the Root sub-forum to the forum some forums (like Motorola Droid X) are a little challenged in that it has 11 stickies.

The line would be very helpful.

The "go to first unread" post button was also very useful.

... Thom