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by bluefishinit 3y ago
Yeah, Twitter just changed how you have to do it (view post engagements): https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1715651443288396009/quotes Paul also commented on it: https://twitter.com/paulg/
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
A lot of them are in the quote tweets, and also people leaving responses all over twitter and referencing this.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I agree. The bombing didn't stop after the hospital. Shortly after a major bakery was bombed by Israel, another yesterday along with the third oldest church in the world that was harboring people who lost their houses. The bombing cont
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> The Israeli Defense Forces said that the blast was the result of a misfire from a Hamas rocket, and President Biden, citing Department of Defense evidence, has backed that claim. These same people claimed to have seen pictures of 40 be
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
As a boss, I encourage anyone on my team to take time off whenever they need it for mental health or stress reasons. I also tell them that they do not need to tell me or any other team members the reason behind why they're taking tim
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The reason CEOs want workers to RTO is because they want you to quit(fastcompany.com)
100 points by bluefishinit 3y ago|75 comments
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
If you want a capitalist spin on the reporting just think that Musk has created so much easy content in the form of blatantly unethical behavior that it's super easy for them to just pick some up and print it. It's low hanging fru
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
Is he a capitalist though? He lit "his" capital on fire to buy and ruin Twitter. It seems like his goals are mostly political. He bought the site so he could push his far-right ideology. His recent trip to the border supports that
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I would rather have a belief that the system will find the root causes of crime and take actions to fix them then believe the system will punish those who break the rules. Punishment causes damage to society beyond just the individual being
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
There's an interesting book called Aberration In The Heartland of The Real about Tim McVeigh (the OKC bomber) that talks about his role prior to the bombing on the front lines of the Iraq War and what he and his Bradley fighting vehicl
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What happened behind the scenes at the X CEO's disastrous coming out party(businessinsider.com)
7 points by bluefishinit 3y ago|6 comments
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I don't think this time should be labeled as "slacking off". It's just not working and there's nothing wrong with that if you've already met your obligations.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> but it would be easy for them to hire someone at the same cost who has more output History has shown that it's not easy at all to replace someone. It's difficult to find good people and convince them to join you and it can
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> Germany, it feels like some individuals prefer to work as little as possible, maximize their earnings, and are resistant to fixed deadlines or essential tasks and meetings. This trend is concerning, and I'm genuinely worried abou
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
"Slacking off" doesn't enter into the equation. Is your output worth more to the company than it costs to pay you to produce it? If yes, then great there is no problem to be solved.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> This is overly reductive. No, as a user I really don't want my usage data leaving my machine. There is no justification worth that to me.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
"Better products" don't spy on me. As a user, I don't want any information about my usage leaving my machine. In addition to privacy issues, this is now code that needs to be maintained, discussed, debugged... that has
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I think a counterpoint to this is the growing number of strikes and general labor organization. I think a lot of people feel your frustration and those in the working classes have reached their breaking points and have started to take actio
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
Recently Georgia police killed an environmental activist protesting the construction of Cop City: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/us/cop-city-activist-killed-d... Then the government indicted 61 activists
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5: And Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work(wsj.com)
3 points by bluefishinit 3y ago|4 comments
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
The point is that unless a manager has an actual reason to complain about someone's performance, there is no problem. Believing urban legends about people "slacking off" while WFH just mean that manager or executive should be
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
This is not true at all. Younger employees are even more equipped for remote work than older employees. They grew up with Discord, Youtube, Twitch... lots have even contributed to open source software. The junior people on the remote teams
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
When you're remote, you can work wherever you want including HCOL locations. You'll also be able to work with better engineers since you'll be pulling from the global talent pool and not just that within commuting distance of
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> So yeah, many abused WFH and now the backlash is here. You can't "abuse" WFH. Either you're producing results that satisfy your manager or you are not. Also, any exec making decisions based on Blind posts should b
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> Remote work from pandemic period is a totally different story. The companies are forced to let people to work remotely because of the covid, not they really want to go fully remote. Amazon's stock hit an all time high during thi
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I think paying for a car + insurance + gas is pretty substantial.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I work from home and would never work in an office even with a "normal" commute. Two hours on a regular basis is something else though, I think there's definitely an added risk to a long distance commute that doesn't get
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> Or you talking about let everyone going remote? That's transitioning into a fully remote company which is not happening This was the state of things before the RTO mandates. The whole company was remote until they started demand
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
I wouldn't commute 2 hours to work, even once a month. Too much risk to my personal safety. There's no way I'm driving on a highway with semi-trucks just to do some meetings.
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by bluefishinit 3y ago
> What you are requesting is the fully remote company RTO is a new policy, they could simply have continued to allow employees to work from home.

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