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by ck425 5y ago
> Raising a child and building a home and life for a family is expensive. This is an important point. I don't think feminism is trying to limit options but in practical terms if you have a mix of two income and one income households
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by ck425 5y ago
My observation from the UK is that it's extremely polarised. When I visited Miami for work I couldn't believe how many scantily clad people just walked around and the stories you see in media from coastal liberal areas (fictional
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by ck425 5y ago
Can someone explain the logic behind District Attorney's being elected? I'm not from the US so don't understand the reasoning. Why are certain crimes prosecuted based on decisions of an elected official? That just seems obvio
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by ck425 5y ago
The market is only as free as society decides. Regardless of current legality if society decides something is immortal eventually it'll be regulated.
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by ck425 6y ago
My understanding is that many USB-C adapters limit voltage, which screws over good headphones. Also from experience of using a DAC via USB-C everyday for many years, they're really really unreliable. 3.5mm on the other hand just works
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by ck425 6y ago
How is the software though? I tried it years ago because of the audio quality and ended up going HTC 10 because the LG version of Android was horrendous. Less bloat than Samsung sure but still horrible
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by ck425 6y ago
I loved my OnePlus One. But then when I went to replace it years later they'd scraped the headphone jack.
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by ck425 6y ago
Are pubic holidays guaranteed on top of that? The UK allowance includes pubic holidays but very few employers make you take them.
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by ck425 6y ago
Yes, though some companies (finance normally) give 5+ weeks on top of bank holidays and very very few employers make you take bank holidays.
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by ck425 6y ago
I'd be curious to know how much time off they give their staff normally? I hear that 2 weeks is standard in the US and if so no wonder everyone's burned out. In the UK we get 6 weeks minimum and I honestly can't imagine going
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by ck425 6y ago
You say that but theatre actors still need to project despite mics and they can act fine.
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by ck425 6y ago
Really? I've went to London office a couple of times and have had many colleagues there and they didn't seem notable different to Scots in terms of swearing.
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by ck425 6y ago
I agree with all of that except the swearing part. Is swearing in work a big deal in US? I'm Scottish (even worse Glaswegian) so perhaps have a skewed view.
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by ck425 6y ago
> Not sure where you got "ploy" or "evil employers", nothing in my post implies those things. "They'd also rather we worked 12-hour shifts and got paid minimum wage for it." ^ That's where I got it
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by ck425 6y ago
> I don't understand comments that pretend as if remote work is going to force everyone to "work from the suburbs". I mentioned the suburbs because the comparison you setup was suburbs vs expensive city life. I was critiqu
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by ck425 6y ago
Out of curiosity how did you qualify for the vaccine? I work for the NHS but as I'm not frontline don't qualify for it. Not that I disagree with the decision but the internal talk I've heard is that the government has been ex
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by ck425 6y ago
You're comparing a terrible commuting scenario to a great remote scenario. You're also looking at this from the perspective of someone with an established family. Of course remote looks better! There are more commuting scenarios t
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by ck425 6y ago
> Yes, many employers would rather that we physically commute to their offices every morning. They'd also rather we worked 12-hour shifts and got paid minimum wage for it. This is factitious comparison. Remote works great for a lot
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by ck425 6y ago
I agree with you that they've handled badly but I don't know how they should have handled it. Anyone got ideas on how they should have handled it?
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by ck425 6y ago
"Regulation" gave us the end of Slavery. "Regulation" gave us the end of child labour. "Regulation" gave us a 5 day work week. "Regulation" gave us a reasonable number of holidays (in Europe atleast).
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by ck425 6y ago
Is a 4 day week possible? Many Western European countries have laws that legally entitle you to ask for 4 days weeks (even if they say no they can't penalise you for it) and most tech companies are open to it. Go down to 4 days and you
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by ck425 6y ago
I'm referring the rollout of the vaccines not the creation. That's a different issue with no easy answer. Again this may just be a cultural difference. Healthcare being free at point of use is a core tenant of the NHS.
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by ck425 6y ago
Maybe this is cultural difference between the UK and the US but who the hell thinks it's ok to be blatantly profiting from a vaccine rollout? Particularly when the vaccine is being provided for free by government. Covering costs is ove
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by ck425 6y ago
Screenhero. Best remote pairing tool I ever used. Then Slack bought and killed it. I'm not sure why, it was an incredible product and would have made a killing in the pandemic.
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by ck425 6y ago
Out of curiosity what made you realise you had ADHD? I've previously suspected I have inattentive type ADHD but was never sure if it was just an excuse I told myself or not. Due to that I've never pursued a diagnosis.
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by ck425 6y ago
Personally I thoroughly enjoyed both of Walter Isaacson's biographies on Jobs and Benjamin Franklin. I got a lot from both. What specifically makes the other biographies better? More details, wider points of view etc?
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by ck425 6y ago
The office you describe sounds like a crap office. Comparing a crap office to remote (where it's largely as good or as bad as your decide) isn't really fair. I've previously always worked in lovely offices, with lots of light
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by ck425 6y ago
+1 for John Scalzi. His mix of SciFi, political observation, characterisation and wit is brilliant.
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by ck425 6y ago
I definitely notice a positive difference when I drink more water than coffee but the core problems causing burnout are still there and unresolved. It's a boost not a fix.
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by ck425 6y ago
> being depressed is a luxury I know rationally that you're correct but it's damn hard to keep that in mind when you're depressed.

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