"I have, like, really given my whole energy and life over the last four months to this job, and to be let go for no reason is like a huge slap in the face from a company that I really wanted to believe in,"
First mistake was giving your whole life. Second mistake was believing in a company.
Having survived a layoff like the one they mentioned - people getting random 15 minute meetings, suddenly seeing their accounts decommissioned, etc. - it definitely sucks, and knowing they'll lay me off like that means I have no reason to have loyalty
What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed son, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities....
If you have a problem and you call the cops you now have two problems
Edit: Also, who administered the ketamine? Had they received training in appropriate dosing? Or did some dumb cop just shove a needle into a kid and hope he didn't die.
My house has the toilet and shower branching from the same cold water line. This means that whenever the toilet flushes, it uses a lot of cold water and the shower gets too hot....
I discovered yesterday that they no longer sell 16 ounce containers of ricotta cheese. They're all now 15oz or 30oz. So if you have a recipe that needs four cups of cheese you have to either adjust the rest of the recipe down or deal with having a 1/4 cup less cheese than you really need.
Sysadmin pro tip: Keep a 1-10GB file of random data named DELETEME on your data drives. Then if this happens you can get some quick breathing room to fix things.
My parents had a porn blocker, and all it made me do was learn enough about computers to circumvent it. Even if they put age verification in front of every porn site in the world there's still torrents and chat rooms and forums all over where you can find it, and kids will find it. Next thing they'll mandate is putting toothpaste back in the tube.
One of the authors of this paper is from the Chicago School and the Hoover Institution. Both are pro-business, anti-worker think-tanks that have been this way for decades. They also don't do any research of their own, but cite other papers that show the 5-20% reduction.
However, the methodology mentioned in the papers is suspect. First, they show that remote workers have the same productivity, but work longer hours. So the net output doesn't go down, they just spend more time working. Which raises the question: How many more breaks were they taking throughout the day? Being remote means a much more flexible schedule, so it's not uncommon to take longer breaks if you're a salaried worker.
Another study was IT professionals shifting to remote work at one company at the start of the pandemic. This one showed an 18% reduction in productivity. But considering the timing of this and that company culture and procedures can contribute to this, it doesn't seem to be a valid data point.
Then they bring up some common criticisms of WFH, which I've seen and refuted since I started working from home 2009: People can't communicate, working in groups is harder, and people can't control themselves. Yawn.
Honestly, the fact that they cherry picked hybrid work as being equally productive shows me this isn't about productivity, it's about keeping offices open. Which makes sense considering one of the authors is affiliated with groups that want to prop up the commercial rental business.
Greetings from the other side! I'm working on improving my Windows knowledge, and I'd like to replicate something I can do in Linux with Windows servers: Spinning up an EC2 instance and installing and configuring MySQL....
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It's good that Reddit did this today because the memes on the fediverse have been extremely good lately. Reddit Remainers checking it out will find a fun, active community
US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound...
Reddit’s IPO Filing Shows Lots Of Losses After Nearly 20 Years (www.forbes.com)
Gen Z is recording themselves getting fired in growing TikTok trend (www.cbsnews.com)
A Vermont mom called police to talk to her son about stealing. He ended up handcuffed and sedated (apnews.com)
What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed son, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities....
Anon watches Mr Robot (sh.itjust.works)
LPT - Turn down the flow rate to your toilet to keep your showers from being too hot
My house has the toilet and shower branching from the same cold water line. This means that whenever the toilet flushes, it uses a lot of cold water and the shower gets too hot....
Calculus? Nah, bro, that's easy stuff (lemmy.ananace.dev)
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules (apnews.com)
A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit.
How do you treat a cold?
I have an actual cold for the first time in about four years. What are some of your favorite remedies?
How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
I’m Canadian. And I’m already sorry for asking an ignorant question....
Texas Republicans Ban Women From Using Highways for Abortion Appointments (www.newsweek.com)
Lubbock County, Texas, joins a group of other rural Texas counties that have voted to ban women from using their roads to seek abortions....
Ford Mustang Mach-E Recalled Because Battery Can’t Handle Owners Flooring It (www.thedrive.com)
Today is about to become unpleasant (startrek.website)
Is Streetlight Manifesto a Ska Band? - Punk Rock Music Theory EP. 2 (www.youtube.com)
Come to defend the ska-ness of Streetlight, stay for the neat history of ska
All of Japan's Toyota Assembly Plants Shut Down for a Day Because Their Server Ran Out of Disk Space (www.reuters.com)
Rock Bird (www.youtube.com)
Bird rocking*This is not my video, I found it on a webpage, and re-uploaded it. Credit goes to the original creator.
Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law (www.vice.com)
PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS (lemmy.world)
They can all fuck right off. Here’s the article if anyone’s interested: forbes.com/…/working-from-home-leads-to-decreased…
Linux guy here: How the heck do you automate the deployment of Windows servers?
Greetings from the other side! I'm working on improving my Windows knowledge, and I'd like to replicate something I can do in Linux with Windows servers: Spinning up an EC2 instance and installing and configuring MySQL....
QBittorrent is better though. (feddit.ch)
John Dunsworth being extra wholesome teaching you how to build with concrete (www.youtube.com)
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Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com)
A composer reacts to The Hand That Thieves (www.youtube.com)
His reaction is everything I want when I introduce Streetlight to someone new
This is what the Smoking GNU look like in my head
Streetlight Manifesto's Homepage (www.streetlightmanifesto.com)
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