I have signed several of these. If you do it on company time or with company resources, it’s theirs. If you do it on your own time with your own stuff, it’s yours.
You may or may not be shocked to learn how many “personal projects” get done when people are supposed to be doing the work they get paid for or with resources they are effectively stealing from their employer. This isn’t some evil corporate attempt to steal your brilliant work. They are trying to make sure that when you are at work using their stuff you are doing your actual job.
If you have your own things you want to pitch as products you will be giving over the rights to that the minute you work on it on company time with company resources.
If your ideas are good, save money, quit, start a start up, and use your connections to make a good deal with them (sell it to them). Or wait until you are a vested shareholder.
All of this would not be possible, the lawsuit says, without Epstein’s right-hand men: his longtime personal lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, who’ve long denied any wrongdoing in connection with their former boss....
If anyone did, I’d say it was the AG at the time. His father basically got Epstein started and there’s no way he wasn’t thinking about all the dirty laundry that was going to be aired.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trump’s recent comments about NATO are likely a “contributing factor” in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
“I’m possibly the next president and think you’re dreamy, Vlad” absolutely emboldens him and killing Navalny sends the message that he heard him loud and clear.
Edit - when I was growing up (not here) I knew some very bad kids and this would have been way, way outside their zone for vandalism or violence. That’s why I don’t think it’s just random tiktok juvenile delinquency.
I’m not a doctor but I think reckless disregard for human life and property is a result of mental illness. I also do not think that in any exempts them from responsibility.
Whoever is doing this lives with other people probably and there’s an excellent chance there are adults there who should be seeing signs of this and getting this person help.
Now, we all know they might also be people who are themselves not really model citizens.
To recap - not excusing this they need to be arrested and kept from harming anyone else asap.
Agreed, I think 90% of what we see is generations passing on their own disfunction. Makes it a very, very difficult problem to solve at the societal level. Individuals have to make it happen in their own lives with the support of society. Experts argue about the abuse of these supports but I’d rather give kids a chance and lose some money to systemic abuse and misuse then take it away and see everyone worse off. Hard problem with no easy answers.
Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system....
These groups are very insular. At mar-a-lago over cocktails or whatever, you can probably spout of classist nonsense without anyone batting an eye with polite silence greeting really overt racism. I seriously doubt anyone there would stand up and challenge you saying that kind of thing.
But I’m guessing these people go way further behind closed doors. And this is how they think what they say is acceptable. The more insular, the bigger the gap between between what real people think is ok and what the people in these privileged spaces think is ok.
What we need is for someone to leak video of Trump saying the stuff they say in backrooms. If you’ll recall there is precedent for this.
Search your favorite way for “Trump leaked audio”.
It’s a fair point. I think the key in political contests is to win over undecided voters. You will never win over the Maga zombies. You probably won’t win over “my family votes Republican” voters. But there’s a chance with the almost impossible to understand undecided voters.
The people who thought “Trump is a businessman and we need a better economy” or “Trump is a billionaire so isn’t subject to corruption” might see him differently now. Both of these takes are laughably naive but undecided voters tend to also be low information, last minute people. They get a vague sense of things and go with that. Seeing Trump humiliated on a money issue might do it.
That’s just one scenario.
In some purple districts the vote margins are really narrow. A few thousand voters going D instead of R can do it. It’s why third party candidates are so damaging.
This take is missing the point a little. The undecided voter is where this matters and you won’t see them moving polls. Some districts that affect the outcome are very close calls we where a few thousand undecided going D instead of R can make a difference.
Edit - sorry, was trying to reply to a comment higher up about losing support.
For years, I’ve saved every silica packet in a coffee can. I stopped a while ago since I have a liter of them and the can is full.
Works great for drying things out.
I realize this is the advice in the article but wanted to point out that they build up quickly and come in just about everything that isn’t food these days.
Sealed Illy coffee can for storage and excellent for drying out a phone with a moisture alert on the charging connection. You are probably correct about stuff that is thoroughly soaked but that’s not what I use it for as that scenario doesn’t seem to arise for me. I did once use this system to dry out my wife’s phone that was not working after our toddler dropped it into a bucket or something and it was fine for a couple years after but I’m guessing gaskets prevented any moisture from getting too far since we pulled it out immediately.
I remember an older guy that grew said there was some shake in his attic we could have. It was a small kitchen catcher garbage bag full. And almost no THC but we learned how to roll huge J’s and made the best of it.
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
‘My ultimate and absolute revenge’: Trump gives chilling CPAC speech on presidential agenda (www.theguardian.com)
How to protect Intellectual Property from new employer
Pretty sure I will be asking a lawyer, but I want to learn more words and concepts first....
Epstein Had a Creepy Panopticon Room to Monitor All His Guests (www.thedailybeast.com)
All of this would not be possible, the lawsuit says, without Epstein’s right-hand men: his longtime personal lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, who’ve long denied any wrongdoing in connection with their former boss....
Vindman: Trump’s NATO threat likely a ‘contributing factor’ in Navalny’s death (thehill.com)
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argued that former President Trump’s recent comments about NATO are likely a “contributing factor” in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
Taliban execute two men by gunfire in packed Afghanistan stadium (www.independent.co.uk)
Video has been taken of the overpass person throwing stuff at cars (edmontonjournal.com)
See article....
Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters (apnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system....
Fox News cuts into footage of Trump's speech in South Carolina to point out inaccuracies (www.salon.com)
“Even though he’s entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts”...
Judgment in Trump civil fraud case officially entered at $464 million (www.nbcnews.com)
We made "ding" sounds in Microsoft Teams when people join a call (programming.dev)
Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Here’s what to do instead (www.theguardian.com)
What you should not do:...
Republicans fret about Trump’s fundraising machine (www.ft.com)
Switzerland calls on UN to explore possibility of solar geoengineering | Proposal focuses on technique that fills atmosphere with particles, reflecting part of sun’s heat and light back into space (www.theguardian.com)
The weirdos, punks and hippies in the town where I grew up all hung out at a little park downtown. Many of us are on a social media group together. Someone shared this park classic with us. (lemmy.world)
Ah, memories…
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
FELLOW HUMANS SHARE IN MY DISTRESS AT THE NECESSITY TO AWAKEN BY ALARM EVERY MORNING (lemmy.world)
WOE IS US THAT MUST ARISE AND PERFORM LABOR WITH OUR MEATS