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Manager's Schedule vs. Maker's Schedule
theodp writes "Ever wonder why you and the boss don't see eye-to-eye on the importance of meetings? Paul Graham explains that there are Maker Schedules (coder) and Manager Schedules (PHB), and the two are very different. With each day neatly cut into one-hour intervals, the Manager Schedule is for bosses and is tailor-made for schmoozing. Unfortunately, it spells disaster for people who make things, like programmers and writers, who generally prefer to use time in units of half a day at least. You can't write or program well in units of an hour, says Graham, since that's barely enough time to get started. So if you fall into the Maker camp, adds Graham, you better hope your boss is smart enough to recognize that you need long chunks of time to work in. How's that working out in your world?" Ironically enough, I have a meeting to attend in three minutes.
Seems like you're just trolling, but I was just thinking - wow, these last half dozen or so stories are all good. Not a stupid one among them, and they're all worth reading. Then I noticed that CmdrTaco picked all of them. Maybe he makes squat, or maybe he's a millionaire, but either way, it seems like he's pretty good at picking the stories... go CmdrTaco!
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Mod me troll please, or off-topic.
Thanks in advance.
How the hell am I a "Troll" for this?
maybe one of these guys has mod points?
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It is racist. The racism is in the implication that the cats mistake the little black kids for pieces of shit. You are then implying that the little black kids are shit. By comparing black people to shit, you are being derogatory based solely on their ethnic heritage or color.
A lot of jokes play on this racism. For example, a joke might be something like:
Irish Whiskey. Isn't that kind of redundant?
or perhaps:
Cheap Scotch: Isn't that kind of redundant?
By claiming that whiskey and Irish is a redundancy, I am implying that all Irish are drunks, which certainly isn't true. It puts down anyone of Irish descent by association and thus, is an example of racism. Similarly, the cheap Scotch joke is a shot against stereotypical behavior that has been associated with the Scottish. I am putting down both groups of people in order to feel better about myself. That would be racist. And yes, I know the term racism has mutated into a vague and hard to pin down concept. But the black children are shit joke is definitely racist.
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