I wouldn't mind this. Most places I have been the stock price is essentially flat, with small blips at the most. The RSUs being given out instead of bonuses is a bit of a pain - I have to wait for them to vest, and if I leave the company I don't get all of them. Whereas the cash bonus means I have cash to do whatever I want with.
Often the goal here is to incentivize the worker to do a good job so that the stock goes up. But workers don't have this ability as most of a stock's price has nothing whatsoever to do with how well an individual worker does their job, or even how well a department does their job. The stock price is innately tied to the mood of third party analysts and whether or not the CEO is saying anything to the media.
Employees who've been around a bit have learned to sell when they can. That "15% below the market price on a certain day" stock purchase plan means you should to sell immediately and not hold onto it, especially if you're not a day trader who's constantly watching the price. It's always been good advice to diversify of course, but there's also been advice I've heard many times that you shouldn't put too much into the company you work for (see Enron). You can be too biased towards your own company and hear too much irrational exuberance at the water cooler, so it's a good idea to take that money and put it somewhere else.
Don't forget, only two years ago the party in power held up a supreme court nominee for ten months because they wanted to delay the vote until after the elections. Now the very same party that did this, the same senate majority leader, and with mostly the very same judicial committee members, are trying to push this through before elections.
I don't care what side of the political device people fall on, that should be recognized as pure hypocrisy. These politicians are not acting in an impartial manner, they are not doing what is best for their country, and instead are doing what is best for their party and for their election chances. And by that I mean that both parties are guilty - they cry foul when they're not in power but they'll do the same thing again when they get power back.
The only way we're going to get out of this mess is if people start voting for moderates and centrists again instead of partisan ass kissers.
This is NOT the correct response to false allegations when you are in the middle of a job interview for a position that requires a high standard of thoughtfulness and impartiality. If there were two candidates, one of which handled false allegations by shouting back and accusing the interviewers of being biased versus one who took a more restrained tone, would you hire the angry guy or the guy who remained more calm when under fire? There are so many other possible ways that Kavanaugh could have handled this.
Not punchable certainly, but his response certainly showed a terrible demeanor not suitable for the office (which is probably why Trump loves him so). Innocent of the original charges or not, blaming the Clintons for this means he's got a gear loose.
In the enterprise though the cost of these fancy high end laptops adds up. So there is a need for laptops (which have replaced desktops as prices dropped) which can last longer, survive a drop or two, and had have some replaceable components (batteries and storage).
Well, at work we are eligible for a new computer after three years. Many people just keep the old computers longer rather than go through the hassle of getting a new one. Two years sounds like some over funded startup to me.
Space and weight doesn't mean much if the laptop is on your desk 99% of the time. And if you're keeping that laptop for several years then you want one that will last.
The ultra light computers aren't the average computers. They do well but they go to executives or employees who are on the road a lot. If you were going to marry yourself to a single PC maker, then Microsoft isn't going to be supplying the whole range of employee computers for the enterprise (and that's not counting servers and lab computers).
I've seen them, but they're rare. I haven't heard of them as a corporate recommended solution for generic employees, though I don't doubt that exists at some places. The market has changed so that laptops are not longer the high end luxury devices but have become mainstream, so that even entry level employees now get a laptop (and monitor) instead of a desktop.
But if you were going to buy a fleet of laptops for your employees that will last 5 years then is the Surface really a viable solution? Coolness isn't a factor in the enterprise. The ultra slim laptops are the new luxury items; they go to those who are on the road all the time, so they have a use. Whereas the average employee who stays at a desk or in the lab will typically get a thicker and less cool laptop but which is more powerful or rugged.
I never even heard of "char.gd" before today, much less the free-lance stooge supplying articles to them. He criticizes Apple for not having touchscreen on the Macbooks, even though many prefer it that way. What makes sense on a tablet doesn't translate to a desktop or laptop. He talks about "our industry" without defining what that is (presumably it means Owen and his friends on Windows platforms).
Being excited about a "lineup" isn't that useful. So they have slight variants but they're all essentially the same concept (touchscreen Windows 10 oriented tablet/laptop hybrids), but I can also get even more PC variants by going to Dell and as well get desktops, servers, gaming laptops, etc. Comparing Surface to Macbook seems silly, compare Surface to the real competition which are the commodity PC makers.
Why listen to Owen whose real job (that he uses a Surface 2 for) is to write silly blog articles for a silly web site?
It's just one web sites opinion, nothing more. The conclusions aren't supported by the article. When it talks about Microsoft havng the best strategy in the industry I can only conclude that "the industry" means Windows 10 based touch screen tablet/laptop hybrids. It basically just says that they have smaller and larger versions available, same as any PC maker.
Well, being able to automate your job usually means your job wasn't that hard and you could easily get better pay in a different job. So the choice may be doing nothing with lower pay or doing something slightly more interesting with more pay. Also remember that the job doing nothing won't last forever. Eventualy you get laid off or the job otherwise goes away; then in the next interview you will be asked "so what have you been doing recently?"
I did have one job where for a period I had very few activities I needed to do (I was going to implement ideas that the more marketing oriented persons came up with). I did spend a lot of that time "getting ready", learning new things, porting Linux to our board, and stuff like that. Amazingly, I got higher bonuses and profit sharing for thouse couple of years than for the other years I was at that company. This cushy position also delayed me from actively seeking new jobs.
I had an early job (where I was underpaid) and the boss wasn't used to Unix. So I set up a makefile for the program, and also added a script to remote login to each Unix variant and start the build. He said sure, it was ok to waste my time on that fluff as long as I got my actual work done along the way. The result was that I could type one line and the whole build started everywhere except on the NT machine but I only had to swivel my chair around to start that. This all seems mundane these days but it seemed rare back then. One day the boss walks in and asks why I'm not busy getting the build done. I pointed to the screen and showed him that it was actively underway. He expressed surprise that I was able to do that.
Would be nice to have a help document on the phone itself then, or a central online page managed by the manufacturer rathe than a random collection of third party help pages trying to monetize views.
My problem is that often there is no digital or online manual either in so much new technology. While the original question was about "printed" manuals, I am dismayed by the utter lack of any manual or help in any form in newer stuff.
Open up my new phone, and lots of printed warranty information, printed service information, and one lousy set of quick start diagrams that basically indicated I should charge the phone before using it. No other useful help existed on the phone either, other than tips on new apps that I don't intend to use. Have to go to third party advertising funded web sites infected with javascript just to get a hint on what to do after unlocking the phone.
The problem isn't just missing printed manuals, we also have a problem of there being no PDF manual as well, and often no online manual. For Android and iPhone both, learning how to use those involved a lot of time online searching through various hint and help sites and watching stupid videos intended to earn advertising because no one gets paid if they just write plain text.
No, I have the same question. Sometimes you can't easily find the answer online for some basic stuff. Like "what is that weird icon on my new phone?" None of this new tech is even remotely intuitive, unless you've bought every model that was ever released since version 1 and read all the release notes along the way.
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I wouldn't mind this. Most places I have been the stock price is essentially flat, with small blips at the most. The RSUs being given out instead of bonuses is a bit of a pain - I have to wait for them to vest, and if I leave the company I don't get all of them. Whereas the cash bonus means I have cash to do whatever I want with.
Often the goal here is to incentivize the worker to do a good job so that the stock goes up. But workers don't have this ability as most of a stock's price has nothing whatsoever to do with how well an individual worker does their job, or even how well a department does their job. The stock price is innately tied to the mood of third party analysts and whether or not the CEO is saying anything to the media.
Employees who've been around a bit have learned to sell when they can. That "15% below the market price on a certain day" stock purchase plan means you should to sell immediately and not hold onto it, especially if you're not a day trader who's constantly watching the price. It's always been good advice to diversify of course, but there's also been advice I've heard many times that you shouldn't put too much into the company you work for (see Enron). You can be too biased towards your own company and hear too much irrational exuberance at the water cooler, so it's a good idea to take that money and put it somewhere else.
Don't forget, only two years ago the party in power held up a supreme court nominee for ten months because they wanted to delay the vote until after the elections. Now the very same party that did this, the same senate majority leader, and with mostly the very same judicial committee members, are trying to push this through before elections.
I don't care what side of the political device people fall on, that should be recognized as pure hypocrisy. These politicians are not acting in an impartial manner, they are not doing what is best for their country, and instead are doing what is best for their party and for their election chances. And by that I mean that both parties are guilty - they cry foul when they're not in power but they'll do the same thing again when they get power back.
The only way we're going to get out of this mess is if people start voting for moderates and centrists again instead of partisan ass kissers.
This is NOT the correct response to false allegations when you are in the middle of a job interview for a position that requires a high standard of thoughtfulness and impartiality. If there were two candidates, one of which handled false allegations by shouting back and accusing the interviewers of being biased versus one who took a more restrained tone, would you hire the angry guy or the guy who remained more calm when under fire? There are so many other possible ways that Kavanaugh could have handled this.
Not punchable certainly, but his response certainly showed a terrible demeanor not suitable for the office (which is probably why Trump loves him so). Innocent of the original charges or not, blaming the Clintons for this means he's got a gear loose.
You don't need tariffs if you stop buying that junk.
In the enterprise though the cost of these fancy high end laptops adds up. So there is a need for laptops (which have replaced desktops as prices dropped) which can last longer, survive a drop or two, and had have some replaceable components (batteries and storage).
Well, at work we are eligible for a new computer after three years. Many people just keep the old computers longer rather than go through the hassle of getting a new one. Two years sounds like some over funded startup to me.
Space and weight doesn't mean much if the laptop is on your desk 99% of the time. And if you're keeping that laptop for several years then you want one that will last.
The ultra light computers aren't the average computers. They do well but they go to executives or employees who are on the road a lot. If you were going to marry yourself to a single PC maker, then Microsoft isn't going to be supplying the whole range of employee computers for the enterprise (and that's not counting servers and lab computers).
The competition here should not be Macbooks. The competition are the other PC makers, Dell, Lenovo, etc.
I've seen them, but they're rare. I haven't heard of them as a corporate recommended solution for generic employees, though I don't doubt that exists at some places. The market has changed so that laptops are not longer the high end luxury devices but have become mainstream, so that even entry level employees now get a laptop (and monitor) instead of a desktop.
But if you were going to buy a fleet of laptops for your employees that will last 5 years then is the Surface really a viable solution? Coolness isn't a factor in the enterprise. The ultra slim laptops are the new luxury items; they go to those who are on the road all the time, so they have a use. Whereas the average employee who stays at a desk or in the lab will typically get a thicker and less cool laptop but which is more powerful or rugged.
I never even heard of "char.gd" before today, much less the free-lance stooge supplying articles to them. He criticizes Apple for not having touchscreen on the Macbooks, even though many prefer it that way. What makes sense on a tablet doesn't translate to a desktop or laptop. He talks about "our industry" without defining what that is (presumably it means Owen and his friends on Windows platforms).
Being excited about a "lineup" isn't that useful. So they have slight variants but they're all essentially the same concept (touchscreen Windows 10 oriented tablet/laptop hybrids), but I can also get even more PC variants by going to Dell and as well get desktops, servers, gaming laptops, etc. Comparing Surface to Macbook seems silly, compare Surface to the real competition which are the commodity PC makers.
Why listen to Owen whose real job (that he uses a Surface 2 for) is to write silly blog articles for a silly web site?
It's just one web sites opinion, nothing more. The conclusions aren't supported by the article. When it talks about Microsoft havng the best strategy in the industry I can only conclude that "the industry" means Windows 10 based touch screen tablet/laptop hybrids. It basically just says that they have smaller and larger versions available, same as any PC maker.
Well, being able to automate your job usually means your job wasn't that hard and you could easily get better pay in a different job. So the choice may be doing nothing with lower pay or doing something slightly more interesting with more pay. Also remember that the job doing nothing won't last forever. Eventualy you get laid off or the job otherwise goes away; then in the next interview you will be asked "so what have you been doing recently?"
I did have one job where for a period I had very few activities I needed to do (I was going to implement ideas that the more marketing oriented persons came up with). I did spend a lot of that time "getting ready", learning new things, porting Linux to our board, and stuff like that. Amazingly, I got higher bonuses and profit sharing for thouse couple of years than for the other years I was at that company. This cushy position also delayed me from actively seeking new jobs.
I had an early job (where I was underpaid) and the boss wasn't used to Unix. So I set up a makefile for the program, and also added a script to remote login to each Unix variant and start the build. He said sure, it was ok to waste my time on that fluff as long as I got my actual work done along the way. The result was that I could type one line and the whole build started everywhere except on the NT machine but I only had to swivel my chair around to start that. This all seems mundane these days but it seemed rare back then. One day the boss walks in and asks why I'm not busy getting the build done. I pointed to the screen and showed him that it was actively underway. He expressed surprise that I was able to do that.
Technically, they don't provide the news, instead they have editorials disguised as news stories.
Would be nice to have a help document on the phone itself then, or a central online page managed by the manufacturer rathe than a random collection of third party help pages trying to monetize views.
I watched the original and loved it, and I also liked Last Jedi. It wasn't the crap that so many people claimed it was.
You can pick up the floppies at HT Electronics for $2 each.
My problem is that often there is no digital or online manual either in so much new technology. While the original question was about "printed" manuals, I am dismayed by the utter lack of any manual or help in any form in newer stuff.
Open up my new phone, and lots of printed warranty information, printed service information, and one lousy set of quick start diagrams that basically indicated I should charge the phone before using it. No other useful help existed on the phone either, other than tips on new apps that I don't intend to use. Have to go to third party advertising funded web sites infected with javascript just to get a hint on what to do after unlocking the phone.
Most stuff does not even have a PDF manual.
The problem isn't just missing printed manuals, we also have a problem of there being no PDF manual as well, and often no online manual. For Android and iPhone both, learning how to use those involved a lot of time online searching through various hint and help sites and watching stupid videos intended to earn advertising because no one gets paid if they just write plain text.
How about including a link to an online manual? (which probably doesn't exist anyway)
What if the manual doesn't even exist online or is difficult to find? I've never seen a slip of paper with a URL for those who need help.
No, I have the same question. Sometimes you can't easily find the answer online for some basic stuff. Like "what is that weird icon on my new phone?" None of this new tech is even remotely intuitive, unless you've bought every model that was ever released since version 1 and read all the release notes along the way.
It's ridiculous that climate change has become political.