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  1. Re:Beware on Burnout, Stress Lead More Companies To Try a Four-Day Work Week (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From personal experience: one employer offered a 5x8 week for better "work/life balance".
    My local manager saw that and said, essentially, "oh, so you can work 8hr days. We need you in on Saturday too."

    I mean... I see what you're saying and agree with the problem of some management mentality, but I don't know that I completely agree with this conclusion. A manager will get as much out of an employee as the employee will allow. The form of the work week doesn't make a boss better/worse.

  2. Re:Pre-paid cards? on NYC Politician Wants To Ban Cashless Restaurants (eater.com) · · Score: 1

    More laws micromanaging how businesses operate is not an example of KISS.

    Neither are cardholder agreements, PCI compliance, and tiered fees for credit/debit payments.

  3. Re:$250 for a new textbook I can see why they flip on Pluto Should Be Reclassified as a Planet, Experts Say (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that's what typos are for. The publisher doesn't really want to have to change the material.... that sounds like a lot of work.

  4. This is well stated. And for those that think that it's vindictive on Google's part, well... you're not wrong, but it's the consequence of releasing outside the ecosystem that would automatically deploy the update to the install base.

    I think a lot of people are failing to realize that the 30% cut isn't just to make Google money, but also to fund the infrastructure to host and deploy apps according to their own best practices.

  5. Re:Best feature on IRC Turns 30 (www.oulu.fi) · · Score: 3, Funny

    What did you say? All I see is *******

  6. Re:IRC and Usenet are why we don't need Facebook on IRC Turns 30 (www.oulu.fi) · · Score: 1

    He didn't say the "I" in "IRC" stands for instant, he said that IRC is for instant messaging and usenet is for forum posting and anything built on top of those platforms, or extending that base level of functionality is being used as a tool for censorship or data harvesting.

    Maybe the real dumbass is the guy who can't fully parse through sentences before launching into his pedantic ranting?

  7. Re:Which percentage is used by unwanted apps? on Samsung Announces $1,000 Galaxy Note 9 Smartphone With Last-Gen Android Software Out-of-the-Box (engadget.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm less concerned about that as I am about whether or not the batteries are the explodey type.

  8. Re:Is this an investment? on Three US States Will Spend $1.3 Billion To Build More Electric Vehicle Charging (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Gas taxes pay for infrastructure, it's done that way because it can be. If electric makes that unrealistic then it will be done another way (and that would be a great problem to have).

    I like this perspective. However, I don't know that I have a lot of faith that the government cogs will spin quickly enough to keep up with the changing market.

  9. Re:Is this an investment? on Three US States Will Spend $1.3 Billion To Build More Electric Vehicle Charging (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There is definitely room for some swing in those figures, but I agree with the outcome. Thanks for the input.

    Generally speaking, I'm a proponent for electric vehicles. But the general public simply isn't going to adopt until the cost of switching is less than the cost of remaining in a gas powered vehicle.

  10. Here's what I'm curious about: Assuming the normal sales tax rate is applied to the electricity sold by these charging stations, is the state making more or less money than the taxes on gas?

    I'm guessing less, but I have no idea where to even begin nailing down some of those variables.

  11. Re:G-Suite is lacking basic alias forwarding on Thousands of Organizations Are Exposing Sensitive Data Via Google Groups Lists, Researchers Find (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    While it's true that G-Suite's current alias (nickname) feature is exactly what he's describing, what I think he means is that G-Suite does not have a simple method for creating either a distribution list or a shared mailbox.

    If I recall correctly, the Groups product was adapted to fill this hole in the Gmail functionality when Google Apps for Business was created. Unfortunately it was never really brought up to feature parity with what an exchange admin expects to be able to do.

  12. I have heard that in the US, there are workplaces that wlll not hire you if you don't have an active facebook.

    No employer in America would decide against hiring you because you don't have an active facebook account.

    However, you might not be the "right fit" for the company.

  13. Re: Star Wars fans on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    He was portrayed...

    He has four lines in ESB. "Portrayal" seems like a generous term.
    Though I always found the original trilogy novels boring, so maybe you're just referencing material I never read.

    Personally, I'm hoping for a more "Krombopulos Michael" version of Boba Fett.