STOP GIVING THEM UNPAID WORK! One of two things has happened here:
1. They can't or won't pay you. By refusing to work anymore you're effectively cutting your losses by not giving them more work that won't be compensated. 2. They have their heads up their ass. They want to pay you, but they can't figure it out. In this case, not working will light a fire under their ass and they'll pay you.
Moving forward, make sure that your contract contains a late payment fee. Also, make sure it specifies who is responsible for paying you and who will be held responsible for non-payment. GET A LAWYER INVOLVED TO DRAFT THIS NEW CONTRACT. Don't try to do it yourself, it won't work.
In any case, if they don't pay you within the month then you need to talk to a lawyer about suing them.
"Its too easy for you to claim you had the idea after work hours."
It's too easy to claim that an employer provided the "spark of intuition". It must have been bubbles in the watercooler, or something you heard in a meeting, or a thought you had while using the toilet at work!!
Companies are really stupid to put that in their contracts. It's entirely unenforceable and if one of their employees were to take it to court then the entire clause would get shitcanned.
Also, generators and fuel tanks are fucking heavy. It's expensive to lift them. Should replacement parts be required in the future then it's easier to access things on the ground level, rather than trying to get them up in the air.
"the entire structure becomes a chimney (including the stairwells and elevator shafts), and none of the exterior windows open for safety reasons. So everyone above a certain floor dies of smoke inhalation before they can be rescued."
False. Completely false. Buildings are designed to prevent exactly this problem. Fire doors, fire stops, etc. are all designed, and required by code, to be used in order to prevent fire and smoke from spreading. You're just making this shit up off the top of your head.
Here's my theory: NYPD decides, as many businesses do, to contract with an company for shredding. They ship their confidential documents off to this company and they get shredded. This way the NYPD doesn't have to buy a bunch of shredders and deal with internal shredder compliance.
The company doing the shredding decides that they're going to make an extra couple bucks and sell their shredded documents as "confetti". Someone in the purchasing office for the confetti company isn't looking to closely and makes the purchase. The shredded documents are shipped and then mixed into the confetti.
"they could have added the resources to make it happen. And that would have taken resources from missions, like Curiosity and the James Webb telescope. It's all about priorities."
Bullshit. These two things are entirely unrelated. IT does not dictate the timeline for mars rovers and space telescopes.
Exactly. The OP illustrates multiple failings with the teacher (exercises that are nothing more than copying, attempting to avoid actually looking at images, etc.) and then attributes the problem to the students while jumping over the fact that the students probably aren't learning a god damned thing in class.
For one thing, you can prevent plagiarism by not asking students for plagiarism. You're giving students a file and then asking them to duplicate it. That's pretty much the definition of plagiarism and, frankly, probably of very little educational benefit.
The teacher needs to stop trying to figure out ways to catch people cheating on an exercise designed for cheating and start teaching the damn course. Teaching doesn't just mean lecturing and assigning exercises out of some book, it means developing exercises, homework problems, and exams from scratch as well.
>College students' voracious appetite for study drugs like Adderall is widespread enough that it was one of the main topics of a marquee lecture on neuroethics
That doesn't mean jack shit. Urban legends are widespread enough that people take stupid precautions against things that have never happened. Exactly how many students are using these drugs? Is this a real problem or just another sensational story that blows a few cases out of proportion?
> Never assume you will live forever, nor work forever for that company.
This is very important. I worked in one place where this one guy was responsible for a bunch of shit. I would often think to myself "if this guy is hit by a bus we'd be fucked for weeks". The guy got sick and was out for a few days. Lo and behold, work ground to a halt until he got back. During this fiasco everyone was saying that we needed to make changes and have redundancy so this doesn't happen again but once this guy came back everyone forgot all about that. I guess people don't care as long as things are working. I tried to bring it up a couple times after that but the only response from everyone was "we don't have time for that, we'll do it later". Oh well, it's their funeral.
I can't imagine that anyone would steal a phone that's only going to be good for a couple hours, which is about as long as they'll be active for if the FCC passes those regulations.
This has been brought up before. In Europe it's common to do this and theft rates are down. Thieves don't bother stealing them because the phone will be worthless within a couple hours. In the USA however, carriers have realized that theft makes them money. Victims have to buy a new phone to replace the stolen one. Carriers have a financial disincentive to brick stolen phones or assist victims in any way. Hopefully the government will make the choice for the carriers and force them to brick stolen phones in order to curb the growing crime. It's an easy way for any politician to reduce crime and win points for reelection.
" Eat like a PIG, you pay for the heart bypass. Smoke, you pay for the cancer surgery."
Drive, you pay for the trauma doctor to patch you up when you have an accident. Walk outside, you pay for the damage to your lungs from pollution. Don't wrap yourself up in a bubble, you pay for everything.
You're right! The big evil restaurants have put soda in larger containers and now I'm helpless!!! OMG THERE'S A SODA ON MY DESK I CAN'T STOP DRINKING IT HELLLLLLP!!!!
In all seriousness though, this is the dumbest thing I've read this month.
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STOP GIVING THEM UNPAID WORK! One of two things has happened here:
1. They can't or won't pay you. By refusing to work anymore you're effectively cutting your losses by not giving them more work that won't be compensated.
2. They have their heads up their ass. They want to pay you, but they can't figure it out. In this case, not working will light a fire under their ass and they'll pay you.
Moving forward, make sure that your contract contains a late payment fee. Also, make sure it specifies who is responsible for paying you and who will be held responsible for non-payment. GET A LAWYER INVOLVED TO DRAFT THIS NEW CONTRACT. Don't try to do it yourself, it won't work.
In any case, if they don't pay you within the month then you need to talk to a lawyer about suing them.
>I want my mail and calendar wherever I am.
You mean, you want your email *wherever you have an internet connection*.
"Its too easy for you to claim you had the idea after work hours."
It's too easy to claim that an employer provided the "spark of intuition". It must have been bubbles in the watercooler, or something you heard in a meeting, or a thought you had while using the toilet at work!!
Companies are really stupid to put that in their contracts. It's entirely unenforceable and if one of their employees were to take it to court then the entire clause would get shitcanned.
It takes much longer for physical methods to work. This system takes almost no time at all.
I should mention that they would have to be sealed and waterproof, but I believe that such things already exist.
You're overthinking this. You can just put the pumps in the basement, possibly inside the tank itself. This eliminates the suction problem.
Also, generators and fuel tanks are fucking heavy. It's expensive to lift them. Should replacement parts be required in the future then it's easier to access things on the ground level, rather than trying to get them up in the air.
"the entire structure becomes a chimney (including the stairwells and elevator shafts), and none of the exterior windows open for safety reasons. So everyone above a certain floor dies of smoke inhalation before they can be rescued."
False. Completely false. Buildings are designed to prevent exactly this problem. Fire doors, fire stops, etc. are all designed, and required by code, to be used in order to prevent fire and smoke from spreading. You're just making this shit up off the top of your head.
Here's my theory:
NYPD decides, as many businesses do, to contract with an company for shredding. They ship their confidential documents off to this company and they get shredded. This way the NYPD doesn't have to buy a bunch of shredders and deal with internal shredder compliance.
The company doing the shredding decides that they're going to make an extra couple bucks and sell their shredded documents as "confetti". Someone in the purchasing office for the confetti company isn't looking to closely and makes the purchase. The shredded documents are shipped and then mixed into the confetti.
"they could have added the resources to make it happen. And that would have taken resources from missions, like Curiosity and the James Webb telescope. It's all about priorities."
Bullshit. These two things are entirely unrelated. IT does not dictate the timeline for mars rovers and space telescopes.
"but I also took a plea bargain because I was betting that the people on my jury would be idiots and very pro-cop."
Don't you have the option to just have a judge preside over the trial instead of a whole jury?
Exactly. The OP illustrates multiple failings with the teacher (exercises that are nothing more than copying, attempting to avoid actually looking at images, etc.) and then attributes the problem to the students while jumping over the fact that the students probably aren't learning a god damned thing in class.
" I mean, how else is she going to be sure they actually did it properly without checking it anyway? "
Wait, wait, wait. You mean you want the teacher to grade he assignment too? Who do you think they are, miracle workers?!
For one thing, you can prevent plagiarism by not asking students for plagiarism. You're giving students a file and then asking them to duplicate it. That's pretty much the definition of plagiarism and, frankly, probably of very little educational benefit.
The teacher needs to stop trying to figure out ways to catch people cheating on an exercise designed for cheating and start teaching the damn course. Teaching doesn't just mean lecturing and assigning exercises out of some book, it means developing exercises, homework problems, and exams from scratch as well.
>College students' voracious appetite for study drugs like Adderall is widespread enough that it was one of the main topics of a marquee lecture on neuroethics
That doesn't mean jack shit. Urban legends are widespread enough that people take stupid precautions against things that have never happened. Exactly how many students are using these drugs? Is this a real problem or just another sensational story that blows a few cases out of proportion?
Why the fuck would you want the weather or anything else in your photo frame. It's a fucking photo frame.
Hey slashdot, I have a cat but my cat doesn't display the traffic conditions outside my house, what can I do to upgrade to a second-generation cat?
> Never assume you will live forever, nor work forever for that company.
This is very important. I worked in one place where this one guy was responsible for a bunch of shit. I would often think to myself "if this guy is hit by a bus we'd be fucked for weeks". The guy got sick and was out for a few days. Lo and behold, work ground to a halt until he got back. During this fiasco everyone was saying that we needed to make changes and have redundancy so this doesn't happen again but once this guy came back everyone forgot all about that. I guess people don't care as long as things are working. I tried to bring it up a couple times after that but the only response from everyone was "we don't have time for that, we'll do it later". Oh well, it's their funeral.
I can't imagine that anyone would steal a phone that's only going to be good for a couple hours, which is about as long as they'll be active for if the FCC passes those regulations.
This has been brought up before. In Europe it's common to do this and theft rates are down. Thieves don't bother stealing them because the phone will be worthless within a couple hours. In the USA however, carriers have realized that theft makes them money. Victims have to buy a new phone to replace the stolen one. Carriers have a financial disincentive to brick stolen phones or assist victims in any way. Hopefully the government will make the choice for the carriers and force them to brick stolen phones in order to curb the growing crime. It's an easy way for any politician to reduce crime and win points for reelection.
Apparently they couldn't afford a tripod to film this. That, or they were trying to go for a in-the-action style film to liven up a boring speech.
"Coke is full of chemical shit"
Ah yes, the ol' "it has CHEMICALS!!!" argument. Because CHEMICALS!! are scary.
" Eat like a PIG, you pay for the heart bypass. Smoke, you pay for the cancer surgery."
Drive, you pay for the trauma doctor to patch you up when you have an accident. Walk outside, you pay for the damage to your lungs from pollution. Don't wrap yourself up in a bubble, you pay for everything.
You're right! The big evil restaurants have put soda in larger containers and now I'm helpless!!! OMG THERE'S A SODA ON MY DESK I CAN'T STOP DRINKING IT HELLLLLLP!!!!
In all seriousness though, this is the dumbest thing I've read this month.
> The main uses are for aerial pictures and search and rescue.
Yes, and the secondary uses are illegal surveillance.