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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 07:17:59 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://xkcd.com/327/

Bobby Tables
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 01:33:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

White House chief of staff pushing to get federal employees to return to the office. https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/biden-zients-federal-workers-return-to-office [www axios com]

In a lot of cases, workers' productivity increased once the started working remotely. Even a team at $EMPLOYER reported today that their productivity is down sharply now that they are back in the office. That's probably even more true in open floor plan offices and cibicle farms.
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 23:49:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Or more accurately, they didn't want to state the answer, which answered my question anyway.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 23:48:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

It was 54⁰F and the UPS delivery driver was wearing shorts.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 20:47:39 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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They've ignored my question twice. I don't think they have an answer.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 20:37:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

$EMPLOYER #TechTeam is having a Q&A about "the cloud".

I think our team's leader just pulled the "In my day, we walked ten miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways" card in response to a question.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 20:20:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://retro.social/@ajroach42/111500420197706684

This thread is a must-read for techpeeps. Please read it.
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  Andrew (festive) (@ajroach42@retro.social)
  
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  I never worked at Amazon, but what is described in this essay by someone who did perfectly mirrors my experiences working in SV. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hr-performance-improvement-plans-pip-pivot-had-to-quit-2023-11
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 19:47:30 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Request for telephone contact has been submitted.

I'm thinking that the issue is that they have no process for gifting a subscription, so using my account info with his payment info triggers their fraud sensors. The idea behind the telephone call is that there is probably one person in their organization who can override their systems and let the payment go through.

But also ... they need to change this. No one is going to go through this more than once. If you have a decent training program, there are going to be some students whose studentship will be sponsored (paid) by others. Make that possible from the get-go.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:27:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I have to call AT&T about my bill. They held my *electronic payment* for a week after they received it, then charged me a late fee.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:23:18 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Created an account on a site. Went to log back in. Wrong password. Checked my pw list: correct. Tried again. Wrong password. Looked at password. Contains apostrophe (') in the middle.

Aha! Bobby Tables strikes again.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:17:14 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@clacke Wow. I said nothing about either "self-assured tryhards" or "the ambitious class". What I described is how normal everyday people approached a new job until 20-25 years ago.

It isn't a perfect description. For example, a smoker was going to get caught 2-3 times sneaking off for an unauthorized smoke break before they either quit or learned to confine their smoking to their break times.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 07:44:49 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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I have never successfully made a payment with their processor. I am even moving my domains away from a registrar because they changed payment processors and no matter what I do, I cannot pay them.

Adyen from the Netherlands 🇳🇱. I suspected that it was because they’re dirty furriners, but even after I changed banks, it still didn’t work.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 07:39:43 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

\@bthall is trying to get me a year’s subscription to DataCamp. So far, there are payment issues. I suspect it comes down to their lack of a gift subscriptions system, so he is using my information, but his card.

I’m going to suggest that he calls 📞 their support person to authorize it over the phone. Once he explains what he is trying to do, they can help.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 04:33:41 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Time to start planning my flight to #MO next year. I don't think it can go the way I'd like (all 3 kids and their families meet up at #sonOne's home for at least 24 hours).

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:53:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

NBC News: Henry Kissinger dead at age 100. https://nu.federati.net/url/292594 [www nbcnews com]
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  He came to be seen as one of the leading diplomats and international relations intellectuals of the 20th century. But he was also one of the most singularly reviled public figures of his age.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:52:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Brother-in-law's mom passed. My mom tripped and fell tonight, but she says she's okay. (Refused to go to the doctor for examination.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:28:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Drugs like Ozempic cannot solve America's #obesity crisis alone https://time.com/6332910/ozempic-americas-obesity-crisis/ [time com]
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  We must resist seeing Ozempic, Wegovy, and other drugs as a panacea to America's obesity crisis.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 17:56:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

About Title IX and school sports https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1365-66d1-6bbf-55a301651775

I can see some value in unwinding sports participation from schools and colleges / universities. But I also see some pitfalls.

You can see schoolchildren waiting at bus stops shortly after 06:00 and you can see them being dropped off as late as 17:00. If those kids are going to participate in sports, it will have to be on-campus and integrated into their school day.

That said, I think the NCAA and various athletic conferences have corrupted the colleges and universities with all the money that sports brings into their coffers. It is hard to make decisions that work in the best interests of the student-athletes when the institutions stand to make millions of dollars.

If we somehow abolish college athletics, what happens to all the students who were (or will be in the future) attending on sports scholarships? What kind of transition time would be adequate to allow independent minor leagues to spring up? What about facilities? The colleges have many millions or even billions of dollars invested in sports facilities. In many cases, the surrounding communities have little or no facilities. How do we go from facilities at college campuses to off-campus facilities in the locations where the teams form?
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  Separate can never be equal, let's eliminate all women's and men's sports. While we arevat it lets eliminate issues from schools altogether.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 17:39:31 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I've recently seen some discussion of Millennials. As a Baby Boomer, I can say that tagging two decades worth of people with a label and somehow expecting that label to accurately describe the entire group's views, beliefs, motivations, and actions ... that's a mistake at best.

People are individuals. Maybe more people in certain ages hold one view versus another, but it is unlikely that *all* of them do so.

Yes, the things that happen in the world around people affect them. So for example "9/11" happened while #sonTwo and #Daddy_A were in middle school. 2nd son's school actually pulled the kids into an assembly room and put the news on for a couple of hours. So they watched the 2nd plane strike a tower and they watched the towers collapse repeatedly.

People in #sonOne's age group did not have that. He was already out of school when the "Jonesboro":{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Westside_Middle_School_shooting} and "Columbine":{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre} school massacres happened. Thus, he even missed out on the demand for police departments to provide on-campus school resource officers to local school districts.

That said, I don't think everyone born in any of those years is the same as all (or even most) others that age in any significant aspect.
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  1998 Westside Middle School shooting
  
  On March 24, 1998, a school shooting occurred at Westside Middle School in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas near the city of Jonesboro. Perpetrators Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, fatally shot four students and a teacher with multiple weapons, and both were arrested when they attempted to flee the scene. Ten others were wounded. Golden and Johnson were convicted of five murders and ten assaults, and were imprisoned until each turned 21 years of age. After the 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting that killed four people in Olivehurst, California, the massacre was the deadliest non-college school shooting in contemporary U.S. history until the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre. As of 2023, it is currently the deadliest middle school shooting in U.S. history. Shooting On the night before the shooting, Golden assisted Johnson in loading his mother's Dodge Caravan with camping supplies, snack foods, nine weapons (Remington 742 .30-06 rifle, Universal .30 M1 carbine replica, Ruger .44 Magnum rifle, Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver, Double Deuce Buddie .22 caliber two-shot derringer...
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  The Columbine High School massacre, commonly referred to as Columbine, was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, twelfth-grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered twelve students and one teacher. Ten of the twelve students killed were in the school library, where Harris and Klebold subsequently committed suicide. Twenty-one additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. Another three people were injured trying to escape. The Columbine massacre was the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history, until it was surpassed by the Parkland high school shooting in February 2018. Columbine still remains the deadliest school shooting to occur in the U.S. state of Colorado. Harris and Klebold, who planned for at least a year and hoped to have a large number of victims, intended for the attack to primarily be a bombing and only secondarily a shooting. But when several homemade bombs they planted in the school failed to detonate, the pair launched a shooting...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 17:18:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#sonTwo suggested that I may have an issue with testosterone levels.

I had mentioned that a few decades back, I was working full time and taking classes at the local college and taking online classes toward a Master's Degree and teaching a weekly class at church and actively involved in raising him. But these days, despite having a lot less going on, I'm really struggling to put in enough time on these training programs.

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