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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You don't know why someone is speeding, and it's not your job to enforce traffic laws. There was a story I remember reading a while back of someone's friend having a chainsaw accident, and them watching their friend bleed out in their car because some dumb piece of shit figured they'd play traffic cop and blocked them in traffic. If you see someone driving aggressively, just assume they're driving that way because they're about to shit their pants, and let them go on their merry way. Report them if you want, but don't endanger yourself and others trying to be a "hero"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Clearly you've never spent an hour+ on a bus with someone watching TikTok on a fucking Bluetooth speaker.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just because it's not publicly traded, doesn't mean that there isn't stock nor that there's no market. Usually, you can technically still buy/sell the stock, just not as a random member of the public on a public stock exchange like the NYSE or FTSE.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are a surprising number of cis women on Grindr. The ones that aren't bots I've seen are usually looking for either a third for a MMF threesome, a trans guy/gal, or really want a bi partner.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or just pull this fuse for the module?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, there was already concern about him picking August 8th (8/8) as the original day for the "robotaxi" event. Coincidence? Maybe, especially as Musk doesn't even really bother with trying to hide his Nazi tendencies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The other reality is that even with full RTO, in a position like mine, I'm working with groups spanning about 12hrs of time zones. I'm not seeing half the group anyway, so what's the point of going in when everyone is still taking the calls at their desks?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

despite all our previous statements to the contrary and verifiable statistics counter to this narrative

This was by far the most frustrating part of the RTO push at my old company. The unofficial motto I was always told was "Show me the data", as it was basically impossible to push for any sort of decision without solid data to back it up, even if everyone in the group thought it was a good idea.

When RTO was announced and the big all people town hall was held, multiple group heads stood up and asked the execs why they were doing this, and what data they had to back it up. Literally, and I quote from one of the execs, "Well, we don't really have any, but we feel that people will be more productive, will be sharing more ideas and innovating when in the office."

Yes, the executive at a multi-billion dollar automotive company literally said with a straight face to thousands of engineers who'd been working almost entirely from home for the past 3 years "This decision is based on feels, not reality". Even better was since there was already an initial non-mandatory RTO push, some absolute chads even interrupted them to pull up hard data showing they had been tracking productivity since the RTO push, and their group members were significantly less productive on days they were in-office. Not only that, but they also showed there literally wasn't the office space to fit everyone. The exec just hand waved it away and said "I'm sure we have plenty of desks for everyone".

It's absolutely infuriating seeing these people getting paid millions, if not billions, to suck so hard at basically everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not to mention that 8lbs is still considered a horrendously high trigger pull. Glocks (what the NYPD carries) are already known for having kind of mediocre triggers, just due to the nature of their design. It's literally heavier than even the double-action triggers on any of my guns, one of which is literally an old Italian police Beretta. At least then only the first shot is more difficult to fire

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because if Ukraine has taught us anything, it's that drones are definitely only limited to large and advanced military powers. There's no way a civilian would ever be able to make something like that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think that prevents this, you're wrong. My company did the same thing, and when they announced RTO, people pointed out that they only had enough capacity for maybe 80% of the employees to fit. Management's response? "I've seen empty desks in (other unrelated building on the other side of campus), I'm sure we'll make it work".

Don't think that something silly like "physical space" or "maximum occupancy limits" will get in the way of a stupid decision.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

"Life gave me a Madcatz controller"

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