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The right is the best advertisement leftism ever had

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I'm Gen X, and I care. My kids are Gen Z, so would be right in that age group to get drafted. I don't want us in any more wars. I know that everyone is different, but I've definitely been impressed with my own kids, and quite a few of the kids they grew up with. I'm looking forward to your generation getting involved with politics and the world. I wish more of your generation was actively getting involved now, and helping change their future for the better. The Boomers fucked up a lot of things for future generations, and my generation hasn't done as much to fix that as we should have. Get involved. Secure your own future. You and the millennials need to work together, or you'll be no better off than we are now.

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What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there?

I worked for an MSP doing IT for an assortment of companies. Most of the companies were in the medical or legal fields. Every single computer they sold to their clients, used the exact same bitlocker key when booting the computer. If you've worked for one of the companies we supported, you knew the bitlocker key for all of them. Iat been the exact same bitlocker key for at least 10 years. This MSP also regularly puts out social media posts and emails saying how security focused they are etc, etc.

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I had bottom surgery!

I have a question for you, and if it's too personal, I apologize. I've known a few people who have had limbs amputated, and they have at least some "phantom limb" feeling leftover even though the limb is completely gone. Are you experiencing anything like that with the parts that were removed?

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Remote work is still 'frustrating and disorienting' for bosses, economist says—their No. 1 problem with it is how difficult it is to observe and monitor employees

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I've discovered this at my current job. I worked tons of unpaid overtime (I'm salary), did everything I could get my hands on, I was getting compliments from upper management, my reviews were stellar, etc, etc, and my raise was 3%. My rent went up more than my paycheck did. After that, I started doing only the bare minimum. Some days I even play some Xbox in the afternoon to kill time. My latest review was excellent, and I got a 5% raise. They can go fuck themselves. I'm not going to work any harder for this company than I absolutely need to. Working less got me a bigger raise.

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Vivek Ramaswamy suspends presidential campaign

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That's been my guess for quite awhile now. His platform didn't make a ton of sense, and he frequently said similar things as Trump, while not wanting to put down Trump for the most part. Love him or hate him, Christie was one of the loudest voices on the right that talked negatively about Trump. Don't get me wrong he's still garbage, but at least he spoke out against him, which is tough for a Republican candidate to do. Vivek on more than one occasion refused to do that. I wouldn't be surprised to see him as the VP pick.

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Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people?

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Android is switching over to RCS where available, as long as you use the Google Messages app. The default app on a lot of phones don't support it, but all major carriers in the US do support it. RCS is far superior to MMS or SMS. RCS also supports reactions, receipts, etc, though I'm unsure about whether or not it supports high quality media, but I do know that I've had no issues getting good pictures texted to me from other Android users who have RCS. If apple would follow suit, this would be a non issue, but Apple refuses to play ball, so they can use it as a marketing tactic. I'd bet that if they opened up iMessage to Android, there would be a whole lot of people adopting it, just so we're all on the same page, but yet again, Apple refuses to play nice. This entire thing is Apple's fault for wanting to keep iPhone users in a walled garden.