Seeing the rebirth of unions in tech companies might be one of my favorite things about this timeline.

The only male doctor at my ob/gyn was visibly angry when I told him my experience getting the IUD. He said, "The women in this practice don't give anesthetic and it makes me furious with them." Way to be a decent human in a sea of assholes, dude.

Yep. But it also seems like people are so shocked by the data that maybe they're missing the moral of this story, too? ...sure it's impressive that Valve has done so much with such a small workforce, but I think the reason they've been able to move so quickly is because they have such a small workforce. Companies get slow because they get big...I don't care how much you tout your SAFe processes; you will always lose efficiency as you grow. It's the difference between steering a canoe vs a cruise ship...the more you grow, the more you have to fight against momentum. So, my takeaway from this is that they figured out the secret to continued success as a maturing company, and good for them.

Now, I say all of this with sincere hopes that they don't work their smaller number of employees to death and ask them to take on inappropriately burdensome workloads. Because if that's the case, they should fuck right off with the rest of their peers.

I will give that cat anything he wants.

This is what happens when you have good union representation and collective bargaining agreements. Great job, Teamsters!

They use AWS and specifically design their software to be able to dynamically scale, ever since Wandavision crashed their playback.

Is it possible that they never entertained having to make their cancellation page scalable? Sure. Is it more likely that they intentionally haven't made it scalable? Yes.

Private landlords are about to get harder and harder to come by...it's about to be corpos all the way down. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/how-wall-street-bought-single-family-homes-and-put-them-up-for-rent.html

We had a cat who loved when we'd turn the lights on and off before bed, and we think he eventually thought we could control the sun, too, because he'd yell at us when his window spot wasn't sunny enough for his liking.

I no longer have the energy for additional sarcastic remarks regarding this vacuous tool's culture-war-pageantry.

1. Glad he's okay.
2. That photo is absolutely iconic.

Give it to your sister, it doesn't hurt, and See if she can handle every family burden

Give that cat literally anything he wants. Tuna? Check. Snuggles? Absolutely. Nuclear launch codes? You got it, dude.

Is that to say that it's no longer valid? Or just that it's old news? The list of apps associated with the software is still pretty extensive; Google Assistant even showed up.

Yep. Keep calm and punch Nazis.

Not that this will be surprising, but just so we're clear: When the rainbow crosswalk in question was painted, it was done with the DOT's full support, because the bright colors increased visibility and safety.

Also, the very same DOT is painting new crosswalks in an area that is a three-minute drive from the crosswalk in question: the new crosswalks are green.

The "Read More" button was difficult to find, but the additional content there speaks to your point:

The office has been riven by leadership tumult over the last year. An earlier chief, Hampton Dellinger, was abruptly fired by the Trump administration and initially sued to get his job back before abandoning the court fight.

Trump selected as his replacement Paul Ingrassia, a former right-wing podcast host who has praised criminally charged influencer Andrew Tate as a “extraordinary human being” and promoted the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged. A Senate panel was set to consider his nomination at a hearing last month, but it was pulled from the agenda.

Trump’s trade representative, Jamieson Greer, is serving as acting head of the office.

"Last fall, the Senate Budget Committee demanded the country’s largest insurance companies provide the number of nonrenewals by county and year. The result is a map that tracks the climate crisis in a new way."

...and then? That was a year ago.

Yes, it's total BS.

I'll also share the flip side here, though, from https://electricaleducator.com/for-homeowners/nema-14-50-what-you-need-to-understand/ :

I spoke to Leviton and the general consensus is that the receptacles are not being installed correctly. Additionally, EV chargers draw a load for a longer period of time than a normal appliance. Homeowners and even some electricians are not using the necessary torqueing tools. Terminals that are too loose and, yes, too tight, will fail. Leviton came out with an upgraded version for EV chargers that we will do a deep dive on. If you’re installing an EV Charger, you should probably opt for the more robust Leviton product.

So, it is more dangerous than other appliances, and I've never seen an inspector check tightness. That said, I totally agree that it is unlikely to deter someone from installing one and more likely that people will do a shit job and it'll be done without someone checking it. So, pretty bad either way, honestly.

I feel this I'm my bones... and I mean that both figuratively and literally.

Because you being here and making to the other side of this (and YOU WILL) makes the world better for anyone else who goes through it after you.

You CAN do this. I hope you choose to stay. I know you will change peoples' lives for the better if you do.

Please don't go.

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