Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?'

At best the studies show there’s not much difference between WFH and in an office. Some show an increase for one or the other but on average it’s the same.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?'

I think it’s because they can’t pull people into their office and give them illegal or unethical tasks off the record. Slack and email all leave a paper trail.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company

“Never trust a machine you can’t throw out a window.” - Steve Wozniak

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?'

Cubicles break things up. To maximize synergy we need an open floor plan so everyone can hear and see everyone else.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee

If you’re doing something you love for a company you’re gonna have a bad time.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in The End of Roe Is Having a Chilling Effect on Pregnancy

If you’ve got an experienced doc it’s basically just wearing baggy pants and avoiding ball taps for a couple weeks. Mine did ten or fifteen a week and I barely felt a thing. If the pain is keeping anyone from doing it they should reconsider.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Return-to-office policies are driving people to sell their homes - even at a loss

Yours is a sane and reasonable approach. Sometimes you need to drive down to the datacenter and push a button, or there's special equipment you need that is cheaper to have in one place. These jobs should be in person when necessary.

Pushing people to commute outside of this framework puts unnecessary strain on transportation networks and useless emissions in the environment.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report

Elon Musk: speedruns enshittification on Xitter

Unity: "Hold my beer"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Apple now finally sells USB-C EarPods

Am I really weird in that all this coverage of cables and wired headphones seems irrelevant? Bluetooth headphones are cheap, wireless chargers are cheap, and other than a slight change in behavior they work the same with some extra conveniences.

Is it really that weird that I never plug my phone into anything?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to programmer_humor in How the IT guys see the users

A long, long time ago in an internship far, far away, I encountered a user who did not need management. He remembered his passwords without writing them down, even as they changed. He could be trusted to apply software patches himself and return the media the same day. He needed nothing more from us than a friendly hello.

It has been over six hundred million seconds since then and I have yet to encounter another user such as this.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in The End of Roe Is Having a Chilling Effect on Pregnancy

Got mine earlier this year and it was totally worth it. Best ten minute surgery followed by a weekend on the couch ever. 10/10 would recommend.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to nottheonion in Sean Penn: Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Oscars had let Zelenskiy speak

But what if Will Smith ended up slapping Zelenskiy? How crazy would that have been? I don't think Mr. Penn understands the forces he's dealing with here.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data

I hope it was a plucky group of teens who were sticking it to the man and they're gonna use that money to save a rec center or something

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Neo-Nazis Gloat as Florida Becomes a Magnet for Hate

Didn't you hear? The master race has such powerful gums they don't need teeth.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in Its sad. .

All of Johnny's covers are fantastic. His cover of Tom Petty's Won't Back Down with Tom singing backup vocals, for example.