Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to politics in Republican Chaos Is to Blame for the Fitch Downgrade

They'll justify it with "This is just an unlimited credit card for the Spendocrat party to make all kinds of regulations and social programs at the expense of the hardworking taxpayer"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

The Chicago School itself says:

Conservative politicians like Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher championed Friedman’s ideas

So maybe the school itself holds to some kind of political neutrality, but conservatives love their theories.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

Saying that a conservative economic school is pro-business and anti-labor is not what I'd call an ad hominem, but a statement of fact. Saying they want to prop up the commercial real estate business isn't ad hominem either.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

Don't forget that Forbes and The Economist were all in favor of outsourcing jobs, which leads to me having meetings with people all over the world even when I'm in an office.

So if working remotely hurts group work, a lot of it is their fault for sending jobs overseas. Unless they also want those jobs to eventually move back here so we can have happy group work fun time.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

FYI, none of your posts in this thread have any links

And because jfc you're lazy: Here is a study by the Harvard Business Review showing increased productivity.

It took three clicks from Google so I can see why you'd have trouble getting to it.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

Right, but you're no better than alt-right people on Facebook ignoring the research that's literally one click away because you're afraid it will disagree with you

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

I think people leave out the fact that their commute should also be considered time working. If you've got an hour commute and an eight hour shift, you really have a ten hour shift.

So you are taking ten hours to do eight hours of work, because part of it means dragging your brain through meatspace to be there. Since you don't have to do that, you can take longer doing the actual job.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

If the source of the article is suspect, where is the research by tech firms with a vested interest in cloud and communication platforms publishing counter studies?

I think they're right here

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

Your analysis is a lot better than mine. Thanks!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

There's really nothing like sitting in a darkened room with music blasting, code pouring out of your fingers while you have an out of body experience from caffeine overdose and lack of sleep. I've spent my entire career chasing that high.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to lemmyshitpost in PLEAAASSEE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE PLS

Here is a link to the actual study (PDF via GDrive)

One of the authors of this paper is from the Chicago School and the Hoover Institution. Both are pro-business, anti-worker think-tanks that have been this way for decades. They also don't do any research of their own, but cite other papers that show the 5-20% reduction.

However, the methodology mentioned in the papers is suspect. First, they show that remote workers have the same productivity, but work longer hours. So the net output doesn't go down, they just spend more time working. Which raises the question: How many more breaks were they taking throughout the day? Being remote means a much more flexible schedule, so it's not uncommon to take longer breaks if you're a salaried worker.

Another study was IT professionals shifting to remote work at one company at the start of the pandemic. This one showed an 18% reduction in productivity. But considering the timing of this and that company culture and procedures can contribute to this, it doesn't seem to be a valid data point.

Then they bring up some common criticisms of WFH, which I've seen and refuted since I started working from home 2009: People can't communicate, working in groups is harder, and people can't control themselves. Yawn.

Honestly, the fact that they cherry picked hybrid work as being equally productive shows me this isn't about productivity, it's about keeping offices open. Which makes sense considering one of the authors is affiliated with groups that want to prop up the commercial rental business.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmy in Subscription models for an app that’s not hosting anything is just the dev wanting a constant revenue stream, no matter how they try to word it.

This just seems like a Patreon with extra steps. If you like what he does, chip in a bit for it. If not, find something else.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to politics in Dumb Trump supporters shoot America in the foot

They'd have a lot harder time justifying massive administrative pay to a funding subcommittee than they do justifying it to a bunch of trustees who are also rich assholes and know they can charge as much as they want for tuition because everyone just gets loans.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to politics in Dumb Trump supporters shoot America in the foot

The fact that people don't understand that more free education means a better life for everybody is really frustrating

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmy in Subscription models for an app that’s not hosting anything is just the dev wanting a constant revenue stream, no matter how they try to word it.

I think it started when software stopped being distributed physically. It's hard to push a bunch of updates to your users when they've need to physically have floppies sent to them versus doing it over the network.

I remember a time when software being "Gold Master" meant it was literally written to a gold master disk, from which copies were made. With that kind of release you had to make damn sure things were finished.