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I was about to say the same. About this applying to the people in general, not just developers.
Although I have no data to back this up with, I would say it's even worse among the general population.
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iskSYS wrote: Developers Are Distracted
This is an urban legend, like lawyers who are ... oh, hold on a second, my daughter needs me.
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That may be true for some developers, just as it may be for many other people not used to working at home.
It is emphatically not true for me. I can be much more focussed and productive when I am at home than when I am in the office. I get a faster and more reliable Internet connection at home than in the office under the new company IT regime. I also get better tea, a better chair and a better office space. Working at home has been my default for quite a long time.
Phil
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Not married, no children, right?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Not married, no children, right?
You make it sound like such an impediment.
I'm in that boat, and I've been working from home for over a dozen years now. But I'm not seeing the inferred correlation/causation link.
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Married, 3 children, 4 grandchildren.
Only SWMBO is left at home and mostly she leaves me in peace while I'm working.
I know I am extremely fortunate compared to many people forced unwillingly to work at home and I don't mean to belittle their difficulties, just to point out that it's not the same for everyone.
Phil
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I somehow missed that survey. Otherwise I would have added that I'm missing my 1m by 2m office desk with nothing but legroom underneath. Here at home I'm rather constrained with my 30y old computer desk with a board underneath where my legs should go (I remember I used to have my printer there - that saved me a lot of room on top of the desk, although it didn't help my knees either). I keep hitting my shins on it. 
As far as distractions go, I don't see much of a difference to the office. I expected that to be the greatest challenge but it really isn't. If anything, my spouse is making me work harder, not less. 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Am I a cad, ma? Nuts!(9)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Macadamia
Nuts=macadamia as well as indicates anagram
modified 1-Apr-20 4:04am.
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But I liked it ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Trevor Noah[^] is trending through the roof, in China.
Who the Hell saw that coming? The poor chap's going to suddenly get an awful lot richer.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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who?
maybe big in china, but small everywhere else?
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the goat in your machine wrote: who?
He is one of the many late night show hosts on American TV that sit in front of a camera and say "Orange man bad" to rapturous laughter from an audience who are laughing not because it is funny but to register ideological support. No different from Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon etc. Just go to the "trending" page of YouTube if you want to indulge in this propaganda as big tech is keen to push it on you.
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Nailed it. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Hmm.
The clip I saw, with him pointing out some of the obvious lies that a certain-coloured person who lives in a certain coloured house has told, did not look like propaganda; it looked like someone who is pissed off at being lied to.
I can get behind that, no matter the politics of the liar.
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No, what you undoubtedly saw was something taken out of context, or the commentator ascribing things to the speech that simply aren't there.
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I'm not getting into politics, especially foreign politics.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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*criticises politicians*
*is told his information is inaccurate*
*I'm not going to get into politics*
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Mark is a troll. Whenever anyone always refers to Trump as "a certain coloured guy", it's proof they are a left wing troll. Period. People like that can't even use adult words.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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ZurdoDev wrote: Mark is a troll.
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he isn't, I think he just has a low IQ.
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Fair enough. But that makes me think you haven't seen many of his other posts. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I have no qualms about criticising inveterate liars, and, unlike that certain-coloured person, I gave no inaccurate information in this discussion (or the other one which you and your pals are trying to politicise).
Oh, and I don't discuss politics, either -- I don't care what political party the inveterate liar belongs to; he's an inveterate liar, that's the only thing I concern myself with.
However, if he's fooled you hundreds, perhaps thousands of times, it speaks of your adherence to political viewpoints, which you should leave outside the Lounge.
You and your political chorus can up- or down-vote whatever you like, but if you start on about politics, or if you personally insult other members of CP, you might find that you'll rightly lose the capacity to do so.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I have no qualms about criticising inveterate liars
Who doesn't? Let me guess...you also hate racism? Who doesn't? These are meaningless axioms that are simply a part of a poisoning the well fallacy.
Like everyone else on the planet, I also hate liars, but only when they are actually lying. You saying someone is a liar doesn't make it so, and that's the problem. By saying you are critical of lying you are trying to bypass the confirmation that the speech is actually a lie in the first place.
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Oh, come on!
The man can't utter three sentences without four lies coming out!
Here's an idea, which you are obviously blinding yourself to: If people lie as much as that, don't trust a single thing they say.
Trust should be freely given, granted; it's the removal of trust that's earned -- and oh, boy has he earned it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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