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Yeah - Herself can't do her job from home (unless she brings a couple of the clients home with her), but for "thought workers" it's a much better solution than an office / cube farm.
"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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OriginalGriff wrote: "thought workers" Is that as in "the boss thinks I'm working"?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My wife's employer did not agree to allow home office during the quarantine - they have been refusing it to employees for years with bad excuses like that the IT infrastructure could not cope etc... and allowing it now due to the coronavirus would have meant that they lied all that time. So they sent everybody home unpaid and closed the plant *facepalm*. What a bunch of clowns...
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I have the opposite problem. Never had to work from home and today I'm on a test "work from home day". Maybe I should actually start!
I can see a trip the the tech store coming up soon. The equipment at home is ok for general use, but for serious work, hmm, think not.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Being a consultant my company workstation is a notebook - a freaking 8 core beast due to the requirements of the current project.
The prototype board, its programmer and the CANcase come from the company, just the latter costs several paychecks.
I use the company's equipment + one or two things I have in house due to availability and cost, some licenses are sold only to companies and cost several thousand euros (or hundreds of thousands in some cases).
Basically I provided my PC monitor to get the same 2-screen setup I use at work and just a bit more. My coworkers working on dSpace simulators (racks that cost in the range of the MILLION euros) are not that lucky, but the customers they work for are closed. I have a couple coworkers at home with whole car dashboards and several power supplies and oscilloscopes in the living room right now.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Here's an interesting article: Graph theory suggests COVID-19 might be a ‘small world’ after all | ZDNet
My pet, pet peeve is when people use the term "exponential" without knowing what it actually means. Something is "exponentially" bigger than something else is a particularly meaningless statement. The authors of this paper make note that the growth of infections over time is initially exponential then tapers to a power curve. The theory, to paraphrase, is we're not a homogeneous collection of perfectly spaced, single network cellular automaton.
Whoda thunk.
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Chris Maunder
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Quote: The theory, to paraphrase, is we're not a homogeneous collection of perfectly spaced, single network cellular automaton.
And practically we're not, luckily (but it isn't due to luck, after all).
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sigh, all this new research
... when there's already hundreds of youtube stop motion vids of mould on agar. (same thing or not?)
anyway it's getting interesting now; no not the virus or sick people, rather what's happening around it.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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Chris Maunder wrote: we're not a homogeneous collection of perfectly spaced, single network cellular automaton.
Speak for yourself.
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"We're all individuals!"
(voice yells out) "I'm not!"
Name that movie.
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Chris Maunder
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Minions. Don't care what the correct answer is, this seems apt. Or may be it was Rick from Rick and Morty but that's not a movie.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Nope.
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Chris Maunder
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Yes!
The grand prize of a 2-pack of toilet paper is yours.
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Chris Maunder
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Did you know that when the movie premiered in Hollywood, you got a "Honk If You Love Brian" bumper sticker?
I've still got mine.
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1 ply, right?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Dude - we're not savages here. 2 ply all the way.
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Chris Maunder
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I thought you said you weren't savages.
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Chris Maunder wrote: pet peeve is when people use the term "exponential" without knowing what it actually means. That's inconceivable.
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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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
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Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: we're not a homogeneous collection of perfectly spaced, single network cellular automaton Danger Man agrees[^].
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have in the past worked from Home when I needed to work on some document. Never an issue.
So with school being closed in Germany, I decided to work from home and to maintain social distancing
Day 1 : Single Monitor (compared to 2+1) sucked. VPN connection Sucked more. Daughters Tik Toking was getting on my nerves
Day 2. Changed Wireless to Wired internet and still VPN sucked big time . Ban on tik tok lead to a very angry and bored teen which made me fear for my life.
Day 3 : Drove early to work . Still social distancing as 70% of workforce in Home. All issues of Day 1 and Day 2 resolved.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified 18-Mar-20 9:31am.
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Hang in there, mate. Hopefully the weather plays along and we can start doing our social distancing outside with a beer rather than inside getting on each others nerves.
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Chris Maunder
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